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I stopped in here to update but found I had a lot of reading to do first.

Surfermom, wishing a speedy recovery for your daughter. :hug:

Floyd, wishing you a speedy recovery with your neck injury and cough.

Oh no… it sounds like the dreaded MAN COLD.:018: :044:

Happy Birthday Mrs. Floyd. :mrgreen:

Bob. I hope you do visit Canada. You won’t be disappointed. It’s a beautiful country and the people are lovely.
The paved path is on another lake that’s closer to us than the picture shown but both are really nice to swim in and walk/ run by. It’s nice to have some beautiful scenery to look at.
You write quite poetically as well which is pleasant to read.

I’ve been running at the gym on their padded track and I really like it. I’ve also been trying all the new equipment. The other day I found a rope pulling device that’s perfect for tightening up the upper arms. A place women our age generally need help most. I can feel myself getting toned up which is great because I want to get my metabolism running optimally especially through the Christmas holidays. That way I can better stuff my face without as many unfavourable consequences.

Welcome back Tachyon

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Another two hours in the gym and feeling very relaxed, what with the nice warm glow in the muscles you get afterwards. I’d have stayed longer but for some reason the place was very chilly indeed today, as it was yesterday. They must have a problem with the heating system I think.

The knees are doing really well, and it struck me yesterday after the gym that I wasn’t limping painfully down the road any more, like I used to for months. I remember it being so bad I had to sit on convenient walls just to ease the pain in my knees as I made my way to the bus stop home.

Still going to increase the leg work slowly though.

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Bratti, we hit a padded running surface today too - the outdoor track. I love the surface but loathe going around in ellipses. I decided to break it up by trying to see how many different species I could find. Killdeer, vultures, a monarch butterfly, turkey buzzards, osprey, gulls, honeybees, three carpenters…

I ran five miles, but I added some speedwork, which was fun. At my age, “speedwork” is a relative term…:lol:

Interesting thoughts on the rope, Bratti. Surfboard paddling and step aerobics with weights are the keys to my keeping bat wings at bay,but since I don’t think I’ll be surfing at 70, I’m collecting ideas :-D.

Tachyon, what a worthy accomplishment to have realized that you have reversed some of your knee pain. Sometimes I think we underestimate our bodies’ ability to recover when we get older. It takes a little more persistence and time, but we can come back. At this rate, maybe you’ll be snow skiing soon :lol:.

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That would be an idea! There’s never any snow where I live though, nowadays. :frowning:

I remembered this morning that even just a couple of months ago I was limping home on my right leg so slowly and painfully that a woman coming towards me stopped me and asked if I was OK. I thought that was so kind of her and it cheered me up enough to get me home with a smile on my face. I hope the improvements continue - thank the gods for Methotrexate and some leg workouts. :slight_smile:

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Wow! You run 5 miles regularly? The longest I ran this year at one time was 8 miles but I definitely couldn’t keep that up?
I only run 2 kilometres each time I go to the gym but I cycle 5 miles and do an intense leg work out too. It’s enough that I can do it every second day and get my 1 mile swim in once a week. I still do yoga every morning and walk my dogs . Their walk is generally a few kilometres each morning.

Are turkey buzzards, Turkey Vultures? Those big birds with huge wings that circle around in the sky looking for dead animals ? We have lots of them around and while I enjoy the indoor track cause it’s padded and easier on the knees, I sure miss observing nature. Observing people just isn’t the same.
They’re boring. :lol:

I’m determined to get my arms in better shape but once I lose weight , the excess skin gets all wrinkly. I hate that look. Any other ideas that don’t involve surfing? :-p I think I might start weight lifting for my arms. I’m determined to make my arms better looking.

How old are you Surfermom? Actually I shouldn’t be asking you that. Lol ! I’m going to be 59 in about 6 weeks.

I completely agree that regular exercise can completely eliminate joint pain. Since I’ve been doing my morning yoga I no longer get any joint pain. People who don’t exercise usually seize up with pain. Aquatics is good on the joints due to its buoyancy but not everyone has access to water or a pool.

Last night I did my 5 mile cycle, 2 kilometres run and a leg workout. I brought all my stuff to have a shower and wash my hair ( go in the sauna to condition my hair ) but I forgot my towel. :102: grrrrr! :twisted:

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Hi Bratti.
It looks as if most of your exercise revolves around the legs. I know it’s a familiar problem, especially for women that they succumb to gaining “bingo wings” as they age. My wife has these now and does some very simple push ups to keep them slightly toned.

I’d say that push-ups are probably the best thing for your triceps (the muscles at back of the arms) and you will see quite a difference within days. Try to carry out about five sets of 10, resting for a few minutes in between each set.
For the front of the arms (biceps), a couple of soup tins doing as many palms-upward curl repetitions as you can until “failure” - that point where your brain tells you you can’t do anymore - pause - and then push another couple of curls. That builds strength as well as muscle tone.

Of course, these exercises are the very basics and use improvisation. The best way is to get a gym membership and then the world is your oyster. Good luck, I know you’ll soon be a serious threat to my physique! :cool:

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To add to Floydy’s great advice, tricep dips are also good for toning and can be done on a sofa or a low step.

Hahaha,Bratti, your comment about observing nature rather than people is SO true! Yes, I try to run six days a week between 25-30 miles, not exactly record breaking but it’s fun. I’m with you in enjoying mixing up my activities. Exercise is a by product of the fun things I like to do outdoors here, and I am admittedly lazy about planning activities like going to spin classes, the gym, or yoga classes with any regularity. I’m 57.

Today was a strange one. We started running the track, but I remembered in mid run that I had a salon appointment within the hour. Should I call and rebook (she’s a good friend and she’s ever more likely to postpone) or should I run?

With each step, the anxiety built… it became a bigger decision…hair or fitness…Hair or Fitness…HAIR OR FITNESS. HAIRRRRR OR FITTTNESSSS??? My stars, no one should have to make such stressful decisions.

Tomorrow, I will ask forgiveness from the running gods and will serve penance in the form of some speed work.

At least my hair will look fab while I do it :lol: :mrgreen:

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Haha Suzie - the hair appointment couldn’t be #cancelled. That just wouldn’t have been fair on the salon, you can run anytime. But I’m similar to you - when I have something on my mind it kinda plays a little too much and I become an uncontrollable quivering mess of decisions! :confused2::100:

Thursday 13/12/18 1hr. 5mins.
(All weights in kilogrammes)

There’s no change whatsoever with my cough and it’s worse at night and also when I’m trying to sleep in the morning. But the sore throat which accompanies it is horrendous to the point that I’m finding it extremely painful to even swallow at the moment. The odd thing is that I don’t have the usual accompanying cold or flu. My breathing is fine.
I’ve been trying to pinpoint why it’s happening only at certain times. I mentioned the dry heat from the fire and radiators a couple of weeks ago and perhaps the air conditioning in the car irritates it, who knows? On the other hand it could be working outside all night recently and I do blame the dust on some very filthy pallets that I’ve had to move for the new building work.
I’m even weeding out even silly things such as drinking orange squash that may have an allergic ingredient or eating extra strong mints in the car – perhaps those aggravate my throat. I have no idea but I do know that it’s been hanging on for about a month now and I’m at a loss as to what’s causing it. So feeling drained with some awful tightness to the skin on my face too, which my wife says could be because of the shower gel I’m using – all these issues are turning me into a paranoid hypercondriac! :101: – I’ve now resorted to putting Astral cream on my face in a ladylike fashion but it does the job, despite walking around red-faced all the time. But if it works, don’t knock it.

Anyway, to the training and it was just another catch-up basically with some very light exercises. I simply wasn’t in the frame of mind to test any strength today. Sticking with my recent formula of five sets (2 light, 2 moderate – adding weights on respective second sets, plus a very light final set) I did a quick hour and vacated the place to get back into the warmth of coziness of my house.:hug: Here’s today’s effort:

DB bench press:
8x26, 10x26
6x30, 7x30
12x20

Lat pulldown, underarm grip:
12x40, 15x40
6x55, 8x65
29x35

Seated row:
10x47, 12x47
6x65, 8x65
20x35

DB Pinwheel curl, standing, alt.:
10x12.5, 12x12.5
5x15, 6x15
10x10
*I’m enjoying these a lot now, the outer head of the biceps is really looking well-formed even with these light weights with a new ‘line’ of definition separating the two parts of the biceps nicely.:048:

DB concentration curls, seated, alt.:
10x12.5, 12x12.5
6x15, 8x15
12x10

Sled leg press:
15x160, 20x160
10x200, 12x200
25x100
*That’s more like it. Increasing the weight on this made it possible to lower the reps making it more of an endurance test for the thighs.

Seated ham curls:
12x40, 15x40
8x60, 10x60
25x30

Not so bad after all, despite my feeling jaded. Depending on my spluttering state at the end of the week, I’m planning a cardio session for Friday followed by some heavier weights on Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading as always :cool:

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Sorry to hear you’re poorly, Floydy. There are some very persistent colds doing the rounds. I had mine for weeks, and even though the sore throat and chestiness have gone I have had a couple of weeks of my nose continuing to run all the time. It’s really annoying, and to add to the annoyment I had to all but give up using the stomach crunch machine because when i started using it my nose REALLY began to run! :smiley:

Hope you get better soon. :slight_smile:

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Sorry to hear of your discomfort Floydy, I am no Doctor but it seems to me that it’s none of the above, and it’s more likely that a virus is the culprit. Sure, some things will bring relief from the symptoms, but I don’t think they are the cause if they have not caused problems before…But whatever it is, I wish you a speedy recovery Floydy…:wink:

Surfermom, I’m also sorry to hear of your dilemma… One of the reasons I go for my run very early in the mornings, apart from sometimes having to stagger through the rest of the day, it has virtually no impact on the days activities like going for haircuts and eating…Probably my second favourite hobby…:smiley:

I’m sorry guys, but gymnasiums and workouts have never been my bag…And destiny presented me with a different path, and made me run it…
But I do enjoy reading of your exploits in the house of torture…:shock:

So my day at the office began with a five mile run around the highways and byways of South Yorkshire…Pitch dark as I struggled up the steep climb of the railway bridge and sidestepping the large yellow sign that informed me that the bridge was going to be reconstructed and therefore closed from January until April…

Not only is that going to inconvenience hundreds of drivers trying to get to work in a morning, but it’s going to add another mile to my morning run, and two more busy road crossings…But this mornings run continued over a very dry course with no problems to report…Everything seemed to work in the way it was designed…A very nice outing to be honest…:slight_smile:

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Have you considered that you could possibly have strep throat Floydy?

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The lights and heating were still switched off as I stepped through the door into my great outdoor Gymnasium this morning. In fact, with a biting cold South Easterly blowing around my naked face and legs it felt like the aircon had been left on overnight…

No worries and I soon got to work easing my body into cruise mode, until muscles and heart were loose and pumping warm oxygenated blood into every extremity bringing them up to temperature. Nothing out of the ordinary so far, other than a feeling that everything was in perfect working order.

I don’t recall as I ran past a mile of queuing vehicles whether it was because I was trying to enhance my style in front of a mile of staring faces with nothing better to do that watch some old bloke go jogging past, or I was feeling really good. I was certainly shifting…

By the time I reached that lonely lane I realised that this run was going to be something special, so I ‘ran with it’ and arrived home in the fastest time this year over the five mile course, knocking three quarters of minute off my previous best time…

I don’t often drink coca cola, but I polished one off before retiring to bed last night…
I can almost hear the sharp intake of breath from all you sugar free purists, but this isn’t just a random phenomenon…It has happened many times before, sometimes using a jam or honey sandwich. It just goes to prove that heavy duty exercise requires five star fuel…And it’s a very useful tool to have in your box…

So this morning there were two happy people, me and Theresa May…

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Thanks Floydy. You brought a really good point I hadn’t really considered much before . I’m getting arm exercise during swimming & yoga but not much else. The thing is I have plenty of free weights , a complete weight lifting set downstairs by Pacific Fitness Solana and NOW a complete gym membership which has 6 racket ball courts, tennis courts, 2 outdoor swimming pools, a huge indoor swimming pool, indoor running track , bowling alley, skating rink, 5 basketball courts and numerous rooms with various equipment including weight lifting stuff.
There are all kinds of equipment for arms which I will look into.
Yes push-ups would be good to but I’m not fond of going them.
I’m not used to being around so many people so I might use my weights at home . I’ll have to play it by ear but you are definitely right.

Lol Surfermom
The hair would probably have won with me also. I’m glad you started the yoga. Isn’t it wonderful. It was the best addition I added. Yes chair lifts work good. I like doing those for the backs of the arms.

Thanks you too.

Hey Bob, you sure are an early riser. Just reading about your energy makes me tired. Every now and again I love a nice cold Coca Cola.

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I don’t think a Coca Cola every once in a while does you any harm at all Bratti…:wink:
I must say that I recovered from this morning’s run very quickly, something that doesn’t happen very often these days.

My next run will be an eight miler on Sunday, I’ll give the Coke another go and see what happens…:cool:

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I don’t think the odd coco cola hurts anyone.
You must be in better shape than me. Since adding my 2 km run, 5 mile cycling and various leg workouts for the last 2 weeks, I went through some serious burnout which I wasn’t really expecting. And Bob, I’m actually more like you in that I prefer a natural environment while exercising but it’s a nice gym that I can workout that costs me next to nothing. I’d be silly not to take advantage of it.,

It’s inspring that you are still challenging yourself and have set a new record for your 5 mile run.

My brother does these 20 to 30 mile runs and he’s almost 4 years older than me . I don’t know how he does it but my dad played tennis 3 times a week until he was 84 so anything’s possible

Happy exercising fellow members

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Confession time…dear fellow exercisers I confess to the following crimes:

I skived off my walk on Thursday and stayed in finishing my cards and making a Christmas Yule Log,
I skived off Pilates yesterday and helped lordruthio get the tree in and set it up in the living room ready to decorate over this weekend.

I’m useless, I’m still sitting here in my cosy dressing gown with my third cuppa wasting time on here when I should be decorating the tree and the house, washing all the bedding ready for The Invasion etc.

I confess my sins and ask for forgiveness…I promise to use the step ladders and the stairs to good effect this weekend and only consume a mince pie every now and again :blush::blush:

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Yes, it’s a nuisance isn’t it, Tachyon.
The worst thing is when I’m asleep (or trying to sleep) and a sudden tickle occurs in my throat and wakes me up trying to cough it away! It’s been a nightmare, so to speak. (In fact nightmares are okay, 'cos at least you’re asleep!) Unlike you though mate, I haven’t got a cold with it, which is strange.

A great run then, Suzie. Even in traffic there’s no stopping you is there? :023:

I looked that up, Bratti and I don’t think so, at least I hope it’s not the case. Sounds awful :cry:

Amazing work, Bob. Exceptional stuff :023::023::023:

Great news on this Bratti. You’re all set then :cool::cool:

Don 't worry about it, Ruthio. I’m the same.
I had a great session planned for last night and also for this morning but I was whisked away shopping and today we’re putting all our decorations up like yourself.
You’ll always be able to catch up :slight_smile:

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For my own plans for the Christmas period, here’s what I’ve come up with. Nine different routines spread out to enable enough rest and recuperation.

Sun 16
Day 1: Arms + Legs only, intensive
Tue 18
Day 2: Light session, to select from list
Wed 19
Day 3: Strength session
Fri 21
Day 4: Cardio only, a.m.
Sun 23
Day 5: Intensive long session (full body)
Mon 24
Day 6: High reps only (light, full body, a.m.
Thu 27
Day 7: Upper body, intensive
Fri 28
Day 8: Legs + cardio
Sun 30
Day 9: Full body intensive

Hopefully I’ll be able to stick to these plans :cool::cool:

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The day got away from me and so did these posts. You all move way too fast for me!

It also appears that when I turned around for a minute this entire thread turned into some sort of religious confessional of heinous sins :shock:…

Coca Cola, tree decorating, shopping, concerts…

What has become of us???

We need someone akin to a drill instructor to dole out the penance - but not until after New Year’s, please.

All except Ruthio. I expect that effects of The Invasion will be enough to put her back on the straight and narrow.:smiley:

I would confess my own sins, cutting my run back to only four miles, eating chocolate, skipping yoga…but that might tilt the entire thread into an abyss of holiday lethargy so deep that we might all just park ourselves in our respective sofas until January.

Thank goodness Floydy at least has a plan, and tomorrow is Sunday…

I believe! I believe! :lol:

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Oh dear, my ‘little’ gym is closing for the Christmas and New Year!! I’ll have to find somewhere else to go to keep me occupied. :frowning: