40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Hit the gym today! Yep so sore and rightly so as I've been really slack ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

It's been raining here the last few days so no riding. Time to take out the trainer

Beeps2011 wrote: »

I thin BCAAs are "placebo"....but like ronj says "if you ThInK they work, then they work!"

i did lift, today. BOOM,

I want to be careful here. But words mean things so I want what I'm quoted as saying to be accurate. I didn't say "if he THINKS they work." I said if he "feels a difference then he feels a difference." I do not mean placebo by that. We are all wired a bit different with different needs and he may in fact feel better on BCAA whereas someone else may not notice a difference.

Not trying to sparse words but accuracy in this case matters.

I haven't been here in a while. I had a trip to NYC for a meeting as I made the final decision to take my professional practice out of the present firm and work for myself. Oh and we are finishing the design work on the new house we are planning to build. lots to do and little time.

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating today!

Back to back fitness classes last night. Man oh man, the instructor was a demon! But, I loved it. We used weights for everything we did. Lots of working to failure yesterday.
So, did great eating during the day, great workouts, and then I get home and eat 3 cookies!

Back at it today! Not sure I am going to get any workout or walks in.
Vegetarian cooking class tonight, and then bridge immediately following.

Girls weekend coming up. So shopping, wine & dine time. Just hope I get enough steps in shopping.

Happy Thanksgiving cool kids!

Shortcut to Size: Shoulders, Traps, Calves done!

"P90X2 X2 Recovery + Mobility"=Done!

I like to think that I'm cool. I'm 40+ and appreciate discussing things with people of maturity and similar issues as me. Please add me to the group

Welcome new Cool Kids @cottonanddust and @vickishick.

With my kids home to visit this week, I've skipped workouts on two of the last three days. It has been a fun break and time well spent. Now its back to focused training. Tomorrow morning will be a 7 mile run at marathon pace, followed on Sunday by an easy paced 14 mile run.

I'm really trying to follow my coach's instructions to stay laser focused on keeping my heart rate in the prescribed zones during training. Later this week, we'll do a threshold test on the bike trainer to define my functional threshold power for biking. That will give us a stake in the ground by which to measure cycling fitness improvements made during the winter.

Enjoy the holiday weekend, Cool Ones.

misscagal wrote: »

cottonanddust wrote: »

Count me in. 41 father of 3. Own a manufacturing company and wife has cancer. She's 38. So to cope on my end, I ate alllllll my feelings and gained 48 pounds over the 3 years she's been sick. But I'm no good to anyone if I cannot be of healthy mind, body, and spirit. Also, my first is in junior high now so you'd think I be drinking now but alas. I'm also an ex- 2 pack a day smoker, 18 years free, cold turkey.

Welcome!

Me too. I started smoking in my early 20s for a few years, quit; started again in my 30s, quit & finally started back three years ago while caring for my biological father. I quit again & have been free for about a year now. I miss it; not the yucky smell or the outrageous money spent, but those first couple, first thing in the morning with a piping hot cup of coffee . . .

I swear cigarettes are the most addictive drug on the planet!

"P90X2 P.A.P. Upper"=Done!

Usual workouts here, trying to change my eating habits to drop a few pounds. Mostly trying to limit carbs and avoid then on non workout days. I've been making and eating protein bites for my sweet treat in the evening. Bad time of year to engage a personal dietician/trainer. From Oct-Jan there is thanksgiving, Halloween, my birthday, hubbys birthday, Christmas and New year's! So far I've weathered 2 thanksgiving dinners, the kids with of Halloween candy, my birthday and one Christmas party. Going out drinking and dancing tonight (first time in a year!), next weekend is hubbys birthday and his work kids xmas party, weekend following is my work dinner party (open bar, awesome food). My will power usually consists of keeping stuff out of the house, I'm not so good at dating no when it's all there in front of me!

Seemed to have pulled my hip flexor too, think I did it weeks ago, thought it was improving and I've over stretched/used it in today's class and last night.