Took the summer off, been back at it for a week. Interesting to see that my weight training levels did not drop or atrophy too badly. The gut got bigger though . . . .
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Took the summer off, been back at it for a week. Interesting to see that my weight training levels did not drop or atrophy too badly. The gut got bigger though . . . .
I'm nursing a running injury and have decided to shake up my exercise routine until my leg is healed.
I started the 100 Pushup Challenge, just completed week 4. It has been very challenging and I may have met my match today, I don't think I am on a trajectory to do 100 consecutive pushups, with no breaks, in the next two weeks. I may try to repeat week 4 to see if I'm back on track.
100 pushups?! I'm embarrassed to say I give out after about 12:p
On a positive note, I am down to 187! 7 pounds away from my goal.
I could do 25-30 consecutive pushups, depending on the day.
I did day 3 of week 4 today and did sets of 23, 28, 23, 23 but then didn't meet the 33+ exhaustion goal on the last set.
It's pretty interesting, my kids all vowed to do it also. Only one is still going.
hour and a half of aerobic lawn mowing after walking the hound for four miles merits cold beer right now.
So, a few months ago I was doing some bench press and I surprisingly and suddenly realized that my left shoulder couldn't lift the bar as easily as the right anymore. I now have pain in my shoulder (in the 'ball' part-mostly on the outside) which hasn't gone away since I hurt it. I have trouble sticking my arm out to the side and raising it now, and I feel like I don't have the flexibility I used to. I haven't done anymore bench pressing since it's been hurting, and the pain is not always there (it's fine when I sleep on it for example), but I feel it pretty regularly. I fear it's probably a rotator cuff strain of some sort...Does anyone know of some PT strategies to help the situation? I'm scared of injuring it more and definitely don't want surgery if I can help it...Thanks for your input!!
I’ve dealt with a similar shoulder injury. Despite my name, I’m not a doctor. So you should go see an orthopedist. It could be several things, not necessarily the rotator cuff. You could just have inflammation and an impingement like I seem to have had. A simple course of steroids did wonders for me. I’ve also had a cortisone shot in the past that helped for more than a year. Physicians cannot make a specific diagnosis without an MRI. I’m not at that point yet. But it may be necessary at some point. Hope this helps a little.
I've been successfully operating under the theory for some time that if a particular exercise or activity hurts (repeatedly) I just don't do it any more. Very brisk walking 5-6 miles/day with dog seems to be my sweet spot.
Wilson, are you headed to R 'n' S this weekend?
I'm trying to improve on my time from last year and go sub-23:00.
My best 5K is 20:21, but that was 20 years and 20 pounds ago. The 20 pounds is actually welcomed muscle that I built up over the years, but I can't run as fast as I used to.
Not running the race this year...I hemmed and hawed about it for too long and it was sold out by the time I got serious. But I will run a 5k on Saturday anyway (at the gym), and I'll definitely be out and about at the festival later in the day.
Shoot me a PM if you wanna get together and hang out!
Unless you feel that you need to see a Doc, sometimes you just gotta rest and let time do its thing.
I had a stress fracture a month ago from overexercise, just had to ice and elevate and rest until it healed. You won’t atrophy, it’s all good.
I finished the 6 week 100 pushup challenge. Final score was pushup challenge 1 - me 0.
I had trouble at week 5, it had a steep increase in pushups. I repeated week 5 - went on to week 6 but could not do 100 pushups. I did 61 so maybe it is a moral victory of sorts.
Sounds good! I probably will not be at the festival post race, due to other commitments and I am not happy that the weather dropped 40 degrees in the last 48 hours.
However, my loft is literally 50 feet from the start of the race, so I can stay warm up until the last few minutes before the gun.