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Carry on exercising - the August 2022 edition

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roonetta · 25/08/2022 20:08

Hope this works!

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CrimsonAlligator · 09/09/2022 13:01

Oh no @ILikeHotWaterBottles . Hope you feel better soon.

Today’s exercise: 40 minute steady row (a.k.a. slow and boring 🥱)

ILikeHotWaterBottles · 09/09/2022 12:13

I've got COVID 😭so no exercise for me for a few days.

SophieLion · 09/09/2022 08:18

6km interval run plus some abs workouts.

Days exercised 166

iloveeverykindofcat · 08/09/2022 08:38

A mix of HIIT, weights and Pilates today but not for too long/hard, one knee is being a bit problematic. I'm insanely hypermobile and they move a lot.

SophieLion · 08/09/2022 07:50

Don't get me started on GPs. My family has had no end of trouble with the ones in their area. Thought perhaps it would be better elsewhere.

So much easier here where you just go straight to the specialist who either deals with it or says that it isn't actually your bone, for example, so you need to see a neurologist as it's the nerve etc etc.

SophieLion · 08/09/2022 07:48

Fingers crossed the exercises work Roonetta. Not very helpful of your DS....!

Complex series day 3 glutes plus a dead bug abs workout. Not trained glutes for ages and I could tell today....

Days exercised 165

ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson · 08/09/2022 06:39

Yoga done last night. I’ve booked into an actual class on Saturday too.

Sorry your arm is still giving you trouble, roonetta. I don’t even think about the GP as a potential solution to anything any more, which is a bit depressing.

Days exercised 138.

PeloFondo · 07/09/2022 16:57

10 min barre class

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roonetta · 07/09/2022 16:44

Well done everyone!

Sorry to hear your hip is playing up Professor. Hopefully it won't last too long.

I should go to the GP Sophie but getting a face to face appointment is near impossible and I'm not really sure what else they can do. I will have to go if it doesn't improve, but for now I will keep on with the exercises the osteopath gave me. It felt a bit easier today until my DS jumped out on me and jarred it all over again Confused

4 mile WWL done

Days exercised 140

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SophieLion · 07/09/2022 12:24

Complex series day 2 (upper body).

Days exercised 164

CrimsonAlligator · 07/09/2022 10:59

Today’s exercise: 50 minute steady row.

I’ve now made it to the end of the “power phase” of my training plan. It’s been a challenge to say the least! The next phase will be focussed on strength…not sure how that’s different from power, but I guess I’ll find out. But first a recovery week! 😁

iloveeverykindofcat · 07/09/2022 08:58

Did weights again yesterday and definitely less sore in the legs this time (bum hurts a bit though!). Today 40min yoga, 30min swim.

ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson · 07/09/2022 07:02

Yoga done last night. I had good intentions about starting the 30DS again, but my hip and knee are playing up - the hip is a long-standing niggle, but the knee is new, so I’ll give it till the weekend. Annoying as I’ve put on a bit of weight over the summer and need to sort myself out.

Good to have new people joining!

Days exercised 137.

StarryHyles · 06/09/2022 22:13

thanks for the welcomes! Being on this thread has already motivated me. Went to the gym for 40 mins of weights at lunch, then a friend asked if I wanted to run this evening so we did 6k. Hoping it will help me sleep better than I have been sleeping and that I can over time get back in the groove - I’d like to get back to my 2019 level of fitness (2h half). A long way from that currently, but Rome etc …

WolfMother326 · 06/09/2022 21:48

Disappeared for a few days as I didn't have any childcare. Past two days went to gyms for weights, and today ran 4.5 miles on lunchbreak. Will try to get out a couple more times this week. So good for me to have this time to myself.

PeloFondo · 06/09/2022 19:17

30 min low impact ride (loads of playing with cadence and single leg drills)
Post ride stretch (have to do one after every ride for the challenge!)
15 min focus flow yoga working on hips

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 06/09/2022 15:17

Hello @StarryHyles 👋

That's a shame your arm is still at you, Roonetta. Having paid a fortune for 18 months of physio, I completely understand. Luckily our health insurance covered some of the cost, but it really can be prohibitive.

Hope you and your dp are OK, hotwaterbottles.

Hill walk this morning. I really need to start running it again 😩

Days exercised 120

iloveeverykindofcat · 06/09/2022 15:14

Caroline Girvan vids look intimidating! She looks extremely lean and strong so I guess the proof is right there but HIIT and weights seperately are hard enough!

SophieLion · 06/09/2022 15:13

Hello starryHyles!

Sorry to hear your arm still isn't right Roonetta. Yes £50 a pop is a lot. Can you go to your GP to see if they can help?

Fingers crossed you don't catch it hotwaterbottles and hope your DH is better soon.

Complex series day 1 (legs) today. Tough.

Days exercised 163

ILikeHotWaterBottles · 06/09/2022 14:19

I will be doing workouts from home for a while. My partner has COVID and I doubt it will be long before I catch it, I catch everything. Terrible immune system. Will keep exercising at home while I can.

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roonetta · 06/09/2022 10:28

Welcome to the thread @Goostacean and @StarryHyles 🙌

I hope she does another one too Sophie. I am missing her workouts but my arm just won't allow the upper body with heavier weights at the moment. I have stopped going to the osteopath for financial reasons. At £50 a time I just can't justify it. My wrist is much better and that was the thing that bothered me the most. I will keep going with the lighter weights for now with Jillian and maybe add in some Girvan lower body, although they are my least favourite.

Well done on the swim Motherforkin! 👏👏👏

Good luck with Pelofondo Pelo

30DS L1 D8 (I think). This is the longest I have taken to complete L1 ever Grin

Days exercised 139

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PeloFondo · 06/09/2022 10:06

Hopefully! I would love to do a 100 mile one
It takes me a 90 min spin class to do 20 miles so that's a vague idea of how long

CrimsonAlligator · 06/09/2022 09:58

Well done on your swim @MotherForkinShirtBalls ! Unfortunately I have nowhere near by where on water rowing would be an option, so it’s strictly garage rowing for me 😄

Welcome to the thread @StarryHyles 50 miles over 2 days sounds challenging, but doable @PeloDramatic . Do you think you might look at longer distances for future events?

Todays’s exercise: 15 x 1 minute “power strokes”. Combined with warm up, cool down and technique practice that came to just over 10k.

PeloDramatic · 05/09/2022 17:34

Just signed up to a pelofondo in October
Only 50 miles to bike over 2 days but it's my first one so didn't want to overdo it!

StarryHyles · 05/09/2022 15:11

Joining for motivation - thanks

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