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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 was complaining a bit about my knees in the last thread, and while at the time I thought the pain was just... from general body neglect, I remembered the other day that I did in fact injure that knee pretty badly a couple years ago. I just didn't think about it because once it healed, I didn't have any further issues until a few weeks ago. I didn't realize I had done that much damage to it and that sucks, but at the same time at least it's not "random" knee pain.
When it acts up (which is not always!), it swells slightly and I can't do any exercises which put a lot of weight on one leg. I can usually find an alternative but it's still kind of frustrating. Would a compression sleeve be appropriate to help alleviate this? I'm not sure if this is something they're for.
On a lighter note, I think my strength class instructor was trying to kill me yesterday. The class is structured into three parts - there's two circuits of 2-3 targeted exercises, with each circuit repeating 4 times. Then there's a "finisher" exercise which is generally a more dynamic or whole-body exercise and we do 3-6 sets of that. One Wednesday one of the exercises in the first circuit was goblet squats, and then the finisher exercise was doing squats while doing battle rope work with, she insisted, the heavier set of ropes. I must have done almost 150 total squats and I thought my arms were going to fall off from the heavy rope.
My yoga teacher is changing and that's a huge bummer, I really liked her. Hopefully whoever takes over is good (I'm sure they'll be fine, but the teacher was really kind and optimistic). So there's that. I think I'll incorporate yago into my weekend, or at least try to practice harder poses on my own to use in my practice. Body weight workouts ftw!
I would like to get a bicycle, so I can get some cardio in. There's lots of trails where I'm at and it's a good way to get out of the home. I was very optimistic at the beginning of the year about my running endeavors but Jesus fuck it's too hard. I have wasted to nothing but chub and noodle arms haha. Well, a little less noodle arms from yoga but still I'm wildly out of shape.
Running is so hard!! My partner did a couch to 5k within the last year and I'm insanely proud of her, but I don't think I could do it.
I did some cross-country in high school and I wasn't even great at it then, so now, with 60 more lbs, 15 more years, and worse knees? Nooo thanks! I do like cycling though, easier on the knees and for some reason I don't find it boring in the same way I do with running or walking. I guess it's just the speed of it, I really like the feeling of whee go fast. It also makes me a bit nostalgic for when my bike was my main mode of transportation, I still have my panniers and saddlebags although the bike itself is now in bad shape.
I also feel the lamentation on getting into shape after getting out of it. It's so much harder once you let it lapse, and I often get frustrated with my own inability to do a particular exercise or lift a weight or whatever. Just gotta keep telling myself it's the effort and exertion that is the important part.
Omg yes running is such a hard thing to do. Props to your partner for doing it!! That's definitely something to be proud of.
I did cross-country in high school too!! The only bummer for me is I was as chunky then as I am now (woe is me, my lamentation is never ceasing for gaining the weight I lost in college). I honestly haven't ridden a bike since my teens/early twenties. They can be expensive but now as a salaried adult I'm down to clown lol.
Getting out of shape has been the worst. It feels pathetic to do anything but I remedy that by reminding myself that at least I'm trying.