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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
I managed to injure my hip flexor while I was training dogs on Tuesday. Not great considering I’m leading a bike ride tonight and a bike campout on Saturday. I think it’ll be healed enough to do both, but boy howdy what a painful injury! And I don’t even think it was terribly severe. Definitely taking it easy on both rides as not to aggravate it further.
I hope you feel better soon! General hip pain sucks, so I imagine an injury is even more frustrating to deal with.
Hah! I've fractured my pelvis (twice), so this pales in comparison to that. Thank you for the kind words. :)
I know it's incredibly selfish, but I am looking forward to living vicariously through you on this camping trip, so I hope you feel well enough to continue and can come back and tell the truth/ lie about how much fun it was to rough it.
I think I'll be well enough to do it! Most of the group I was going with is dropping out due to weather (supposed to rain)... so we'll see whether or not I actually end up going.
I've been running about once a week and doing indoor exercises from home using Apple Fitness+. It feels well-balanced to me, and it helps me remember that consistency, not intensity, is the key to overall fitness.
I went out for the first run of the season and I managed to squeeze out a 42 minute 5k!
I'm in my 30s, and I stopped running after college. Last summer, I trained with one of those Couch to 5k programs, and managed to get through it and ran a 45 minute 5k in October. So I'm really excited that I'm essentially picking up where I left off after a winter hiatus!
My legs are pretty sore, but it's been manageable. I'm going to take it easy ramping up over the next couple of weeks - I'm thinking of increasing session frequency to 2-3 days over the next couple of weeks, and then I'll work on getting that time down to the 30s for now.
A 5K for your very first run of the season! Nice work!
Thank you! It's not the fastest in the world, but it's my fastest for a long while.