40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Jack....you are only 44. You are not suppose to oooozz anything yet! lol.

Welcome new cool kids. Glad to have you on board. Please keep on coming back to check in and fill us in on your days. :happy:

So, didn't do anything again yesterday. Was so tired. I knew I was going to have a late night (my briidge night) and really needed a nap, so I went home and layed down for a while. I didn't get to bed until 1 a.m. so am tired again. Ugh! am hoping something will "pick me up" today to get some sort of workout in. I don't like how I feel when I don't work out.

Have a great Friday all! :flowerforyou:

I would like to join? If you let me? Ihow?

I think you just have to makes lots of cool posts (I still have a ways to go), so fire away and your in!

The below info is 3 years old, please update us on the current "cool" trends. Was in London this past summer and it was way cool....I was chuffed to bits!


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London is the capital of Great Britain, so some British people might be from London. Also, you would say London-er.

The word "cool" is actually used frequently by British people. I use the word "cool" often enough. Another word for "cool" in Great Britain might also be "sweet", "ace", "wicked", "nice".

Londoners are actually well-spoken people. People who have never visited the UK often mistake Londoners for talking in slang.
Source(s):
Born in London, and still live in London

This sure is the place to do it, and glad to see that this thread just draws in the cool folks from the crowd...brilliant idea this thread is....btw...you just look cool!

Will be working on strength training this weekend in between cardio sessions with my daughter. My best friend is coming for the week and I have warned him of the 5 am wake ups.....hope he is still my friend after the week.

well I don't know how cool it is but I went to work today after having three days off after surgery. Think I should have taken a little more time. I am hurting this evening. Percocets haven't kicked in yet. And that's about all.

HA! this is awesome! I am not sure if I qualify as cool though. I am not married...I have one son ( who has 4 paws and a tail) and I will be hitting the big 4 5 next month. I guess I can go through the pages and pages of this thread to see if "cool" is defined but maybe someone can help me and let me know? If not, its all good- I will start reading right after my workout. Have a great day!

Good Morning all, I would love to join your group. I am 45 yrs young, in my mind I am only in my late 20's. I have 4 kids, 20, 18, 17 and 13. Married 22 yrs and am now loving the gym. I have gone everyday since starting in late December. I need to lose about 26 more lbs. Just recently bought a Fitbit to track my steps throughout the day. In my mind, I feel pretty cool, I think my kids think I am a pretty fun Mom. Enjoy the rest of the day !

I'm two years away from being cool:) I'm 38

I enjoyed the Oscars.

Won't weigh until thursday - also need to take photos/measurements that day.

I get to lift, today! Yay!

My personal trainer e-mailed me this morn because he had a cancellation...so, I hopped on over to the gym and tried TRX!!!

Boy, did I LOVE IT!! Loved it. Maybe it was just nice to have someone to work-out with....maybe it was just the "novelty" or "newness" of the equipment. I don't know....but, it was such a NICE CHANGE OF PACE from what I've been doing, and, yep, I'm pretty sure I'll feel DOMs tomorrow.

PERFECT!

We did some squats, which included just regular squats, as well as some overhead squats and even some one-legged (assisted) pistol squats!

We did some push-ups, which included some burpee-style exercises (hated these!).

We did some lunges which included reverse lunges, curtsy lunges, as well as something more like a side-to-side thing-a-ma-doey.

We did some rows, including some one-armed ones.

We did some planks, including front planks, side planks and also some kind of "wood-chop" style twisty-abs.

We did some chest flys and some reverse flys. LOVED THESE! (Haven't been doing enough chest work, I don't think, in my current routine!)

Tried some "specializations" - so, some work on my lazy glutes, some bi's, some tri's, and a bit of shoulders.

I am so warm and cozy just now....as if my muscles have had a really good session - haven't felt this "feeling" in awhile and I'm just really happy with today's work-out.

It was MORE "cardio"-like than I prefer, but, that's okay. I did a 3-min row to warm-up and about 10-mins of stretching/rumble-rolling at the end.

I have one more personal training session on Wednesday, we'll do some more TRX, and then I'm on my own, again....

Sounds like a fun group, er thread . I'm at my cottage for the week, (where it is snow cool). This place is my private fat camp. Nothing to do but cook healthy meals and exercise like a mad woman. Just came in from a test run of cross country skiing on the lake. (If any of you are cross country skiers you probably know the dangers of overdoing it that first day -- some teeny tiny inner thigh muscles can cause so much pain !). Wish you could all be here with me.

Hey Beeps, TOM messes me up too. As do, uh, ahem, BM's. Otoh, drink enough alcohol and I get a reading I don't deserve on those scales. Ditto for big meals of asparagus. Does this mean that you are reconsidering giving up on cardio? I absolutely believe in strength training for long term weight loss but it's pretty weird that cardo AND a mini-fast didn't do it for you.

And....my 2nd TRX session is in 2 hours. COLOUR ME EXCITED!!

Can I be a cool kid too? I'm 45, have 4 kids, the youngest being 15, been single for a good few years now. Like to workout, love to party, beginning to love my body, and love my new haircut. And my kittens Jimmy and Alice. Excited about joining a new gym which is opening locally at the end of March so I can start to lift heavy, working up to it at home with my barbell but don't have room for a squat rack. And that's it for the moment.....