Exercise

[teamsaint]

Parkrun is off the agenda again for the forseeable future.
Not really surprising, but will be a big blow for some people, for whom it is an important part of their heath and wellbeing.

[oddoneout]

Parkrun is off the agenda again for the forseeable future.
Not really surprising, but will be a big blow for some people, for whom it is an important part of their heath and wellbeing.

Well it's obviously so much more risky than crowding into a pub to shout at each other and neck as much alcohol as possible before 10 pm...

[Padraig]

Waste

[Dave2002]

Waste

No comprendo!

After a rainy start the weather brightened up this afternoon, though it was cold, so I went for a short walk up the hill. Not as far as I've done in the past but it wasn't too bad, and I got up to my top marker without running out of breath or even really noticing it. Tonight I tried somewhat unsuccessfully to improve my balance with Wii Fit, but I guess I'm getting slightly better. Will try a few minutes on the exercise bike before I go to bed, all being well.

I think the weather should be better tomorrow, so will consider what walks or exercise to do then.

I think from what I've read, being out "in nature" and in the sun, should have helped me too.

[DracoM]

Dry. v.cold, moon, clouds, stars after a wibbly day of sun and showers...what else could I want on a Dales night walk?

[Serial_Apologist]

Dry. v.cold, moon, clouds, stars after a wibbly day of sun and showers...what else could I want on a Dales night walk?

A torch??

[DracoM]

[alywin]

Ah - I think we also have.a heavy weight hula hoop. I’m sure it’s very good for those who have space and can figure it out I think I did once get up to 10 rotations.

I bought a hula hoop some years ago, thinking I could just about use it inside if necessary. But it wasn't a heavyweight one, but a light plastic one. It was hopeless - because it was so light, it would flutter, or stutter, or whatever the technical term is, rather than settle down into a nice rhythm. Note to anyone who buys one - make sure it's weighted!

[Dave2002]

I bought a hula hoop some years ago, thinking I could just about use it inside if necessary. But it wasn't a heavyweight one, but a light plastic one. It was hopeless - because it was so light, it would flutter, or stutter, or whatever the technical term is, rather than settle down into a nice rhythm. Note to anyone who buys one - make sure it's weighted!

I think it's a practice thing. Personally I wouldn't recommend a weighted one indoors - not unless you have a lot of space anyway, or don't mind breaking things.

It would be quite interesting to know if having "mastered" a weighted hoop one could then manage a lighter one, but I don't expect I'll ever find out.

[Serial_Apologist]

I think it's a practice thing. Personally I wouldn't recommend a weighted one indoors - not unless you have a lot of space anyway, or don't mind breaking things.

It would be quite interesting to know if having "mastered" a weighted hoop one could then manage a lighter one, but I don't expect I'll ever find out.

Are menfolk supposed to use those things? I would have thought the male lacked the necessary spiralability!

[DracoM]

Changing all bedlinen on a double bed single-handed - does that count as exercise?

[Dave2002]

Are menfolk supposed to use those things? I would have thought the male lacked the necessary spiralability!

I take that as a sexist comment! Men can certainly do it.

[cloughie]

It did for Admiral Nelson, but then he was single-handed

All ship-shape too!

[Constantbee]

Anyway,I just signed up for my first 10k trail run ( I think it used to be called cross country !!) in a couple of weeks time, so I'm a bit nervous. Plenty of training done , so I should be OK to get round in a not- too -embarrassing time, ( or just without stopping) but I'm hoping the decent weather holds up. I tend to enjoy running on my own in the main, but with so few group runs going on, this should be a good change, if fairly challenging.

Hope it goes/went well for you TS

R3’s Beat Beethoven challenge got me back into the Park Run but I kept picking up foot injuries that set me back so I never made it. The one size fits all attitude of the NHS training programme is probably too demanding for a lot of older runners because the weekly increments are a bit steep, eg 3 x 5 minute runs increases to 3 x 8 minutes in the following week. It means is that a 60 year old person training for a Park Run is expected to follow the same regime as 30 year old. Well, I couldn’t keep up with it, even after warming up and stretching, and indeed NHS orthopaedic specialists have been seeing more and more lower limb injuries in casual runners. A gradual weekly increase of about 10% in the time intervals is probably quite enough. This advice comes from a North American orthopaedic advice website, btw. Much bigger population and they've been jogging for longer than we have here.

Apart from that, training on grass, running and walking, seems to provide the cushioning limbs need, because the surface is springy and so less stressful. A warm footbath with Epsom salts after training helps feet to recover, although nobody knows whether or why Epson Salts work, and so does foot massage. Anybody who watched the excellent ‘Men at the Barre’ BBC4 documentary about the Royal Ballet’s male dancers will have caught a glimpse of them massaging their feet during their break. Ballet dancers are particularly prone to horrendous foot injuries so they know a lot more about injury prevention.

[Serial_Apologist]

My latest annual blood test results once more indicate sugar levels approaching the Diabetes Type 2 threshold, but this has been true of the past 7 years since having heart surgery. My daily walk or cycle plus mainly salads summer combo achieved three-quarters of my targetted weight loss for this year, as compared with 2019, when I only managed to lose half my aim. So, in view of the fact that I have tended to resort to comfort eating since March, now I am back on cooked meals, with this premature fall-off in temperatures I'm contenting myself with what I consider to be an achievement. Colder weather encourages faster walks in any case - and I usually manage at least a couple of miles a day, weather permitting - sometimes as many as five; but like others in my age group (75 in November) I do have knee and foot tendon and musculature problems if I overdo things: cycling I find less prone to these drawbacks, although it does now take longer than would once have been the case to pass what I call the pain threshold, now associated with anything longer than about 10 miles. Admittedly bicycles are more expensive items than they once were, both in themselves and accessories and repairs-wise, but for all the anecdotal perils I still don't think cycling can be beaten for its beneficial effects on body and mind.