If you can do all of that, you must be quite fit. Fitness is a lot to do with having the energy and strength to do such jobs without puffing and blowing with the effort it takes. I’d say it is possible to be fit without it showing.
Thanks Floydy. I have seen that film. Also seen one called ‘The Hill’ where military prisoners have to carry bags of sand up a hill. It reminds me a bit of that too. Maybe we should have similar in our back gardens. 
… but would like it to show 
I tend not to go completely mad at it but if I decide to do something I WILL do it, however long it takes and I will puff and blow, stop to regain vigour etc.
‘The Hill’ … wasn’t that with Sean Connery and Harry Andrews ?
One I seem to remember about doing pointless tasks was ‘Cool Hand Luke’ (Paul Newman).
‘The Hill’ was Sean Connery and Harry Andrews. Harry Andrews played military parts so well.
Ought to add that I cycled 10 miles this afternoon. 
As Floydy will probably tell you Rachel, your body will take a few months before it starts to take on the shape of some female Adonis. That would amount to an awful lot of pruning. That’s one of the reasons we use structured exercise to develop a shapely body. I hasten to add though, I do not run to keep fit or develop a Brad Pitt like body…I run because I love it…the rest has ocurred by accident. 
This is very true. Bodybuilders, strength athletes and our own Olympic champions train for 4-8 hours a day to get themselves in ultimate shape, the diet playing as equal part in it. It doesn’t happen overnight.
I train to keep myself fit, and when time permits. I’m not overly muscular, just enough to keep myself in reasonable shape and I do enjoy it and I prefer using weights these days, but each to their own. It’s also nice to get some time away from daily life for an hour or so.
A lot cooler on this mornings ten miler and the grass along the canal was soaking wet due to the heavy dew (see what I did there) but after a very enjoyable run it became even more enjoyable when I realised that I was only thirty seconds off my best time for that course…Awe Fantastic!!!
Running always looks incredibly enjoyable (if that’s the right word !) but definitely not something I would try taking up.
As a child, I did the usual stuff … ballet, tap, ice skating but last time I went skating my ankles SERIOUSLY hurt
It is Rachel, as long as you don’t expect too much and just be satisfied with what you can do. There are the occasional toughies but bad pace judgement is probably responsible. I’m finding that running in my mid sixties is far more enjoyable than when I was competitive. I suppose there’s no pressure now as I don’t run any more events by special decree from my loved ones (after two heart attacks) they don’t want to lose me…Bless.
So I go out and smell the air and wonder at the beauty of nature and just think about stuff, and before I know it I’ve covered ten miles…And because I always run on the same days, I always know what day it is…
You are to be admired and it sounds as if it’s the way it should be. You have it sorted
The smells, the air quality, the beauty of the surroundings, even if it’s a road with bushes and trees along the way, there will always be nature of some kind to appreciate.
After being shooed away from the ‘PC Pendulum’ thread I’ve come here, it’s getting bloody over there…
So I jogged along without a care in the world this morning other than thinking ‘how am I going to break it to my fellow travellers during my forthcoming holiday upon P&O’s good ship Britannia that I intend to put in a six mile run every time we go ashore’…It’s not going to go down too well, but needs must…
This mornings run was taken at a sensible pace, mist clung to the low lying fields and the sun was just breaking above the horizon. Baby rabbits scurried into the hedges as I ran by and squirrels darted up into the trees and all is well with the world…Now where did Mrs Fox put that list of jobs…
It is good to be afforded the freedom of movement, without pain, may this long be the case, it is good to be a sponsored person.
The freedom of movement is afforded to those who resist the temptation not to move…:-D:-D:-D
Today’s exercise routine is limited to a walk along the seafront at Scarborough. It would have been a tough swim in the sea but Mrs Fox has forbid it saying that it would be a selfish act being as we will be accompanied by our friends who are not water friendly. I don’t think Mrs Fox was keen either…Wimps!
Can’t beat Scarborough, not far from me actually:cool:
Good to see you’re keeping active even on a stroll, OGF. Every little helps, despite not managing the swim!:cool2:
I’m still training at the gym regularly by the way, just finding it hard with time right now to appear on the forum. Today was a good chest workout. Less than two weeks to my hol’s and I’m not so bad, just need to get the belly down a little more, pending a beer festival this coming weekend!:shock:
Be careful with the beer Floydy, if you are anything like me, weight around the middle goes on fast and comes off slow…
Having said that though, enjoy the festival, and your holiday.
Scarborough turned out to be several degrees cooler than Doncaster yesterday with a sea fret drifting in and out. Managed to conclude some business at the Palm Court Hotel but I got out voted on the walk and it turned into a shopping trip instead.
So after a steady run on Tuesday, and an easy day yesterday I decided to do some extra work on my six mile run this morning. The sea fret from yesterday had descended on Doncaster today and when I set off at seven visibility was down to a couple of hundred yards. Starting off with a steady warm up pace I left the village and was soon winding my way onto deserted country roads, the mist clung to my exposed flesh, face, legs and arms but the dampness kept my temperature down as I approached my first quarter mile sprint. I lifted the pace and the cool breeze swept through my hair, I accelerated once more and still my legs were strong but the need for oxygen increased. I was soon at maximum pace and the end of the straight was in sight, legs started to buckle and lungs struggled for air, I held on and even accelerated once more and just as I thought I would fall to the ground gasping, legs begging for mercy I passed the finish post and shut down.
I carried on just going through the motions of jogging without rest, sweat trickled down my forehead, and legs felt like rubber but slowly and surely my breathing returned to normal and the strength returned to my legs. Recovery continued for the next mile and a half where I reached my next sprint point and did it all over again.
I managed to sustain a decent pace back through the village so as not to look like an amateur and finally arrived home well satisfied after a good workout. It wasn’t until later as I recorded my performance in my journal did I realise that I was only one second slower than my best time for the year…Aw Fantastic…
Great effort OGF. You’re certainly an inspiration to others who need that little push to get themselves off their sofas.
Well done on the running on the whole, it’s really commendable:cool:
I’ll just post this routine for you, otherwise I don’t noirmally bother anymore and keep these for my Muscletalk my exercise forum.
It’s a session I undertook last Saturday and which I cal “The Big 10”, and a bit of a ‘dummy run’ for a continuing season of workout in a similar manner from now on each weekend…
Saturday 10/9/16 – Full body “The Big 10”:
UPPER BODY
Lat pulldown, various:
20x40 w/u
8x50 wide
8x55 wide
8x60 underarm
8x65 underarm
8x70 hammer bar
6x75 hammer bar
25x35 high reps (hammer)
*Nice to do a variation on the lat pulls for a change.
Incline chest press:
10x60
10x70
10x80
6x90
4x100
15x50 high reps
Single DB push, flat bench:
27x50
24x50
19x50
17x50
13x50
= 100 reps – triceps obliterated to shreds!!
Smith (at last!):
(i) 60° shoulder press -
5x50
6x50
4x50
(ii) Flat bench -
4x70
5x70
2x80
(iii) 15° incline fwd. push press, c/g –
10x40
10x40
8x40
(iv) 15° incline –
20x30 high reps
E-Z curl, preacher, low vertical pull:
10x28
12x28
8x38
8x38
6x43
5x48
4x53
At this point I decided to have a short 5 minute tea break and a rest. Luckily I had my favourite secret weapon in my magic bag….
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Intermission ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Intermission ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Good to go. Sweating like the proverbial pig, but feeling more than ready for some leg building….
LEGS
Incline:
15x150
15x200
15x250
11x300
7x350
46x150 high reps
*Quads fit to burst already!
Hack squat:
8x150
6x200
4x230
*Managed these with ease. I think next week I’ll concentrate more on the hack (with even more weight) as it really does tend to make my quads expand. Can’t be a bad thing, despite the DOMS which linger on for the rest of the week.
Extensions:
12x100
12x100
12x100
25x50 high reps
Seated ham curls:
6x75
6x80
5x85
32x35 high reps
*Thighs fully pumped up but dead to the world.
Ab crunch:
10x60
10x70
10x80
25x50
25x45
Time: 2hrs. 5mins.
Extremely happy with that blast. Feeling fully rocked up and no after effects – yet!
Tomorrow I know I should rest, but with the funeral on Monday and the blood donation Tues, there’s no way I can wait three days until my next session at this late stage towards my hols. So it will be something pretty light – as DV calls it – “fluff” (tri pulldowns, rope pulls, bicep curls, good girls, etc etc etc). Watch this space.
Reprinted from my Muscletalk journal
I walk my dog every day…
and do Taoist Tai Chi three times a week…
just gentle exercise for this old gal x