24-11-2019, 07:38 PM
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Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Bob – I must say that you and
Surfermom are still conjuring up some beautiful images from your write-ups. They are a joy to read and hopefully in January I’ll be joining you with tales of my outdoor observations. Bob, you especially should be really proud of yourself completing a thousand miles this year. That’s an amazing feat for anyone, never mind a near-70 year old. Well done mate!
I hope Mrs. Fox’s knee is on the mend. Some light cycling will do her the world of good.
Roxy – That Pool Yoga looks interesting. I’ve never seen that before. Do many people fall in the water?
Tabby – What an array of exercises that is, it looks like my high reps routine! Great workout there
So much for me saying I was going to train every day until my next operation. I’ve just been so busy booking holidays, organising new furniture and getting in tradesmen for pricing up jobs that my feet haven’t touched the ground last week. It’s nice to finally get my pension pay-out and have some freedom to actually be able to buy new items and sort things out with the house after so long watching the pennies.
Anyway, I went to the gym this morning and did my first notable weights workout since 26th August. A series of both upper body and leg exercises designed in such a way that they would not affect my hernia wound (i.e. no pressure placed on it, so no direct abs work or standing pull work). Light-ish weights but some heavier for the arms, which haven’t suffered at all from the three-month lay-off, chest work and lats. On the legs I did the full range of exercises but no abductor/adductor anymore whereby the knees would be pushing the hips out near the operation. Ab crunches will never be done again but everything went really well today and it was a good hour+10 in the gym. I haven’t written out my routine, I’ll start that again properly in January when I add my outdoor pursuits into the equation.
I went to Sports Direct yesterday and spent some time speaking to their in-store fitness expert about running shoes and what I needed; outdoor, grass-based, comfortable, something for a ‘comeback beginner’. They had various styles of New Balance including the 860 v9 but that one was not in my size. I did however see a different size but the toe part does look rather tight and I do need a wide fitting shoe. There were different styles in NB but they were very expensive and I’m not quite ready to shell out near £100 on a shoe before I get my bearings again with running.
So after trying on various brands I have ended up with a Karrimore Tempo 5TR Trail running shoe, predominantly because I will be running (or jogging more like) on grass and on the riverbank. It’s comfortable and roomy enough at the toes without being too tight and was £50. They are black and should be easy to clean out the mud from the sole as there is plenty of space between the tread. It’s not the cost as such as explained above but I don’t want to waste my money on a high tech pair of shoes which may not be suitable. Thank you both for your info and I will upgrade to higher spec shoe if need be next year. Here’s a photo of the ones I bought:
These will come into use after Christmas. Meanwhile I now plan two final gym sessions before my other hernia operation this coming Thursday. I’ll be doing another cardio routine hopefully tomorrow, followed by a short high reps effort either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Take care all