After an injury last January (sciatica) then a summer/winter of various home improvement projects I didn't get to the gym as much as I'd want. So I have just joined a new gym (which is closer to work so I can nip in on a lunchtime) and started to increase sessions. Last week I accidentally took part in an advanced spin class (I just wanted to do a spin but the class was starting so the instructor asked me to join them). 45 minutes of riding hard without a saddle (had to be removed for the session :-O ) and I beat my previous max heart rate considerably (I hit 182bpm, previous highest was 172 and I am 50).
On Saturday I ran for the first time since last January, doing the Harrogate ParkRun in a reasonable time but I know I will beat it next week now that I understand the event properly.
Tomorrow I am finishing work early to get out on my road bike.
The addiction has started up again 🙂
That's the plan!
Lost fitness this winter, after a crash at Antur last September, breaking my collarbone.Knee problem also limited my trail running intensity ,so had to go down in distance.
On the up now,ran my fastest time in 12 months,last week and back on sufferfest.Just started indoor bouldering,wish I'd started earlier,,getting arm pumps at 54 is blooming great .
I'll never get back to where I was at 30, but I'm trying to get back to where I was a few years ago! I used to play 5-a-side with work colleagues and that made a big difference. Can't do that anymore for various reasons. Have started including some HIIT sessions into my rides home, seem to be working. Edinburgh Cycles post on Facebook to thank for that. Only problem with doing HIIT on the road, is car drivers can't cope with the change in speed, so I have to adapt accordingly!
Thanks all.
Crikey @wait4me, that puts things into perspective. Good luck.
And @fossy, I agree, sit-stand desk and far better chair (I've been lucky enough to get Hag Capisco's at both work and home), and if you can, walking some of the journey, has made a huge difference to my back. Mine was due to two prolapses, so minor by comparison, but I just to find sat all day at work and in the car, destroyed me too.
Isn’t everyone always going to get fitter? It’s just part of the human condition.
The amount of T-shirts I own that 'the tumble drier has shrunk' and things I can't do, I could 20 years ago suggests otherwise.
Yes. I'm getting way stronger, which is fun. Back to riding to work more again now, which is good for the cardio fitness too. Doing more yoga and mobility work as well.
For me getting fit is easy (assuming fitness is running "fast") left to my own devices I would probably run 50 miles per week. Injury and my apathy towards other sports lets me down however.
Im rehabilitating a broken ankle, been off work since December.
so, ive been getting out a little more than normal to try and increase range of motion.
i can now get into jeans a size smaller than before the accident, but weirdly, I haven’t lost a single pound.
Hoping this is gonna be a nice summer, that always helps.
