Fitness Thread

[Griff9of13]

Yesterday I had to take the car for a service in Speke. I also needed to visit an estate agent in the Penny Lane area (I do realise that these locations will mean nothing to 99% of people on here), so to kill two birds with one stone I decided to walk from the service center to the estate agent and back, a round trip of 7.1 miles. Just under 15,000 steps in 2 hours 6 minutes. Timed perfectly as they were just parking the car up as I arrived back at the service center. Mind you at just over £400 for the service it was a very expensive couple of hours excercise!

Edited January 20, 2019 by Griff9of13

[Bedford Roughyed]

2 hours ago, Saint 1 said:

I think this is particularly true for people trying to lose weight. Repetitive stress of the knees and ankles isn't ideal. With that said, it's better than no exercise so if running or skipping is what gets people going, that is fair enough! 

Its one of the many double edges swords, need exercise to help lose weight, but need to be careful on the joints considering the forces involved.  

[Griff9of13]

28 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Its one of the many double edges swords, need exercise to help lose weight, but need to be careful on the joints considering the forces involved.  

Same here; 20 odd years playing rugby can do that to a body!

[Damien]

Just done my cardio gym. One of those times when I really couldn't be bothered but sometimes you just have to make yourself do it.

[Bob8]

CHecking in to report poor performance this weekend. One visit to the gym, but little else. I will have to buck my ideas up.

As a few have been kind enough to refer to this thread as Bob's gym, I thought I would include a photo of the actual boxing "gym" I go to. It is humble:

[Niels]

52 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

CHecking in to report poor performance this weekend. One visit to the gym, but little else. I will have to buck my ideas up.

As a few have been kind enough to refer to this thread as Bob's gym, I thought I would include a photo of the actual boxing "gym" I go to. It is humble:

It was one visit for me also but I am just building back up again. 

I think Damien' s point is good in that it's important to go even when we don't feel up to it. 

Your gym is a good incentive.

[Bob8]

1 minute ago, Niels said:

It was one visit for me also but I am just building back up again. 

I think Damien' s point is good in that it's important to go even when we don't feel up to it. 

Your gym is a good incentive.

Cheers!

I am encouraged and will do some push ups before bed.

[tim2]

I did junior parkrun with my 4 year old grandson this morning (he got a PB) and then another 9K on the Rother Valley trails at lunchtime. Celebrated with a large glass of Pinot Gris tonight. 40km for the week and 75km for the month.

[Bob8]

8 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

I think there's a lot to be said for just mastering the habit of showing up. Good habits compound daily.

Indeed. Niels did give me the nudge to get those push-ups done.

[Bedford Roughyed]

5 mile walk today, was cold and dark, but not raining!

So that's 18.37 miles for the week.

Weight is the same of 156.5 but I haven't actually started a 'diet' yet.  

[Bob8]

7 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

5 mile walk today, was cold and dark, but not raining!

So that's 18.37 miles for the week.

Weight is the same of 156.5 but I haven't actually started a 'diet' yet.  

Being active is good for its own sake and needs no other reward. Good stuff!

[Wiltshire Rhino]

19 hours ago, Kayakman said:

Don't do it!!!!!  I tried some skipping last week after a 20 year hiatus and its brutal on the knees....don't do it!

Took the advice which meant I had yesterday off. Not such a bad thing. 

Back on the walking (and running) today. 

Edited January 21, 2019 by Wiltshire Rhino

[Wiltshire Rhino]

@Shadow - As of this morning I weigh 134.3kg (134.26kg to be precise) 

[Shadow]

I'll reissue the spreadsheet on Thursday

[MattSantos]

Cleans and rowing intervals. 

[gingerjon]

Today in fitness, I am in a doctor’s waiting room and if I walk to the consultation without assistance I will cheer.

[Bob8]

Some weights work.  I rarely do that, and it felt good. 

[Shadow]

26 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

Some weights work.  I rarely do that, and it felt good. 

My thought processes on reading that...

Why do only some weights work? What's wrong with the others?

I always knew that Bob8 was workshy, he admits it at last......Oh no that's not what he meant.

Edited January 21, 2019 by Shadow

[tim2]

I appear to have accidentally entered the Retford Half Marathon in March.

[gingerjon]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

Today in fitness, I am in a doctor’s waiting room and if I walk to the consultation without assistance I will cheer.

Well, a plus was that a nice Polish woman gave my balls the once over and she didn’t laugh once. The downside is the painkillers, the injunction to not run at all for a while and the nagging sense of failure.

[Shadow]

3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Well, a plus was that a nice Polish woman gave my balls the once over and she didn’t laugh once. I'd gone in for an ear infection but she offered and it seemed rude to refuse 

[MattSantos]

Goblet squats, lunges and burpees today. 

Struggled. 

[CanaBull]

Glad to find this thread and apologies for being a bit long winded.  After a spine injury 6 years ago that’s left my right lower leg and foot largely useless apart from the busted nerves giving me randomly varying levels of gyp from just plain hurting to puking I finally got approved for some bracing to help with mobility recently.

All the time up to then being able to do less and less for my family and myself sent me to the darkest of places including a trip or two to the psych ward; walking and moving with difficulty, tripping up as the foot just flops about and I can’t feel it when it touches something.  Been using a cane for the last three years, real dignity stripper that in your early forties and even worse when you faceplant in public.  Going any sort of speed needed a weird gait to make up for what doesn’t work and was surprisingly knackering and harsh on the opposite hip & knee.

Anyways, this brace is like night and day.  Holds the leg and foot in the right position to be able to walk at least somewhat properly and stable enough to not need a cane.  I didn’t care that it still hurt, I could walk and that first weekend having it I put 15kms on it walking the block and around the local mall.  Such a simple thing but has opened up my life again.  I can go further afield and without pavements; I can head out with the dog again.  In time I may even be able to run on it if the spine can stand it, we’ll see.

Social media was doing my head in so I deleted my accounts and I’m glad I did to be honest.  For the first time in a long time there’s some optimism crept in, hope almost that I can claw my way back to somewhere I used to be without the constant comparisons, though it does feel good to share this modest bit of success of my own while reading others as well.

I’ve been focused on losing weight since the start of the new year, using the WeightWatchers app of all things which has been really useful for tracking.  Gone from 16st5 (229lbs) to 15st8 (218lbs) up to now with a goal of getting to 14st (196lbs).  Being able to increase my activity without more difficulty, new problems or significantly worse pain is just ###### awesome.

[Damien]

Just done my weights again.

[Bob8]

1 hour ago, CanaBull said:

Glad to find this thread and apologies for being a bit long winded.  After a spine injury 6 years ago that’s left my right lower leg and foot largely useless apart from the busted nerves giving me randomly varying levels of gyp from just plain hurting to puking I finally got approved for some bracing to help with mobility recently.

All the time up to then being able to do less and less for my family and myself sent me to the darkest of places including a trip or two to the psych ward; walking and moving with difficulty, tripping up as the foot just flops about and I can’t feel it when it touches something.  Been using a cane for the last three years, real dignity stripper that in your early forties and even worse when you faceplant in public.  Going any sort of speed needed a weird gait to make up for what doesn’t work and was surprisingly knackering and harsh on the opposite hip & knee.

Anyways, this brace is like night and day.  Holds the leg and foot in the right position to be able to walk at least somewhat properly and stable enough to not need a cane.  I didn’t care that it still hurt, I could walk and that first weekend having it I put 15kms on it walking the block and around the local mall.  Such a simple thing but has opened up my life again.  I can go further afield and without pavements; I can head out with the dog again.  In time I may even be able to run on it if the spine can stand it, we’ll see.

Social media was doing my head in so I deleted my accounts and I’m glad I did to be honest.  For the first time in a long time there’s some optimism crept in, hope almost that I can claw my way back to somewhere I used to be without the constant comparisons, though it does feel good to share this modest bit of success of my own while reading others as well.

I’ve been focused on losing weight since the start of the new year, using the WeightWatchers app of all things which has been really useful for tracking.  Gone from 16st5 (229lbs) to 15st8 (218lbs) up to now with a goal of getting to 14st (196lbs).  Being able to increase my activity without more difficulty, new problems or significantly worse pain is just ###### awesome.

Welcome to the gym, mate!