Now now reverend. I can see that you work out also. I mean, look at you! You don’t end up looking like that without some serious time in the house of pain!

 

Nah I’m just naturally buff, I gotta body that only an undertaker would want!
Even then the bastard would only wanna bury it!

 

Gotta do it. Every day

 

Seven months ago, walked away from my former career in part to better/extend/save my life.

Refocused on my health and have worked up to the following weekly routine:

• ruck (weighted backpack) 45lb up a ~1mi 800ft incline and back 3X / week (~45min)

• lift weight, 5X5 Strong Lifts program (plus isolations), 3X / week

• monotony diet (same food every day) during weekday daytime, targeting 200g of protein/day

been great for me.

that said, started a new career three weeks ago and added baby #3 two weeks ago, and have fallen off the wagon a good bit

thread was another of several reinforcements to get back up this week

 

I was slightly overweight couch potato that lost a job two weeks before covid and turned my life around. At first it was long walks, then I started running. No heavy weight lifting because of back problems. Quit smoking after some 35 years pack-a-day. Now I can easily run 10k and feel like 20 years younger.

 

I guess the real question is are there many members who can keep up with a 10 minute walk at home Jordan work out.
Double paced in-out-in-out ..no mercy and just find the beat with your feet.
I used to have a watch winder but, instead wearing one on each wrist and three of these a day, well it is a complete wind up I promise. And no batteries or mains power required.
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I aim to get to the gym each day for an hour or so with weights and mates. And, under the advice of my Greek doctor, all else in moderation.

 

I try to run 4-5 miles depending on weather and workload. Remember, weight management is 80%+ food intake. The remainder, exercise, is for mental and cardio health.

 

now that's a good one! Lmao

 

Well done. I need to get back in the swimming pool.

From the article:
"I think people who have a problem, whether it's being overweight, or wearing women's underwear, or whatever, want easy fixes for everything," Cutshall says. "The only reason this worked is because I realized no one could fix it but me."

100% on brand.

 

Regular two dogs and on occasion three to be walked a minimum of ten miles a day at varying speeds over different terrain and in all weather conditions, in my mid seventies and on top of all the many chores I attend to it works for me just fine

 

In my 20s I used to row/scull religiously, at least four or five times a week, plus races throughout the year. Now it’s recreational cycling. At least one indoor velodrome session a week, once the daylight improves I’ll commute 20k on the road a day minimum, plus extended rides over the weekend. Not necessarily a regime, but I wouldn’t be without it, it does just as much if not more for my mental health than physical.

 

Thank you sir.

The pool is there, waiting... jump in - you've got this.

 

I hope all the intrepid cyclists who infest the city streets do realise that as they pedal away frantically that their breath rate increases, thus they get to breathe in much more of all those lovely exhaust fumes, and that as they’re actually on the road they are getting them at a much higher concentration than the folks on the footpath……. Sounds healthy to me!
Furthermore as you’re bullbar bait……. I fail to see that the increased likelihood of being maimed and killed in an accident makes it a healthy choice either.

 

I've got a stationary bike for cycle training but I just feel like I am going nowhere with it.

 

Clever. Never occured to me. Thanks.

 

I don't know, it's an outdoor pool and it looks pretty cold . I jog past it a few times per week at ~7pm and it doesn't seem to bother the youngsters. I'm sure it's heated but when you get out .

I've been meaning to get into cycling, so perhaps I'll move that closer to the top of my list.

 

I do Olympic weightlifting with a lot of snatches and CJ's so you have to use bumper plates. Once the lift is complete you drop the weight. I also do a lot of high bar back squats and the only way to safely fail the lift is to throw the bar off your back (only with bumpers).

 

Tell that to the OGs



I'm mostly kidding of course. If I were doing more oly lifting I'd be using bumpers. But there is something darn impressive about old photos of lifters just launching 300 or 400lbs+ of iron overhead like it's a normal everyday thing.

Edit: this was 1971 Worlds, and Olympics didn't switch to bumpers until '72, I think. So, pretty sure this is iron plates:

 

Old school singlets… free the nips!!!