Food/Diet and training hobbies

Matt Wood

@chris-osborne Excellent stuff! I was back in the gym yesterday and it was such a good feeling.

Will be checking out my local pool in the new year as I want to take up swimming at least 2 times a month next year. Hopefully things will stay open now!

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@matt-wood Thank god for that back swimming for the first time today since lockdown II

Matt Wood

Gyms are open again here!

angry gym

James Woodroffe

@matt-wood endometriosis is tough my ex had it and she was young at the time. The walking is good it’s a routine that makes me feel like I’ve achieved something early. Yeah not a great sport if you wanna avoid being injured mate. Like Rugby you can play it in mud swamps during winter in lower leagues. Knees, hamstrings, achilles and shoulders are the main injuries.

Matt Wood

@james-woodroffe
Sucks that your Mrs has celiac, proper pain in the arse! But like you say at least you know what it is and can relatively easily work around it. About 18mnths ago my Mrs got really ill and we were properly worried it was something sinister. After many doc apps turned out it was endometriosis and she had surgery. She gets flare ups now and I have been trying to figure out if its food related. We are looking at bread and dairy as main culprits but too much sugar also seems to affect her.

She just did a home allergy blood test and sent it back yesterday. I got to stab her without fear of arrest well the tip of her finger at least Will let you know what its like when we get the results back, might be an option for you. Think it was about £150.

Smokes! nooooo gotta kick them out quicksmart Easier said than done though. Nice amount of walking there, easy on those injuries too I know all about injuries You get them from the Aussie rules? tough game and I imagine most people come out of it with a few injuries.

James Woodroffe

Interesting thread and one for a bit of inspiration. A couple of years ago we found out my Mrs was celiac (allergic to gluten) which was a bit of a relief cause to be honest we thought it was something else as she just couldn’t shake feeling like crap after Hank was born. Anyway just recently I went on a bit of a whole foods kick as I was certain there was something in my diet that didn’t suit me. Anyway after kicking dairy and gluten I slowly reintroduced them to my diet and lo and behold once I got the gluten going I started feeling a bit poorly again. I dunno if I’m celiac like her but I’ve found going gluten free has worked out well and I feel better for it. When everything chills out again I’ll go see a Dr and find out if I am but if not will most likely stay Gluten Free going forward. As for exercise I walk heaps I do a 10k walk every morning once I drop the boy at school and like a good hike provided there’s a pub at the end of it. I used to run when I was in high school to a decent level and played cricket and Aussie Rules growing up but footy screwed my knees my ankles and my Achilles so now I just walk heaps which is fun and really relaxing to just get some peace n quiet. My main goal is getting off the smokes but I sound like a broken record banging on about that. So yeah walking heaps and if you’re feeling a bit NQR try eliminating foods and stuff from you’re diet eat whole foods and slowly reintroduce stuff and you’ll work out pretty quickly what it is you may have an allergy to or something that your body just doesn’t dig.

Matt Wood

@chris-osborne Walking is excellent, massively underrated as a form of exercise. Virtually no risk of injury and really good on joints and general heart health.

Offer to walk a friends dog or something like that, may help to get you out. Hardest part of any exercise is getting up to go and do it. Almost everyone says they dont mind once they are doing it...just the starting bit thats hard.

Swimming is something I wanted to get back into this year. Did loads as a kid but probably have all the grace of a large stone now Hopefully once the pools open up again I can get into it.

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@matt-wood in all honesty I’m struggling a bit, it’s mainly laziness as wfh.

Swimming was my exercise of choice, need to kick myself into gear and get out walking.

Matt Wood

First garage session with the home kit yesterday. First time in years I have done deadlifts with a lighter weight for volume. Spent the day today wandering around looking like I am touching with myself as my adductors (inner thigh) muscles REALLY felt it.

Well I could just be making excuses...

Good job we are all in lockdown or Id have probably been arrested!

How is everyone getting on without access to some fitness hobbies? I guess runners among us can still run

Ryan

@richard-latimer The one that you had to be insane to do? (Sorry, s**t pun!)

Richard Latimer

@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@ben-dobie no it’s not quite the same unfortunately. I used to work out at home when I first started years ago but outgrew it and got rid of everything! If only I’d foreseen this pandemic! It’s better than nothing though and switching a few exercises should give you a decent workout nonetheless....better than nothing at least

I used to do the Shaun T stuff. Too knackering now but that's worth a go if you're looking to get a sweat on.

Ryan

@matt-wood Ahahaha great use of visualisation too

Matt Wood

@ryan-carruthers I dunno Im with you. When I was a kid a sports day in the 100 metres my uncle told me to pretend there was an axe murderer chasing me and I would run faster...seems I still imagine that now

Ryan

@matt-wood tell me about it lol how do you run slow?!

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@ben-dobie I got rid of it all completely. Im tempted to get a few bits, like i said you can get a decent workout with some relatively light weights if you do it right. And like you said, theres some decent bodyweight exercises/routines out there

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@lee-woodman yeah I can get by just frustrating when you start getting back into it isn’t it. Have you not got any eqpt then ? Some great body weight workouts out there I found during first lockdown, got into resistance bands too. Again not the same as the gym but better than nothing

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@ben-dobie no it’s not quite the same unfortunately. I used to work out at home when I first started years ago but outgrew it and got rid of everything! If only I’d foreseen this pandemic! It’s better than nothing though and switching a few exercises should give you a decent workout nonetheless....better than nothing at least

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@matt-wood I love the analogy! Definitely stealing that one! I won’t cut massively, just drop some carbs for a few weeks and keep protein high. I’ve got into a habit of eating too much ‘crap’ so it’ll kick me back into touch there aswell

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@lee-woodman I’m gutted , just started to get some shape and muscle mass back and was planning on upping my calories this week ( which I was looking forward to)...I’ve got my garage looking like a bit of a gym now but still not enough weight to match what a I can do in the gym

Matt Wood

@ryan-carruthers Haha check out Speedy Gonzalez over here

Great though that the shoes didnt make the running feel any worse. As long as you look after the flexibility of those calves you should be good to go and go