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    You been tested for COVID, lad?

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    I did a brief squat workout earlier, having not touched anything since March, and I reckon I've lost about twenty per cent across the board. How did everyone else hold up when they got back into it?

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    Anyone used the Fiit app before? Injured my calf on my run the other day so going to have to stop running for 4-6 weeks, saw Fiit recommended on Twitter so might give it a go tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    I did a brief squat workout earlier, having not touched anything since March, and I reckon I've lost about twenty per cent across the board. How did everyone else hold up when they got back into it?
    It’ll come back quicker than you’d think.

    My 2 week jaunt home, after 2 or 3 sessions on the bench press I was back to just about where it was pre Covid. Admittedly small weights in comparison to you, but suspect the trend is similar.

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    Had been doing couch to 5k until about three weeks ago. Got to the start of week 6 and fucked my achilles. Had a rest for three weeks and tried again today but had to stop after about two and a half minutes.

    My calves have felt really tight and sore during this time off too. Especially in the morning. What can I do to fix this annoying bullshit?

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    Stretch. Put down the ultra marathon hopes and don't restart them until you're about a month minimum into a daily stretching programme.

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    I have been stretching.

    Probably not every day but most days. And just my calves cause they seem so tight. What else do I need to stretch?

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    I've got this thigh injury which isn't clearing. Sports massage has helped but it keeps pulling and reversing any progress. Might have to take a week off from football and hope it does the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    I have been stretching.

    Probably not every day but most days. And just my calves cause they seem so tight. What else do I need to stretch?
    Full leg and back if you can't isolate it.

    My back injury has been lingering too. Not sure if it's all the way back from attempting to play football a few days after my accident in July or if I did it a fee weeks ago. Been 2 weeks of no football now and it's improved but fuck me I wanted it over with by now, I need football.

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    Eased back into running last week, just to make sure calf had healed. Managed 6k today, another run planned for Wednesday so will see about pushing on a bit.

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    My Monday evening walk down middle of Lidl (the highlight of my days on this shithole planet) led to picking up resistance bands for something silly like Ł3.99.

    These are obviously budget ones so there is a 1.5m one which is just one long stream of material with no handles or loops or anything and the shorter one is a small narrow band. Been using a couple of times and not sure how healthy it is given I can feel it leading to uneven weight distribution and just generally less than optimal tekkers for the muscles. Also didn't feel DOMS which I can get with 7kg dumbbells so very questionable stuff.

    It's new and varied enough to keep me using it for a couple of months at least.

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    Got an exercise bike for the spare room. Built it Sunday and done 10k every day on it to start as I'm extremely unfit. Thinking I will start increasing distance every few weeks and I pick a different resistance program every day to mix it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lofty View Post
    Got an exercise bike for the spare room. Built it Sunday and done 10k every day on it to start as I'm extremely unfit. Thinking I will start increasing distance every few weeks and I pick a different resistance program every day to mix it up.
    To start with the most important thing is consistency.

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    I've pretty much solely been running stairs and it's a killer but so effective.

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    I've bought some running tights so I'm ready to go now. My main objective this year has been to hit 10k steps every day which is proving a challenge when j don't get out as I'm just pacing the house like a madman.

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    My 11 year old nephew can do 5k in sub 30 mins. That struck me as pretty good for his age, is it?

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    Sounds it. Most adults can't manage a 5k in 30 minutes (although anyone with a few months of serious running under their belt should be flying past that).

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    Anyone here own or experienced with turbo trainers? I'm trying to find out whether the ones where you put your rear wheel on are ok enough, or if I should just go for the direct drive types?

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    Went on a run for the first time in a while and it was ridiculously hard. Some nice shots though of the mist:

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    I hope you went for a Rocky Balboa-esque sprint finish up those steps Kiko.

    I've been back out myself more recently. Well, over the last few months really. I was aiming for 100 miles in January but the snow and general weather has left me a little bit off course. It's possibly still doable but I won't lose too much sleep if I don't make it.

    It's just nice to be back on it regularly, I had forgotten how good a feeling it is when you start to feel the fitness kick back in you're just sort of coasting out there. I'm back to running the 8/9 mile distance comfortably and getting a little bit of pace back too, which is nice. I just want to start regularly hitting the 10 again like I used to do really, and then see what happens from there.

    The Liverpool marathon, which I was originally meant to run in May last year, and then got postponed to October last year and then again to May this year has already been postponed again to October.

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    The steps are at the start and not the end so you're already fucked before you've gone anywhere. Really struggled with it today as well but going to try and do a run at the park tomorrow more concentrated on sprinting up a hill...

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    I'm looking at picking up a bike for travel to work. I currently walk the 3.4 miles it takes to go one way and then public transport it back but for the early starts that is becoming very tiresome.

    I've been told by a few people who use one a reasonable amount I should pay the extra to get a Carrera bike in the Ł300 range. My question is, should I listen there? Or am I more wise just spending a third of the cost on a most basic one?

    I'd only be using it to and from work. Maybe the occasional day out with the family.

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    I've put off buying one in favour of supporting the Santander bikes initiative for my community. If you have one of those your way, do that!

    Ours have 8 gears and no suspension. I've done rides of 50+ miles on all terrain on them very comfortably and enjoyably. You don't need any of the high-spec bullshit, just get a nice seat.

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    On the other side, my dads got a very good Specialised bike and it’s one of those “worth paying extra” commodities so would stretch as far as you can, especially if you’re using it everyday.
    I'm a twit

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    Gyms (in Jersey) open Monday. And we can't be too far off sunny weather and the wind fucking off so cycling is also back on the menu.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post


    I've had a bout of extensor tendonitis for last couple days, basically tendons on top of foot are inflamed and causing a bit of bother so have had to rest it yesterday and today. Yesterday I was getting pissed up but it's pretty annoying having to stay indoors today in this weather. The worst is I did it by doing my splits attempts on my wooden floor and then exasperated it by tying my laces too tight
    Oh fuck off being struck back down with this over the weekend partway through a walk. Sat on my balcony now in some serious sunshine after managing to overcome my urges to go for my daily walk. It's properly blazing tomorrow so not sure I can resist even though my football starts back up in a couple of days too. Forum posts indicate it took longer than a week to heal last time. Allah is testing me so much recently.

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    The fitness at football last night had clearly taken a hit, I used to do a HIIT workout on the gym bikes but not sure I can recall my times to compare my fitness level come 12 April so might just need to wait for a parkrun to see if it's the long COVID or just a one off. Gonna run myself into the ground at every football game in the meantime to try restore it.

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    I'm playing football for the first time time tonight in about 20 months. The standard is apparently low so I'm expecting a double hat-trick minimum and a muscle injury.

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    I'm hoping to play football tonight as well. Our league season starts again on Saturday with a double header fixture (play 2x 60 minute games v the same team back to back).

    Can't wait for the cramp.

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    Joined a gym, been three times in less than a week and aiming for four times a week: mainly swimming. Novelty probably wear off before July.

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    What type of exercise you doing Lofty?

    (Pro-tip; the correct answer - especially for a giant freak - is Powerlifting (not swimming))

    On that note, my Gym got atlas stones a month or so back. They are unfortunately incompatible with my dickhead knee.
    Last edited by Spikey M; 15-06-2021 at 09:44 PM.

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    Atlas stones? Wind your neck in.

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    Yes. Atlas Stones. And I literally just admitted to failing miserably so my neck is sufficiently winded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    What type of exercise you doing Lofty?

    (Pro-tip; the correct answer - especially for a giant freak - is Powerlifting (not swimming))

    On that note, my Gym got atlas stones a month or so back. They are unfortunately incompatible with my dickhead knee.
    I need to shift a lot of weight and while I know weightlifting can aide that too I want to boost my cardio, not too bothered about being massively muscular. Free weight area is always dominated by absolute LADS so far so not bothered trying to get in the middle of that any time soon.

    Right now if I can't book in for lane swimming I go and do 15k on an exercise bike, just beginning for now, will change up programmes and distance as the weeks go on. I am booked in for 4 sessions of swimming in a row next week though so will be looking to do a freestyle drill of 100m warm up, a few 200m/300m runs with a 30 second break in between, then 100m cooldown. Not thrashing it yet as I am basically relearning swimming form from when I was 14.

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    Any automation lads?

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    Tom Stoltman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Tom Stoltman, the younger and bigger one, will win World's Strongest Man in the next few years.
    Good for him, even if it sounds like a pretty weak year.

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    I hate running, so naturally I started a couch to 5k today. On treadmill at the gym for now. Not great, not terrible.

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    I’m finding it frustratingly difficult to get back to pre covid levels of fitness.

    Annoying.

    Also damaged my right elboe somehow. Suspect a trapped nerve or something, but I basically have to smash ibuprofen to mask the pain to exercise. Definitely not helping but arsed not exercise and “letting it heal”.

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    I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to jog for decent periods of time yesterday despite feeling a tad COVIDy with shortness of breath hanging around. Today was a mess again but my legs were knackered.

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    Second run tonight, wasn't bad but feeling the need for the rest day tomorrow. Next run Thursday. Wife trying to get me to sign up for something called Sh'Bam next week, sounds like fucking rainbow rhythms.

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    Been offered a charity place in the 2022 Berlin marathon. I did a couple of half marathons earlier in the year and managed 1 hour 53 so I’m hoping if I get the training started now I could get myself to a position where sub 4 hours should be fairly comfortable.

    The biggest concern I have is injuries had a pulled hamstring at the start of July and then had an overuse injury in my foot at the end of the month through pushing to hard too fast and it’s set me right back now.

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    Lofty doing Zumba is the viral video we need to get some new members.

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    Just saw a Peloton ad on BT, be fascinated to see if they stick around or not. Can't see what the attraction is outside of whales with anxiety about being seen in public so I'd think it's dead within a couple of years but I walked past a virtual gym class in my gym with zombies following a projector image and was quite disturbed.

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    Not being a fucking bane to civilisation by blocking up the roads is a good start. Though if you’re only hearing about it now then you must have been down one of the caves a fair length things time round.

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    The ad simply reminded me of their existence. They've expanded out to treadmills and just bog-standard workouts/yoga bollocks but the only future I hope to see for them is to finally put an end to PTs and take their market.

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    Has anyone tried Pickleball?

    Not read much into it but it sounds like ping pong tennis, which definitely doesn’t need to exist, and I keep seeing it mentioned after initially hearing about it on the This Is Important (Workaholics) podcast.
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    My 65+ years old mother loves it.

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    That and disc golf are decent evidence that the best possible sports have already been invented.

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