Thanks H Was out early today so no chance to do my exercise so after 2 hours walking round the shops, then 2 hours in the cinema(watching the Jack Reacher film, can recommend ) now back in the house, other half has gone for a snooze so I have some ironing to do then will get some time on the exercise bike
i'm already planning my early exercise tomorrow coz i have the hairdresser at 10am...really need an early night tonight!
Done my hour, made and ate dinner the very unusual turkey curry now feeling the burn knackered will get another hour in tomorrow
Got an hour and half in gym and lifting up 50 per cent on start feels really good. Not sure what the running in circles is H but i think i'll see the physio as calf supports not cutting it and im clueless on warming up and cooling. start 10k training 4th jan for may race first runs are 2 milers but thats too far with these puny calves. Fingers crossed for acceptance in the london 100mile bike race this year could be kill or cure
As someone who snapped an achilles tendon and spent six weeks in plaster, I had vast muscle wastage in one leg and the other leg was built up with all the hopping with crutches. As I was gradually brought back to walking by the physio, I found that I was suffering from the now famous muscle imbalance. When the crutches were taken away I had a series of exercises to try and build up the injured one which helped, but it has been a slow process and sometimes it feels as if there is not enough skin to go round the expanding muscles. The advice I was given seems simple enough, don't overdo things too soon. Gradually increase the amount of walking you do, 1 mile a day for the first week, 2 miles a day for the second week and so on. Running is still not allowed for another six weeks, not that I ever run that much these days unless the bar is going to close shortly.
Just a thought and it may be whisky induced, but doesnt alcohol work as a relaxant? Perhaps warm up should be a decent red and post exercise a not so wee dram?
me neither, i think i'll have to read up more on that! Warm ups and cool downs are all stretches...you can find them all on the internet
Hopefully not, just trying to get 4 sessions in a week I must admit I do not do too much of a warm up, but I do take it easy for the first 5 minutes on the bike. Then build my speed up. I also slow down for the last 5 as well so I suppose I do some sort of warm up/down
good stuff...stretches are good too I would imagine a good calf and thigh stretch would be quite important...pot calling kettle though, i always remember i haven't stretched once i've started lol..always get one in at the end though All done on the treadmill today, time for a relax at the hairdresser!
From my weightlifting days of yore, that was exactly what was recommended. Re muscle stretches - about a year ago, I was teaching a P5 class & promised them an afternoon of their favourite sport in the gym hall - corner football. They soon realised that there would be a price to pay when they were asked to take notepad and pencil with them - before starting, we went through twelve leg and upper body muscle stretches as warm ups for which they had to take notes on how to perform. The next day, I had them produce illustrated posters giving clear instructions on how to perform each one - made a nice display on the hall walls.
Went for a 60 minute bike ride in my shorts and t-shirt earlierLuckily I was in and warm as the bike was my exercise bike in my kitchen
morning all. Struggling with this 10 mile run training...i just can't seem to get the damn stamina up and it's driving me insane! One step forwards, two backwards. Still, sticking with the programme, hopefully things will start to pick up in March, coz time is whizzing by and it'll be the end of October before i know it! Very scary! Determined of just outside Watford here...just hope determination is enough to get me through. I've never been a runner, not sure i know what i was thinking when i signed up for this!
Keep with it H! I have done something every day bar 2 whilst on holiday, 10 visits to the gym, using either cross trainer or exercise bike, 1 day I swam for an hour and the other I went for a long walk, so just 2 days of non-exercise. It was easy as there was no heat in the sun till 10am so I went to the gym at 8 and still had plenty time to sort myself before breakfast and he compulsory lounging by the pool reading many books! Ah bliss
lol yes but i don't go to bed early, so getting up for a gym at 8 is a no no. I'm following a programme which gets me to the ten miles by the end of October. At the mo it's just 3 days a week...it goes up to 4 in June. That's not to say i can't do extra, and i do now and then, but i like that it doesn't take up all my time, but i'm not finding it easy, that's for sure!
Evening all, well the most under used asset for fitness at my new camp is the Station Swimming pool but I am trying to remedy that I have been able to go twice now in the last week! It costs less than £2 a session(£15 a month) which is a billy bonus considering the public pool in Gloucester is almost £5 a sessionJust a shame it is a 80 mile round trip to go otherwise I would go more often but alas shift work does not allow that but it is easy to smash a mile within 50 minutes(breast stroke) which gets the heart rate going and also gets me out and about aircraft permitting of course. Oh well I might get to go again tomorrow, fingers crossed
When I was a recalcitrant yoof at WBGS, I was a regular in the Saturday morning detention class - more often than not for the full three hours. On one summer occasion, the poor sod of a teacher whose turn it was to supervise me (I was the only one there that day) was the PE teacher - who took me up to the school pool and told me to start swimming. I managed to swim non-stop for the whole session and was awarded a two mile certificate for my troubles. IIRC, it was just over 70 laps of breast stroke in a shade under three hours. He was a bit miffed when i laughed at his suggestion that I join the Watford Swimming Club.
