Core continuing commitment to health and fitness

[ergophobe]

>> feel winded, but not short of breathe

I had anemia a few years ago. I imagine it's similar. Just not carrying enough oxygen around in the blood. Felt winded and chest pain. I thought maybe I was having heart problems.

>> training daily

What does that look like for you? That is, what type of training and how much. I try to do something most days (not every day though), but I need to mix it up a lot. It *should* include more strength training, but I enjoy running trails too much.

My latest thing the last couple weeks is playing catch. The 7yo up the street suddenly became obsessed with baseball and we play catch. He even got me a glove because he dad is a leftie, so I can't borrow his dad's glove. I told him I hadn't worn a baseball glove in 49 years. I made a good running catch and he said, "You've improved since you were nine." I told him, "Hey, maybe I was really good when I was nine" (I wasn't).

Anyway after a lifetime of ranking baseball as one of my least favorite sports to watch or play, I find tossing a ball around with a kid for an evening is a great way to loosen up at the end of the day. And he really appreciates it. He is now set on making it to the Majors

[Rupert]

nice work Ergo

Keep it up RC!!

[Drastic]

Of course you're on top of the game, rc. We'd expect nothing less.

>> training daily
Gym with my personal trainer, usually 5x week. I'm currently doing 2 chest/back days, 2 leg/ab days, one bi/tri day.

I know the gym isn't for everyone, but it works great for me. I have to drive about 30 seconds out of my way to the office to land in the parking lot. Really good people which brings a nice social aspect I don't see in most gyms, and I've done business with a couple of them.

>catch
I've not played volleyball since the pandemic, save maybe one saturday last year.

Once the neighbor teen was out bumping the ball and I wanted to help and bat it around a bit. I didn't want to look like the creepy old guy trying to chat up a teen though, so stayed in. I probably should've gone for it.

I am really looking forward to dirt biking soon. I even bought my buddies bike who needed some garage space for a new Tesla, many months ago. I haven't ridden it yet. Full hospitals make me nervous about riding.

[ergophobe]

I know the gym isn't for everyone, but it works great for me. I have to drive about 30 seconds out of my way

I love the gym actually. I'm a bit jealous. It's an hour out of my way to a mediocre good gym. It would be two hours for me to get to a gym that I would really like (good free weights and a climbing wall). I am way more likely to strength train and way more focused and productive when I do it if I have easy access to a place that is dedicated to that task, but currently I do not.

I used to belong to a serious bodybuilder gym (a few pros and several serious amateurs). I'm a short, skinny (by BB standards anyway) guy, but in years of going there, those guys with thighs bigger than my waist were never anything by encouraging and gracious. It was motivating even if bodybuilding style training is not my actual goal.

[Drastic]

My trainer is a former body builder. We have a sizable powerlifter set. Super nice people all around.

[littleman]

4/4 last week, also down a pound.

[buckworks]

>> encouraging and gracious

I had that experience with swimming. I took the beginner's class at the local Y, then worked up to pass all the "stars". The only class after Star Six was the master's swim class.

I chugged up and down the slowest lane, with serious triathletes training in the other lanes. The moral support they gave me was a pleasant surprise. Even though my accomplishments were far, far below theirs, they cheered for the fact that I was pushing my limits.

[littleman]

>My goal is to be the same weight at 50 as I was at 40

Looks like I'm coming in a little light.

[ergophobe]

>>coming in a little light

Same here. It's really hard for me to put on good weight and easy for me to lose it.

[littleman]

In that sense I think we are probably opposites.   Adding muscle has always been easy for me, losing fat has always required a lot of commitment.

[ergophobe]

I don't know about opposites... I don't find losing fat easy either.

Typically, when I get lean, it's by accident. It's that I have a lot of interesting things going on, either a major house construction project or when I was working as a ranger for example. I am rarely successful at intentionally losing fat.

[ergophobe]

How's everyone doing physically and otherwise?

This has been a pretty good period for me lately in terms of running, climbing and a bit of weightlifting.

[Rupert]

well, I am riding the Pennine bridal way in less than a month.  Trying to get cycling fit to be able to do 180 odd miles in 4 days, on tracks.  Crazy idea for an old man like me!   

I am doing it for these Guys;

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sebs-squad

Its Jason and myself doing it... not wild camping now, we have hostels booked.
I have got some tracking ready here for when we do it:

https://locatoweb.com/group/sebssquad


Need T shirts, and I need to get on the radio I think... planned start is the 18th May....

[ergophobe]

>> old man like me!   

You're younger than me, if I recall!

[Rupert]

Trouble is Jason is early 30's!  you know how things "slip" in your 50's