How often do you hit the "gym" ?
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Bulk of my fitness comes from a lot of Mt biking, skiing, and row peter puffer machine in my garage. But I try to hit the cuntry club gym twice a week to lift the heavy stuff. VO2 Max and muscle mass are the 2 leading indicators of what your life span is gonna be. I got the former covered in spades and am good enough at the latter.
I was a three times a week guy until covid
Then i took up walking
Then i took up walking
I had a routine before covid and have been struggling since to get anywhere close to what that was. I get a C for effort. A lot of asian dong at my gym. 12 koreans ≠ 1 Hardcore Husky resident terrorist / uber driver.
If it saves one life (TITTT)! Walking is about the best old people exercise there is. Maybe mix in some pushups if possible. It amazing to travel to London or NYC and see very few if any fatties. Still gotta walk a couple miles a day to get around those towns to live life.
I tend to think gyms are pretty yuck from a sanitary standpoint. In a perfect word I'd have an in home set up with a squat/bench rack, but alas I'm too pour and like @CFetters_Nacho_Lover I think garages are for parking cars an not home gyms.
The rich MILFs are a nice amenity at our cuntry club gym.
I try to get to the gym 4-5 tims per week. Gym is for row peter puffer, leg weights in particular, certain arm weights and other ab/back exercises. I also try to run once a week or so, tennis once a week or so, walk the golf course and have arm weights at home (bench + arm + back + shoulders).
Oh and yoga, 4-5x per week in the morning on a youtube video.
Oh and yoga, 4-5x per week in the morning on a youtube video.
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Having an erg in the garage (and 900 miles of Mt Bike single track out the back door) cuts down the need on going to gym.
My Erg is UW surplus bought from the UW Rowboat Team. I bought in 2019 when it was 5 years old. I was trying to help @PurpleBaze get one in 2020 but Covid budget cuts caused row boat to pull back in the used erg purchase program for a few years.
I've thought about buying a used surplus one but the gym is literally a 90 second drive or a 7 minute walk.https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1969706#Comment_1969706
Having an erg in the garage (and 900 miles of Mt Bike single track out the back door) cuts down the need on going to gym.
My Erg is UW surplus bought from the UW Rowboat Team. I bought in 2019 when it was 5 years old. I was trying to help @PurpleBaze get one in 2020 but Covid budget cuts caused row boat to pull back in the used erg purchase program for a few years.
UW's program for alumni was a pretty sweet deal and good way to kick in a few bucks to help the squad.
I have a home gym setup with heavy weights and all that. Also recently bought a bike to keep up with my oldest and it's good for trails and cruising the roads near home at a decent rate of speed. Three days a week is the minimum, usually 4.
Fishpo31
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Ten years or so ago I was 4-5 days a week in the gym, mostly spinning…we moved, job change to more physical work, and future hip and knee replacements have squelched that. Now it’s hoofing it, although we have been discussing joining a club with an indoor pool to get some swimming going. BTW, getting old sucks…
1to392831weretaken
New Fish
If I think of exercising, I injure something.
Huh?
Indoor track? Vantucky is getting soft!!
A lot of bikes and machines are lame. Ellipticals and a lot of stationary bikes are crap.
Intervals in a good stair climber (don't hold the handles like a pussy) will kick yer butt. The Peleton is a great hack for getting in shape for Mt Bike season. And the Concept II Rowing Machine remains the greatest single piece of fitness equipment every invented. If all one did was erg, push ups and some type of squats you're basically covering all your bases.
You still doing the long distance erg work these days?
1to392831weretaken
New Fish
Did a track day last year in 100 degree weather. Riders were packing up and dropping like flies due to the heat, and I joined them after lunch, putting only three sessions in. Those three sessions still kicked my ass. Got home early enough because of that to have a BBQ with my brother's family. Ended up racing my 6-year-old niece across my yard and back, giving her a huge head start. Made it halfway across my yard, POP POP in consecutive steps, and down I went. Partial tears in both hamstrings. Racing a 6yo girl.
Fast forward to February, I'm finally feeling fit enough in the legs to get back on the C2. Row a fairly lazy 5K and survive. Two days later, I wake up with no left arm. Dead, numb, random shots of some of the worst pain I've felt. So I'm in line for cervical spine surgery to fuse C6/C7 and take pressure off the nerve. Still can't hold a phone to my ear for 20 seconds with my left arm without getting tired.
So I'm pretty much just a fat fuck. I've put on 15 pounds since tearing my hamstrings. No riding this year, no working on the house, no C2, no mountain biking, no stranger in the shower…
Fast forward to February, I'm finally feeling fit enough in the legs to get back on the C2. Row a fairly lazy 5K and survive. Two days later, I wake up with no left arm. Dead, numb, random shots of some of the worst pain I've felt. So I'm in line for cervical spine surgery to fuse C6/C7 and take pressure off the nerve. Still can't hold a phone to my ear for 20 seconds with my left arm without getting tired.
So I'm pretty much just a fat fuck. I've put on 15 pounds since tearing my hamstrings. No riding this year, no working on the house, no C2, no mountain biking, no stranger in the shower…
BearsWiin
New Fish
I'll do 10k from time to time but I don't use the erg much anymore. Certainly no more marathons.