The Gym/Fitness/Health thread

[Bullet]

Quite often at lunchtime I will want to get outside for a bit of fresh air, but first I go in the kitchen make a sandwich and end up sitting back at my desk to eat it and then I answer a few emails and before I know it I'm on a call and have not had a proper break.
Am thinking maybe Huel would help because I could drink it whilst working and then get up and go for a walk outside without needing to go and make/eat a sandwich, hence nothing stopping me from actually going outside. I often hardly leave the house nowadays all week, just work and loaf.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Quite often at lunchtime I will want to get outside for a bit of fresh air, but first I go in the kitchen make a sandwich and end up sitting back at my desk to eat it and then I answer a few emails and before I know it I'm on a call and have not had a proper break.
Am thinking maybe Huel would help because I could drink it whilst working and then get up and go for a walk outside without needing to go and make/eat a sandwich, hence nothing stopping me from actually going outside. I often hardly leave the house nowadays all week, just work and loaf.

I’d love to know your thoughts on Huel
All the fitness folk I know use a drink instead of a meal but I’m far from that at the moment t

 

[Diamond Lights]

still struggling massively to get into a consistent gym routine. I was so consistent when i worked 5 days a week in the office. This 3/2 split has really thrown my mentality out.

 

[Diamond Lights]

well it's been 3 years since i posted this thread and i thought i would return to it. Has much changed? Well i'm older and greyer.

As i mentioned in another thread, i'm back 5 days in the office, and that has totally transformed me. I am a creature of habit and consistency, so i've made a real effort to spend the last few months eating clean and hitting the gym nearly every day.

Lost a bit of weight, not at my 2019 peak so i need to keep going, but in the right direction at mo. I'm back to being able to do 6-8 pull ups (3 sets) which is a massive achievement now i'm 40.

Anyway, if anyone else thinking maybe they need to start getting into it, or already well seasoned, then this is the place.

Also some other tidbits, now taking creatine daily and i have seen a bit more, intensity to my workouts, a bit more pushing to failure. And apparently the benefits to the brain are starting to be well established so, if anyone also taking let me know

 

[thfcsteff]

Been doing Orange Theory three times a week for a few years (approx 550 classes) HiT and was playing footy too. Been told due to a health issue being monitored that footy will have to take a back seat now due to the contact nature, and have been told to modify the intensity of my workouts at OT. Will be getting more into longer walks and cycling to augment my stuff. Need to get back to clean eating, I'm OK but can do better. Nearly 59 so just got to keep going!

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Been in Hospital since Tuesday, keep having a random spike in my Blood Pressure, happens once every couple of months, Tuesday it was 200/120 with HR of 140. So called non emergency and here I am, 26 hours sitting and asleep in ER was an experience I won't wanna repeat so kind thankful they are now testing everything.

Weirdly my BP is recorded regular and healthy since, they gave me a BP pill to regulate it and it plummeted to 90/60 so they suspect there are random excretion of hormones or something that trigger the rise now and then. Likely here for another week.

If Spurs dont kill ya..

......

 

[thfcsteff]

Been in Hospital since Tuesday, keep having a random spike in my Blood Pressure, happens once every couple of months, Tuesday it was 200/120 with HR of 140. So called non emergency and here I am, 26 hours sitting and asleep in ER was an experience I won't wanna repeat so kind thankful they are now testing everything.

Weirdly my BP is recorded regular and healthy since, they gave me a BP pill to regulate it and it plummeted to 90/60 so they suspect there are random excretion of hormones or something that trigger the rise now and then. Likely here for another week.

If Spurs dont kill ya..

......

Good luck mate. My issues are connected to blood pressure too, and a related condition which requires monitoring to stay ahead of the need for surgery (it was randomly discovered back in 2017, rarely gets noticed/checked in others). GREAT they are testing everything!

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Good luck mate. My issues are connected to blood pressure too, and a related condition which requires monitoring to stay ahead of the need for surgery (it was randomly discovered back in 2017, rarely gets noticed/checked in others). GREAT they are testing everything!

Cheers fella

It's mad because honestly my everyday BP is fine, just these spikes, so yeh as you say glad they are testing it all now, best to just get it done

 

[tommysvr]

Running is my thing…just the best combination of everything for me - physical and mental health. I run ~115km per month.

Yesterday I ran my half marathon PB: 1:31:56. Aged 38 — just wish I’d taking running as seriously back when I was in my mid 20s. New goal is to be < 1:30 early next year.

 

[DeanoAustin]

I got to the point this time last year where I was much heavier than I'd ever been. Sort of got to the point of "you either keep going or do something about it". Three things made me choose the latter. I'm getting married next month, I play over 35s football, absolutely love it and could feel myself losing that yard of pace and a mate of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I've two young kids so thought I'd better get off my ass.

Lost about 3 stone in six months just through eating properly and exercising. Completely plateaued at that point and am having to work incredibly hard just to maintain my current weight. Losing a bit of discipline around this time of year with food (I've a massively sweet tooth) and am putting a little bit back on. Still go to the gym 5 or 6 days a week and have done at least 10,000 steps a day for something like 210 days in a row but keeping weight off is incredibly hard at 46.

I just use the treadmills at the gym but as much as I hate going, it does wonders for my state of mind as well as my weight.

 

[Diamond Lights]

really good reading these stories (especially for many of us over the age of 35!). And @MartyFunkhouser i wish you the best, hows things now, health back in check?

I think the lack of cardio is a big issue for me, i do one session a week of boxing circuits which is fun and i enjoy, but overall i just cannot run, i hate it, i dont enjoy it, inside or out, nothing does it for me. Weight training is where i finally found a passion for the gym so stick to that. I want to find time for pilates or yoga as i get older so maybe when i've lost a bit more timber i'll add one in, instead of weight training.

they call it the winter arc, 1st Oct to 1st Jan, so even with christmas and the sweet tooth i've had, i've tried to be really in check and manage both food and training as well as i can over this period and thus far i've done better than i thought, training most days and eating mostly well.

 

[Rafa87]

I got to the point this time last year where I was much heavier than I'd ever been. Sort of got to the point of "you either keep going or do something about it". Three things made me choose the latter. I'm getting married next month, I play over 35s football, absolutely love it and could feel myself losing that yard of pace and a mate of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I've two young kids so thought I'd better get off my ass.

Lost about 3 stone in six months just through eating properly and exercising. Completely plateaued at that point and am having to work incredibly hard just to maintain my current weight. Losing a bit of discipline around this time of year with food (I've a massively sweet tooth) and am putting a little bit back on. Still go to the gym 5 or 6 days a week and have done at least 10,000 steps a day for something like 210 days in a row but keeping weight off is incredibly hard at 46.

I just use the treadmills at the gym but as much as I hate going, it does wonders for my state of mind as well as my weight.

Sounds like you’re going great mate. Keep pushing with the steps, I had a stroke at 34 in 2020, came out of hospital and did 10,000 steps a day for a full calendar year, beside the obvious benefits, the mental aspect of achieving it was incredible - and you’re over half way there already so it’s deffo on!

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Been in Hospital since Tuesday, keep having a random spike in my Blood Pressure, happens once every couple of months, Tuesday it was 200/120 with HR of 140. So called non emergency and here I am, 26 hours sitting and asleep in ER was an experience I won't wanna repeat so kind thankful they are now testing everything.

Weirdly my BP is recorded regular and healthy since, they gave me a BP pill to regulate it and it plummeted to 90/60 so they suspect there are random excretion of hormones or something that trigger the rise now and then. Likely here for another week.

If Spurs dont kill ya..

......

At least you’re in a place where they can look after you

Get well soon

 

[DeanoAustin]

Sounds like you’re going great mate. Keep pushing with the steps, I had a stroke at 34 in 2020, came out of hospital and did 10,000 steps a day for a full calendar year, beside the obvious benefits, the mental aspect of achieving it was incredible - and you’re over half way there already so it’s deffo on!

Jesus mate. Fair play. Love hearing stories like that of people doing something brilliant despite being dealt the bricktiest of hands. Hope everything is okay healthwise now.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Don’t know if this sits here but hey
I had some food allergy tests done today
Have an allergy already to Ibruprofen and my daughter has had several stomach issues so they ran tests … wheat

Suggested the parents did it too and boom…. I’m scoring so so bad on wheat intolerance she said I was riddled with issue related to it and needed a huge lift in bacteria as well as anti fungal

The reason I posted it here is because I way normally around 2400 calories a day but typically burn around 3100. I do however eat wheat in various guises

The allergy specialist said straight away that with the in balance I would struggle to shift any weight without huge extremes in intake or taking various pills and cutting out various foods for a few months (stating after Christmas)

If your struggling and putting in the effort maybe there is something hidden and relatively simple to fix I hope

 

[Rafa87]

Jesus mate. Fair play. Love hearing stories like that of people doing something brilliant despite being dealt the bricktiest of hands. Hope everything is okay healthwise now.

As far as I know, just the most bizarre thing to wake up and everything is fairly normal and then finding you have lost all speech. You know what you want to say, you know that you know the words for it… but it feels like someone has unplugged the wire between your brain and your mouth, the message as to what those words are just doesn’t come through.

Ended up on an older persons ward, one chap there had family with him and he hadn’t regained consciousness for about two months, his family sat holding his hand with zero idea as to if he knew they were there or not!

Honestly, get yourself the 365 days - seems like it wouldn’t translate, but the amount of things that happen afterwards where you think.. if I could do a full calendar year of 10k steps.. I can do this.