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A hasty not in preparation for the 15 hour drive back home in the morning…

Floydy, the Smith machine is one of the few that I use in my rare trip to the gym. A good friend showed me how to use it for several types of lifts and I realized immediately that it keeps you in form like no other. It’s my favorite!

The philosophy of building in more recovery as we grow older is grabbing my attention as we hit the starting line again… I know that the pros lay off for months at a time, shifting into completely different types of exercise. Thus, I am thinking about increasing miles a few days per week in 2018 for the purpose adding in an additional recovery day each week. While I am in decent shape and have no muscle problems, I do notice that my endurance is flagging a bit. Perhaps more recovery is the answer. Plus, I know that too much exercise can increase injury risk, and while I have been lucky in that regard, I don’t want to tempt fate. Interesting considerations for 2018.

OGF, too cold? Too hot? Too wet? Too early? Too late? The answer to all of these is…Just go! There is plenty of time to talk about the weather and conditions afterwards. Safe and festive travels to you and Mrs. OGF tomorrow. No one knows better than runners, swimmers, cyclists, and walkers that it really is the journey…:-D.

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Good morning and happy almost new year! :smiley:

I was heading back home yesterday but I have been kidnapped by some friends to Vail.

Today’s exercise involves repeatedly coming down those slopes in the background :shock::

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Happy New Year all!:039:

That’s a beautiful place, Surfermom. What a great way to start the year. I’ve never ski’d in my life and realise I’ve missed out when I see places like this.:cool:

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend in Scarborough too, Bob. At least the weather isn’t so bad around Yorkshire at the moment.:cool:

I missed out on the gym firstly on Saturday as after three days my body was telling me I needed to rest. This worked well as my muscles were given time to stabilise and loosen up. Unfortunately yesterday was blown out of the window as well as we ended up going for a drive up to Hornsea, a nice little seaside village, so I ran out of time.
Today of course is New Year’s Day and the gym is closed, so all being well I’ll be back there tomorrow instead…then it’s back to work on the night:cry:

Chat again soon. Have a nice day :slight_smile:

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With lots of unforseen happenings over the new year period my training schedule fell to bits, which isn’t too unexpected given the time of year. With work back rearing its ugly head for me tonight I managed at least half an hour of what can only be described as a few sets of warm-ups!

Tuesday 2 Jan 18

Pec dec:
12x50, 12x60

Tricep extensions:
12x50, 12x60

Chest press:
12x50, 12x60

Shoulder press:
12x50, 10x60

Machine bicep curls, alt.:
10x35, 7x40

DB press, incline:
8x24’s, 6x26’s

Lat pulldown, hammer bar:
12x50, 10x60

Time: 30 mins.

Worth doing something I suppose. Legs tomorrow.

Thanks for reading:-)

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Floydy, it’s January second, and you just accomplished more than most!

Once again, let’s all keep each other motivated, honest, and moving…shall we? I do love this thread!

After watching American football bowl games and munching on a few decadent snacks yesterday, I did a round of step aerobics and abdominal work in front of the television, but I did not run.

Today, I will. For sure. Right now. I’ll report back later!

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You sound a little like me there, Surfermom. Still finding your feet again after the holiday break I guess!
I’m sure by the weekend we’ll all be back at it with some regular training again :slight_smile:

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Well my local pool is open again tomorrow after the holidays. THANK GOODNESS, I really need to get back to exercising…

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It’s not easy when the gyms and pools are closed, Roxy. I look forward to hearing about your first swim of the new year!

Fortunately, my running shoes were open for business, and despite the cold, I happily accumulated the first six miles for 2018. Only 1,404 to go!

An unusually bright sun in perihelion told a bit of a fib before I opened the front door this morning. Blue skies and no movement among the leaves and branches suggested sultry conditions, but the cold air stung my cheeks and eyes before I had made even a dozen steps. The positive side to freezing temperatures is that they inspire speed - fast speed, to create warmth between the layers of tanks, tops, vests, and jackets. Having decided to don just a tank and light jacket, my decision was consequential enough to leave me shivering for the first half mile or so.

There is a different beauty to winter weather, even when snow isn’t present. The boney limbs and branches of trees bend and reach skyward in their monochrome hues, and there is a crispness to the edges and lines of everything from hills to horizons. With the my lone companion of the long shadow of my silhouette, we pressed into the utter silence aside from my labored breathing.

By mile one I had my pace, pleasingly fast, my breathing fell into rhythm, and the world passed by with the puffs of my frosty breaths. Mile two turned into three before I turned to make my way back, and suddenly I spied a doe with two older looking fawns, camouflaged in a stand of trees adjacent to a small park. To stay warm or find food, they were out at this unusual time, and their wariness showed with pricked ears, and sudden leaps across the trail in front of me. Marveling at their nimble agiilty and ability to survive the cold, I was once again humbled by my seemingly plodding manuerability and inability to fight the elements without layers of fabric. We are not always the most capable of species.

With a hot shower and cup of tea awaiting, I managed my sixth mile in a full sprint. Or perhaps that sprint was meant to show Mother Nature - and myself- that I am still in the game. It’s 2018 and tomorrow I will be older, but not slower…at least I wasn’t today!

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Ooo that sounds like a torturous start to the new year, Surfermom. Freezing cold until you hit your stride (and thus got yourself warmer), the sprint at the end must have been a heck of a battle! Well done there:cool:

Hi Roxy, nice to see you in here. Looking forward to your swimming diaries :slight_smile:

Lovely photos of your Scarborough weekend, Bob too (in Bob’s Bits). Sounds like you had a great time away :slight_smile:

As for me. I’m just catching up on my leg work today. Nothing major to report except that I’m increasing reps, weight and my strength again without causing any extra pain to my knees, so it all seems to be heading in the right direction.

Wednesday 3 Jan 18

Incline press:
50x150, 20x200, 15x250

Sled press:
60x120, 25x160, 10x200

Bad girls:
30x60, 23x60, 14x60

Good girls:
32x60, 16x60, 10x60

Ham curls, seated:
25x50, 10x60, 5x65

Despite the increase in poundage, that took me very little time, so I added a couple of extra arm exercises:

Seated concentration DB curls, alt.:
12x12.5, 10x15, 6x15

E-Z preacher curls:
12x33, 12x30.5, 12x28, 15x23, 25x18
*This was a nice change. I started off with quite a heavy-ish weight and gradually removed the weights until I was lifting very light bar but increaeing the reps on each as I did so. The last set of just 18kgs felt like it weighed a ton by the end of all those!

Time: 50 mins.

Thanks for reading :slight_smile:

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Awwww Man IT WAS GOOD, to be in the water again. I went expecting it to be busy with a lot of newbies with good intentions. :twisted: But it was just the hard core ones like me. Did my 40 and had a wee natter before I came out.Took a walk along the front a while ago and there were several Surfers out on the waves, think they were learners as the waves were small and they were wobbly lol. :surprised:

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Forty lengths would take me a lifetime, lol! I’m not a good swimmer at all. Well done on that Roxy.

It’s funny how those good-intentioned newbies get everywhere after Christmas isn’t it?
We get them at the gym too. It’s great of course that people are wanting to make an effort to lost the excess flab after the festivities, but I would think most last no longer than a month and waste their membership. Perhaps ten per cent are still there after a year.

I’m always of the thinking that if you are to succeed it’s because you want to, not that you need to. There’s a big difference in those who really get stuck into their training and those who find it a chore. It’s all part of a person’s psyche or mindset, but I guess it’s like any ‘hobby’ - you need to be interested in the subject to begin with.

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Yes your right Floydy, My mum used to work at the Swimming Pool and I was a good wee Swimmer before I was at school. I used to swim in all the Gala’s and when it was insisted I really train I didn’t like it and my heart wasn’t in it. That made my Trainer’s wild I can tell you. I didn’t swim after that for years. Started going back after I had my first knee operation, ten years ago to strengthen things up. It was slow going but I managed to do 50, after a few weeks it tired me out, so dropped it to 40 and go 5/6 days a week. Now that I’m not being forced to swim, I love it again lol.

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Very true, Roxy. Great to hear that you’re progressing up the scale once more☺

What sort of knee operation did you have, was it cartiledge trouble or arthritis? And what is your preferred swimming stroke, does it affect your knee now?

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I’ve had both knees full replacements but the first ever knee op was a key hole job where they yanked out all the torn cartiledge.
The swimming really helped get things moving again, I only do either back stroke or breast stroke. I never liked the crawl and as for the butterfly…lets not even go there lol. Sheeeze that one is not for me.
The only thing I find awkard is getting out of the pool, it’s a training pool so no steps, just slits cut into the tiles…

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Thanks Roxy.
I was just wondering because I have arthritis in my knees now (as far as I know anyway, pending an x-ray next week), and I’ve been thinking about swimming to help this.
But I have heard conflicting reports on how the breaststroke is harmful for the joints, in particular the knees and hips. Do you have any problems with this?

Pleased you’re fully recovered btw☺

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I think it’s different for everyone. I also heard that I should not do breast stroke but I asked the consultant about it at my last review. She told me it was ok, but some people find the leg movement awkard and find it easier to do a stroke where you just move the legs up and down. Personally I think it would be hard just after an operation as it takes a good while to heal and it would be easier to just do the kicking movement till then, but you get into a habit and stick with it. Breast stroke has always been what I did so I just went back to it, slowly at first then just found it got easier… Now I do my 40 in 40 minutes if I don’t stop. But I do stop after every ten as I need a few mouthfuls of water. I know it sounds daft as your in water BUT I get dehydrated very quickly…

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Thanks Roxy:cool:
Getting into swimming again is something which is right at the top of my list and I’m going to start taking proper lessons again soon.
I’ll find out how it will affect my knee before too long I reckon.

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Hey Surfermom! I only just noticed the birthday thread for you.
You really are a great addition and an inspiration to this forum and nowhere more so than in this thread. Here’s a suitable song for you today. Have a great one!:113:

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The main thing is to build up the muscles each side of your knee, the stronger they are the easier your recovery after the replacement… :slight_smile:

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Luckily my outer knee and lower quad muscles are strong from years of training, I just need to keep that going which is going well :smiling_face: