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Morning bud.
I usually get the stiffness a day later, it's called DOMS (Delayed onset muscle soreness), which is perfectly normal. It helps if you do a little stretching after exercise but I'm terrible with that as I can't usually be bothered. Serves me right really!
As you say, if you're running every day, your body will be used to it and any aches and pains should be minimal. It's when you exercises muscles you haven't used regularly for a while, that's when the stiffness will occur. I'm waiting for mine to appear sometime during the night!

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I get out of bed, stretch, put the kettle on, make a cup of tea, turn on the pooter and start the day.

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Putting my back/biceps/pull session back a day until tomorrow, as I mentioned earlier I wanted to see how my knees were baring up, so I’ve settled on this short little high-reps-to-failure routine until further notice. It still keeps the form in there, so I’m happy with it. All went pretty well with no issues…

(Reps/kgs):
Seated leg press:
50x120
43x120
30x120

Extensions:
25x40
27x40
21x40

Incline press:
44x150
36x150
28x150

Ham curls, seated:
37x40
27x40
22x40

Calf press:
28x150
21x150
16x150

Good girls (adductor):
36x50
28x50
17x50

Bad girls (abductor):
35x50
30x50
22x50

The whole routine was carried out with very little rest.
Time: 35 mins.

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Brilliant stuff Floydy that makes me sweat just reading it

Tonight, after resting up from a days work, I decided to go for a rum oops I mean run and managed 22 mins. I was quietly pleased with that.

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I'm kind of new here but I love training in the gym!
Today's workout began with 10 minutes eliptical.
Then - worked shoulders today:

Hammer strength overhead press
Push press
Behind the neck press
Upright row
Bulldozer Lateral raises

Finished with 1/2 hour treadmill

Went back to the gym after dinner for another 1/2 hour treadmill!

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Thanks Cedronella
I think I'll be settled with my new routine, give or take when I can fit a session in without having to clock watch all the time! This week has been rather scant on the exercise front thus far!

Do you go outdoors running, or is it done on a treadmill?
And do have that rumafterwards, it'll relax you a little after all that pounding away!

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Hi Deborah
Nice to see somebody else doing actual gym work, rather than cardio for a change in here. Nice session there
And back again after dinner, can't be bad!

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Hi

What we can do is relative to our age and any medical conditions and pushing yourself to hard can have completely the opposite effect to what you are wanting to achieve.

I ended up in Gobowen, a world renowned Orthopaedic Hospital, after my first injury.

I was both an inpatient and out patient, there for years with my knee injury, I do not live far away.

I was fortunate in that the Specialist I had was one of the best in the world on knees, whilst I was there Roma, the Italian Football Club, flew in one of their players to see him.

His advice, and that of his Specialist Physios was really very simple.

Listen to your bodies, knees are very vulnerable, if you do not listen and push yourself too hard you will have problems for the rest of your life.

You are not going to be doing heavy squats in the gym with knee replacements.

I have the highest regards for them, and their medical advice and knowledge.

I am not confined to a wheel chair, as per the original idiots diagnosis, and after several years on crutches, then two walking sticks with a screwed in full length heavy metal brace, then one stick, I now walk without either, it is just a matter of being sensible.

If it hurts, I stop for a rest, it is my left leg, so I drive an automatic, the knee can still seize and cause muscle spasms.

When I have one, it is not good and I am wearing a full length brace again for days, a new high tech one, costs in excess of £3k, not screwed in, the old one weighed 6lbs, this one weighs ounces, but does hold the knee immobile, so walk with a limp and getting in and out of a car and going down stairs is not good.

You do not get these on the NHS, luckily the injury happened at work and the Government pay for it.

I had a second work related incident a few years after I returned to work, this time affecting my upper body.

No more heavy bench presses for me, rehabilitation was at Lillieshall, the National centre of excellence for our Athletes.

Luckily that is only 30 minutes away by car and again I got it free.

It was the same advice there.

Listen to your body, you are not 20 anymore, when you hit 50, your body cannot repair itself as well.

You can still be fit and have a good quality of life, but you have to accept that you will not be able to do what you could before.

I will never run again, I will never walk all day on uneven ground, I will never lift more than 40 kilos again, or 25 kilos with one hand.

I still had a hell of a good life, until I got MRSA after a minor op.

I travelled the World, went backpacking, more slowly than others, I will admit, but still did it, saw wild tigers, white water rafting, caught huge fish, it took me twice as long as others to get them in, but still did it.

A cautionary note.

Tony, an ex colleague, was a huge bear of a man, a Rugby Prop Forward.

He absolutely dwarves me.

A good County Player, he trained and trained at the gym, his knees went, he did not listen and continued to push himself against all the advice from the Experts.

He needed a replacement, common complication, blood clots, he cannot have the other one done, they will not take the risk.

His quality of life is now shot, a tragedy to see such a powerful man shuffling around.

It has also affected his mental health, now suffering from severe depression, no longer working.

Your life, your decision, if you carry on you put yourself at risk.

You can still be much fitter than others of your age and still enjoy the Gym, just slow down, we are not 20 any more.

I was extremely fortunate in one respect, both my injuries happened at work, the Government paid for the best.

Tony was also a Government Employee, also an Enforcement Officer, but his injuries were not part of his job, self inflicted, so he got standard NHS , which is what you get will get unless you have private insurance.

I wish you the best , just be carefull and my advice is very simple. don't push yourself too hard, it really is not worth it.

You will still be one of an elite group, one of the fittest, strongest 50 year olds in the UK.

You can be rightly proud of that, slow down and still be the envy of others.

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Good advice Swim...

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Smashing post swims