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Trev
··The ArchitectI ride too, but nothing fancy. Just an older Specialized Diverge with the fattest road tires that would fit (for messy sandy beach paths).
Got A Fitness Regime?
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twizit
·Another cyclist here. Used to be rugby when I was younger but several operations and my body telling me enough was enough meant doing something a little less destructive. Average around 7,000 miles a year being a complete mix of commuting, road rides and tours, and gravel / trail riding.
The irony is that turning 50 this year I really do need to start picking up weights again but doing exercise for the sake of it bores me silly. That and I spent my youth lifting silly weights to gain size for rugby, and am finding it hard to think about going back to any of that.
The irony is that turning 50 this year I really do need to start picking up weights again but doing exercise for the sake of it bores me silly. That and I spent my youth lifting silly weights to gain size for rugby, and am finding it hard to think about going back to any of that.
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styggpyggeno1
·Office work - I do not spend many calories a day at work. Trained a lot between age 7 to 35-40. Stopped and got fat.
Lost 23 kg since last december.
Bicycling 40-60 minutes, 2-4 days a week. Indoors when dark or wet, outdoors when manageable. Weightlifting free weights, basic movements/large muscle groups 4x12 - at home the same days as bicycling. Three meals a day (no special diet). "Pig out" once or twice a month (social events). Micro-fasting (eating nothing at all for 12h) between 19.00 to 07.00.
Medical check before starting gave high blood pressure and some other small things. Medical check in May gave - everything OK! I turn 61 in some months. Have not felt this fit since I was 35-40.
Lost 23 kg since last december.
Bicycling 40-60 minutes, 2-4 days a week. Indoors when dark or wet, outdoors when manageable. Weightlifting free weights, basic movements/large muscle groups 4x12 - at home the same days as bicycling. Three meals a day (no special diet). "Pig out" once or twice a month (social events). Micro-fasting (eating nothing at all for 12h) between 19.00 to 07.00.
Medical check before starting gave high blood pressure and some other small things. Medical check in May gave - everything OK! I turn 61 in some months. Have not felt this fit since I was 35-40.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorOffice work - I do not spend many calories a day at work. Trained a lot between age 7 to 35-40. Stopped and got fat.
Lost 23 kg since last december.
Bicycling 40-60 minutes, 2-4 days a week. Indoors when dark or wet, outdoors when manageable. Weightlifting free weights, basic movements/large muscle groups 4x12 - at home the same days as bicycling. Three meals a day (no special diet). "Pig out" once or twice a month (social events). Micro-fasting (eating nothing at all for 12h) between 19.00 to 07.00.
Medical check before starting gave high blood pressure and some other small things. Medical check in May gave - everything OK! I turn 61 in some months. Have not felt this fit since I was 35-40.
Went to the Vet and the Doctors (actually Neurosurgeon's as had a Discectomy) all in a week and apparently myself and the dog can loose a few kilograms.
Hurt my neck laughing at your Micro-fasting from 19:00 to 07:00 (that will be used 😉)
Started some pool Physio therapy today…👍
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Pastorbottle
·Good job on the weight loss mate 👍
Went to the Vet and the Doctors (actually Neurosurgeon's as had a Discectomy) all in a week and apparently myself and the dog can loose a few kilograms.
Hurt my neck laughing at your Micro-fasting from 19:00 to 07:00 (that will be used 😉)
Started some pool Physio therapy today…👍
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texasmade
·Another cyclist here. Used to be rugby when I was younger but several operations and my body telling me enough was enough meant doing something a little less destructive. Average around 7,000 miles a year being a complete mix of commuting, road rides and tours, and gravel / trail riding.
The irony is that turning 50 this year I really do need to start picking up weights again but doing exercise for the sake of it bores me silly. That and I spent my youth lifting silly weights to gain size for rugby, and am finding it hard to think about going back to any of that.
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Pastorbottle
·All exercise bores me absolutely witless. my mind is always switched on, so relatively mindless tasks on repetition just don't give me the input that I need to in order to maintain focus on them . so a few repetitions in, I'm all "fυck this for a game of soldiers........I'm of to do go and do something useful"
The closest thing my mind has to an off switch is a bottle of whisky. It's still on but using a (very) different operating system!
Instead of constantly coming up with better or alternative ways of fixing things, it comes up with the stupidest and absurd ways to fυck shit up.
The closest thing my mind has to an off switch is a bottle of whisky. It's still on but using a (very) different operating system!
Instead of constantly coming up with better or alternative ways of fixing things, it comes up with the stupidest and absurd ways to fυck shit up.
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Dsloan
·Funny because I'm sort of the opposite. I love strength training and been doing it since I was like 14 (41 now). I should really do more cardio but the thought of doing it just for the sake of it bores me.
Same for me - long, slow cardio has never been fun for me. Have you tried something that's more intense but also can challenge a aerobic metabolism? I find that doing short but intense intervals on a rower can be fun in a similar way to weightlifting.
Also, FWIW, playing tag with my kid on the playground has been some intense cardio for me lately. Chasing down children at full speed while climbing and navigating terrain is surprisingly hard on an adult body. 🫠
All exercise bores me absolutely witless. my mind is always switched on, so relatively mindless tasks on repetition just don't give me the input that I need to in order to maintain focus on them . so a few repetitions in, I'm all "fυck this for a game of soldiers........I'm of to do go and do something useful"
Are you sure you were exercising hard enough? I also have a really hard time switching off, and I find that the gym is one of the best places for me to do so. It's honestly quite hard to think about anything at all when lifting heavy weights.
To quote Henry Rollins:
I prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me. Learning about what you’re made of is always time well spent, and I have found no better teacher. The Iron had taught me how to live. Life is capable of driving you out of your mind. The way it all comes down these days, it’s some kind of miracle if you’re not insane. People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole.
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The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.
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Pastorbottle
·Same for me - long, slow cardio has never been fun for me. Have you tried something that's more intense but also can challenge a aerobic metabolism? I find that doing short but intense intervals on a rower can be fun in a similar way to weightlifting.
Also, FWIW, playing tag with my kid on the playground has been some intense cardio for me lately. Chasing down children at full speed while climbing and navigating terrain is surprisingly hard on an adult body. 🫠
Are you sure you were exercising hard enough? I also have a really hard time switching off, and I find that the gym is one of the best places for me to do so. It's honestly quite hard to think about anything at all when lifting heavy weights.
To quote Henry Rollins:
I prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me. Learning about what you’re made of is always time well spent, and I have found no better teacher. The Iron had taught me how to live. Life is capable of driving you out of your mind. The way it all comes down these days, it’s some kind of miracle if you’re not insane. People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole.
[...]
The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.
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twizit
·Funny because I'm sort of the opposite. I love strength training and been doing it since I was like 14 (41 now). I should really do more cardio but the thought of doing it just for the sake of it bores me.
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texasmade
·Same for me - long, slow cardio has never been fun for me. Have you tried something that's more intense but also can challenge a aerobic metabolism? I find that doing short but intense intervals on a rower can be fun in a similar way to weightlifting.
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Pastorbottle
·Exactly how is riding a bicycle on a public road healthy? You're up close an personal to all those lovely exhaust fumes and as you are exerting yourself you are sucking 'em in at an increased rate, not if that wasn't enough you double down by riding your unstable contraption where even if you somehow manage not come to grief by yourself, there will be a strong likely hood of a car or truck to assist you to an early grave........yeah that sounds like a real good recipe for a long and healthy life to me!....... back to the couch!
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Dsloan
·I think this is the obvious answer for all us old people who want to feel young again:
Competitive tag gives you fun, cardio, glycolytic work, phosphate system work, mobility work, plyometrics, and the opportunity for all kinds of injuries.
Competitive tag gives you fun, cardio, glycolytic work, phosphate system work, mobility work, plyometrics, and the opportunity for all kinds of injuries.
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Charlemagne1333
·yeah that sounds like a real good recipe for a long and healthy life to me!....... back to the couch!
Exactly how is riding a bicycle on a public road healthy?
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blufinz52
··Hears dead people, not watch rotors.
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Charlemagne1333
·What would we do without his wonderful, bright, sunny outlook on everything 😁
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI think this is the obvious answer for all us old people who want to feel young again:
Competitive tag gives you fun, cardio, glycolytic work, phosphate system work, mobility work, plyometrics, and the opportunity for all kinds of injuries.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThe couch will probably send you to a grave sooner than cardiovascular exercise.
You are lucky to have calm roads to ride on, but around here there are so many distracted drivers there's no way I would ride on the local roads.
The chances of getting run over by car are slim on the tennis courts, so I'll stick to that. It's been proven to have the greatest effect on extending lifespan in studies. The cardio coupled with the social aspects, hand eye coordination, and strategy - it's ideal to keep the mind and body working well.
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy...heir?msockid=10d3123f8712633a2a3606c5863862f9
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blufinz52
··Hears dead people, not watch rotors.The cardio coupled with the social aspects, hand eye coordination, and strategy - it's ideal to keep the mind and body working well.
"While different sports produced strikingly different gains in life span, the observational design of the study wasn’t sufficient to prove a causal relationship."
So much for tennis. 😎