2018 Health and Fitness Thread

[thx1138]

Clocked up over 1,000 bicycle miles in 2019 already.

Got my first time trial of the year a week on Sunday, this will be the first "SPOCO" I've done Sporting Course TT. (Though it's actually the same route as one of the evening league ones), I've only done Evening League before.

Got to get to the club house between 8am and 8:45am Sunday morning

[pepperami]

Last night was difficult for me , we were doing agility and flexibility exercises.
F*ck that ! This old man really looked like an old man last night

I’m convinced the rest of the class are made of rubber.
There’s no way on God’s Earth I will ever bend and twist like they were doing .
I did my best.
Came home in one piece with everything still where it’s supposed to be and nothing pulled or snapped, happy days.

Going to be working on the breathing whilst under pressure over the next few weeks.
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[waffles]

PB at Parkrun today despite walking more of it this week, I was a whole 30 seconds faster somehow.
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[Hoolie-gan]

I may be making progress on the pull ups - I was doing really slow negatives yesterday, it feels like I'm SO close!

[thx1138]

[Hoolie-gan]

[P.]

I've started cycling.

It seems quite easy to a degree, but I'm going on a 40 mile ride next Saturday, mix of road and off road.

Feels good to get out and about early in the morning!

[chickenstrip]

[recman]

[Hoolie-gan]

[thx1138]

Hanging from bars, and hanging one arm if you can and alternating help core strength, or just hanging. Also if your bars are high enough, hang and lift your knees up to your chest, builds core too.

[Hoolie-gan]

Yep - I've been doing hanging leg raises and static holds with my legs raised. I feel that I have a fairly strong core - for example, I can hold a plank with more than my bodyweight in weight plates on my back. It's my back and my weedy biceps that are the main barrier to success...

[recman]

[Hoolie-gan]

[Hoolie-gan]

[chickenstrip]

[thx1138]

[chickenstrip]

Chickenstrip's outdoor fitness-training adventures continue!
Tried to do the walk/jog course today, only to find the first bit of path from the road down to the river bank is completely flooded

Not to be deterred, found my way around the edge of a field, looking for a way to get back to the path/river further on. Much of the fields also flooded, but eventually managed to get back on course

Only to find that at a bit where the path dips down and up again, the river has completely come over its banks and the path was completely swallowed by it

The water has flooded large parts of the fields along here, so after several valiant attempts to find alternative routes, I finally had to admit defeat and turn back

I did jog a lot of it though - rough ground, inundated ground and much of it into a very strong wind, gusting hard, so was knackered by the time I got back to the road; must've done me some good then Got a bit muddy in the process though

Met someone about to take his dogs along the river for a walk and warned him of the flooding. He told me he'd go along the bank/berm/levee built to protect the town from floods instead, and filled me in on the route out to the footbridge and park section, so I'll give that a try next, maybe tomorrow - can't be arsed to try again today, and forecast says its only going to get worse now anyway.

Jogged some of the road bit back home too, but found my joints definitely don't like running on the hard stuff, which is kind of odd, cos the route I do has many places and sections where you could easily twist a knee or ankle, yet I seem to be fine with all that. If only the Lake District fells were on my doorstep!
Only out for about an hour total.
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Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[Sload]

Have you thought about cycling yet? I cannot remember if you had a reason not to tbh. Getting into MTBing this year and loving it more then the road, plus it works you harder.
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Honda Varadero >> Triumph Speed Four >> Honda CBR1100xx

[chickenstrip]

[Sload]

[chickenstrip]

Nice of you to express concern, but there's no point worrying about my joints after all I've put myself through over the years Might as well go till I drop now.

Nope, I'm really proper skint - can't even afford a second-hand bicycle. Won't be able to afford to replace my shoes when they wear out either
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Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[waffles]

I did my graduation run last night, 5km in one go and I only stopped once for a brief walk up a hill
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[Sload]

[waffles]

Kitten celebration is oddly comforting, cheers!
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125