Let’s get physical

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19-03-20, 19:07
Pearcey3

Let’s get physical

Our local doctor’s surgery has started doing medical checks when you reach 55. Mine revealed high blood/sugar levels and high chloresterol. Not dangerously high but I need to get them down. The best way is physical exercise. So on the treadmill tonight for the first time in three years.

Jogged a very slow 2:26 miles in 30 minutes but it’s a start.
19-03-20, 19:22
Pearcey3

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If anyone wants to post about their physical exertions on here it would be good. Sludge excepted.
19-03-20, 19:27
ToTaL ITK

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

If anyone wants to post about their physical exertions on here it would be good. Sludge excepted.

oh dear
19-03-20, 19:52
sneggyblubird

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Our local doctor’s surgery has started doing medical checks when you reach 55. Mine revealed high blood/sugar levels and high chloresterol. Not dangerously high but I need to get them down. The best way is physical exercise. So on the treadmill tonight for the first time in three years.

Jogged a very slow 2:26 miles in 30 minutes but it’s a start.

Brisk walk for longer is just as good.
19-03-20, 19:52
life on mars

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Our local doctor’s surgery has started doing medical checks when you reach 55. Mine revealed high blood/sugar levels and high chloresterol. Not dangerously high but I need to get them down. The best way is physical exercise. So on the treadmill tonight for the first time in three years.

Jogged a very slow 2:26 miles in 30 minutes but it’s a start.

Great post , look after your gut contents and your gut will look after you and your body

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/..._a_healthy_gut
19-03-20, 19:58
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by sneggyblubird

Brisk walk for longer is just as good.

I walk the dog but the nurse pretty much dismissed that saying I needed to get my heart pumping and needed to be sweating. So time to get back on track.
Besides it’s a bloody dreadful time. Personally it’s been awful and I know how upset posters on here will be about today’s news. So I feel the need to try and do something positive.
20-03-20, 02:09
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

I walk the dog but the nurse pretty much dismissed that saying I needed to get my heart pumping and needed to be sweating. So time to get back on track.
Besides it’s a bloody dreadful time. Personally it’s been awful and I know how upset posters on here will be about today’s news. So I feel the need to try and do something positive.

I walk a brisk 4 laps of my apartment block (it's roughly the distance of a standard size running track) and jog the final 5th lap.
I hope to gradually increase the number of laps I jog, I only started doing it about 3 weeks ago.

Condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. I meant to post earlier.
20-03-20, 08:10
Baloo

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Have a brisk 40 minute walk most mornings before starting work. Stick in the plugs and listen to an episode of ‘In Our Time’. Good exercise for body and mind :thumbup:
20-03-20, 08:25
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

I walk a brisk 4 laps of my apartment block (it's roughly the distance of a standard size running track) and jog the final 5th lap.
I hope to gradually increase the number of laps I jog, I only started doing it about 3 weeks ago.

Condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. I meant to post earlier.

Thanks. Like you I am hoping to increase what I am doing. Was a bit cautious last night but still sweated towards the end. How long does your brisk walk/jog take? The nurse emphasised I should be doing thirty minutes exercise every day. I will struggle to do that but if I can do thirty minutes three times a week plus walk the dog a couple of times each week then that should get my blood/sugar and cholesterol levels down.
20-03-20, 09:26
Robin Friday's Ghost

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Sorry Pearcey I missed that. Very sorry for your loss.
Can we just start 2020 again please?
20-03-20, 09:35
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost

Sorry Pearcey I missed that. Very sorry for your loss.
Can we just start 2020 again please?

Thanks RFG. Don’t be daft. No need to say sorry. I mentioned it as a passing comment a few days ago. Fully agree about restarting 2020. It’s been miserable.
20-03-20, 11:09
Hilts

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I normally play 5 a side 3 times a week. Thats now been stopped for the forseeable future from yesterday.

Got a gym membership with a local private gym. Im not going to cancel it but theres no way im using a gym at the moment.

Went for a run yesterday. Fresh air hills much better than a treadmill( normally use them regularly)

Got bench dumbells kettle slam balls in the garage. Dont get the same motivation as in the gym but will get in there. There s going to be feck all else to do soon.
20-03-20, 11:33
lennybluebird

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It's a good start, well done😊
20-03-20, 16:18
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Have a brisk 40 minute walk most mornings before starting work. Stick in the plugs and listen to an episode of ‘In Our Time’. Good exercise for body and mind :thumbup:

Do you listen to 'Thinking Allowed'? It's terrific.
21-03-20, 10:29
Pearcey3

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Slight improvement today running 2:39 miles in 30 minutes.
I know there are a lot of posters of a similar age to me. It’s worth getting yourselves a health check. I will have another in just under five years when I hit 60. They told me I am currently at 7% risk of a heart attack in the next five years. They worry if it hits 10% or more.

It has certainly made me realise I need to be a lot more active.
21-03-20, 10:39
Baloo

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Do you listen to 'Thinking Allowed'? It's terrific.

Not currently but will have a listen :thumbup:
21-03-20, 10:42
Rogersblue

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my mate in work is 58,his training routine is 8 to 10 cans of bow a day,best worker in the factory even the youngsters cant compete with him.it's all in the mind.
21-03-20, 10:49
Pearcey3

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my mate in work is 58,his training routine is 8 to 10 cans of bow a day,best worker in the factory even the youngsters cant compete with him.it's all in the mind.

His mind might be fine but his liver might not be.
21-03-20, 10:53
Baloo

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

His mind might be fine but his liver might not be.

I’d stick to your doctor’s advice Pearcey.
21-03-20, 11:57
Maurice Swan

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mmmm...am 73 in July. Never smoked, always liked a drink in moderation. Never jogged in my life. Fortunately I seem to be healthy apart from taking a 5mg tablet each day for mild BP, since my wife died suddenly back in Jan 2011. My weight is pretty much what it was in my teens 9 albeit a bit over what it should be) My exercise? Gardening (your own or someone else's) - mowing the lawn, digging a vegetable patch etc. DOES get the heart beating faster, makes you perspire and exercises the muscles in the body.
21-03-20, 12:13
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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Originally Posted by Maurice Swan

mmmm...am 73 in July. Never smoked, always liked a drink in moderation. Never jogged in my life. Fortunately I seem to be healthy apart from taking a 5mg tablet each day for mild BP, since my wife died suddenly back in Jan 2011. My weight is pretty much what it was in my teens 9 albeit a bit over what it should be) My exercise? Gardening (your own or someone else's) - mowing the lawn, digging a vegetable patch etc. DOES get the heart beating faster, makes you perspire and exercises the muscles in the body.

:thumbup:
21-03-20, 12:24
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by Maurice Swan

mmmm...am 73 in July. Never smoked, always liked a drink in moderation. Never jogged in my life. Fortunately I seem to be healthy apart from taking a 5mg tablet each day for mild BP, since my wife died suddenly back in Jan 2011. My weight is pretty much what it was in my teens 9 albeit a bit over what it should be) My exercise? Gardening (your own or someone else's) - mowing the lawn, digging a vegetable patch etc. DOES get the heart beating faster, makes you perspire and exercises the muscles in the body.

All good.
21-03-20, 15:10
light up the darkness

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At 7.30 am it’s 30+degrees and I m sweating just standing still. Does that count
21-03-20, 15:13
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

At 7.30 am it’s 30+degrees and I m sweating just standing still. Does that count

No. You should be doing fifty press ups.
21-03-20, 18:31
Hilts

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Saturday. Cant believe I havent had a pint.

If im not at the football normally in a pub at 11.45 have around 8 pints in the afternoon. (Only do this on a Saturday)

Just got in 8.5km run in the country fresh air.

Bottle of wine in the fridge though.
04-04-20, 12:29
Pearcey3

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Is anyone doing physical exercise as a result of the lockdown?
I’ve stuck to my running on the treadmill and am now up to 3.07 miles in 30 minutes. My target was 10 minute miles before I hit my 56th birthday this month. Managed that and am targeting nine minute miles longer term. It’s not great but I’m ok with it. The days of running 6/7 minute miles back in the 80’s are gone for good.
04-04-20, 13:01
Croesy Blue

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Is anyone doing physical exercise as a result of the lockdown?
I’ve stuck to my running on the treadmill and am now up to 3.07 miles in 30 minutes. My target was 10 minute miles before I hit my 56th birthday this month. Managed that and am targeting nine minute miles longer term. It’s not great but I’m ok with it. The days of running 6/7 minute miles back in the 80’s are gone for good.

I think they are very good times considering you've not been doing it long.

I've been going out for a daily run around 6.30am, I'm fairly central so it gets a bit "busy" later on but I'd go mad if I didn't get 45 mins outside.
04-04-20, 13:21
Pearcey3

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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue

I think they are very good times considering you've not been doing it long.

I've been going out for a daily run around 6.30am, I'm fairly central so it gets a bit "busy" later on but I'd go mad if I didn't get 45 mins outside.

45 minutes a day is a good effort. I can’t do that. I’m on the treadmill every other day plus walk the dog a couple of times a week. It’s enough for me.
04-04-20, 14:43
Croesy Blue

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

45 minutes a day is a good effort. I can’t do that. I’m on the treadmill every other day plus walk the dog a couple of times a week. It’s enough for me.

I’ve got younger legs than you I think 😉. And it sounds like you’ve only just started getting into it, impressive every other day and good times you’re doing I think.

You’ve done well mate keep it up :thumbup:

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