Yes, much like walowiz, still going but with planned rest days (I really do rest though). The Parkour training is going great – my daughter was on school holiday and we just did 7 days straight an hour a day. It’s starting to get a bit scary when she’s climbing along window ledges 3 metres up. I’m looking forward to warmer weather though…

Kudos if you’ve kept going.

I had a fairly active Christmas, but found it difficult finding time to exercise while transitioning back to work (heavy workload, business trips, DIY and crap weather), other than lots of dog walking and uprooting a tree!

The latter part of January has seen improvements. I have bought a smart trainer and started Zwifting, which I’m quite enjoying and trying to do regularly.

Only one yoga sesh this year but yesterday I got my mat out, which is a start!

I’d be up for it in principle, but there are some days when it’s just not going to happen.

2024 has been probably my most active year to date though (I’m 53 in a few weeks) and at a fitness and weight level I’m totally happy with – still room to improve though

I was gonna start the thread on September the 1st if we can hang on til then.

Scotroutes photos were great, made me very jealous.

I mostly did it last year. Think I may have missed out a handful of days.

One thing I did find though, was that I was exercising for the sake of it. Which sounds a bit odd but I’d end up doing 3.5 hours of sometimes mediocre exercise spread over 7 days when I’d rather do a solid 3.5 hour ride in one go on Saturday or Sunday.

So I’ll be watching the thread, mostly for the photos, but for me it just didn’t seem enjoyable. Good luck to everyone doing it this year.

Lard needs shifting – I’m in.

In. Even fatter than last year, habits need to change.

I’m in this year. Didn’t really try last year but did a similar work thing in January/February and felt great for it.

For anyone needing to shift lard, maybe try combining with 100 days of something dietary, like intermittent fasting or just cutting it pointless snacks.

I’m in, not really stopped, it’s definitely become a daily habit.
This challenge has helped me become fitter than I ever imagined I could be and my head is in a much better place as a result.

For many years I dismissed running due to my knees but having built the distance and intensity very gradually, I’m now running every other day and really enjoying it!
All thanks to munrobiker introducing me to this challenge.

I’m in, after last years summer never really happening, last winter being an absolute washout, and 2 bouts of COVID this year and a really crappy year of unachievable (in a sensible workload) schedules my weights nudged back into triple digits and this time round I’ve not got the weightlifting numbers to justify it!

Thankfully work has settled down and I’ve moved offices so can get back into some sort of routine.

Plan from here until Track SQT starts again next May/June is

Monday – Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening

Tuesday – Track (on road bikes, so more like a chaingang but without cars, potholes, corners, hills etc just pedal till you get dropped)

Wednesday – Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening

Thursday – ~35miles Road group to the pub

Friday – Lunch ride + Free-weights in the evening

Saturday – MTB

Sunday – Road (either this or the Saturday MTB will need to be a longer/slower recovery ride)

One thing I did find though, was that I was exercising for the sake of it. Which sounds a bit odd but I’d end up doing 3.5 hours of sometimes mediocre exercise spread over 7 days when I’d rather do a solid 3.5 hour ride in one go on Saturday or Sunday.

As above, you have to do both.  But have a plan. Just absent mindedly doing some random stretching / yoga / weights won’t keep you motivated through the winter*, . Also depends on what you count. To me it had to be something with exercise as the purpose so walking the dog, commuting or Livingroom yoga didn’t count.

e.g. take up a gym routine of free-weights Mon/Wed/Friday, do your normal big ride at the weekend, do a shorter recovery ride the other weekend day, then you’ve only got 2 days left to fill with something else.

*depends on your brains wiring. I can’t motivate myself without a routine. Some people can, some people do it with a goal, I just like to know at at 6:00 on a Monday I’ll be in the gym doing Routine A, same as last week, same as the next week.

I’m in again….

I was rubbish last year, dog walking actually got in the way(!!), but this year I’ve slowly been doing abit more and have been going to the gym on and off with a couple of mates, one of which is an ex squaddie and can be brutal! I’m riding more with my son as well so hopefully there will be enough chances for me to be doing things with other people as well as filling gaps on my own. I need to shift some weight and actuially really want it, but I struggle with motivation when its dark and its just me.

Might see if Mrs Ads678 wants to join in as well…

I’m going to attempt more activity. Last night’s biking was harder than it should have been. Mywhoosh has been updated for some indoor biking.

I’ve been out of action for 3 months with broken bones galore. I’ll give this a go.

begin a new thread

I’ve never heard of the Hard 75 before. That sounds a pretty brutal regime.  Definitely not something that I could achieve, or would want to try, but good luck with it.

No objections from me.I hope tagging along on the new thread helps.