🧘🏼‍♂️🤾🏻‍♀️Getting Sweaty Again: The 3rd Circuit 🚴🏼‍♂️🏋🏼‍♀️

[curl4ever]

I’m happy with the results from my first two USAWA meets: For one of them I came in second in my weight and age classes behind veterans with National Championships. For the other, my newbie lifts were in the middle of the pack which had plenty of veterans!

LESSONS LEARNED / PLAN:
1) Resume working on rotator cuff rehab since that significantly limits my overhead lifts.
2) Push each lift as heavy as possible. (The standings were tight enough that even one pound more would have moved me above other people.)
3) Lose bodyfat to be at a more favorable “Lynch factor.”
4) Do a lot more practice on the skill-dependent lifts that I am new at.

This week I set up a workout to practice the lifts for some meets that occur this fall.

 

[SweetDee33]

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This speaks to me today. I didn’t know if I was going to post this in Highlights and Bombshells or here, but I think that it fits better here because I’m taking a break from making the rest of the challenge calendar. I will pick it back up later because I do like making it and trying to complete the different activities, but I want to make sure it remains “can” and not a “should”. So, today I’m feeling like the 6th circle from the left. And that’s ok - at least I know that’s what I’d tell a friend and I would genuinely mean it, so that’s what I’m telling myself.

Have a good day, All.

I relate to this so hard! My 100% might look like someone else's 10% some days and that's ok!

 

[VamPal1]

I now have access to a fitness center which helps me be consistent. I went to barefoot walking (most comfortable) to a treadmill (ok), recumbent bike (I like), air bike ( arms only), hanging from bar ( back pop). I hate the gd elliptical (torture). Resistance and core work up to fit it in at home. It isn't easy. Traveling or appointments screw up my workout plans. But I hang in there.

 

[birdy]

I've gotten back into yoga over the last five weeks and at my last class I noticed major gains in flexibility in my shoulders, and better stability in balance poses. I'm super happy with my progress! Small steps, big gains! Have a good week!

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

I’m happy to see this thread moving again. Thank you for the bumps.

I started back to work after summer break which means getting up early again and a more regular schedule. I don’t mind getting up early. I’m usually awake by 5:30 or 6 without an alarm. But I usually like to relax and do my own thing rather than jump up and get ready for work and go. So, my small win for this week is to get up and get out for my walk first thing when I wake up. I take my dog so he’s a motivator, too. Bonus: the moon has still been out and it has been full and beautiful or almost full.

Building the habit is what’s important to me. Getting back into the routine instead of staying in bed longer and taking my time in the morning.

Off to a good start so far.

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Good morning

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Checking in…how’s everybody doing?

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[JustAnotherFlower]

Checking in…how’s everybody doing?

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So... my thigh is acting weird, again. When I do squats, my inner right thigh, towards my pelvis, hurts. It's like a mandarin orange sized spot and not the entire muscle. It's starting to throw my form off.. it sucks to get old.

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

So... my thigh is acting weird, again. When I do squats, my inner right thigh, towards my pelvis, hurts. It's like a mandarin orange sized spot and not the entire muscle. It's starting to throw my form off.. it sucks to get old.

Ouch!! That sounds awful.

Sounds like you need an inner thigh massage

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Do you buy exercise gadgets? Weird little things you see on tv or on Instagram or wherever?

I usually can resist but I think I might give in and try one.

I remember when the Thighmaster came out. Abs of steel. Tai Bo… Billy Blanks! I was so in to Tai Bo.

 

[DannieB]

Do you buy exercise gadgets? Weird little things you see on tv or on Instagram or wherever?

I usually can resist but I think I might give in and try one.

I remember when the Thighmaster came out. Abs of steel. Tai Bo… Billy Blanks! I was so in to Tai Bo.

I just saw an ad for push-up handles and I want! Anything to help that strain on my wrists.

I was talking to my brother today about resistance bands and whether I should add them to my workout? He said they lead to more injuries and suggested adding weights instead. Any thoughts?

 

[curl4ever]

I just saw an ad for push-up handles and I want! Anything to help that strain on my wrists.

I was talking to my brother today about resistance bands and whether I should add them to my workout? He said they lead to more injuries and suggested adding weights instead. Any thoughts?

I’ve never heard a statistic that bands cause more injuries, but they do exert a force that ramps up, possibly beyond that of the muscle. Weights have approximately the same load throughout the range of motion. But practical decisions abound… for example, if you won’t have space for weights for the next few months, or if you’re not sure you want to start weights, bands might be a fine solution.

Best wishes!

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

I just saw an ad for push-up handles and I want! Anything to help that strain on my wrists.

I was talking to my brother today about resistance bands and whether I should add them to my workout? He said they lead to more injuries and suggested adding weights instead. Any thoughts?

Every personal trainer I’ve ever worked with has always had me struggling around the gym with resistance bands. They are great, imo. And they’re the devil.

 

[CuriousCat89]

I just saw an ad for push-up handles and I want! Anything to help that strain on my wrists.

I was talking to my brother today about resistance bands and whether I should add them to my workout? He said they lead to more injuries and suggested adding weights instead. Any thoughts?

As with most things in the gym, it’s not the item itself but poor form.

I hate the bands but banded lateral walks are literally the only thing to ah I can feel activate my glute medius so I do them and hate every second of it. But you need the form right with bands as with any other gym equipment.

 

[Lmizzler]

I just saw an ad for push-up handles and I want! Anything to help that strain on my wrists.

I was talking to my brother today about resistance bands and whether I should add them to my workout? He said they lead to more injuries and suggested adding weights instead. Any thoughts?

I use dumbbells and resistance bands weekly. They both work differently. The bands can be brutal in a good way. They provide tension the whole time and can give you a great workout.
They are super portable and cheaper as well. Doesn’t hurt to give them a shot. Plenty of workouts online even to help you get started.

 

[mortis]

I’ve been in the gym twice a week for the past 3 weeks and I can say without a doubt adding weight training to my exercise routine makes me feel better about myself and generally happier.

Love the thread.

 

[DannieB]

Ok, you guys have convinced me to try the bands. I can only imagine the burn and how much I’ll hate them but I think using them in the lateral walk is what I’m looking for. None of that stretching it out with my foot until it snaps back to give me a black eye

 

[Tedfkats]

I was working out in this crossfit like gym.
One of the exercises was: band around hips, one person holds the band.
Front person sprints, second person holds back on the band. Chick i was with let go of the fucking band. Holy shit the welt.
Fucksakes.

 

[birdy]

Checking in…how’s everybody doing?

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My butt grows even without squats

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Has anyone heard of or ever done a Last Man Standing Backyard Marathon before? Here is one - there are many held all over the place.

I just learned about this from a friend the other day. The way this works is everyone has to run a lap of approximately 4 miles in an hour. As long as you do it in an hour, you’re good. Then you have some time to rest up, get a snack, use the restroom, whatever. Then at the top of the next hour, you run the same lap again. Again, as long as you do it in an hour, you’re fine. Any time left over is yours to use as you like. You keep going like this until there is only one person left running that lap.

My friend made it for 32 laps. . Yes. 32 hours of running 4 miles. He did not win. I don’t know what the winner of that race did but the record holder did 110 laps in October of 2024.

People are crazy.

 

[SimonSex]

That’s some crazy shit right there @Love_Is_Blonde.

I did a 5K yesterday, and even at my glacial finish of 34 minutes, I was a happy camper. It was my first road race in a number of years, and I had forgotten about the camaraderie and good will of the racing crowd. My next one will be a Turkey Trot somewhere.

Move your asses, people. You won’t regret it.