Th3 Core

It never gets easier, you get faster and stronger, but it its never easy

Yes! Same for weights, they are always heavy.

Best purchase I have made is an Apple watch. I like it to keep track of heart rate while exercising but the "I couldn't live without it feature" is an app called Auto Sleep http://autosleep.tantsissa.com/ . Cannot express what a game changer it is, sleep tracking is great, add on resting HR and HRV and it's a great way of tracking fitness/health.

So, how you all doing? 

I am still doing home workouts, I've missed a few but I've probably been at about 90% overall.   The workouts have been strictly at-home and with the fires making the air quality very bad I haven't been outside much.  The gym was opened back up for a while, but there's no way I'd go into that petri dish during the pandemic.

Doing a fair bit of running and filling in with biking when my foot is acting up. A bit of climbing and the occasional weight workout too. I'm still doing most of my runs and rides as LHR/MAF (low heart rate, usually about 120bpm) which means that when I say I am "running," I'm referring more to the motion than the speed.

On those times where I run at whatever speed I want, I find I'm basically as fit as when I was defaulting to running harder, but I'm a lot less beat up. The other day, afternoon rolled around and I was thinking I really needed to get out and get some exercise, and then I remembered, I had done 6 miles at LHR that morning, but my body didn't feel it at all.

We were getting out backpacking a bit until Theresa twisted her ankle and got an avulsion fracture (that's when you sprain it bad enough that the ligament pulls off a piece of bone - ortho appt on Wednesday). Rather an ordeal for her - we were a bit over 10 miles from the car when it happened. Long, unpleasant hike home for her.

A few days ago I became the owner of an adult trike, courtesy of my middle son.

He knew I was somewhat interested in a trike because of a conversation last year. Two of my sons had worked in bike repair shops so I figured they'd give me the best info around. I didn't do anything more about it at the time.

Fast forward to last week ... on a Grandma visit ... and three-year-old Kate blurted out, "Come and see the bike we got for you!" Ray had spotted a used trike in the secondhand ads. He drove 70 miles to the city to pick it up. He was going to clean it up like new before presenting it, but Kate spilled the beans. At present it has no cargo basket, but one is on order.

The first time I rode it I was surprised at how differently it handles compared to a two-wheeler, especially for turning. It will take some practice to ride it with confidence and control. A new learning curve!

My grandfather rode an adult trike around town until a week before he died at 96. I have a good role model.

I've been a bit lazy and a seefood/seafood diet hasn't helped.

Couple of home workout recommendations though:

https://www.roguefitness.com/onnit-steel-maces Take up almost no room, interesting workout, progress just by holding ever nearer to the end. I got a 6 and a 9kg which is a good starting point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBwDFD2GO7Y Again almost no room, no as hard as it looks. Great cardio workout and just the thing to keep the more mature of us light on our feet and quicken reactions.

>> keep your off-roading to a minimum

Yes, minimum! I plan to use it for errands around our small town, partly for exercise and partly to reduce car usage. Most travel would be on pavement.

I will be practicing on grass until I feel more in control!

Still hitting the gym 5x most weeks.

Pic from a few weeks back.

Nice work Dras! I take it you got serious about your diet?  Yeah, we need the details.