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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?
Good morning my TFPs! I hope y'all have had a productive to your journey fitness week. I actually was sick? Sunday and while I didn't test positive for COVID, I felt terrible. Recovery time was good, though, because by Monday night I felt much better and was pretty much recovered come Tuesday. I was going to take it easy and go on a walk Tuesday, but that quickly evolved into a run. It was like an itch I needed to scratch. Probably should've picked a different trail than the one I normally do lol.
I've been doing upper body weight training once a week, too!! Need to incorporate leg days but I don't want it to impact my running days too much so that's a hard balance for me to strike. I miss my Bulgarian split squats 🤧
Kitchen has been an okay fight this week! I've been focusing on portion and just making sure I eat less. I'm trying to come up with something that I'll know what the calorie amount is every time I make it, and I think I'm settling on a veggie bake. It's easy and I can season it differently each time if I want to.
Asymmetric Low weight walks - like a low key farmer's carry. I take 1 5lbs hand weight with me on my daily 20-30 minute walks. Its just enough weight to encourage/require my core to stay engaged in ways it wouldn't if I was 'just' walking. I've played around with keeping the weight in just one hand or the other on the walks (alternating days/hands), but am finding that swapping as needed during the walk to remain comfortable has similar results with less mild annoyance and ?increases muscle confusion? during the walk.
I’ve recently moved to a city that may have 10-100x the walkability of my previous location. It’s amazing what a positive impact this has had on my health, even with the amount of tasty food now within reach.
Recently bought and tried a pre-workout and I'm questioning why I waited so long to do it. Truly a noticeable difference in energy, focus, strength, and mood even. I thought beta-alanine would give me tingles, but if I'm getting any I'm not feeling it.
Overall, I'm happy and look forward to training sessions even more now.