I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[Keroin]

"There are only two kinds of people that benefit from running - physical therapists and orthopaedic surgeons."

Bite your tongue!!!

 

[Homburg]

My ass is relatively trim, thank you very much.

I've used rowing machines before but they bore the hell out of me. They're worse than treadmills, in fact.

*shrug* I'm not one for machines either. I ride my bike on street and trail. Just suggesting a way to get your cardio in via a fashion that will not kill your knees.

But hey, being a cripple is probably less boring than rowing an erg, I'll grant you that.

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Bite your tongue!!!

What? I didn't say it. I'm just repeating it because it's valid.

 

[Keroin]

What? I didn't say it. I'm just repeating it because it's valid.

I just want to see you bite your tongue.



I watched a fascinating bit recently about why running causes so many injuries. Basically, thanks to running shoes, we're doing it wrong. Barefoot running necessitates a vastly different stride - which does not injure - and that is what humans were built for.

ETA: Here's an article about it. This guy studied a tribe of long distance runners in Mexico. Really cool stuff here.

Oh, and just a bit for MWY:

"What’s the solution? Slower, easier training over a long period would most likely help; so would brief walk breaks, which mimic the behavior of the persistence hunter. And running on a variety of surfaces and in simpler shoes with less cushioning can restore natural running form.

Mr. McDougall says that while researching his book, he corrected his form and stopped using thickly cushioned shoes. He has run without injury for three years. "

 

[Homburg]

The few rare times when I've run, it has been in my converse allstars. Very little padding there, and it worked just fine for sprinting. And many many times my dad has suggested just running in combat boots. He used to do it all the time.

 

[midwestyankee]

The few rare times when I've run, it has been in my converse allstars. Very little padding there, and it worked just fine for sprinting. And many many times my dad has suggested just running in combat boots. He used to do it all the time.

Emil Zatopek used to train by running in the full wooden washtub in his army boots. He was the agitator for the wash. Zatopek is known for several feats of impressive long-distance running, not least of which is simultaneously holding 8 world records. What he did at the 1952 Olympics will likely never be duplicated:

In 1952, Emil Zatopek achieved one of the greatest Olympic feats of all time - something that will probably never be reproduced. He won gold in the 5Km, 10km and then at the last moment decided to run his first ever marathon winning by over 2 minutes. This triple gold remains an unprecedented achievement. The amazing feature of this Olympics was that 2 months before the Olympics, doctors advised him not to race because of an infected gland. Needless to say, Zatopek ignored the doctors' advice.​

 

[Keroin]

WOW! I had to go back three pages to find this thread.


OK, roll call! How's everyone doing out there. MWY? How's the running? Cattypuss, still rocking the cardio machines? Hommy, you better be doing some lifting or I will have to unleash some wroth on your ass. Lizzie, how goes the sensible eating plan?

Yes, I'm cracking the whip. Don't fall into the winter doldrums!!! I want sweat! I want grunts! I want muscles pulsing and flexing and...and...

(Sorry, I need a moment alone).


OK, first day back at the gym. Running season is officially closed thanks to copious snow and ice. Bought a three month pass and I plan to make it in at least five days a week for weights, cardio and swimming. Usually I prefer to train in the afternoon but I think I will switch to evenings so that I can get some bright lights and stimulation during these freaking short, dark winter days.

I pledge to stretch more. I have really dropped the ball with that.

Anyone else?

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

WOW! I had to go back three pages to find this thread.


OK, roll call! How's everyone doing out there. MWY? How's the running? Cattypuss, still rocking the cardio machines? Hommy, you better be doing some lifting or I will have to unleash some wroth on your ass. Lizzie, how goes the sensible eating plan?

Yes, I'm cracking the whip. Don't fall into the winter doldrums!!! I want sweat! I want grunts! I want muscles pulsing and flexing and...and...

(Sorry, I need a moment alone).


OK, first day back at the gym. Running season is officially closed thanks to copious snow and ice. Bought a three month pass and I plan to make it in at least five days a week for weights, cardio and swimming. Usually I prefer to train in the afternoon but I think I will switch to evenings so that I can get some bright lights and stimulation during these freaking short, dark winter days.

I pledge to stretch more. I have really dropped the ball with that.

Anyone else?

*squeaks*

Funny you should mention it today Keroin, I've been being all nerdy, and I just posted a pic on fb of my weightloss chart.

13kg down in 16 weeks. What's that? 28 and a bit pounds? I like it in pounds more.. bigger number!

The eating plan wobbled a bit for a couple of weeks, but the wheels didn't fall off, and I'm back into it today!


PS: It's summer here soon!

 

[Cattypuss]

Hello, Ms Whiplash!

My story is a little sad. WOULD still be rocking the cardio machines, if I didn't have a totally fucked lower back (the result of acupuncture for a fucked shoulder).

Long boring story the short version of which is that for ten years I've had constant shoulder pain which was very hard to live with but didn't restrict my movement much. Got recommended an acupuncturist who has cured the shoulder pain (I am still totally astonished by this as I had had acupuncture before, for months, and all it did was LESSEN the shoulder pain). But now my back is apparently trying to adjust after ten years of a group of muscles being in spasm and it's causing problems elsewhere in my back. My lower back went into spasm and that affects the use of my legs.

So no gym. And I miss it as it was helping me to stay alive with my severe clinical depression. I started going to the gym purely for depression, brain-chemical-related reasons and it was helping on that score, which was what was motivating me to keep going.

I have acupuncture again tomorrow (if I can get my car out of my drive tomorrow - I'm snowed in at the moment - they don't plough or grit the road I live on). She says she's gonna pull out the big guns tomorrow and see if she can't get me totally spasm-free and pain-free. I hope she can so I can go back to the gym (snow permitting!)

In other news I have given up dieting and instead am trying to follow the rules of intuitive eating, after reading an amazingly good book called Beyond Chocolate. So far, no weight gain, despite not doing any exercise, so I'm assuming that when I get back to the gym I'll start slowly losing weight.

 

[Homburg]

Hommy, you better be doing some lifting or I will have to unleash some wroth on your ass.

Still trying to recover, and get back to healthy. Some improvement though. I use shoulder press with my 75# bell as my marker. I tried to put it int he air left-handed two weeks back and failed miserably. Two days ago, I popped it up for a coupla reps. So improvement.

Running season is officially closed thanks to copious snow and ice.

I'm sure your knees are sighing in relief.

 

[Keroin]

I'm sure your knees are sighing in relief.

No, they are pining for the pavement.

 

[midwestyankee]

Reporting in.

No running for two weeks now as I keep feeling an odd twinge in my right (previously surgically repaired) knee. Have done a series of knee-strengthening exercises most days in the interim but I'm a terrible pt patient.

Dropped by a new local gym but was not impressed. The wifely one will check into the logistics of getting me signed back up in the gym I used to use, where she still belongs, next time she goes there.

In the meantime, I'm exercising my right to pine for the pavement as well. This weekend is the 5K that I had been targeting in my couch-to-5K workout plan and I'll have to pass on it. Would have gotten a cheap Santa suit to run in, too, which would have been much fun.

 

[Keroin]

*squeaks*

Funny you should mention it today Keroin, I've been being all nerdy, and I just posted a pic on fb of my weightloss chart.

13kg down in 16 weeks. What's that? 28 and a bit pounds? I like it in pounds more.. bigger number!

The eating plan wobbled a bit for a couple of weeks, but the wheels didn't fall off, and I'm back into it today!


PS: It's summer here soon!

You antipodeans and your backwards seasons!

Awesome news about the weight loss Lizzie! Keep at 'er!

Hello, Ms Whiplash!

Ooo, I like that one. If I was a domme that would be my name "Mistress Whiplash". Nice.

My story is a little sad. WOULD still be rocking the cardio machines, if I didn't have a totally fucked lower back (the result of acupuncture for a fucked shoulder).

Long boring story the short version of which is that for ten years I've had constant shoulder pain which was very hard to live with but didn't restrict my movement much. Got recommended an acupuncturist who has cured the shoulder pain (I am still totally astonished by this as I had had acupuncture before, for months, and all it did was LESSEN the shoulder pain). But now my back is apparently trying to adjust after ten years of a group of muscles being in spasm and it's causing problems elsewhere in my back. My lower back went into spasm and that affects the use of my legs.

So no gym. And I miss it as it was helping me to stay alive with my severe clinical depression. I started going to the gym purely for depression, brain-chemical-related reasons and it was helping on that score, which was what was motivating me to keep going.

I have acupuncture again tomorrow (if I can get my car out of my drive tomorrow - I'm snowed in at the moment - they don't plough or grit the road I live on). She says she's gonna pull out the big guns tomorrow and see if she can't get me totally spasm-free and pain-free. I hope she can so I can go back to the gym (snow permitting!)

In other news I have given up dieting and instead am trying to follow the rules of intuitive eating, after reading an amazingly good book called Beyond Chocolate. So far, no weight gain, despite not doing any exercise, so I'm assuming that when I get back to the gym I'll start slowly losing weight.

The book sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out.

Sorry to hear about the back issues. Never fun, I know. But at least it sounds as if you are on your way to correcting a fairly serious problem. Baby steps, hang in there!

I hope the depression isn't being too much of a drag while you are recovering.

Still trying to recover, and get back to healthy. Some improvement though. I use shoulder press with my 75# bell as my marker. I tried to put it int he air left-handed two weeks back and failed miserably. Two days ago, I popped it up for a coupla reps. So improvement.

Yay! Improvement!

You know that this has been a tough year for me health-wise, so I do sympathize...even while cracking the whip. It's frustrating to make gains only to slide backward again due to circumstances beyond your control. I try to remind myself that any effort is better than none and that people who exercise enjoy better overall health.

Hard when you're hacking up your lungs though.

Keep at it H!!!

Reporting in.

No running for two weeks now as I keep feeling an odd twinge in my right (previously surgically repaired) knee. Have done a series of knee-strengthening exercises most days in the interim but I'm a terrible pt patient.

Dropped by a new local gym but was not impressed. The wifely one will check into the logistics of getting me signed back up in the gym I used to use, where she still belongs, next time she goes there.

In the meantime, I'm exercising my right to pine for the pavement as well. This weekend is the 5K that I had been targeting in my couch-to-5K workout plan and I'll have to pass on it. Would have gotten a cheap Santa suit to run in, too, which would have been much fun.

Oh man, I would have sooooo loved to have seen you in a santa suit! Next year, for sure.

Good to hear about the knee strengthening exercises. Hope they are helping.

I'm really going to make sure I get lots of swimming in this winter. Good for the ol' joints. Have you tried water running? I know it doesn't compare with "real" running but it could help to keep the cardio up while you're recup-ing.

Hugs to you fellow road runner!

OK, how about some of our other fitness folks? Fury? Bandit? Bunny? Come on, don't be shy...*brandishes whip*

 

[BiBunny]

Bunny's holding out for a new pair of tennis shoes and a good sports bra.

Actually, I just got a new roommate. A good friend of mine and Kitty's just got out of a really shitty living situation, and since Kitty is rarely here anymore, we decided we'd offer her Kitty's bedroom to stay in for as long as she wanted. We're currently trying to get her a job lined up here and get her crap moved, which is probably going to require some help from the boy and so forth.

The upshot of which is, my friend and I both want to eat healthier, exercise, and lose weight. We think now that we're here together, we can do it. I'm much more likely to cook for 2 people than for one person. And at the very least, we can go walk at the track down the road from the house until it gets too cold.

So hopefully in a week or so, I'll have a buddy to help me start changing my habits.

 

[Keroin]

Bunny's holding out for a new pair of tennis shoes and a good sports bra.

Actually, I just got a new roommate. A good friend of mine and Kitty's just got out of a really shitty living situation, and since Kitty is rarely here anymore, we decided we'd offer her Kitty's bedroom to stay in for as long as she wanted. We're currently trying to get her a job lined up here and get her crap moved, which is probably going to require some help from the boy and so forth.

The upshot of which is, my friend and I both want to eat healthier, exercise, and lose weight. We think now that we're here together, we can do it. I'm much more likely to cook for 2 people than for one person. And at the very least, we can go walk at the track down the road from the house until it gets too cold.

So hopefully in a week or so, I'll have a buddy to help me start changing my habits.

Awesomeness! Good on you both.

Yep, having a buddy definitely helps. Especially if you set specific goals and dates and feel a sense of responsibility to help each other reach them.

In any case, sounds like you are making excellent plans. I shall save my whip for the next victim .

I'll be cheering for you, BB.

And with that...

I am off to brave the blizzard and walk to the gym for a swim and stretch!

 

[Bandit58]

I'm being good

Even though I've missed a class or two I'm still making a workout 3x a week most weeks. I found myself the only female in last night's boxing class so got to rip into it with the guys - fun, even though I did need a 5 minute break after the first half hour I came back into it and kicked some butt "If I can do it you can" I told one guy, and he did after I told him that I was 52!

 

[Keroin]

I'm being good

Even though I've missed a class or two I'm still making a workout 3x a week most weeks. I found myself the only female in last night's boxing class so got to rip into it with the guys - fun, even though I did need a 5 minute break after the first half hour I came back into it and kicked some butt "If I can do it you can" I told one guy, and he did after I told him that I was 52!

Bandit you're my hero.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I did my yoga, pilates, weights routine today. I've been struggling to work out since I got sick earlier this fall. I got better but then things kinda fell apart again.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

It's nice that other people are really starting to notice.

I haven't seen my mother since I started all this, we kept missing each other at the few things I went to, and then others I couldn't go to. I will this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. I'll have to pick an outfit!

 

[Keroin]

So, I was at the gym yesterday getting ready to do some lat pull downs and I'm setting up the bench so it's at the right height and all. Anyway, this fellow comes over and I guess he thinks that I don't know what I'm doing or something so he jumps in to demonstrate...except he does it completely wrong. LOL. It was nice of him to try.

I smiled and went on with my usual routine.

Anyway, made me think of the manners thread.

I've set a goal of 5 unassisted pull ups by July 1st. I used to be able to do three sets of ten unassisted but I was in far, far better shape then.

Love me some goals!

ETA: This is my new favourite lifting song. I get all scowl-faced and determined when it plays. Grrrr.

 

[Keroin]

Random fitness rant in 3…2…1…

Another good day at the gym! I’m already up to 60lbs on my lat pull downs. Once I get close to my body weight, then I’ll start working on assisted pull-ups on the bar. Yay!

After I finished my weights today, it struck me just how quickly my strength always comes back even after an extended absence, which brings me to my first rant…

Money in the Bank

I know, believe me I know, how frustrating it is when things don’t happen as quickly as you like. The muscles don’t grow fast enough, the weight doesn’t drop fast enough, the measurements stay stubbornly static, you’re barely running a few inches further or faster this week than last, etc, etc. You question why you bother putting in the time, energy and money for little to no results.

I have long equated training with putting money in a savings account. A $5 deposit looks like nothing and, yeah, it isn’t going to get you far. But make a habit of constantly depositing money in your account and one day, seemingly out of the blue, you will look at your balance and suddenly realize, hey, this is cool…I can do something cool with this much money!

The rewards of physical fitness sometimes seem non-existent because they accrue slowly. I can, at 41, go to the gym after months off and within a few weeks be back up to lifting near my max because I spent years and years making those small, insignificant deposits.

Just Do It!

Damn you Nike. I wish that catch phrase wasn’t so accurate.

I’m on the treadmill today, for the last 30 min of my session. I’m right at the point where my body wants to quit. It wants a shower. It wants to sit down. It wants chocolate. There are 14 minutes left on the clock and it might as well be 14 hours because I don’t want to spend another 10 seconds sweating.

Then I say, “Quit whining, just do it.” And I do.

And I’m glad I didn’t quit.

It’s Not a Beauty Contest

OK, so there’s this pretty young thing in the gym today. Very attractive, maybe eighteen years old and a 100lbs soaking wet, if that. Her hair is done just so, she’s got on supa tight leggings that she has pulled down as far as they can go without showing crack, her white, see-through tank top is busting at the seams and clearly shows her leopard skin push up bra underneath.

While on the treadmill, I watched her spend five minutes admiring herself in the mirror, tugging and primping. Another five minutes was spent at the water fountain. I didn’t stick around long enough to see if she actually did an exercise, though it’s hard to fathom since that would have thrown the whole ensemble out of whack.

I was thinking that girls like her are probably the reason a lot of people feel self conscious about going to a gym.

Don’t.

For every dainty cupcake like her, there are 50 real people who, like me, generally look like crap and could care less. I come to grunt like an animal, sweat out of every pore of my body, and hurt myself in the best way humanly possible. And I have a fuckton more respect for a newbie who’s out of shape and overweight who actually comes to try and get fit than I do for the Barbie’s and Ken’s who come to do…whatever it is they come to do.

Someday I'll have to post a photo of what a mess I am at the gym!

 

[YourCaptor]

Random fitness rant in 3…2…1…

Another good day at the gym! I’m already up to 60lbs on my lat pull downs. Once I get close to my body weight, then I’ll start working on assisted pull-ups on the bar. Yay!

After I finished my weights today, it struck me just how quickly my strength always comes back even after an extended absence, which brings me to my first rant…

Money in the Bank

I know, believe me I know, how frustrating it is when things don’t happen as quickly as you like. The muscles don’t grow fast enough, the weight doesn’t drop fast enough, the measurements stay stubbornly static, you’re barely running a few inches further or faster this week than last, etc, etc. You question why you bother putting in the time, energy and money for little to no results.

I have long equated training with putting money in a savings account. A $5 deposit looks like nothing and, yeah, it isn’t going to get you far. But make a habit of constantly depositing money in your account and one day, seemingly out of the blue, you will look at your balance and suddenly realize, hey, this is cool…I can do something cool with this much money!

The rewards of physical fitness sometimes seem non-existent because they accrue slowly. I can, at 41, go to the gym after months off and within a few weeks be back up to lifting near my max because I spent years and years making those small, insignificant deposits.

Just Do It!

Damn you Nike. I wish that catch phrase wasn’t so accurate.

I’m on the treadmill today, for the last 30 min of my session. I’m right at the point where my body wants to quit. It wants a shower. It wants to sit down. It wants chocolate. There are 14 minutes left on the clock and it might as well be 14 hours because I don’t want to spend another 10 seconds sweating.

Then I say, “Quit whining, just do it.” And I do.

And I’m glad I didn’t quit.

It’s Not a Beauty Contest

OK, so there’s this pretty young thing in the gym today. Very attractive, maybe eighteen years old and a 100lbs soaking wet, if that. Her hair is done just so, she’s got on supa tight leggings that she has pulled down as far as they can go without showing crack, her white, see-through tank top is busting at the seams and clearly shows her leopard skin push up bra underneath.

While on the treadmill, I watched her spend five minutes admiring herself in the mirror, tugging and primping. Another five minutes was spent at the water fountain. I didn’t stick around long enough to see if she actually did an exercise, though it’s hard to fathom since that would have thrown the whole ensemble out of whack.

I was thinking that girls like her are probably the reason a lot of people feel self conscious about going to a gym.

Don’t.

For every dainty cupcake like her, there are 50 real people who, like me, generally look like crap and could care less. I come to grunt like an animal, sweat out of every pore of my body, and hurt myself in the best way humanly possible. And I have a fuckton more respect for a newbie who’s out of shape and overweight who actually comes to try and get fit than I do for the Barbie’s and Ken’s who come to do…whatever it is they come to do.

Someday I'll have to post a photo of what a mess I am at the gym!

Just in time, now that I'm done with my 10 week brain workout, I can work my body again. It'll be a relief after that.

 

[Keroin]

Just in time, now that I'm done with my 10 week brain workout, I can work my body again. It'll be a relief after that.

Oh yeah, I know that feeling! Enjoy.


Swam laps tonight! Not many and they were...slow...but I did it. Feeling so awesome! Muscles are starting to plump up again.

I.Will. Kick. Ass.

 

[midwestyankee]

Someday I'll have to post a photo of what a mess I am at the gym!

I've never seen anyone do free weights wearing a banana leaf. This could be cool.

 

[Bandit58]

Someday I'll have to post a photo of what a mess I am at the gym!

When I'm finished at the gym I'm usually red-faced (very!) and soaked with sweat from head to toe.

I'm usually dressed in a singlet top and trackies. No name brands, I can't afford them I've had my gym shoes for 4 years and they're not trendy brand names either.

I don't have the time to stand in front of the mirror. I'm there to keep fit and enjoy myself!

 

[Homburg]

It’s Not a Beauty Contest

OK, so there’s this pretty young thing in the gym today. Very attractive, maybe eighteen years old and a 100lbs soaking wet, if that. Her hair is done just so, she’s got on supa tight leggings that she has pulled down as far as they can go without showing crack, her white, see-through tank top is busting at the seams and clearly shows her leopard skin push up bra underneath.

While on the treadmill, I watched her spend five minutes admiring herself in the mirror, tugging and primping. Another five minutes was spent at the water fountain. I didn’t stick around long enough to see if she actually did an exercise, though it’s hard to fathom since that would have thrown the whole ensemble out of whack.

I was thinking that girls like her are probably the reason a lot of people feel self conscious about going to a gym.

Don’t.

For every dainty cupcake like her, there are 50 real people who, like me, generally look like crap and could care less. I come to grunt like an animal, sweat out of every pore of my body, and hurt myself in the best way humanly possible. And I have a fuckton more respect for a newbie who’s out of shape and overweight who actually comes to try and get fit than I do for the Barbie’s and Ken’s who come to do…whatever it is they come to do.

Someday I'll have to post a photo of what a mess I am at the gym!

One of the reasons I despise big box gyms is because of people like that. Case in point, the last time I went to a big gym (Golds Gym) there was a pretty boy standing one of the only squat racks in the whole place doing cheat curls and staring in the mirror. And the kicker, and I shit you not, is that he kissed his bicep, right then left, at the top of each rep. I wanted to feed him the 40lb barbell he was using for this narcissistic waste of oxygen.

Instead, I went to the single squat cage (another problem is a HUGE weight room, with a whopping one squat cage and two squat racks. The fuck? They had more smith machines than squat racks. FML.) and set up for squats. I just kept piling on plate after plate, and did my sets facing out onto the floor. I hate watching myself in a mirror. I mean, for fuck's sake, I don't want to watch my face swell up like a beet red basketball and watch the capillaries in my eyes bug out when I'm popping reps with 365lbs across my shoulders. Anyway, it's amusing to see people watching and wondering when I'm going to blow a blood vessel or ligament or something. Even more interesting is watching the pecs-and-biceps crowd trying to compensate with half-stroke benching and cheat curls.

Personally, the hottest thing I saw in the gym was a woman in her late 40's with a hard body that came from a LOT of hard work. And she was hot to death in my eyes because that gal was killing the weights. Intense concentration, every muscle standing out, laser-sharp focus, all adds up to a sexy package. Intensity is hot, and the looks my fat, hairy, outta shape ass got after those sets showed that I'm not the only one that thinks that.

And, honestly, I have FAR more respect for the morbidly obese dude in there working hard than the self-sucking fuckwit masturbating to his own arm-size in front of the mirror.