Food/Diet and training hobbies
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@james-everard 100% agree with this, I always feel better after being outside for a walk
Really does help mate feel so much better. I think always best to do some exercise before trading for your mindset
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@james-everard 100% agree with this, I always feel better after being outside for a walk
I agree WFH since MArch there are days when I dont leave the house going to make sure I do something everyday.
1000 miles a year works out at less than three miles a day so should be fine once i've got going
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@james-everard 100% agree with this, I always feel better after being outside for a walk
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@chris-osborne said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
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@chris-osborne said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
So glad the gyms have stayed open here, (feel bad for those of you in tier 4). Probably would have gone full Michael Douglas a la Falling Down in Ross on Wye had they shut my gym again
Not jealous much lol can’t see them reopening here for a while to be honest. As I can’t go swimming anymore and need to do something, signed up for this
Feel your pain, i haven't been to the gym since March . keeps on opening and shutting and couldn't be bothered with restarting memberships for it it to be locked down again a couple of weeks later.
I have been doing a lot of walks though in the last few months,mainly the Essex coast( fact of the day surprisingly Essex has the longest coastline in the Uk) The fresh air really does help and being with nature is great for your mentality -
@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood I’m in Lancashire so they’ve just shut again, supposedly for 2 weeks but probably longer. I’m not far from Merseyside so looking at getting a temporary membership for one there
I think I would have to if I was you. I'm really lucky my gym has stayed open, especially as Ive really got into my training again after the first enormous lockdown. Moved away from the heavy weights and started with a much more focused volume approach. Much easier on my joints
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@chris-osborne said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
So glad the gyms have stayed open here, (feel bad for those of you in tier 4). Probably would have gone full Michael Douglas a la Falling Down in Ross on Wye had they shut my gym again
Not jealous much lol can’t see them reopening here for a while to be honest. As I can’t go swimming anymore and need to do something, signed up for this
Just looked at that it looks great. You will be surprised how fast the miles start piling up if you do it regularly. I walk the dogs twice a day so that works for me. Get yourself an Audible subscription (if you have not already) and listen to some books as you're doing it or podcasts.
I bet you will rack up the distance really quickly and it is excellent exercise for us.
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@matt-wood I’m in Lancashire so they’ve just shut again, supposedly for 2 weeks but probably longer. I’m not far from Merseyside so looking at getting a temporary membership for one there
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
So glad the gyms have stayed open here, (feel bad for those of you in tier 4). Probably would have gone full Michael Douglas a la Falling Down in Ross on Wye had they shut my gym again
Not jealous much lol can’t see them reopening here for a while to be honest. As I can’t go swimming anymore and need to do something, signed up for this
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@ryan-carruthers Yea its a great exercise and healthy shoulders SHOULD be able to cope with it. Trouble is it is a tough exercise and that means our body will want to cheat as much as possible resulting in injuries.
I hate shoulders, when I used to do my sports injury bit they were my nightmare client since there is sooooooo much stuff going on in a shoulder joint and it is all small fiddly little things that are so easily injured.
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@matt-wood such a solid exercise for you as well but can kill those shoulders!
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@matt-wood Ahahahah brilliant that's some good going with 10KG's added max I could do was 5 reps with 10 added lol
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@ryan-carruthers said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Westside For Skinny
Yea those Westside guys push themselves stupid hard, not for normies like us
Back in the 80s and 90s they were a revolutionary (somewhat) thing. I think a lot of the serious bodybuilders and powerlifters went there. Need some chemical supplementation for that sort of thing though
Good stuff though.
Back when I was a wee kiddie I used to use Bill Starrs 5x5 to get strong. Hard on the body though, as with the Westside stuff.
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@lee-woodman Well that must have been a respectable crash to smash up your kneecap! Glad it was nothing worse than that though
Start whispering in the owners ear to get a trap bar
Nothing quite like lifting heavy s**t
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@matt-wood Had a bit of a car accident!
My gym doesn’t have a trap bar so never really tried one. I often do some weighted reverse hyper extensions and ‘good mornings’ after legs just to stretch it out and strengthen it
I tend to train strength and size, so upper body for example I’ll do 3x5 bench press then 3x8 dumbbell incline press for chest and similar for back, legs etc. In just like lifting heavy stuff sometimes
