Food/Diet and training hobbies
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Right a little word about mental health I think.
I have just had to have a serious word with myself as I have been a proper grumpy arsehole today! All because I cannot go to the gym for the next 6 weeks. Now I am extremely lucky in that I have a big double garage with some space set aside with dumbells and a bench, a trap bar and deadlifting surface. I put a pull up bar in the garden earlier this year too. Plenty of stuff to workout with. Add to this that we work from home and so far our work seems unaffected The mrs and me are in good health, we have two lovely dogs and live in a fantastic part of the country.
Instead of focusing on these positives I chose to spend the whole day today pissing about and moaning about having to do a dog-s**t workout.
Our mental health is largely in our control. I am sure I would have got much more out of my day and been less of an arse if I had stopped focusing on the tiny negative and enjoyed all the positives.
I am pretty sure Mr A. Lincoln said something like; "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be".
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@matt-wood Yes then the wife just laughs at me coming down the stairs ahahahaha!
Every chance I get! I actually feel better wearing barefoot trainers, Iβve lived in my everyday vivos for months then when at home been barefoot (with socks mind!) as soon as I put on other shoes it throws up a weird feeling lol
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@ryan-carruthers Yes nice and simple, helps you keep your place if you get distracted.
3k is very good given that you are relatively new to runnig like this. Make sure you stretch those calves out regular at multiple times throughout the day.
Its a strange sensation when your calves are like that just feels like you cant move!
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@matt-wood Love that Way of counting will work for me too, simple to the point and works.
Well the first one was 3K I run the whole run, was weird it felt great 1.5K like effortless. Woke for a pee in the night wow pure pain in calves lol.
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@ryan-carruthers I guess you gotta do at least 2k to be a full run
I have counted paces before and it was far easier for me to only count when my right foot landed (so that would be 2 paces), count to 10, then hold out 1 finger. start again from 1, count to 10 hold out the 2nd finger. Whole hand is then 100 paces, hold out a finger on the other hand, start again with the original hand. When 2nd hand is open, 500 paces.
Helped me do it, but you might develop your own way.
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@ryan-carruthers Haha I wouldn't dare try it myself
Sounds like you are making progress though. Maybe dont jump right to runs from the walks, try something like 2/3k walk 500 paces then run 500 paces. Make this the next step on from straight walking. Might help might not, but you never know until you try it
I will mega impressed if you ever do a whole run complete barefoot!!!
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The 1000 mile walk looks great. I reckon Iβd go close to that anyway as I just love wandering off and going walkabout.
Mrs Woody seems to be excited by it and Iβm happier for her cause I was starting to see the downside of remote working by the backend of 2020 and her mental health whilst not concerning was definitely noticeable so happy to get walking in 2021. Should work well with a dry January. -
@chris-osborne said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@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
Best way try doing a little every day, when you mention 3miles a day it really isn't that far when you get used to it and just an hour or so out of your day. The fresh air , seeing human beings and nature really is good for your mind and the exercise is great for your heart.
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@james-everard You are spot on with this mate. Mental health is as important as physical health and all exercise (tailored to the individual) absolutely helps with mental health as well as they physical aspect.
@Chris-Osborne I know what you mean. Both of us here have been WFH now for 4 years and it is so easy, especially with all the mod cons, in todays world to simply not go out of the house. Im so grateful I have the dogs as that forces me outside.
You will probably end up smashing through the 1000miles. I think the 10k steps a day for most people comes out at roughly the 5miles mark.
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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 canβt see them reopening here for a while to be honest. As I canβt 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 Iβm in Lancashire so theyβve just shut again, supposedly for 2 weeks but probably longer. Iβm 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