What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Thank you all for your kind words and support. Best wishes.2
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BeYourBestSelfDeb wrote: »Please don’t laugh but I am almost 64 and disabled. I started this plan 5/16 and everyday I strive to be more active. Today I went shopping for the first time without using a shopping scooter. I walked everywhere in the two stores I was in. Lifted all the groceries in and out of my car and put them all away.
After lunch I swept my house and mopped my wood floor in our big living room.
Everyday activities I use to do with ease are a real challenge now. I suffer from osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.
But I did it!!! I am so glad to be here with all of you. Congrats to all who wrote before me, and Don’t give up!
Thank you for allowing me to share. Debbie
Amazing and well done you. Osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia are so debilitating. Keep going, you're doing brilliantly 👏1 -
Rest days are so important but so hard to stick to when you feel like you're on fire. I was really active before the pandemic, then switched to a desk job and stopped exercising for a year and a half. When I started back up my exercise, I went with twice a week to ease into it. By month 6 I had to impose a strict "don't you dare go to the gym on sunday" rule for myself. I would get restless and want to go.
But it's paid off! Now, month 9, it's much easier to take my rest and listen to my body and the mindset of 'not showing up = failure' is out of my system.
Anyway, my period is due today so I'm gonna do an easy pilates class and maybe walk to the store to get groceries and that's it. It's dry out and after the storm and rain yesterday that's very welcome.4 -
Definitely taking a rest day today. My muscles are tired. Not sore, but tired. I guess my long elliptical session on Wednesday was a bigger deal than I realized. Yesterday's workout was stunted and I'm still tired today.
@bojaantje3822 I completely relate to feeling restless on rest days. I want to move, but the older I get, the more important recovery becomes to prevent injury.
I'll do some stretching today and focus on piano practice instead. I need it. Haha... 😀
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Rest day for me too. I just had a gentle and mindful walk - no power walking - for about an hour today 🙏5
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I did 2.5 hours of weed-eating. My whole body feels like a wet noodle... I guess this is an indicator that I need to get back into strength training.4
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Well I had to do my easy 30 min Sunday WO today because I forgot to tape up. Was feeling good and I thought let’s go for 4 miles. As I hit mile 3 I got a twinge on the right nipple… 🤬aka runners nipple…… 😫 settled for a decent 5k…
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Today's workout? You mean the one I didn't do? Woke up feeling muscle-sore and quite stiff, though honestly not debilitated.
This morning's row got thunderstormed out. It was drizzly to clear later, so I went to an art fair and walked 2-3 miles (more then usual, but not much) at a meander, which sort of loosened me up. Still, decided not to machine row or bike when I got home, give myself a longer rest. I'll probably take my usual rest day tomorrow, too, but we'll see.
Recovery? Lazy day? Whatever. It'll be OK.6 -
Busy day today. I had 5yards of mulch dumped on the driveway, so I spent the early morning hours loading it into wheelbarrows and spreading it around the yard.
Took a break from the yard work to meet a dozen friends for a trail run at noon. It felt fairly hot and humid in the woods. Went about five miles, before returning to my yard chores this afternoon.
Six of us are planning to do a repeat of last week's 55 mile bike route tomorrow morning. Weather will be in the 90s, so hoping for some clouds early in the day.
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Back on it today after my rest day yesterday 😁
Caroline Girvan Iron Series - Day 2 30 mins upper body workout.
36 mins power walk at an average speed of 5.8 kmph.
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Had my best ride of the year so far today. It was so good because we had 5 riders of similar fitness levels, all of whom enjoy both the work and camaraderie during a training ride. Temps were very warm, but we had quite a bit of shade and cloud cover, so it wasn't that bad. Route was a climb through NW Connecticut into Massachusetts, following the Farmington River. The "out" portion is a false flat with some more pronounced climbs, then after a 3-4 mile loop around a reservoir at the distant end, the return trip is much faster due to the modest descending grade. Practiced race day fueling, consuming 4 bottles of fluid/electrolytes, as well as taking in 650 calories. Felt really good at the end and prepared to start a run.
Total ride was 55.2miles completed in 3:08:14, or a 17.6mph pace. Averaged 146watts for the ride, which is on the low side of my HIM power zone. Very happy with that number this early in the season.
Now I REALLY need to focus on my swim and run, or it'll be a long painful day at Watkins Glen in July, lol!8 -
Had my best ride of the year so far today. It was so good because we had 5 riders of similar fitness levels, all of whom enjoy both the work and camaraderie during a training ride. Temps were very warm, but we had quite a bit of shade and cloud cover, so it wasn't that bad. Route was a climb through NW Connecticut into Massachusetts, following the Farmington River. The "out" portion is a false flat with some more pronounced climbs, then after a 3-4 mile loop around a reservoir at the distant end, the return trip is much faster due to the modest descending grade. Practiced race day fueling, consuming 4 bottles of fluid/electrolytes, as well as taking in 650 calories. Felt really good at the end and prepared to start a run.
Total ride was 55.2miles completed in 3:08:14, or a 17.6mph pace. Averaged 146watts for the ride, which is on the low side of my HIM power zone. Very happy with that number this early in the season.
Now I REALLY need to focus on my swim and run, or it'll be a long painful day at Watkins Glen in July, lol!
Wow that's incredible. I've only ever done 55 miles in a car 🚗 🤣
But seriously - well done!!0 -
Wow that's incredible. I've only ever done 55 miles in a car 🚗 🤣
But seriously - well done!!
Believe me, its almost always more fun in a car.
Thanks, but I've been at this stuff for quite awhile, so its just part of the lifestyle. I'm lucky enough to have a large group of friends who swim, bike, run, hike, etc. It is usually as much a social activity as a physical one.4 -
Wow that's incredible. I've only ever done 55 miles in a car 🚗 🤣
But seriously - well done!!
Believe me, its almost always more fun in a car.
Thanks, but I've been at this stuff for quite awhile, so its just part of the lifestyle. I'm lucky enough to have a large group of friends who swim, bike, run, hike, etc. It is usually as much a social activity as a physical one.
Sounds amazing, I wish I was part of your friendship group but I'd be the one lagging at the back saying, "hey, wait for me" as I fell over a rock 🤣3 -
Didn't do my usual AM elliptical as it was to thunderstorm @ 2, so I cut the grass, 2.5 hours but on a rider. Later this afternoon, did 3 hours on the elliptical for 13.2 miles. I start work @ 10 tomorrow, so I may do a hour or 2 before work, depending on how I feel in the AM and het myself to bed @ a decent time tonight.
Hadn't been on it since last Sunday d/t Drs appointment Tuesday and errands and the "Thunder over Dover" Air Show yesterday with the Blue Angels & the Thunderbirds performing together for the first time ever, supposedly. They are so cool to see, if you never have gotten too. I've seen them a few times but well worth a drive. Mine was 3 hours each way. Met a friend and her family there at the base, as they were at their beach house, close by.5 -
Saturday was nearly a rest day. I did do a bit of a walk, getting 8 miles in total.
Sunday was fun. A few of us went climbing. I only got one hard route, but I was the only in the group to get it. (There were 5 of us; I am probably 3rd best. It is reasonably close, though - Debbie has by far the best technique, and Jon is is strongest. I am the most stupid, which lets me get some stuff the others don't.) It took me about a minute of terrifying slab shuffling to get to the crux. There, I needed to match on a small crimp with my body leaning at an angle, cut loose and immediately swing out to get a foot on a small ledge the other side of the arrete.
We went of a barbecue afterwards. It was nice; it felt like a return to normality after lockdowns. I decided to walk home. At about 7 p.m, I thought better of this plan as the walk is around 18 miles (I had done about 6). So I got on the train, and only did about 11 miles for the day.4 -
Did an easy 80 minute workout yesterday. Around 30 minutes on the rower (easy stuff, around 2:25 pace) and then the rest on the Assault Bike. Trying to extend the duration of my Sundays a bit. Had gotten away from the long, slow workout day. Need to get it up to around 90 minutes on Sundays but strive to keep it super easy paced as well.
Completely agree with others on rest. Seems like when I turned 50, I had to be extra cautious in listening to my body. 60 isn't all that far off now for me (two years). I know a lot of folks (and obviously some in this group!) that train well into their 60s. I know one rower that trains hard in his mid 70s! But all those folks know when to train hard and when to really back off their effort. It's a huge balance game and knowing your HR zones very, very well.3 -
I think I'm going to be doing mostly swim and bike this week...Achilles bursitis.4
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TMI: period
My period's been weird this month. Usually I get headaches the week before and milder headaches and full body fatigue during the worst days and then it's over. But this month I've had cramps. Bad cramps. For two full days. And my legs have been entirely useless.
We had to do 3 8-minute amraps (as many reps as possible) with 4 minute rests between. The first round was 150m ski and 5 pull ups (or 200m row or 500m bike), then 150m ski ("") and 10 push ups, then 150m ski ("") and 15 air squats. I scaled the pull ups down to ring rows and did push ups off a 30 inch box. During the first two 8 minutes I was fine but thought hmm so much arm work, I'm ready for some leg work. Except when the first set of air squats came around, my legs gave up. 15 air squats took a minute. And then I was so exhausted I couldn't ski at my usual pace either so my strength at the ski halved and I got almost twice as slow. So annoying.
But yeah so I did 6x150m ski and 32 ring rows, then 5x150m ski and 40 push ups off a 30 inch box, and then 4x150m ski and 45 air squats. And even then I thought I was gonna pass out during the last set. The 4 min rest between amraps were long enough, my body had re-energised. The first 150m ski of the last set was fine, at my usual pace, but the air squats destroyed me. My legs feel like jelly and my back feels like I did 450 air squats instead of 45.
Thankful that next week I have a work thing on the day our box is gonna do the Murph wod. Running is so not my thing.3 -
bojaantje3822 wrote: »TMI: period
My period's been weird this month. Usually I get headaches the week before and milder headaches and full body fatigue during the worst days and then it's over. But this month I've had cramps. Bad cramps. For two full days. And my legs have been entirely useless.
We had to do 3 8-minute amraps (as many reps as possible) with 4 minute rests between. The first round was 150m ski and 5 pull ups (or 200m row or 500m bike), then 150m ski ("") and 10 push ups, then 150m ski ("") and 15 air squats. I scaled the pull ups down to ring rows and did push ups off a 30 inch box. During the first two 8 minutes I was fine but thought hmm so much arm work, I'm ready for some leg work. Except when the first set of air squats came around, my legs gave up. 15 air squats took a minute. And then I was so exhausted I couldn't ski at my usual pace either so my strength at the ski halved and I got almost twice as slow. So annoying.
But yeah so I did 6x150m ski and 32 ring rows, then 5x150m ski and 40 push ups off a 30 inch box, and then 4x150m ski and 45 air squats. And even then I thought I was gonna pass out during the last set. The 4 min rest between amraps were long enough, my body had re-energised. The first 150m ski of the last set was fine, at my usual pace, but the air squats destroyed me. My legs feel like jelly and my back feels like I did 450 air squats instead of 45.
Thankful that next week I have a work thing on the day our box is gonna do the Murph wod. Running is so not my thing.
Oh bless you. I'm 54 and don't have the damn periods to worry about now but I feel your pain.
You did really well considering. Take it easy, do some meditation and rub some lavender oil into your stomach.
Sending lots of 🤗🤗🤗2 -
An impromptu rest day for me. I just didn't have the time to do anything 😒1
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@bojaantje3822 The struggle is real! Hang in there and rest when you need it.
The "old standby" for me today: 45 minutes on the elliptical; ~2.6 miles; HR mostly in Zone 3, with a few dips into Zone 4 (I think when I was laughing at the video I was watching
). Followed up with my small strength training routine. I was able to add weight to a couple of exercises, so that's good. Overall, I'm feeling tired today, so I'm happy with what I was able to do. We'll see how it sits in the body. 3 -
Weather being cooperative, so back on the water today, just under 7k in the quad. My friend J. volunteered to bow (the steering position, which I usually do) but asked me to stroke (the rower all can see, so sets the rhythm/cadence).
Usually the stroke should be the best technical rower, and I think I'm not that in most boats, but I work hard at it when I'm in that seat (spend most of the row even-counting "in, out, three, four" under my breath!). I feel good that I offered a correction to the boat at our first break that really seemed to make a difference in our power and smoothness. ("Patience on the last quarter of the slide, square up when hands pass somewhere between knees and ankles, but keep sliding until hands come out over the gunwales, then (as J. has been reinforcing for us), feel the water on the blade before the push.") This really helped me get my weight suspended between foot-stretchers and oar-handles, let bodyweight decompress from the seat a bit, apply power to the blade face. Felt good!
Now I need to focus on a clean tap-down release before feathering with fingers, because on some strokes - especially when we're under a "hard starboard" turning command - I'm getting a loaded wrist out of neutral alignment and cranking on it riskily by feathering out instead of tapping out.
So many little bladework nuances to work on, after a winter on the rowing machine!
TL;DR: I rowed a boat, and blah blah mysterious technical stuff in obscure terminology that only on-water rowers would understand or care about. 😆
After the row, a couple of us carried singles out of the house, washed them, carried them back into racks - work we didn't finish during our Saturday clean-up, that needs to be done before the learn-to-row class starts in a week. We only have 4-6 boats left to do.6 -
Leg Day lifting weights, plus walking a mile each way to eat at the burger-burn being put on by my company at the far end of the parking lot.5
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Rest day today. Finished mowing the lawn and kept plugging away at the big pile of mulch sitting in the driveway.4
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Oh no another day of no exercise. Mostly busy but mostly no excuse either. I did so well last week. Can someone kick me a kick up the bum and tell me to get back to it - please!3
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Oh no another day of no exercise. Mostly busy but mostly no excuse either. I did so well last week. Can someone kick me a kick up the bum and tell me to get back to it - please!
(Virtual kick). Get back to it, @Bodenista!
Did that help? No? I thought not. 😉
Sadly, I think motivation and accountability are solo sports - at least they are for me. A thread like this just works on my thoughts/feelings about myself, so I self-motivate a tiny bit better as a result.
Maybe find some exercise that you find more fun, or more convenient? Tell yourself exercise is a thing like tooth-brushing that you just do when it's time, not something you make decisions about whether to do or not do?
You can do this.5 -
Oh no another day of no exercise. Mostly busy but mostly no excuse either. I did so well last week. Can someone kick me a kick up the bum and tell me to get back to it - please!
Why do you want to exercise? If you can answer that for yourself, then you will be able to kick your own bum into action.
Also, everything @AnnPT77 said.
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