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Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Friday, 4th January 2013
Welcome to the Cybergym - our space to share the highs and lows of getting and keeping fit. While I am the host here I don't claim to know everything about exercise - for example I can't swim - but there's usually someone on here who can answer questions.
Exercise is an excellent way to lose weight and to keep it off. Research has shown that if we lose weight by diet alone a higher proportion of it is lean muscle tissue that is lost meaning we need less and less calories to maintain our weight and are more likely to regain what we have lost. Exercise will build muscle, which in turn requires more calories to fuel it and therefore will help us keep our figures for longer (works for men and women exactly the same). More muscle means that your metabolism will be boosted - important as we get older and unless we exercise our metabolism gradually slows meaning we have to constantly cut our calories - or exercise and keep the engine young and fit.
Exercise has a few fringe benefits too. Getting sweaty is in effect like having a sauna and facial regularly meaning you get clear glowing skin. It also gives your hair a condition by making it sweaty - you can make it even better by sticking a conditioning pack on your hair while you run or whatever (yes I do and I don't care what I look like when I'm running) meaning when you shower after you get glossy hair and all that extra blood flow makes it grow thicker too. You'll sleep better so your dark circles under the eyes will go too and because you'll be drinking a lot more water to replace the fluid you'll find you don't retain water.
Combine it with a healthy diet and you'll find that your "digestive system" gets more regular and efficient - you won't need Activia (it's called that for a reason). Activity will do it for you.
The odd thing is no matter how tired you are spending a bit of energy on exercise will make you feel more energetic. -
Message 2
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Friday, 4th January 2013
Find an activity you enjoy and you are more likely to stick with it. Give it 21 days of repetition before you give up (that way you give yourself time to get over the shock) and decide you don't like it.
Think about whether you enjoy doing things as a group or individually - would you be better going to classes or joining a sports team or are you better doing stuff on your own.
See if you can find a friend if you are working out alone. That way if you don't do it then you are letting your friend down (the guilt will keep you on the straight and narrow).
Diary your exercise and treat it as an appointment as you would any other. It's a commitment and you need to honour it. This is you time. If you can get an ipod or something in the room with you where you can listen to your favourite music or catch up with podcasts or whatever gives you pleasure. Or you might find you want to run in silence. My OH runs in silence as he loves the peace to destress. When we run together we use the time to catch up with each other and build our relationship.
Make sure you buy yourself decent shoes which are appropriately designed for the exercise that you are going to do and in the case of the ladies a well fitting sports bra (and make sure you change it regularly as you change shape and size)
You should combine any measurements on the scales with measuring your body - chest/bust. waist, hips, thighs and upper arms. You may find that your weight on the scales doesn't go down as fast as you expect or that it looks from the mirror it should - but you'll find your body getting smaller. 1lb of fat takes up 3times the space that 1lb of muscle takes (and uses up far fewer calories)
Remember not to up your eating to go with the exercise and use the calories you are taking in to fuel your exercise. For example if I am doing a long run I'll make sure my supper the night before is pasta or rice or potato (slow burn carbs) which overnight my body will turn into glycogen for my muscles to draw on as good fuel. If you exercise hard you'll find your body will crave the food it needs. Crisps and peanuts for example means you need to up your salt intake a little as you are sweating a lot.
So - the equipment is all out; there's some running routes pinned to the board by the class timetable and there is coffee and healthy snacks over in the corner. -
Message 3
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Friday, 4th January 2013
Thanx for the new thread
Gotta say that whilst I made my normal half hearted attempt to get out of going to last nights class ( my least fave) I felt so much better afterwards and as ever,I enjoyed it (-: -
Message 4
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Friday, 4th January 2013
One other that works for me, pay for membership and book the classes.
This motivates me to go, coz I don't want to waste the membership dosh and we get fined if we book a class and don't turn up, another financial incentive? -
Message 5
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Friday, 4th January 2013
Thanks for opening up, GEm. My exercise routine at the moment is just walking - not as sexy as running, or gymming, I know, but it's really working for me. My current office is set in 96 acres of gardens and parkland and I'm out walking at 12 every day. Most days my boss comes with me (she calls me her drill sergeant) - it's not in my diary, but it's understood by everyone that I'm unavailable from 12 noon, till I get back. There are a couple of circuits I take, both are 1.9 miles, and both take 31-32 minutes, and both end up with the most hideous hill. By the time I'm back in work I'm a sweaty wreck and my hair is plastered to me. So I reckon that's not a bad workout. I've been doing it now since September, and it's definitely now a habit - I'm out whatever the weather (working out with an umbrella...) and the rare occasions that work gets in the way, I really miss it.
I also walk at the weekend - have a nice park down the road, and a round trip comes to about 45 minutes, but sometimes I double back on bits of it to get it up to an hour. Or - duller, it's true - I walk the long way to Tesco's (30 minutes), shop (that doesn't count), then walk back the short way (10ish minutes) with my shopping in a backpack.
I've started doing a bit of work on my arms too, in preparation for wearing The Dress - 10 press ups on the worktop every time I make a cup of tea at work (I drink quite a lot of tea), 10 tricep dips in every ad break when I'm watching TV at night (I watch quite a lot of TV). -
Message 6
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Friday, 4th January 2013
Thanks for starting a new thread gem.
My exercise is mostly walking (Cumbrian fells if possible) and running. I post in the VH running club thread, but am really only a beginner.
I try to call into the gym a couple of times a week after work and run up to 5k. I am hoping to up my running to be comfy at running 10k. My first goal is a local 7k race which will be a good stepping stone.
I certainly haven't had enough exercise recently, had hoped for some big walks over Xmas but the weather wasn't conducive.
I'm recording much of my activity on the Runkeeper app. The app is versatile - you seem to be able to record many different activities eg swimming, cycling as well as walking/running. Plus it has training programmes - I'm using one to help guide me to 10k.
Today's activity involved a short walk with son - 4.3km. We were in some local hills,trying to map out some suitable circuits for me to run on the way home from work - when the evenings get lighter.
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Message 7
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
Morning all sorry to disappear last night but we had a late supper with neighbours. Ö÷²¥´óÐã and in bed by 12 though so ok.
Well done guzzling, geepers and Anne Marie on your exercise. Walking is good as is running remember to make sure you are working at a rate where you can only just talk in gasps to push your heart rate up. I am just about to go and have porridge so I can run this morning.
I had a tree incident and sprained my ankle,tore the tendon in my knee and pulled my side calf muscles then had the tummy bug then put my back out. All of this meant nearly 8 weeks off running so I am building my fitness, distance and speed back up. It has been a challenge with the weather and it feels like starting again
Geepers if you are working on arms for dress get a couple of pop bottles filled with fluid and do some bicep curls, chest flys and tricep pushes ( hod high and drop behind head and raise back). If you sign up on line to women's fitness there are videos of how to....
Right breakfast ready to fuel me up -
Message 8
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
cheers, GEm. I'd been thinking about investing in some weights - how much will a full bottle weigh? I'd been thinking of getting 5kg weights - I used to have 2kg but found them too light.
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Message 9
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
I think a full 2l bottle is about 2.5 - 3kg. I was only suggesting them for cheapness but if you are going to shell out then 2 x 5kg weights and a 7kg medicine ball should so your upper body, lunges and abs perfectly.
G
Right - kit on so those who are about to run salute you. I"m off for 7-10km OH is going for 30km! -
Message 10
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
oh, cheap is definitely good!
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Message 11
Posted by mistle_thrush (U3279940) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
Hello everyone, thanks GEm for opening up! Sorry to hear about your injuries and illness - sounds like you have really been through the wars.
I'm feeling really good about exercise at the moment, so long may it last. Am still going to aim for 3 x weekly cardio sessions (usually a dance workout or a Davina DVD!) followed by Pilates.
My motivation has been a huge and ongoing problem over the past two years due to pretty bad depression (combined with meds which are a potent appetite stimulant...) so here's hoping my improvement continues.
Geepers, your work place sounds absolutely amazing! Like you I am aiming to up my walking in addition to the above - going very gradually to try to make it habitual, currently on 2 x 10 minute brisk walks every day. I can happily do 10-15 miles in a day but don't go as often as I'd like.
So, my aims for the year:
1. 3 x exercise per week
2. More Pilates as often as I can
3. Gradually increase walking and keep it regular
In the spring, I might have another shot at running (which I really don't enjoy) with the NHS couch to 5k podcast (free). I have done some runs with a friend which were fast and long and really pushed me, but I ended up hating it and sometimes having to drop out.
Also might try adding weights later in the year if things go well. Watch this space.
KOKO everyone
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Message 12
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
Sounds good mistle. Well done you on making the commitment.
If you check out the Times today there's some exercises you can do at home with weights in there - complete with pictures. -
Message 13
Posted by peacemaker (U14739277) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
Hi everyone. Your various fitness regimes sound very impressive.
I have come back from a swim today and feel shattered. Definitely more work to do to regain the stamina I had before Christmas and to lose those pounds gained over the holidays.
I do wish I could stick to a regular regime but RL makes that impossibe. However on good weeks I am hoping to do 2 gym sessions and 2 swims plus the occasional long walk/cycle.
I do have an exercise bike at home and use that on the days I can't get to the leisure centre. I am waiting on the results of a knee scan so that will determine what I can and can't do in the near future. I'm hoping I don't have to have an op.
Here's to a healthy and fit 2013. -
Message 14
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
MT, I'm not sure where you are geographically, but if you are midlands-ish or extreme NW England, we could have joint runs and see if that helps. I'm a reluctant runner too, but feel I need to do it and not let running beat me.
Anyway, it's a thought and most likely impractical/not your thing, but I thought I'd mention it.
We went to Parkrun this am. For those who aren't familiar, these are measured and timed 5k courses which operate every Saturday at 9am throughout the country. I was just under 33mins. I'm not fast, and that's not my PB but ill never be a winner. Felt good to have done it before brekky tho!
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Message 15
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th January 2013
Woo hoo - well done Anne -Marie. 33m for a 5k is a respectable time. It's just over 6mins a km - about half the speed of Mo Farah (now that sounds more impressive doesn't it?)
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Message 16
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Thanks Gem. So if I say to someone "I'll be there in half a mo." I'm being entirely accurate...
TBH I've been at that pace formamwhile now, and I don't think it's going to increase much, so I'm looking at increasing my distance. However, I am dabbling with the thought of trying out a running club to see if,it would help in either respect.
Anyway,,what I really came here for, was to ask if you, or others, use fat mass as a measure? My scales measure this, as well as weight and calculating BMI. But I'm not entirely sure how to,use the,fat mass information. Any thoughts? -
Message 17
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
My scales just do weight, so I'm no help to you. If have thought you'd want to see the fat mass go down though, presumably?
I'm wondering about marinating my sour raspberries in balsamic vinegar - anyone ever tried that? -
Message 18
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
snork AM
I use body fat percentage as a way to monitor weight as I am very low in body fat but high in muscle which means my bmi comes out as barely in the normal range .. At 5ft with body fat19percent and dress size 6-8 I don't think I am overweight but my bmi says I am borderline! So if you exercise hard it's worth monitoring your percentage fat.
In terms of speed you have to focus on it. Reduce your distance on one run a week to 3km and do 1 min as fast as you can so your legs feel like jelly and you feel a bit sick then 2 mins at your normal pace to recover and so on to end of 3km .. It's easiest to do these in the gym on the treadmill but outside is fine you just have to get used to what a min or two is. Next time you run you will find your pace has increased. This is what you will do at a club just that someone will call times for you. -
Message 19
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Aaaaargh - sorry, sorry, sorry. Thought I was in MFC. Will repost!
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Message 20
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Thanks GEm. Re fat mass: I had found out some of what you,said. I suppose in your case, it means you must fuel up before exercise ormyoumwil lose muscle mass too.. Whereas I hope that my exercise will attack the fat. I am same height as you, but wear bigger clothes and much higher fat mass.. It's just at the top end of normal and I wantntombe sure that what I do will bring it more towards the mean/median...
Thanks for the tips re increasing speed. I reckon I have seen people at the gym following a similar program. I suppose I can try programming the treadmill. Or perhaps it's just as easy to increase/reduce speed manually. I'll let you know how I get on. -
Message 21
Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Tiptoeing through the door...
I used to be very, very fit. Now, I'm a slob. I even catch a bus for a 10 minute walk.
I am borderline obese. I read articles in the media about women who are the same clothes size as me but several stones heavier. From this, I conclude that not only am I fat and unfit, but I'm very unfit. This is confirmed by jumping up and down and seeing how much I wobble, which tells me a lot of my bulk is fat rather than muscle.
In the autumn, I started an exercise class and was much embarrassed to find I struggled to keep up with women thirty years older than me (and I'm in my fifties).
There's a break between classes at the moment, so I've decided to make baby steps towards getting fitter and so far have done a little bit of walking, some sit ups, some stretching, and a few other exercises. I've reminded myself that even clenching and relaxing my buttocks whilst sitting at the computer is better than nothing.
So here I am. A wobbly slob trying to make a fresh start. By next Christmas, I want minimum wobble. -
Message 22
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Love the idea of measuring running speeds in Mos AM, lucky you with all that walking on your doorstep. Here in the Deep South, we have reasonable walking, I love the downs and the nearby forest, but it's not the lakes
Hallo, Peacemaker, you plan sounds good to me, stick with what you can, I know RL intervenes at times, and stops me from getting to classes, but then just before Xmas, one of my instructors was struck down by the lurgy, so it's not just us, it the poor teachers too
Mistle T your plan sounds good too (-:
I'm quietly looking forward to a "normal week" going to all 4 classes...
Hallo sunny, and welcome, I don't think age has much to do with it, I know that there are women 20 years younger than me who go to my Thursday class whom I could run rings round no bother, but then there are ladies older than I in that class who would leave me standing, I think the thing is the older ones have always been active, which is what I'm aiming at, staying active.
Coz if I don't the muscles I have built up to support my knackered back will go west and I'll be back to square me
Indeed every bit you do helps, it's why my computer at work is linked to the printers farthest away from my desk, I have to get up, open doors and walk to get my printing, one is upstairs
I had a great aunt, who I never met, but who was taking excercise classes (ie she was the teacher) in her local village hall, into her 90s
So here's to 2013 -
Message 23
Posted by peacemaker (U14739277) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Well done Sunny. You sound like you have made a good start. Years ago my New Year resolution was to do at least 10 minutes of general exercises each day. I just cobbled together a short programme that suited me and amazingly I stuck to it for a number of years.
Now I have a more varied regime thanks to a much improved leisure centre. I was never that keen on the old one. I don't know how you feel about going to a gym, but it is nothing to be embarrassed about tbh. At ours it is all shapes and ages.
I find older people are generally more committed. The younger ones seem to spend a lot of time sitting on their machines and texting or whatever it is that young people seem to do with their mobile devices. I mostly go at lunchtime and avoid the lycra crowd or the super fit. I feel very comfortable there. Don't know what private gyms are like but the council run ones do seem to cater for all abilities.
Hope you find something that suits you. Good luck. -
Message 24
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Ladies
All of us have our challenges - like you I watch ladies 20 years older than me in yoga classes who are amazing and I struggle to get in those poses. I love yoga but I know my flexibility is reduced by my running, weight lifing and my dodgy back.
This is about each of us challenging ourselves. It's not a competition against each other - it's about pushing our own bodies to be the best they can be - and to keep pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing. I intend to be able to run into my grave and fold myself up into a small parcel (at 150!) Do NOT under any illusion see this as anything but a competition with the body you and you alone inhabit
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Message 25
Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
There's a gym close by but it's modern, commercial, crowded, loud etc. I used to go to a nice little gym about 30-40 min away, but they tarted it up, added music and television at the same time and I couldn't cope.
It may sound silly not wanting music, but I can't cope with music that has a different rhythm to what I'm trying to do. I used to run in the gym as well as outdoors, but I couldn't do it with loud music. I wish they'd play army cadences in gyms!
Ah well, a bit at a time. -
Message 26
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Not a competition, but a quiet aim to be my great aunt, mentioned upthread
I was a non bendy child, hated gym, PE, team sports (still loathe team sports, with a passion) and the rest as I was so uncoordinated it was unbelievable, and i couldnt aim a ball to save my life, but I looked the part, ie tall, thin, long legs, no glasses, so those peculiarly sadistic breed of teachers, the PE teachers (a curse upon all of them) thought I was putting it on... Meanwhile the other girls would bitch about who was going to have me on the team, " but miiiissss, we had to ave her last week"
I quietly compete against me, and that's about it
I come lateish to this exercise thing, ( tho I've always been active, love walks, very active job etc), via a car crash ( oh the irony, not a sniff of a motorbike involved) that shafted my spine -
Message 27
Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Gosh I remember the thing about neither team wanting me. They used to stick me in a corner of the hockey pitch and carry on with their game.
I have enjoyed quite a few sorts of exercise in my life, competitive and non-competitive.
I am very sure that I won't get fit if I try to do so doing something I don't enjoy. I wrote about how I feel about the local gym, hit send, then thought like it sounded like a feeble excuse. But I don't need an excuse, I can say 'I don't like it' and it's ok. I'm not very good at that, I feel I need to justify everything I do.
So here I am, reading what the rest of you write and hoping if I stay here it will inspire me to keep going. -
Message 28
Posted by peacemaker (U14739277) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
Yes stay here Sunny and lets all help each other. As Gem says it is not a competition.
I suppose most gyms do have music and I quite like it, but I know some of my friends would loathe it. Most machines have TV's and I tend to watch the news or carp shows like 'Bargain Hunt'.
Actually come to think of it perhaps gyms should promote music free sessions as well.
Looks like my regime will be going pear shaped again this week due to family commitments. I think I am going to count each session I do manage to fit in these days as a bonus. So glad I didn't take out annual membership. I was tempted to at one point, but realised I would have to go at least three times a week, every week, to make it pay. -
Message 29
Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
I think gyms make a lot of money out of memberships where people pay for them when determined to do an awful lot of exercise then lapsing.
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Message 30
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Sunday, 6th January 2013
They certainly do just that, sunny
But if you can keep going and the class range suits, it works out well
I now pay less for a month of classes than as I used to for a week of classes, since we moved to the sticks.
I don't really do gyms, I have the attention span of a gnat -
Message 31
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Monday, 7th January 2013
Sunny - instead of spending your money on a gym if you find it uncomfortable can you check out your local authority or local schools. Round here some of the schools have got really good gym/sports facilities paid for by private finance which the schools have use of till I think 5pm or maybe it's 6pm. From then till close and at weekends the facilities are open to joe public for payment of an entry fee (it's a lot less than the commercial gyms). Check out if the LA are running anything - that again is usually cheaper and if you are on benefits you might be able to get a subsidised membership
I belong to a gym but mine has just changed hands and I'm not sure I want to pay the extra to stay there. I do most of my coaching sessions outdoors and we've bought enough kit to do a proper weights workout at home (a mat, 2 x 5kg weights, 2 x 7.5kg kettle bells, a medicine ball, a swiss ball and a couple of bands) so I might let my membership lapse when it runs out in 10 days and see how i do without treking there - I have a feeling i may find it more difficult to do without having to actually go to the gym but we'll see.
I hate January in the gym - it's always too crowded with the January resolutioners who as you say pay for the year then don't actually go again. The problem is that they start as advanced rather than go for it gradually and of course they all think they'll lose 4 stone and look like Jess Ennis or Usain Bolt in 3 weeks -
Message 32
Posted by mistle_thrush (U3279940) on Monday, 7th January 2013
Hello everyone, tagging on with a general reply here but some really interesting ideas, and thanks GEm for reinforcing that it is not a competition! I make the mistake of forgetting that at times.
(Would love to look like Jessica Ennis - isn't she just gorgeous - but it would take me a lot longer than 3 weeks! I suppose it has taken her quite a few years as well...)
Anne-Marie, thank you so much for your generous offer upthread. I'm afraid I'm in the wrong area of the country for you but very grateful for the thought! Well done you on the Parkruns.
Wave to Sunny! Glad to see you, and I think the idea of starting very gradually is a really good one. I find am much more likely to stick with it when I do it that way. I have found a fitness plan on another bit of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã website which suggests really small additional challenges each week, which I like the idea of and am giving it a go - only on week 2 so far but I am enjoying it.
Managed a boxing workout yesterday so my arms are a bit achey but in a good way. Going to do some Pilates a bit later today which should make me feel better as I'm a bit low in my mood at the moment.
Best wishes to all and happy exercising
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Message 33
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Monday, 7th January 2013
Popping in to tell GEm i followed the 3km fast and less fast suggestion this evening. I was going quite well till 2.2km, but then it was a struggle. I finished just about tho. I wasn't helped by my trews falling down on the fast sections either!! Ill need to invest in a smaller pair...
Anyway, it's a start and if try it regularly it might have a effect. It did make me realise how I need to strengthen my willpower, or else join a club so I am training in public and less likely to chicken out...
Good to see others here too. Gyms aren't everyone's cup,of tea -'certainly the classes in mine don't suit me. Imlikemthe sound of Mistle Thrush's boxing class - id quite like to get rid of some aggression and tone my arms simultaneously. -
Message 34
Posted by mistle_thrush (U3279940) on Monday, 7th January 2013
Well done A-M! Sounds really good.
The boxing was a Davina DVD which I do at home. The "cardio box" one is part of the '3 thirty minute workouts' DVD, and I usually add on the warm up and cool down from her 'Power of 3' DVD as I think they're excellent. Alternating both of these with some dance workout DVDs helps keep the variety up for me and I really enjoy them (and they are cheap compared to classes/gym).
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Message 35
Posted by countrypug (U9227943) on Monday, 7th January 2013
Bumping and bookmarking for the new week.
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Message 36
Posted by Auntie Clockwise (U8040384) on Tuesday, 8th January 2013
I haven't posted on a Cybergym thread for ages - think I got out of the habit when the one I was on got rather quiet.
My exercise routine is Jazzercise class twice a week, Pilates once a week and the gym once a week (I should go more often - will try now it's a new year). I love Jazzercise. We started yesterday after the holiday break and had nearly all new routines, including (predictably) Gangnam Style. A few months ago I joined a new Pilates class (my previous class changed to a time that wasn't convenient for me) and the teacher is brilliant. She gives everyone individual help and correction and is a stickler for doing the easier version of a move correctly before attempting a more advanced one. Despite having done Pilates for a few years, I'll never be one of the more advanced class members, due to never having been that flexible, having not the best balance and previous injuries. The thing is, I don't mind that others can achieve what I can't. I just worry about myself and how much I can improve. -
Message 37
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Tuesday, 8th January 2013
Well done on the running A-M. Remember it doesn't come overnight. I have a coach who cycles along side me and he doesn't seem to stop shouting - do this, remember this, speed it up, push through it. One of these days I'm going to shove my foot in his wheel spokes
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Well done to those doing fitness DVDs and classes. I never manage to keep my classes going - I'm lousy at attending every week. Had to laugh at the Gangnam style (I saw this for the first time at Christmas - not up with the kids me!) so I can just imagine! And no I"ll never be in the advanced party in yoga either - intermediate is where I'm stuck. My teacher says it's because I don't focus/concentrate - if I'm honest I only do it to keep everything stretched for running.
My bride is out for a run with me again tomorrow!
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Message 38
Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Tuesday, 8th January 2013
A neighbour suggested running but I'm not sure if I could handle that. I weigh an awful lot and I wonder whether my knees could take the strain. Maybe it would be worth a try. If I went round the block a few times, I could walk a bit uphill and jog downhill and do scouts' pace on the flat. I'll think about it.
There are council gyms but the only on nearby is a bit alarming in its layout.
No, I'll stick to walking and progress to skipping or something and also some aerobics. -
Message 39
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Wednesday, 9th January 2013
Swedey - if you want to run then good shoes will protect your knees. Run slowly to start, run for 2 mins then walk for 2 then run for 2 etc. You'll soon start to join your 2mins up and you'll find you can run 3k quite easily. My bride is carrying some 6-8 stone more than her ideal weight so we're taking it steady.
When I started I could run for 2mins and I needed CPR. Within 2 weeks I could run 3km and within 4 I could do 5km. You have to run through that lactic acid in your legs which is screaming at you to stop and then it'll stop. I STILL get it - but I get it for about 11km now before my body realises I am going to keep going and gives in!. It's your body trying to hang on to it's glycogen (the easily used fat stores) so you don't access the more laid down fat - but that's what you want to do.
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Message 40
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Wednesday, 9th January 2013
Ahhhh fiddle, they have rejigged the time tables at one of the places we go for classes and added a new Pilates teacher, to whom the Bloke has taken an instant dislike (and I can tell why, but I can tune her witterings out, he can't)
So a think about Monday and Wednesday is needed
Still, my Tuesday and Thursday are still intact
Sunny, if you are going down the running route, it's not just shoes its a decent sport bra that's a must, m &s do some great ones, ironically they are now my choice for work too - physical active job - , I see so many ladies jogging around here without wearing one and well, to be humorous, they might black their own eyes...
I'll never be flexible either, I was a non bendy child and am a not bendy grown up now, but I am so much better than I was
As are all who do flexibility stuff regularly, (yup, even the Bloke, who comes to pilates late and pretty rigid) but the improvement is soooo slow you don't see it -
Message 41
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 9th January 2013
I had my first Pilates class for about six weeks yesterday - illness before Christmas and then Christmas. Ooh my knees felt it!
Our teacher does her own style and we do about 112 weeks basically the same exercises and then move to new ones when she changes the CD to play!
We always start with a very energetic warm up, more of a dance routine (once upon a time she was one of Pan's People - knew Jimmy Saville and wouldn't touch him with a barge pole). We are all supposed to follow her movements in the warm up but I get all muddle sup and am not very good at that!
I now have a pedometer and am going to start more serious walking.
F-P -
Message 42
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Thursday, 10th January 2013
Oops yes forgot about the bra!
Guzzi - can you go to the non-bloke friendly classes on your own as well as the ones with him? You aren't joined at the hip - he could maybe branch out and be brave and try something different while you are in there (lifting a few weights maybe??)
F-P your post made me LOL. I have this vision of a load of people who think they've gone for an exercise class doing one of Pans People's more raunchy routines!!!! Sorry - well done you for going and yes I know what you mean about creaking at the seams the next morning. I've been doing some different weight training and I can barely move the next morning - not great when you stick your shoes on and set off for a very long run! Half way round (about max distance from home) I usually decide this was a very bad idea.
Great to see everyone enthusiastic (ok maybe that's a bit of an overstatement) about their new routines. We'll all be gorgeous on the beach
Note to self - you only have 4 weeks woman before you are "on the beach" so get to it! -
Message 43
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 10th January 2013
I should have re-read my post before pressing "Post" It is 12 weeks on a tape NOT 112!
Also I get muddled up - feet and arms don't do what teacher is doing!
F-P - doing dreary stuff this morning before going out later. -
Message 44
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Thursday, 10th January 2013
fear not, I go to classes (at least two per week) sans Bloke, GEm (-: He should go to the gym on the nights I do these other classes (its the one car thats sort of a problem here, not being conjoined, as a load of big Bloke bike gear wont fit in a locker...) I'm working on getting that back as an option
its just annoying when they rejig times so it doesnt fit with the rest of life its just he needs the flexibilty classes even more than I do. But we will sort something out
He had a word with the lesure centre boss last night about the new lady instructor. Never backward in coming forward, the Bloke
fire pig, the first classes back after a break are hard work, I have my last class of the week tonight and my abs hurt
I know what you mean about dance-y stuff, I really have to concentrate for that or I vaouse a five person pile up by going the wrong way
whispers, waaaaay back in the mists of time, apparently Bloke's first wife was an early pans person -
Message 45
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Thursday, 10th January 2013
All this excitement. Have to share this - in the back of one of my fitness magazines they were advertising a suit to do yoga in where you could .. erm "parp" and it would "hold in the odours".
You can imagine the hilarity round the table when we shared this one round. Just grateful Father Christmas didn't decide to give me one! I am very careful what I eat before yoga though some of the class aren't quite as "thoughtful"
Moving swiftly on..... -
Message 46
Posted by Auntie Clockwise (U8040384) on Thursday, 10th January 2013
a suit to do yoga in where you could .. erm "parp" and it would "hold in the odours".Â
OMG!
When I was working I did a pilates class that started at 5:15 (just up the road from my office). I was always extremely careful about what and how much I ate for lunch and refrained from mid-afternoon snacks. It's not just the risk of 'parping' (horrible word), but plates with a full stomach is not comfortable. I expect it's the same with yoga, or for that matter any exercise. Morning classes suit me, as I'm never very hungry first thing in the morning and only want a light breakfast. -
Message 47
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Friday, 11th January 2013
Has anyone any advice on ankle weights? Apparently we will be using them in 3 - 4 weeks' time in Pilates.
I know I can buy online, but what weight do I buy? I use 1.5 kg or 2 kg weights in class now. For some reason our teacher sold these weights to us but is leaving us to find the ankle ones.
F-P -
Message 48
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 12th January 2013
Sorry F-P just seen this. I'd go for 4-5 kg ankle weights (my usual maths for ladies is twice on the legs what you do with the arms).
I use 5kg ones for yoga sometimes
Gx -
Message 49
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Saturday, 12th January 2013
Thanks for that GeM, seeing the double for arms is very useful just what I needed.
F-P -
Message 50
Posted by mistle_thrush (U3279940) on Saturday, 12th January 2013
Ooh that's interesting. Not on to weights yet although I do use resistance bands for some workouts. When I have a bit more money I'd like to go back to classes and explore some more equipment.
Love the yoga suit idea GEm. Way back when, I used to eat a full dinner on way between school and ballet regularly. Dread to think what would happen if I tried that now!
Did a new Pilates DVD today which was so tough that I had to do one of my regular ones to recover. Still a bit achey from legs and bums yesterday...
m_t
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