8 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Got to agree.  Despite its many benefits, plodding up and down a lane was so so boring I just couldn't stick to it.

Get what you and @Traf say. It took me a while to get into it. Work it now as sets of 3 lengths. One each of front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke. Rinse and repeat. Zone out. It’s me time. No cunt in the gym mithering me. Nobody talking to me. Me on my own. Fucking bliss. Limit it to 30-40 mins and do it as often as possible. Works for me 

59 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Get what you and @Traf say. It took me a while to get into it. Work it now as sets of 3 lengths. One each of front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke. Rinse and repeat. Zone out. It’s me time. No cunt in the gym mithering me. Nobody talking to me. Me on my own. Fucking bliss. Limit it to 30-40 mins and do it as often as possible. Works for me 

Nice one.  Is the pool you use quiet enough? The one I used to use separated it into 3 lanes, slow, medium and fast. The first two were always packed with pensioners! 

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

Get what you and @Traf say. It took me a while to get into it. Work it now as sets of 3 lengths. One each of front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke. Rinse and repeat. Zone out. It’s me time. No cunt in the gym mithering me. Nobody talking to me. Me on my own. Fucking bliss. Limit it to 30-40 mins and do it as often as possible. Works for me 

I've just started doing some brisk walking.
Headphones on and away I go for 45 mins, twice a day.

2 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

Nice one.  Is the pool you use quiet enough? The one I used to use separated it into 3 lanes, slow, medium and fast. The first two were always packed with pensioners! 

Yep. Village Gym. Pretty much like you say. Few slow folk in the fast lane but they let you past. If I’m up Dawn’s crack I’m in there at 6.30 and it’s quiet. Working at home and I’ll go at 12.00/12.30 and it’s good then as well

1 hour ago, Traf said:

I've just started doing some brisk walking.
Headphones on and away I go for 45 mins, twice a day.

Really got into that during lockdown which was when I got into podcasts in a big way. Still do it when I can. Again. Me. On my own. Balls to everyone. Love my own company every now and again 

37 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Really got into that during lockdown which was when I got into podcasts in a big way. Still do it when I can. Again. Me. On my own. Balls to everyone. Love my own company every now and again 

I’m very similar. Out twice a day,  hit 15k steps a day just me, the dog and a podcast.
 

Also  on my bike three times a week hitting  120- 150k, so that keeps me busy. 
 

Should probably chuck in some weights in somewhere amongst that but I’ve always hated it. Just bleeding hurts. 
 

Anyroad, bikes are ace. Need some tinkering and loads of shite to spend money on😁

I started running back in September.  Nothing major and I'm not going to go down the organised fun run or park run thing. I just want to keep fit after retiring from domestic & international football 🙄. Just recently my entire body has been aching for days and days after I've been out. Anyway I thought I would try this cold water immersion technique when I get back from a run. An ice bath for them who don't know. As you would expect 10 mins in a cold bath was not pleasant. But I can tell you it seems to have sorted my aching issue out. It's suppose to be good mentally as well. I can't really comment on that but body wise it seems to be the biz.

so last week I acheived what I've not done in a long time

no booze Sun-Thurs

5 nights off a week is the target

exercise regime up to then been a hiit class mon/fri - 5k run tues/thurs - weight sessions tues/weds/thurs

sticking to the nutrition plan been the hardest part

got onto the protein powder this week, overnight oats for breakfast and got a blender to get some shakes going on

drank sunday but it was my birthday/fathers day, might give Friday a miss this week

decided to try and up the 5ks to 10ks for the next few weeks

am fucking knackered today

might give todays weight session a miss

1 hour ago, Underpants said:

I started running back in September.  Nothing major and I'm not going to go down the organised fun run or park run thing. I just want to keep fit after retiring from domestic & international football 🙄. Just recently my entire body has been aching for days and days after I've been out. Anyway I thought I would try this cold water immersion technique when I get back from a run. An ice bath for them who don't know. As you would expect 10 mins in a cold bath was not pleasant. But I can tell you it seems to have sorted my aching issue out. It's suppose to be good mentally as well. I can't really comment on that but body wise it seems to be the biz.

are you stretching after your run?

that's the key thign to stop injury and aches

this guys has loads of routines, this 10 minute one is what I do after every run, helps massively

 

33 minutes ago, Zico said:

so last week I acheived what I've not done in a long time

no booze Sun-Thurs

5 nights off a week is the target

exercise regime up to then been a hiit class mon/fri - 5k run tues/thurs - weight sessions tues/weds/thurs

sticking to the nutrition plan been the hardest part

got onto the protein powder this week, overnight oats for breakfast and got a blender to get some shakes going on

drank sunday but it was my birthday/fathers day, might give Friday a miss this week

decided to try and up the 5ks to 10ks for the next few weeks

am fucking knackered today

might give todays weight session a miss

Great so now you are a binge drinker 😁

 

well done btw

33 minutes ago, Zico said:

are you stretching after your run?

that's the key thign to stop injury and aches

this guys has loads of routines, this 10 minute one is what I do after every run, helps massively

 

This is good for your back as well

 

https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI?si=tC2gR6yu6FMlEwev

still not got my motivation back fully since london, finding it difficult to go again 

great north run in september & hopefully a first go at hyrox in december, so need to get back on the horse asap

Hyrox. Sort ya life out 

6 minutes ago, Big E said:

Hyrox. Sort ya life out 

like to mix it up mate, getting bored of just pure running now 

5k, 10k, 1/2 mara, full mara, ultras, all done, nothing else to tick off

12 minutes ago, L/H White said:

like to mix it up mate, getting bored of just pure running now 

5k, 10k, 1/2 mara, full mara, ultras, all done, nothing else to tick off

Ironman, marathon des sables, comrades. Anything but hyrox 😂

Every fuckers on the jabs!

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Every fuckers on the jabs!

Not me. Old school calorie counting, exercise bike, walking etc.
I hate swimming, but the wife wanted to get in the pool tonight, so I walked through the water for 45 minutes.

11 hours ago, Traf said:

Not me. Old school calorie counting, exercise bike, walking etc.
I hate swimming, but the wife wanted to get in the pool tonight, so I walked through the water for 45 minutes.

the best way 

jabs, fad diets, fasting, keto, all bollocks 

There just has to be some major downside to them, but thus far I've not seen many.

Was at the kids footy last week and half the mums are now skinny and bang on em.

Apparently they just stop you craving stuff and you just don't fancy eating.

That chase of dopamine by eating something nice or naughty is nullified.

It's fucked up.

 

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

There just has to be some major downside to them, but thus far I've not seen many.

Was at the kids footy last week and half the mums are now skinny and bang on em.

Apparently they just stop you craving stuff and you just don't fancy eating.

That chase of dopamine by eating something nice or naughty is nullified.

It's fucked up.

 

It works for alcohol as well apparently! 

11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

There just has to be some major downside to them, but thus far I've not seen many.

Was at the kids footy last week and half the mums are now skinny and bang on em.

Apparently they just stop you craving stuff and you just don't fancy eating.

That chase of dopamine by eating something nice or naughty is nullified.

It's fucked up.

 

I know of someone local who's passed away due to them and another very poorly in hospital due to a dodgy batch 

12 hours ago, gonzo said:

Every fuckers on the jabs!

Ouch. 
 

I’ve been put on them with my diabetes. It’s pretty grim not fancying anything ever. I find it hard to fit with marathon training and end up having to force stuff down. Why folk want to use em to just be skinny I will never know. 
 

it has stopped me having loads of sweets and my sugar has come right down in a few weeks 

29 minutes ago, gonzo said:

There just has to be some major downside to them, but thus far I've not seen many.

Was at the kids footy last week and half the mums are now skinny and bang on em.

Apparently they just stop you craving stuff and you just don't fancy eating.

That chase of dopamine by eating something nice or naughty is nullified.

It's fucked up.

 

I think it’s bad if you don’t need em if ya get me. Like if it’s managing diabetes it is good. If ya just starving yourself for ocean beach it can be bad. I have to track everything make sure I am getting enough nutrients and the right balance. A lot of folk don’t do this hence problems start. 
 

I have a mate who had that gastric band thing. He’s fucked now as he didn’t follow the rules. Pancreas fucked. Not getting nutrients really messes you up 

Oh aye from a medical POV they are unbelievable. If it can tackle obesity and diabetes etc then that can only be good.

But I'm seeing more and more folk on em. My mate knocks em out for £140. 

(English not Albanian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

I've not seen anyone on the other side of em yet, ie when they stop. Do they balloon up again like coming off fad diets?

 

Lots of stuff going about howe these jabs fuck up your bone density.
be a lot of thin cripples around in 10 yrs.