Fitness + Steel job

[Ged93]

Hello Folks

Sooo approx . 4 months ago I decided to start again to have some gym sessions ( 3 per week ) , because I wasn't feeling , well , I won't say bad , but not comfortable somehow .
I'm 30 years old , I don't drink and smoke and I try to stay healthy , but anyway something was missing .
I struggled expecially on sunday during my enduro dirtbike sessions , I wasn't capable to ride for more than 30 minutes , then everytime I slowly started to feel tired and breathing was difficult .

After 2 months of gym I had almost ZERO results , I mean my body woke up and I felt a bit more strong and agile during work days in the shop , but nothing I could reach staying home and running on my tapis roulant and having some stretching , same talking about dirtbike riding .

Then 2 months ago a friend of mine told me about a small group of his friends guided by an ex crossfit/gym trainer , they were/are used to meet 3 times per week for a 2 hours session each time .
So I said ' Hell yeah , I'm in ! ' .

And after 2 months of hard training with them I can only say ... holy cow !! .
Now I feel way more stronger and reactive , and I can ride my bike for almost 3 hours without problems .
Huge improvements also while working in the shop , in just 2 months .

We do have stretching , kickboxing , cardio , we use different equipment but no weights ( well we use only kettlebegs ) .
Waaay more funny than the gym ( which I left ) .

Then I took another step , my job plus fitness and bike riding requires more energy , and I like to stay healthy , so I decided to have a talk with a professional nutrionist , who has made a specific diet routine following my targets . I'll start it next week and it will take a month , then the medic will make some adjustments .

I don't want to become like Schwarzenegger , but I am still young , I want to enjoy life at 100 % , in my family we had some serious health problems also , so I don't want just to sit and wait .

Your experience ?

 

[knighty]

sounds good, I might try something like that

I've always been pretty fit and healthy - I'm always on my feet and busy at work, plenty of repetitive lifting etc. (41yr old)

but my dads not well and I've had a lot of time off to help care for him, when I am in work I'm in the office instead of the factory floor.....

wow I got fat fast, I look pretty normal build wise... but pregnant :-o

used to swim a lot but the pool which was open late close down, I need to find another

 

[Rrobson]

Well done for sticking at it, you mental strength is far superior to mine!!

I find exercising to be a lot like clothes shopping. Eventually you have to do it, but it’s amongst my least favourite things to do, get no pleasure from doing it nor does it yield any meaningful results short term which means it very quick becomes a chore.

There are countless other things I’d rather be doing, plus time is a real issue, as in lack of. Maybe life would be better if I was fitter, I know my current strength and fitness is fractional compared with what it was years ago, but my why isn’t big enough at the moment… maybe one day but at this current moment could that time be better spent? Obviously so.

 

[Ged93]

Yes time is always a problem , I always say I would need 36 hours per day , 24 are not enough .
Anyway , to me it's just about to take a routine , 3 times per week I know I will be out from 7.00-7.30 pm to 9.00-9.30 pm for fitness , and I have to say I do enjoy it , I met new persons and we are all friends now .
Spending time at the gym was a pin in the a** for me , it was full of teenagers playing with smartphones , so booooooring .

But yeah I do always feel like I don't have enough time .

 

[Brad93]

Are you using RPE

 

[Ged93]

RPE ?

 

[northwest]

Retired Person Exercises

This is a massive no from me, I am just not in the least bit enthused in going to a "fitness centre" and going through a routine of exercise. Not for me. When i was thirty/thirty five I was probably at my very peak of fitness and I was pretty indestructible at that point too, fast forward thirty odd years and I have been told not to use my bike for now in case it kills me. Pretty sorry state of affairs to be honest but I can look back at that time and know I was at the top of my game, ready for anything. Nothing was going to stop my current situation, it was inevitable and to be honest I am not sure being as fit as I was has done me any favours, sure I used my strength and endurance to get plenty of people out of the Carp by being able to work longer, faster and harder but it really wasn't something that helped me personally, it also masked the deteriation of my health so this all needs to be in perspective. The bottom line is this I think: If you are doing it for yourself then this is a very good thing, if you are doing it for someone else's benefit, stop now.

Personally, my chest slipped down to my middle some years back, but this will go, when I feel up to it, right now I am eating good food that is good for me, just too much of it so I need to slow down a bit.

 

[8ob]

A heart has a finite number of beats, dont waste too many of them exercising.

Bob

 

[northwest]

^^^^^^ This absolutely.

One of the medications I take is to deliberately slow my heart so it will last longer.

 

[Ged93]

I don't understand the rpe thing ...

Calisthenics is what we are doing , plus some kickboxing .

 

[Morrisman]

I started going to the gym in January last year... and I'm still going, 3 times a week, almost without fail.

About 3 months ago I had a bit of a wake up health scare, GP told me to lose weight and cut down drink, so I did. I've gone from 111kg to 97.9kg, and hope to get down to 95 or less.
I have very little self control, so I'm still drinking too much, but I keep next to no food in the house so late night beery snacking is difficult.

Sometimes when I really get the munchies I'll look at a tin of my dogs food, and think "I wonder what that tastes like?"......

 

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[GRW]

Gyms aren't for me, and working out solo is tedious. Swimming - I'd almost take drowning just to end the boredom.
Running? I don't get runners high, I just get to think how far I've got left to go, how much discomfort I'm in, how tired, and again - bored.

For me, I need Exercise to also engage my mind - give my brain something to keep it occupied and distract it from the exertion.

I used to play 5-a-side indoor football - you're so focused on the game and that bag of wind, that you run yourself ragged for an hour & get a great cardio workout.

These last 10-years or so it's been Mountain Biking. Again, the activity keeps the mind occupied, so you get good exercise while enjoying the riding challenges - and the social aspect (like the OP's Training Group) really helps the motivation and enjoyment factor.

 

[Smallfry]

Organised exercise and gyms is so boring and tedious, and I dont like all this "work hard, play hard" tosh either.

I used to do a lot of swimming. I was going to have a go at swimming the channel, but an injury from a car falling off a jack put paid to that.
I have done a lot of hard physical graft in my time, and at 63, I still seem to be doing quite a lot, but having to come to terms with getting older, not having the strength I once had, joints hurt, back hurts etc.

A mate of mine did competitive weightlifting. He now has to wear back and knee supports all the time.

Why hasten your own physical demise by wearing out your body and joints. All you have to do is keep active and eat sensibly. That in itself is a challenge.

 

[mtt.tr]

RPE ?

respiratory protective equipment