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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?
4 day vacation this weekend to visit some family - lots of swimming but like, with the baby, so not really "exercise"
Still did my cardio on the days we weren't gone, except today because I have to to pick my Dad up from the airport. He's bringing up some resistance bands to show me some upper body exercise options with limited space, so hopefully I will have a new dimension to add to my routine soon! I'm hoping building a little more muscle will help me burn fat more effectively. We'll see!
How are people ramping back into fitness routines post Covid?
I'm on day 12 and stopped testing positive for Covid 4 days ago. I normally have a pretty high level of exercise - maybe 2-3 hours a day - and am hoping to return to it fairly quickly. I asked ChatGPT, because I wanted a plan based on medical advice - and it suggested a really slow ramp up over 3 weeks.
This is what it gave me:
And, well, I didn't listen to it. I went for a 1/2 mile swim today and ended up feeling it in my lung and head more than anything else. So thinking I should try to listen to the advice better
So just wondering, what have other tildos done to ramp back into their routines post Covid. Do you approach it with an abundance of caution or just jumps straight back in?
I was just sick for about 14 days (ten days of 102F fever plus other symptoms throughout). Not covid or anything they test or treat for, just some nasty virus. My normal activity was an hour to 70 minutes of exercise each day, plus bonus activity on the weekends. I can barely walk up the hill to get my mail with the dog now. I think part of it is depression and lack of motivation (I have a follow up with my doc soon and will be asking for help if needed by that time). But the other part of it is, I feel like my body isn't carrying oxygen the way it was before I was sick. It needs some time. It needs some build up.
So basically the conclusion I've come to is trying to do a significantly lighter version of my previous activity for 2/3 the duration every other day or every two days, and otherwise just move as much as I can. Just moving is tough. Bf and I were doing some home repairs and I got out of breath just climbing the ladder and vacuuming and weeding.
It makes me sad that I'm basically going to have to fight my body to get back to where I was thriving before but I guess that's just how it is now.
I feel every sentence of that! Yeah, I just cooked and cleaned the kitchen and I'm unbelievably wiped out from it. I have this little niggling fear that this is a taste of old age.
I hope you're able to recover quickly and get back to where you were thriving before!
Same to you!!
Bit of an update on my peptide usage. I began using an Ipamorelin/CJC blend, I ended up reacting pretty terrible to it. It's supposed to help you sleep but for me it disrupted my sleep, I would wake up at 1AM with my heart beating hard and fast. I also felt woozy throughout the day, although strangely it allowed me to workout harder than I ever had at the gym, placebo perhaps? Anyways, I had to stop my usage due to those effects, I think I perhaps need to start at a lower dose than I was using (300mcg). I also got Retatrutide, so we'll see if I react better to that. On the plus side, I have gotten slightly leaner with my face and clothes going back to a bit more normal.
I injured my ankle last weekend after walking too much at Universal Studios Hollywood. So I've been avoiding the gym out of fear of making it worse.
I know, I can do exercises that don't put weight on my ankle, but I really don't like pain and don't want to do anything to tempt fate.
I made it worse by eating terribly last Thursday. It was worth it for the fun times, but it made me feel terrible by the end of the day. On the plus side, now I finally empathize with the people I used to hate; those who say they feel bad if they eat bad. It might be dumb, but it's still proof of progress!