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Old 9th January 2020, 22:11
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Anything that gets your heart beating fast and get you out of breath in a short amount of time.
Out of breath to the point, as they say, where you can no longer hold a conversation.
I can't hold a conversation on a normal day... so I guess I get enough exercise already.
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Old 9th January 2020, 22:41
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I can't hold a conversation on a normal day... so I guess I get enough exercise already.
same..
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Old 26th January 2020, 20:54
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Did 20 minutes on my rowing machine today, it's the first time I've made any effort to do some exercise since last summer. Feels good, hope I can keep it up.
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Old 26th January 2020, 21:26
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My brain knows I really need to exercise but my body just can't face it. So another year of doing nothing and probable weight gain, I expect.
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Old 27th January 2020, 20:40
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[QUOTE=Nanuq;2471654]^^ That's good, Whitevanman, do you have a rowing machine at home?

I do have one at home yes, bought it off eBay. I prefer exercising at home to going to a gym.

Had a shock today, I went to the doctor's as I've been having a lot of headaches recently and my blood pressure was high. Got to go back on a few days for another test to see whether I need medication.
I need to get back into regular exercise.
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Old 28th January 2020, 10:15
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I do this 3 times a week at the moment when I'm being lazy - 250 squats, 150 weighted arm reps and 100 goblet squats with a 5 min plank.
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Wow my legs are aching after doing 45 squats, can't imagine doing 250!
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Old 28th January 2020, 22:29
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Has the GP offered one of those monitors that tests your blood pressure at home over a few days?
My husband's blood pressure is always sky high at the GP, but at home, if he takes it when he's relaxed it's normal, some people get very stressed at the doctors and their blood pressure might read higher than normal.
No they didn't offer me one, I did look at buying one though. I need to book another appointment with the GP to test me again so hopefully it will be lower next time.
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Old 28th March 2020, 11:48
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Gravity, my old friend, how it's good to be acquainted with you once again.

Oh, hi there Thomas.


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Old 18th April 2020, 12:31
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200 push ups and 84 pull ups done today so far. Still more to go. Lockdown physique gonna be fly as f'k.
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Old 18th April 2020, 16:23
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I've been exercising a lot during lockdown and I can feel such a difference in my strength and fitness but diet is impossible to get a hold of when there's literally nothing to do but ****ing eat so I look basically no different.
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Old 18th April 2020, 21:25
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I've been exercising a lot during lockdown and I can feel such a difference in my strength and fitness but diet is impossible to get a hold of when there's literally nothing to do but ****ing eat so I look basically no different.
Feeling more able-bodied feels good. Tackle the eating thing and you're on to a winner.

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I thought I'd had the novel idea of getting a turbo trainer for my bike, so I could turn my bike into and exercise bike. But it turns out that it wasn't a novel idea as everyone and their cat has bought them all and there aren't any in stock anywhere.

Instead, I have just been making sure I go for a long, safe walk with the dogs each day. It has taken me three weeks or so to come out of a bit of a slump to actually put proper clothes on and go out for a walk each day.
You can do a DIY turbo trainer and raise the back wheel off the ground a bit so you can 'cycle' indoors (or wherever). Alternatively, get a vertical climber - honestly those things are brilliant, mines in storage atm otherwise i'd be on that thing daily
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Old 18th April 2020, 21:39
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I thought I'd had the novel idea of getting a turbo trainer for my bike, so I could turn my bike into and exercise bike. But it turns out that it wasn't a novel idea as everyone and their cat has bought them all and there aren't any in stock anywhere.

Instead, I have just been making sure I go for a long, safe walk with the dogs each day. It has taken me three weeks or so to come out of a bit of a slump to actually put proper clothes on and go out for a walk each day.
It feels like everything is out of stock, everywhere.

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Feeling more able-bodied feels good. Tackle the eating thing and you're on to a winner.
Yeah, it's definitely helped my mental health and it's at least stopped me from gaining weight so that's something I suppose.
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Old 19th April 2020, 08:11
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Oh Jesus, I'm going to attempt this today




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I used to have that ride around Thomas when I was a little girl! The seat lifted up so you could hide snacks and exciting finds in it. I was obsessed with it! I'll find a photo for you.
Yeah the seat does lift up, I've found the most random things in their that he's put in, including an apple core. I can totally imagine mini Biscuit on one of these.
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Old 19th April 2020, 11:53
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Oh Jesus, I'm going to attempt this today
Yeah f'k all of that.
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Old 19th April 2020, 12:11
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^ I thought you wanted to be fly af?
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Old 19th April 2020, 12:19
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^ It's not really something I want to be, it's more something I'm born with.
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Old 19th April 2020, 12:28
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You got fly in your genes? That's a bit cheaty
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Old 19th April 2020, 12:44
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^ Ha, nah the only thing about me that's fly are the crotch zip on my jeans.
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Old 19th April 2020, 12:55
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Old 20th April 2020, 20:45
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I couldn't do a single rep of an up and down plank last week without collapsing. Now I can do three before collapsing. I know I'm still weak AF but it's progress.

It's such an addictive feeling being able to do things I couldn't do before.
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Old 21st April 2020, 10:07
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^ Well done. By the way, good to see you back.
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Old 21st April 2020, 20:51
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Thank you Jam.

Hope you're getting on okay.
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Old 1st June 2020, 11:19
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I've been doing a mix of press-ups, planks and crunches the past few weeks fairly obsessively and am seeing some fairly decent changes already. They're definitely helping my mood and making me feel a little more confident about myself. I'm just hoping I don't lose interest as has happened more than a few times* in the past. Thank you to Jam for finally getting through to me about doing some.

I seem to be hitting around 300 press-ups on an on day now and have grown triceps where none existed previously. It's great.


*/many, many.
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Old 1st June 2020, 15:34
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^ This sounds cool. Good going.

^^/^^^ Aww cheers, guys!
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Old 1st June 2020, 17:00
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300 is really impressive. How many are you doing per set?

Gained about 5kg since lockdown, not enough exercise.
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Old 2nd June 2020, 15:53
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I did my first pull up yesterday, I know one solitary pull up sounds quite pathetic but I've never been able to do any before so I'm going to be riding the wave of being quite proud of that for the next few days.
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Old 2nd June 2020, 17:51
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^^ Sounds impressive to me. I've never tried one - don't expect I'd fare especially well.

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300 is really impressive. How many are you doing per set?

Gained about 5kg since lockdown, not enough exercise.
I find them quite easy and enjoyable really, so it's not much effort. 15 per set, so they tot up quite fast. I could do more per set but am keeping at that. Will continue as I am for a bit and then look to change up technique a bit to make them harder.


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^^^^ I was wondering the same too - congratulations Appear, that's a brilliant achievement mate

Which type of press-ups are you doing? Like nose to the floor types?
Cheers! Just your basic kind, following this: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/proper-push-up/
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Old 2nd June 2020, 18:46
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Thanks Nanuq and Appear - and yep, I am female.
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Old 5th June 2020, 10:17
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Between 25-50 km on my exercise bike per day. Each session set as 25 km.
With most days two sessions of around 40 + minutes each.
It's not a Peloton have better things to spend £2,000 + on.

I've managed to drop five stone in a two year period now it's just maintainance.
22,000 Miles (36,000 km) in the period since I began logging it in July 2017.
142 hrs and 5,100 km this year to this point.
It's just tough at this time of year with how warm it is to do things.

I've gained maybe 3-4 lbs with being off work in the period due to lock down.
Jobs quite physical so was always burning some excess calories.
Back to work Monday
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Old 3rd August 2020, 10:21
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I'm on week 6 of the couch to 5k. I did skip one run of going 20 mins with no intervals which i intend to go for at the end of this week, just wanted a little more prep. I'm already running* 18 minutes but thats with walking intervals. Still a bit shocked i got this far.

*Very light jogging.
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