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I'm with you, Kelt. As soon as I got the neck thing worked out and got back into the gym, I had something else pop up and this is a doozy. I never knew exactly how connected my glute, upper thigh and hip was to my every movement.....until whatever this is began.
I hate to say it but I think I'm going to have to break down and seek out a physician. It's affecting everything.....work, sleep....even now, I'm in pain just sitting up (and this is usually one of the 'safer' positions). Oy. It's official. I have a case of the falling apart 40's. :blink: |
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Wednesday, before vacation: my usual 1 hr in the gym with stair master, weight lifting, and stretching.
Thursday, and Friday- off (pack day -so to speak- and travel day) Sat, Sun, Mon while on vacation at the beach: 1 combined hour of weight lifting and leg exercises with ankle weights and yoga, all in morning; then 2 hour beach walk at sunset (except Saturday, I did a 1.5 hour walk instead of 2 hr) Since we are vacationing on Fire Island I am walking by lots of naked queer people. Needless to say, it beats television! |
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Frack. Kelt, I'll take your skinny. You never know what might help. I find it especially reassuring that "they" say unless it's severe enough for surgery, I basically get to wait it out but it may take weeks to dissipate. And it can come back anytime. :blink: Oh, joy. So I have armed myself with: a rolling pin, a foam roller, two kinds of roll on pain relief, several types of hot and cold/hot patches to wear during the day, a pillow between my knees at night, OTC pain relief, ice packs and a crap load of walking. Because I've got to be weird. And because walking helps. Crouching bad. Walking upright good, mostly. Until I spasm. Sitting on floor bad. Sitting upright in chair good, mostly. Until I spasm. Bent over from the waist bad. Side bends good, mostly. Until I spasm. I think I'd be alright if the damn pain stayed in one spot but it migrates. A lot. Thanks for those who sent notes and suggestions. It's appreciated! This is a horse of a different color for me. Usually I can pinpoint that THIS is when this or that happened but I did NOTHING and this started. No tweak. No jerk. I didn't sleep 'wrong'. One minute I was fine and the next I had lighting bolts of pain skidding down my backside and leg. Soooooo....I am still exercising. Some. Walking. Nothing to write home about but it's better than nada. My job is fairly physical. Some days more so than others but I always have a lot of bending and crouching and the like so work hasn't been a picnic lately. You should have seen me changing out my toilet seat on Sunday. It took me over an hour because every time I crouched down........ZAP. I think it's subsiding some but I feel like my body's working against me now and that kinda sucks. It was it and me against the world before but now it feels like a betrayal. BUT I have a plan and if it continues past the weekend I'll get the ball rolling for an official evaluation. In the meantime, I'll keep going with my homegrown healthcare. |
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Gemme I have this issue with my back so after a very long time of doing all I could to get rid of it I finely wen't to a pain doctor then after test Started taking steroid shots for the pain as a last ditch effort to be free of the sciatica constantly driving my up the wall.I couldn't sit or stand for long plus bending was a bitch.The shots help'd a lot and last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.If you have insurance it should help pay for this,and please get a mussel relaxer it will save you lots of misery.Been there and done that. |
Today after in service training, i am heading over to the gym for 1730 zumba class :)
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Still just lots of hither and thithering on the bike. Keeps me fit and slim.
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Well, firstly, I don't know what got under my bonnet today but I couldn't work it out in words. So, I took it into the pool. One hour later, I still don't know exactly what was wrong but by Jove, I cleared out my brain and I was tingling. No wonder I'm always scrooging around in my seat when I see my counselor; maybe I do my best therapy when in motion.
The other day, I was doing a jog around the track when I kept glancing over at a group of four women lifting barbells under the instruction of a guy I'll call Rambo. They were working hard, but Rambo was being supportive and encouraging, not yelling. I kept going round and round, just to watch them. I was mesmerized. Of course, what is probably a very poor idea began to germinate, and the attack of the 50-foot voice began. It went like this: (In my mother's voice)"You won't look like a lady!" My rebuttal: What the hell does that mean? If I've learned anything from this site, it's that there are eleventy billion ways to look, and that it's OK to break all the "rules". In fact, I don't have to look like someone else's idea of a gender. I can just look like me! I do understand my mom came from an era way before women's sports were acceptable. Later in life, she enjoyed swimming, but her attitudes were hard to change. Women of her generation didn't sweat; to do that meant you were doing heavy labor and therefore weren't a "lady". Hell, my high school had two gyms; one for the boys and a half-sized one for girls. I was short but always loved basketball. However, I was shunted into field hockey. You get the idea. Women of a certain time surely didn't throw barbells over their heads. Maybe I'm confronting long-held beliefs that I never examined. Anyway, I waited until the women left and Rambo was writing a workout on a board. It took me two more times around the track before I got up the nerve to ask what they were doing. Rambo said he and the class were watching me watch them! I was so embarrassed, but he said they're used to it and there was no offense; in fact, they consider it a compliment. Long story longer, I think I will attend the intro class on Saturday morning. This will either be completely badass, or as ill-advised as yoga at 110 degrees (and you know how that turned out), and probably somewhere in the middle. |
I just got back from our vacation to Fire Island. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I did weight lifting and yoga in the morning for an hour and then a two hour sunset walk on the beach in the evening. It's lucky I've been doing all that stair climbing because walking in the sand aint no joke! It was great to walk on the beach at the ocean because it was different every day depending on the tide.
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Yeah, sand will usually win in the end. :cheesy:
I'll be trading in my beach walks soon and will miss it dearly but have new things to coming up once I get settled. It will be tricky to figure out ways to be low impact but I will. There will be much rock scrambling, cuz that's where the trout live, probably mountain biking in an effort to keep up with Daktari, also cuz it's everywhere, and in the winter I think I will be able to approximate the sand walking by substituting snowshoeing and maybe some cross country skiing. I'm also looking into a place that just does personal training. A small simple gym owned by 5 women who all have degrees of some sort in training (like exercise kinesiology)and also personal level accomplishments in sports like bodybuilding and competitive weight lifting to help me continue with PT. It looks interesting, we'll see what the price tag says. :blink: For now, I'm doing shorter walks on the beach and being generally pretty active getting ready to get ready. :theisland: |
Well....
I know I haven't posted here much of late. Life stress has taken it's toll...but I am remedying that this weekend :) However... Stress tends to make me not eat so... I have surpassed my weight goal for beginning the couch to 5k challenge. By 4lbs. I didn't even realize this last night. I started binge watching youtube videos on the whole deal. I figured it would be another week. I found wonderfully delightful posts from an Australian woman named Vaya. Then I got up today and bam...lost 6lbs. Maybe it was vicarious exercise...hmm After I move on Sunday I am going to find a good running track and start my couch to 5k journey. I am putting it in writing so it will bind me to it!! :koolaid::koolaid: |
I returned to the gym today s/p vacation. The stair master definitely informed me the break I had from it wasn't going to make things easy, as did the free weights. I did the interval program on the stair master for 30 minutes (55/65) and then an hour of weight lifting, core strengthening, and yoga.
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Happy Labor Day and happy first of September!
I decided to get back into the gym today. It's 100% mental, but I seem to do best with my official restarts when they are on the 1st of a month. This being a holiday seemed to just add to the Universe's nudge in this direction. I found that it took me a little over 20 minutes before I got comfortable. By comfortable, I don't mean fully free of discomfort. I mean that the discomfort was tolerable enough for me to put it out of my mind and concentrate on the workout itself. Random program, levels 3-5. 315 calories, 3.01 miles, 65 minutes. About 40 minutes into the workout, the one person that always gets under my skin when he comes around came and set up 2 treadmills down from me. This is the guy that hacks and coughs to clear his throat every 60-90 seconds or so often as well as running and dragging his feet on the belt, making that rubbery screeching sound that happens a lot on buffed flooring. Oy. Today was a bad day for him to come in and torture me. After the past week and a half, I have no filter left and could not walk away when we both got off the mills at the same time and went to the same shelf to get a paper towel and anti-fungal/germy germ spray. I was polite enough but I did ask him about his shoes and mentioned that they were quite loud and distracting. He said that they were only a month old (LIE!) and that there was nothing he could do about them. I was able to contain myself enough to mutter under my breath that he could pick up his damn feet but only just barely. I went to the front desk and had a nice chat with the girl upfront about what I should have done and if they could talk to someone about that and she said that I did okay and that they cannot talk to someone about noisy shoes. We vented to one another about folks with bad gym habits and I pointed him out to her when he left but she didn't recognize him as this is not her normal shift. She is a full time student who has 3 part time jobs and is currently moving back into her off campus apartment. Rough time for her! She can't stand the people that cough on the machines without covering their mouths and especially when they don't wipe it down. She's a nice kid and I think we both felt better at the end of our talk. Oh! I also spent over an hour walking around a mall with friends today. |
Played tennis with a friend from high school. She beat me two sets out of three. Winning that one set against her is a real accomplishment, though. Very pleased with myself and my time spent with my old swim team buddy. :)
Organized a mini triathlon for my niece and four nephews. Started with a bike ride...then a run...finished off with a swim. Prizes all around for the little ones. A beautiful day! I hope you all are having a wonderful day, too! :) |
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Didnt go away this weekend ...things came up so i cleared my head went a little crazy on my work outs ..ran 10km..then did a 5 km hike which turned into more of a rock climb ..then gym time for 1.5 hours..and that was just today .
hot bath ..protein shake ..now doing some fun reading ..hope i can walk tomorrow or work is going to be hard ..:) |
Hadn't been to gym since beginning of the week. I swam for about 30 minutes (sharing the lane in the outside pool... last day outside pool. Then changed into work out clothes and did triceps, lats , rowing, pecs, abs, leg machines. Did 40 sit ups, lifted weights for about 20 minutes, did something called the t-rex, did 15 minutes on treadmill and started to slowly do the Stairmaster another cardio machine for 5 minutes each (to start including them in the work out). Feel so much more level and energized.
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2 hour walk in the park at sunset this evening
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forgot to say, yesterday before work I went to the gym and did weights, weight machines, stretching and cardio for an hour
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today I started out a little differently. Passed the basketball court and it was empty. I actually went int to shoot hoops for about 20 minutes. I actually made some baskets and some from the free through line.
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2.5 hours of softball practice. Here's hoping my back feels good tomorrow.
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Yesterday, 30 minute walk in Central Park with my brother and his husband. We were walking super slow, practically limping, and I finally said with irritation, "Why are we walking so slow?!" My brother said, "I was thinking the same thing!" Oy! We then easily picked up the pace (since we'd been trudging) but the damage felt like it had already been done!
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been a while since I went swimming after work. Felt good to swim for an hour today. Peaceful
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Oh, and I should add that the walk was actually an hour but I only counted it as 30 minutes because it was so damn slow. Forgot to share that it had been converted in my head :D
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Yesterday I did 20 mins on the treadmill and 1 hour Zumba. Today I did 45 mins of Zumba.
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20 mins on the treadmill. 2 circuits of free weights.
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An early and VERY wet run this morning. Arrived home covered in mud...it was GREAT!!! 16.5 km of muddy trails (that's 10 miles in American lingo)
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...g?t=1410640582 Wishing you all a very happy and physical weekend. :) |
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3 hour walk in the park and going up/down stairs in the park. beautiful fall-like day.
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I feel like a repeating record when i say...zumba today after work. despite the fact i have absolutely no rhythm..its my kick at the moment. :) couple of 5ks to come :)
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Just did my first mud run/obstacle course (Muderrella, 5mi) with a couple of friends this past Saturday
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Okay, let's talk.
Why do you exercise? Health? Vanity? Doctor threatening you? Parents/friends/lovers threatening you? A fetish for stinky, sweaty people? A fetish for spandex? Are you stalking a regular gym-goer? For me, I have to bribe myself because the 'doing it for own health' thing doesn't work. I have to say 'if I do this, I can do or have this' or I have to play games with the competitive part of myself and see if I can best my last performance or go a longer distance. Now, with my little 'friend' that never quite seems to go away, it's different. It feels like a chore, especially when the first 15-20 minutes of every workout is for the sciatica. It takes that long for my muscles to loosen up and for the discomfort to subside. Also, the physical benefits diminish shortly after the workout is done, usually within an hour I'm back in discomfort mode. It's not fun and creates the mindset of 'why bother?', which is frustrating. I can be very good at debating and it gets super frustrating when it's myself that I'm debating against because I know all of my tricks and I wind up at a stalemate. :blink: So I have to make myself go nowadays. It's not a 'want' anymore. Even in the middle of the workout, when the endorphins are starting to slink in the back door, it's just not fun anymore. So, does it still benefit me to do these workouts or does the mental and physical battle deplete the overall benefits? Sure, I burn calories and it helps keep the munchies at bay. I admit that and I do like that. I just wish I could get control of my physical self. I used to feel sympathy for those who I knew were struggling with chronic physical issues but having shuffled a mile in those shoes, I realize that on my best imaginative day, I was nowhere near close to feeling how draining it truly is. Physically. Emotionally. Psychologically. This stuff beats you down from the inside out, especially when you are doing all of the 'right' things and progress is slow or non-existent. 'Why bother' comes as easily as breathing now. So why am I telling you all this? Because today was a better day. I struggled with the decision to go but I did. I had annoyances once I got there (woman directly behind me on her cell phone and complete inaction on behalf of the staff to correct the issue once I brought it to their attention, for example) but I dealt with it. Literally. I dealt it. I can't say it smelled but I mentally aimed it her way and I hope that she received my gift loud and clear. Well, not loud. But clear. I hope it was clear. :fart: Anyway, I found a new machine that is in line with an air vent and is on the edge of the span of blades on a ceiling fan and had a good workout without feeling like I had heat exhaustion. Random program: levels 3-8. Stats: 368 calories, 3.33 miles, 65 minutes I walked on an incline for all but 2 minutes. For 2 minutes, I ran at a moderate pace of 5.0 mph. All in all, a good day. A victory for me and my body. :tea: |
I have been going on longer walks since its dark when I get home most nights...
I found a very steep hill and I make a point to ealk up it. The downhill is actually more challenging lol I also did day one of couch to 5k (C25K) yesterday. I have to say, I understand the term second wind now. Midway thru I got such a lovely boost of endorphins....I may be hooked :) |
I haven't been in my usual gym routine and was afraid that I was not going to get back in but yesterday I went for cardio and weights and today I swam for an hour. It felt good.
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Ugh. I woke up at 5am and was not going back to sleep so I decided to go to the gym.
I like it when there's not a lot of people in there but it was still hot. T33 and I had a grand ole time. Level 5 through the whole thing. 45 minutes total. I did 7 running intervals, 2 of which were 90 seconds each and the remaining ones were 60 seconds each. Stats: 290 cal, 2.50 mi When I left, the sky was a soft cornflower blue and the clouds were nothing but wispy, uneven streaks, like cotton candy, and a peachy pink color. The moon shone full and bright in the middle of the sky. I'd been in major discomfort for most of the morning but, at that moment, all was well. Thank goodness for endorphins, right? :blink: |
I went outside to feed the farm critters.... this is sometimes a chore for me because of hiking back up the hill from the garden shed...
But today I had a little extra exercise chasing a run-away chicken... My favorite, friendly, "blonde" chicken dashed out the gate as I was trying to gather eggs... When the others saw her eating grass, they all did the Mad Dash Funky Chicken Run to join her, so I had to rush the gate.... (this is a new coop and we're afraid they won't roost at night back inside before being prey)... After I gathered eggs, I had to catch my run-away.... only she proceeded to run just ahead of me, around the fence several times.... I wasn't gonna do the "Ring Around the Chicken Coop, Catch Me if You Can, Duck Duck Goose" chase.... so I hiked back to the house to get the large fishing net, caught her on her first try at "leap and run", gently dumped her back in the coop.... then hiked back to the garden shed to finish feeding the CRAZY guinea birds!! No wonder my roommate called me the Chicken Wrangler!! OMG!!! I had to laugh instead of call them ugly names... Kenna....doing the Mad Dash Chicken Run to catch a chicken with her FISHING net!! |
A good workout this morning, all things considered.
T33 and me got along well again. Level 5 again. It's good for now. I'll bump it up in a week or so if all goes well. Stats: 392 cal, 3.51 mi, 65:00 minutes She gave me 2 90 second intervals and 3 60 second intervals. Mr. Screechy Shoes came back but not until I was somewhere around minute 50, so I turned up my MP3 player and moved on. Luckily, he was alllllll the way down the line, bothering some poor other folks. I think he remembered our little interaction and is staying away from me. I can deal with that. Before I left, I tried some very light weight training. Just the legs and abs and I stretched on the monkey bar looking contraption in the back. It didn't seem to hurt anything and it didn't seem to help anything, so we'll keep at it and keep an eye on things. |
Gemme, this was a wonderful post- I laughed, I cried, etc. etc. (well, not really, but I found it full of all that I enjoy). It's nice to get deep on the exercise thread sometimes, and I look forward to more from you. I also think an integral part of talking about exercise is also talking about pain and illness because they do affect exercise so much. I hope people always feel comfortable talking about these issues here.
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