I’m currently working from home standing at the laptop all day. This now has me doing set after set of calf raises.
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Nice. If people are in front of laptops and screens for large parts of the day then the beginners yoga video I posted yesterday is perfect and an antidote to aching neck, shoulders, back, hips.
In fact even better to do it if you don’t have these pains as it’s preventative as well.
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Mainly sore heels here from standing here ten hours per day since Monday.
I might have to go back into the office but we’ll see after a meeting today.
I managed to get out for a 35 miler on the bike today which was good although my legs were tired as it’s the longest run I’ve done in over five months.
This will be my limit for the bike as it’s about two hours so I just need to build it up slowly. If the lockdown becomes stricter then I’ll switch to the bike rollers and just commute to work.
I’ll start using that beginners yoga vid (cheers Wayne @crimsondonkey) as my flexibility has gone to shit.
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The down dog app is free atm and you never get the same routine twice. Set it to hatha and boost with flexibility, it will seriously stretch your body for good
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Thanks Dom - I’ll download that.
I need to get my fitness up as I’m just getting back to work, albeit on reduced hours for now, which is also heavy going as well so don’t want to burn myself out.
Still working out at home but I’ve started to introduce more a period cycle based approach to programming, so taking a 4-5 week cycle and ramping up volume and intensity week by week before deloading and heading into the next cycle.
I’m hoping this will do two things for me - prevent me from burning out as quickly as I normally do; and enable me to play with using more volume over the cycle than I would normally.
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All you need for a killer home work.
Loads of resistance band instruction videos appearing on YouTube.
Very effective.
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Good shout especially since lots of more obvious exercise equipment is selling out very quickly.
I’ve been doing some stuff with bands. My favourite being band around the ankles and “walking like The Monkees”.
Other Monkees not required
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If you have bands, you must do face-pulls. EVERY DAY. If you could do one posture improvement exercise it’s face-pulls.
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More so now I am working at the dining table! Doing loads of stretching, rolling and lying down to help my back.
I managed a mile of walk run last night, shins still playing up. Going to try some k tape to help. Im doing the single left calf lifts, my right ankle is quite weak.
Ive upped the weight training, using 5 kg dumbells im doing 10 x bent row, 10 x bench press, 10 x curls, 10 x squats and 10 x calf rises, 3 reps of each. Anyone any input on this? Theres no knowledge to what im doing, i just found some stuff online.
What is your goal?
Set goal then determine how to get there. Setting small targets along the way.
Are you using the same weight for every exercise? If so and that’s all you have you’ll need to up the sets and reps for the larger muscle groups.
@crimsondonkey is going to come down hard regarding curls lol
Also, is is 10 sets of 3 reps or 3 sets of 10 reps?
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Nice shout on the resistance bands. I’m trying to limit gym stuff so sticking to kettle bells, chin+pull up bar, yoga mat and now skipping rope.
Hate running don’t have a bike now, so thought skipping would be a good idea.
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Yeah skipping! Should be great, I hate running as well.
I’m not allowed to run any more due to fucked ankles.
But when I did, my shin troubles only went away after I had gait analysis done, bought an appropriate footwear and then had dinner soles made to compensate for structural problems in my feet.
When i started walking longer distances (10+ miles), the pains came back, until again i had gait analysis and was fitted with proper boots.
Unfortunately i guess gait analysis is out of the question at the moment
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Strength building and weight loss and fitness.
Im also cycling a couple of evenings a week.
I do have other weights just a pita to keep changing them.
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Gait analysis was booked for last week but obviously didnt happen.
I do think i have some muscle issues that need addressing.