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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?
Fuck all.
I finally got beatsaber though. I'll probably make a post about it in ~games. I'm pretty motivated to do the intense songs.
I've pulled myself out of a multiple-month slump on the exercise front, and accepted that the gym opposite my house really isn't coming back any time soon so I should probably stop using that as an excuse.*
I splashed out on a smart trainer and I've been on a few (short, easy) rides to get back into the swing of things. I appear to have the cardiac fitness of an 84 year old asthmatic right now, but it feels good to be pushing in the right direction again.
*Gyms in general have been on and off where I live, and they're opening again next week, but frustratingly my local one is a tiny gym attached to a large swimming pool - they've had the gym part closed since March so they can use it as a safe one-way path from the pool, and extra space for parents to social distance when picking up their kids from swimming classes.
The local renters-union has a gym right next to me which is only one person at a time which is just awesome.
That sounds wonderful, as long as you can be the one to get in!
Oh there are a few who use it and the few times peoples training times have clashed the person in says how long they'll be and then you take a stroll around the block a few times and wait your turn.
My wife and I invested in a Peloton bike. I was skeptical because the price was very expensive. But we are working out 3-5 times per week so it's been worth it. There's biking, of course, but we also do strength training, stretching, meditation, and yoga on it. Our good health is worth the expense, especially given that we don't get out much since we are both working from home during the cold Midwestern winter. Occasionally we take walks or go to the grocery store, but otherwise we are just sitting around in front of screens.
Been getting back to biking. I recently moved from the west to east coast (with a quarantine + COVID testing) and the change in weather, time zone and setting messed up my exercise routine. But now I have a much nicer bike than I left behind in California and have been traveling around a bit. It's interesting to see how quickly I got out of shape, but I expect to get back up to my regular capabilities about as quickly.