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See how you get on with that one @WearyAuldWumman

I give it mixed reviews. It's not any better than lat pull-down, but with extra faff and the chance to mess up the getting on and off. On the other side the massive gym bros never use it so it's more usually free!

That last point is a definite bonus, in that case!

Thinking about it, I don't remember ever seeing anyone using it. I'd wanted to use the chest press as well as the fly, but couldn't get on it today so went downstairs for my lentil soup and chicken caesar salad. (Glenrothes is getting posh!)

I'm trying to balance between cardio and weights in an attempt to lose weight without losing muscle.

The Cowdenbeath gym is much smaller, but has a reasonable selection of machines so I'm using them on the two days that I go to classes there. (Further away, but easier to get a place.)

Even getting the right size of free weight is a challenge at the Michael Woods these days. I've heard on the grapevine that Fife Leisure is trying to get another 8,000 members.

They keep advertising for volunteers, which I think is a bit cheeky - there are instructors running about like blue-tailed flies to make a living, because Fife refuses to give them enough classes in one centre.

Fife Leisure is advertising a Ladies' Strength Course - 6 sessions for £60, 12 to a class - but it's Carnegie in the evening, so I'll be giving it a miss. Don't fancy getting caught up in all the commuter traffic.

Have just cut the exterior side boundary hedge - it's the length of more than 4 front gardens. I'm pooped, so I'm counting that as extra exercise.

Morning yoga stretches (10 mins)
6.5k walk to work
Lots of other walking visiting children at nurseries that will be starting with me in September (I’m a reception teacher) including a long walk in the park on my way home
5k evening run

31,000 steps 😮

@WearyAuldWumman yes it can be a bother getting the weights you want! At most gyms there's sort of big boy range starting at maybe 5 or 7.5 kg, going up by 2.5 then 5kg, up to 35-50kg depending on the gym. And there's often a small rack somewhere with pairs starting at 0.5 or 1, going up by 1kg to 10. And then somewhere else, maybe in a studio or in a corner, there will be a whole pile of 1.5/2/3/4 kg weights for classes. And then there are kettle bells which tend to start at 4 and go up in even numbers. The smaller kettle bells tend to gather dust, and there's often a few of them. Not to forget the smaller weight plates. These start at 1.25kg usually and you can find 1.25/2.5/5 easily in any gym - and if there's a studio there's probably loads of them for body pump type classes.

So all of that said, if you can't get the exact weight you want, but you can get a kettlebell or a slightly different dumbell, you're already winning. For most basic purposes a kettlebell or a plate and a dumbell are interchangable, just a slightly different grip.

If you can't get exactly the weight you want, but get +1 kg, then you can do like a regressed version or lower reps. and if you can get a -1kg weight, then do more reps or more sets.

And if you can't find any weights at all, a lot of things can be done with the rubber bands, if you know what exercise to do. And there's usually a bunch of bands gathering dust somewhere.

I hope some of that helps, because we all know the pain of not being able to get the exact thing we want when we want it, during limited time at the gym!

Lost my post!

Thanks @BezMills .

Sparc for 5 min warmup followed by leg extension and seated leg curl.

45 min Senior flex class, but went down to 2.5 weights. Sore elbow.

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Yesterday - 4.7 mile walk
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Today - 40 x25m swim
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I really need to pull my socks back up now if I'm going to achieve my 300 day goal this year😳

Morning yoga stretches (10 mins)
6k walk
4k walk
Running around in the park with dog (can I count this)? 😄

27,600 steps

Well done, all!
The weather is so beautiful, it's a pleasure to be outside doing healthy exercise.
Yesterday morning I took my yoga mat outside for a yin, and than yang session. Ended with a short meditation. Blissful!
Ended the day with bedtime yoga, also outside. Will do the same today.
Started the day with an early run c25k week 4 in the park. It is a glorious morning.
Off to my yoga mat.
Enjoy the day all!

Good morning all! I have been consistent with my morning stretch/strength routine since March and as from the beginning of May I've included walking too, but more for mental health. I'm on my feet quite a lot in the day anyway but now tracking my km/speed ( map my walk tells me my speed is slow to moderate but that's because I stop to look at things then walk more briskly in between) Happy with my progress and I've seen benefits to thigh strength and MH.

I read this thread daily and inwardly cheer you all on. You are all inspiring ✨️

Yesterday 4 mins jumping around, 7 mins abs exercises, 12 mins bedtime yoga. Plus some cycling but I don’t count that really.

Been doing 20 mins a day for the last month or so, going to try and do 20 mins PLUS for a bit.

Apparently writing down what exercise you are going to do and when you will do it can make it 2-3 times more likely that you will actually do it. Writing down the plan means you’re more likely to follow through - weird huh?

This week has been some decent walking, swimming and gym.

I was on some weird medication but I just couldn’t function and it was making my symptoms worse so I have had to come off. Easy Pilates and a slow day today

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I got in the water yesterday afternoon for the first time this year and it was lush. Just a quick dip for 8 minutes. I went in again first thing this morning and it was noticeably colder. Probably a combination of the water being colder and me not quite fired up too. I did a quick 4 minutes and called it good.

I had the chance to do fake crossfit over at the club this morning, or could have driven to the park run but did neither. I'm going to do fakefit next week tho. It's so handy just across the road.

Brisk 4.5 mile walk
98/300

Only did a bit of walking to and from the bus station and around Glasgow today.

If I'd had the choice, would not have been getting on a bus with Dunfermline fans. (There was also one Celtic fan each way.)

28 mins of tai chi and HIIT workouts today. I now look like a beetroot, good grief…

45 minute Body Balance class. I continue to be grateful for the kneepads, but my legs ache a bit and arms ache a lot. I'm blaming the sore arms on Downward Dog - skinny arms were not meant to hold up more than 14 stones.

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70 mins pilates /body bar/kettle bell
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Should of been to a stomp fit but there's no air con in the tiny building, so couldn't face it in this heat.

Yesterday was a 3m walk in the woods- amazing smells of wild garlic, and bedtime yoga.
This morning have been to early pilates, and yoga @ bedtime later- even maybe at sunset in the garden.
Time to enjoy the garden! Enjoy your day's!

Booked for Body Conditioning but it was a cover teacher doing strength yoga.

Ouch. 45 minutes.

Followed with 3 sets on the shoulder press.

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Double dips yesterday at 7am and 9am, got in this morning as well. Water is still quite brisk but definitely feeling the benefit of even short dips.

This morning I went across town and did a boxing fitness session with another instructor. Was a good time, got a few things to work on too.

Home now. Have just trimmed another bit of the boundary hedge and have trimmed the ivy on the garage, so that's another arm/shoulder workout, I reckon.

I promise I'm not being catty. I noticed that the yoga instructor's feet look like mine when I was younger - flat feet and very similar bunions (before the op in my mid-50s). TBH, I genuinely thought that my feet were a normal shape until a Glenrothes GP said "Have your feet always looked like that?"

I'm beginning to think that maybe I could manage a wee bit of yoga after all?

There was a lot that I couldn't do today, but I had a go at all the easier options. Had to do a bridge without using my arms if you know what I mean. I'm trying to build them up, but these skinny arms and wrists aren't going to hold up my 14 stone frame. The legs managed it okay, but I've been doing that in Pilates.

Couldn't get booked for my Pilates class today, which is why I'm home from the gym already.

Can't remember whether I've said in here, but after my bilateral foot op, I lost most of the feeling in my big toes. The other week, I realised that it had come back, more than 10 yrs later. I'm crediting the exercises we do in Pilates. I've Googled, and some of the stuff we do is the same as the physio advised by NHS trusts down in England.

When I got mine done at the Vic, there were no exercises issued whatsoever, and I figured that the numbness was a price I had to pay for being able to walk. I can feel them again, however. Woot! [As young people don't say.]

Honestly I credit Pilates with greatly improving my pelvis stability that has helped me walk much better with dystonia. And I’m a yoga teacher!

with downward dog I would experiment with the position of your hands and feet. Bringing them closer to one another so it’s halfway toward a forward fold might help. And have a go at bending the elbows too so there’s more kind of buoyancy in your pose. Wide legged dog is less pressure too.

I have 2 hours of yoga for today. Was brilliant. A great group and plenty of scope for personal exploration.

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