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I'm loving that the thread is already making a difference 😀
Day 4 - 50 min walk in some "soft" Highland weather checking out some options for a bucket list mini-adventure that should take place during the next few weeks.
mrs ton is doing this with me. she walked today while is restrained the offspring. i cycles earlier.
all good.
4. P!ssing down here, so 2 x yoga vids completed. I am the opposite of flexible.
A long walk in the persistent rain this morning. Drenched to my undies, but did it 😁. Great thread to keep us all motivated.
4/100
An hours walk this morning with the hound then half an hour of weight stuff.
Got the turbo set up and ready to use now as well.
6.75km run/walk tonight. Was originally an test to see if the dog would run with me. The dog failed!
Admittedly it didn't help when I'd got round the block and realised I didn't have poo bags, so got my wife to come out of the house with some, then the dog wasn't going anywhere!
Day 4: Walked to the top of the hill and up the big antenna mast thing, 50 mins. I missed the sunset but saw the moon.
Thanks, Pyro - that helps.
Got the bike sorted, then.....I took one look at the weather this afternoon and thought If it's raining this much I might as well head for the swimming pool
I'm doing some breathing exercises and some yoga/meditation to cope with what my gas bill might be like over the festive season.
Does that count?
Day 4/100: running with local club - didn't want to go (rarely do), enjoyed it (almost always do).
2 sessions a day so far. Just more intensive than usual. Odd thing is I'm really hungry all the time.
Was looking dubious, busy day, tea out, nit shampooing the kids.....but 40 mins of hill repeats on the drive (~200m @ 10-20%) rescued it. Just sat outside cooling off. Was pretty low intensity managed 10 reps, might do it once a week as a marker, see how much I can up it over the 100days as it’s repeatable and a good shite weather option
Went to the shops to get some bits for dinner, but ran there via the extended semi scenic route
I’ve broken myself in gently with 3 brisk walks and a weights session this evening.
First go on Zwift this year….took me longer to get it set up and sorted than I actually rode!
This sounds like not much of a challenge. Do people actually do less than 30 minutes a day of exercise?
Have you read any of the thread or just the first post and skipped to here? 😂
The challenge id the consistency, plus it's a minimum of 30 mins. Look at the posts above and a lot of us are doing more than that most days, the majority of mine will be 60 min training sessions and longer rides. Anything that encourages all of us to not miss a day is a good thing, especially when the weather's crap and the darkness takes over.
@didnthurt Yes - if, for example, you have a chronic illness; family issues & caring responsibilities; you're recovering from injury; have stresses with work, or in my case, all of those combined.
We're not all able to be the person we want to be, all of the time, so we try and start somewhere. This is that place for me. Empathy is something that comes with experience of those times for a lot of us.
@scotroutes - thank-you for doing this; it's making a difference, which is everything for me right now.
Good luck to everyone giving it a go, even if it's 'not much of a challenge' to other people on the outside.
Maybe didnthurt needs to do 30 mins of mental exercise everyday. I work outside so get a fair amount of exercise already but I'd still like to be a bit fitter and healthier and at this time of year it's quite tempting just to get indoors and eat biscuits etc at the end of a hard day.
Really enjoyed last night's ride in the smir although any heavier and it'd have been turbo time.
Yesterday I threw a barbell and dumbbells about for an hour.
This morning I’m just back from a 5k run. Feeling a bit sore in my right hip so I’m hoping I haven’t aggravated anything that will cause my Sciatica. Might have to shelve the running for a while?
Its way too windy for riding.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66854194
Some 25% of adults are currently deemed to be inactive in England, with more than 11 million doing less than 30 minutes of total activity in a week.
I doubt we're reaching many of that 11 million on this forum but every little helps.
Sorry, what I should have said, do people who post regularly on a mountain bike forum not do at least 30 minutes of exercise a day? Mountain biking is a tough physical activity which in order to do needs a decent base level of fitness, how are you getting this fitness by not being active?
I do understand that some people who are seriously ill or are 24/7 carers will struggle to do this.
Nice one replying there @stevenmenmuir to my question by implying that I might have a mental health issue.
If this helps motivate people to be active during the dark and cold months then I'm all for it. But it's not really a challenge for a fit and active mountain biker, is it?
I've been riding what people would call mountain biking about about once every couple of months or so, probably lees than that for the past year or so. I ride gravel/xc probably 2 or 3 times a month, now I rarely ride to work (WFH or site most of the time). I haven't riden my road bike for about a year. I'm not a full time carer or ill, I'm just a lazy sod who seems to let stuff get in the way of stuff I want to do. I do have a wife and kids, and we do things together most of the time, they are not all into bikes and my wife would prefer a walk most of the time, so we do that more.
Some times I just like to flake out after work. Sometimes i'm on a piss up weekend with mates or family and don't really get anything done.
This thread and the challenge is hopefully going to help me turn the corner I've been trying to turn for a while now and get some fitness back.
I still won't ride MTB every week, but I'll be doing other things.
Please don't come on here and spoil this thread like lots of others on STW get spoiled. This is suppposed to be motivational, if you don't need to do it, then good for you. People doing this think they need it though, the why doesn't really matter.
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No. Hope that helps
People have all sorts of different situations, with work, caring duties, health (mental and physical).
With the nights closing in and weather getting worse it's definitely good to have the nudge and an extra reason to get out.
It's not doing anyone any harm and hopefully many will get some benefit.
I wasn't suggesting mental health issues, I was suggesting that if you'd thought about it for a minute you might have realised not everybody on a mountain bike forum is as fit or healthy as they'd like.
@asd678
I appreciated your honest post, I really hope that you do turn a corner with your fitness/health.
Apologies if my comments have been taken as a personal attack on some folk off here as it wasn't meant to be.
But it’s not really a challenge for a fit and active mountain biker, is it?
I think the issue causing your confusion is assuming everyone is in a similar situation to you. STW has people from all ages, walks of life and levels of fitness. Including quite a few who openly admit to not riding mtb.
I'm approaching 60, I have had a run of bad health recently, including ACL reconstruction surgery, an accidental head injury requiring repeated surgery and a cancer diagnosis (not life threatening atm).
I have always been reasonably fit and active, but recent accident, illness hospital time and resulting anxiety have really knocked that sideways. Things have improved in recent months, but little motivators like this thread, or committing to riding with mates when I otherwise cba are really helpful to me.
Also - it's the 'every day' bit I really like. Even at my fittest in my 20s and 30s, I don't think I ever exercised every single day without at least a few rest days, for over 3 months.
It's pissing down here now, a grey, miserable, depressing day. I am about to reluctantly gather some stuff into my gym bag and go and bash the treadmill for 40 mins. I really don't want to, but know I'll feel better for it. If it wasn't for this thread there's a good chance I'd skive off it.
I went for a walk last night in between the rain showers which I wouldn't have done without this to motivate me. Although the last two nights have just been 30-40 min walks it's probably helped with the pain and stiffness after my long walk on Sunday.
@ didnthurt no worries, cheers. I was hoping it was genuine rather than trolling.
@didnthurt I typed my post above, whilst you posted this:
Apologies if my comments have been taken as a personal attack on some folk off here as it wasn’t meant to be.
My opening line seems a tad harsh in light of that. Apols.
Anyway, getting back to it.
Day #5 - 3.7 km swim in 83 minutes, before work.
Think that’ll do for today, just got to stay awake and attentive at work now.
5/100
An hour out with the hound today trying to wear him out before the inevitable downpours.
Also managed to squeeze in a half hour trail run and no sign of the back pain returning.
Now the turbo is set up and I've signed up for Rouvy, I may even have a play on there later to see how it all works.
5/100. 20 mins deep stretching, 15 mins planks and other core stuff, 30 mins treadmill.
Day 5. Lovely walk along Loch Morar and a wee skinny dip. Sods law, a boat came past as I was knee-deep, gently tottering over the rocks.
Day 4 ended up being a 5km as it felt ok. Got lost a fair few times but covered 5km in 28.50. First time I’ve had a go at 5km since a knee operation last year so delighted to be under 30mins. Was at 25mins pre op with plenty of training and not getting lost so sub 25 seems gettable if I can lose weight and not get lost!
Day 5 was 1hr of boxing circuits 🤢🤢
Gentle turbo session tonight
Day 5: I rode to work and back on my bicycle - 23 km each way. It's starting to get colder in the mornings.
@scotroutes those are some great pictures! 👍 Thanks for sparing us the skinny dipping ones.
As I was scroling down, I was dreading what the next of scotroutes pics was going to show!!
Rest commute today. I think that the key point is 30 min every day, not an average of 30 min per day. Otherwise last night’s club ride of 3.5 hours would mean I am done for the week by Tuesday. That’s not how it works. Fit mtb/road biker or not. And the dog is on bed rest too 🙁
15 mile coffee ride done today. My legs still hurt from walking.