Carry on exercising - the August 2022 edition

Yoga session done. Still not feeling 100%, it’s really annoying. Thanks for the good wishes.

Well done, Pelo!

Days exercised 150.

30 min max class done so I have platinum for every week of this challenge!
Taper week next thank god

I might have gone a bit mad
Got pelofondo (50 miles) end of October
The pic I posted above to do through October
November is back to power zone 6 week challenge
tired already

The park we were in has a lot of wooded areas, Sophie, so as we were plodding along, the dog was delighted with life, spotting and pretending he wanted to chase squirrels. He's a sighthound so in theory should be a menace around them, but I don't know what he'd actually do if he managed to catch one 😆

Sorry to hear you weren't well, Crimson, I hope you're back to normal soon. How are you doing Professor?

I keep threatening to deep clean, Cat but I don't even know where to start! I'm still basking in the glory of having done the porch two weeks ago 😄

That looks tough, Pelo, good luck!

Didn't manage anything yesterday but did a long walk this morning and a swim at lunchtime.

Days exercised 134

Decided I'm going to do this challenge after I've finished this week

Right, the deep clean is progressing. I'm quite tired out! But in a good way. My job is sedentary brain work so a change is as good a rest in that sense. Just will do some light weights I have at home to keep the momentum going then get on with it. Getting through a lot of podcasts this way.

Epic heat day 3 (legs)

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Sorry to hear you've not been good professor. Hopefully next week will be a better week for you too.

Well done on the 60 min spin pelo!

Will you elaborate on the squirrel walk MotherForkin? I'm sure it was super cute. We might be getting a dog too. I'm really excited!

Thanks for clarifying cat. I hope you enjoy the cliff walk. I love walking along coast paths. Quite envious!!

Sounds like you've been quite poorly crimson. Glad to hear you're on the mend now.

Epic heat day 2 (shoulders) for me today.

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I went away for a couple of days and managed to pick up a nasty bug, so I didn’t do any rowing for almost two weeks. I’m slowly easing myself back into it, but as I’m still on the mend I’ve temporarily halted my training plan.

There’s no way I can face sprint training at the moment, but slow & steady rows seem to be ok-ish. I did 4x 10 min yesterday, with a long break in between and 2x 5k today. If I have enough energy left, I’ll go for a walk along the sea this afternoon too. The weather is too nice to sit inside all day 😊

Finally doing my 60 min ride! It's 9 min intervals

@SophieLion Bench press. That's the lift I'm strongest at. Strongest being a relative term 😆. Anyway yesterday I did yoga and deep cleaned the kitchen, today I'll do a quick Pilates, do the bathroom and go for a walk with my friends who are avid hikers so it will be a proper walk. I live semi-rural, on the coast, so there's a lot of good places for that around here. We'll probably do a cliff path.

Yes, Sophie, I think the swim did help and I managed to sleep last night. Feel like a new woman today. I did a run/walk/sniff/ squirrel! with the dog while ds was at football. I am so horribly unfit, I really need to get running properly again.

Hope you're OK soon, Professor. The two children have a cold that seems to be lingering but lfts are negative so hoping it isn't covid.

Good luck with the endurance ride, Pelo!

Days exercised 133

Trying to dig up motivation for the 60 min endurance spin class I need to do...

Yoga class done this morning. It's been a rubbish week for me too: the lurgy is still hanging around and I completely lost my voice on Wednesday. It's coming back now, though I'm still croaky.

Days exercised 149.

Sorry to hear about your rubbish week MotherForkin. But good you enjoyed your swim and hopefully you did sleep well. May next week be a much better week for you

Because I'm clueless with gym terminology iloveeverykindofcat, when you say "lifted", do you mean like a shoulder press? Or more like a Romanian deadlift and then above the head? Sorry if these are stupid questions.
In any case, well done !! 🎉 As Caroline girvan always says "it's you against you"!! Good luck with all the cleaning!

Having a rest day today and quite enjoying it

Lifted 3x10 reps of 16kg today. I know its not much in the grand scheme of things, but its a lot for me. Anyway next week will be a break from the gym because I'm off work and I need to deep clean my flat. I'll still do daily yoga or Pilates, otherwise my back will get to hurting again, but I don't think I can quite manage a heavy weight workout then coming home and doing a deep clean! Anyway that will be quite a workout in itself, and I'll probably end up doing a fair bit of my mum's house too. She lives 2 streets from me.

Absolute disaster of a week...not sleeping and work has been mad. I finally made myself go for a swim at lunchtime and feel so much better for it. Hopefully it tires me out to sleep tonight too 😴 dh is away for the weekend so I'm not sure I'll get to the gym but I might try an easy plodding run when the kids are at their matches.

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5km run

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Let me know what you think of Tim, ilovecats.

Decided to re-do epic heat. Today epic heat day 1 (legs complexes). Was tough but really enjoyed!

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@SophieLion I have not, may check him out. You definitely have to find an instructor you get on with.

30 min power zones
This was 2 mins lactate threshold, 2 mins vo2 max, 2 mins recovery

That made me laugh I lovecats ! I agree. Have you tried Yoga with Tim? He is really good and explains things very well and has a nice sense of humour - perhaps his flows are not as creative as Cat Meffan's but I like him.

Today did a 40 mins Cat Meffan vinyasa flow. Feeling good - as though all my body got worked and stretched.

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I like Cat Meffan because she's straight to the point with a minimal amount of woo. Yoga with Adrienne annoys the crap out of me. I don't want to consider my spiritual centre at 7 o clock in the morning. Just show me the damn poses so I can get on with my day😆