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Pretty crazy, and part of the large(r) body of evidence that caused me to shift my views from “There are good and bad movements” to “there are movements your are prepared for and those you are not”.
 
Here is a post cardio workout drink for those that have lemons coming into fruit...just back from a long run and felt like a refreshing drink so I squuezed a couple lemons into a pint glass, sans beer, with a tablespoon of icing sugar and a teaspoon of salt, stirred it up and half filled with ice and rest with water, its like the best powerade I have ever had!
 
One thing I've never been able to do but would like to is successfully navigate monkey bars. It should be easy (most children can do it for crying out loud) but they're a complete nightmare for me. I'm doing my best to work on my upper-body strength but somehow I think monkey bars will always be my Achilles heel.

Makes me more determined to work on it lol. Any advice is appreciated. I don't do weights yet, right now my upper-body workout is on the chest-press, lat machine and rower.
 
patfullfankezz said:
One thing I've never been able to do but would like to is successfully navigate monkey bars. It should be easy (most children can do it for crying out loud) but they're a complete nightmare for me. I'm doing my best to work on my upper-body strength but somehow I think monkey bars will always be my Achilles heel.

Makes me more determined to work on it lol. Any advice is appreciated. I don't do weights yet, right now my upper-body workout is on the chest-press, lat machine and rower.
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As silly as this sounds, find a park where the height of the monkey bars is relatively close to the ground for your height. So you could do them with your feet inches above the ground. But before this work on negative part of the pull ups. So start in the up the position and lower yourself down to build up your strength
 
It's no where near as easy as it looks. Given my ultimate goal is Tough Mudder next year (because Ultimate Beastmaster would be impossible for me, given I'm 26kgs down from 30kgs overweight) it's a skill that might come in handy lol
 
patfullfankezz said:
It's no where near as easy as it looks. Given my ultimate goal is Tough Mudder next year (because Ultimate Beastmaster would be impossible for me, given I'm 26kgs down from 30kgs overweight) it's a skill that might come in handy lol
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Tough Mudder isn't really that hard. I did it last year and found it relatively easy.
 

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I love how the ABC state there's "More To The Story" in their "Fact Check" of Dr Ross Walker's statement that "all males at 50 and all females at 60 should have a coronary calcium score,"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-10/fact-check-coronary-calcium-score-heart-disease/9023960

But then don't actually post up any evidence to show that his statement was incorrect or even imbalanced. The only statement of negativity came from the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council responsible for new and emerging technologies cautions that calcium scoring for predicting heart disease "is of unproven clinical benefit or utility". Which so far as I can tell was a unsubstantiated.

How does the ABC manage to get it's coverage of health matters so wrong so often?
 
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Hope to go tonight. Feeling sluggish and lifeless.
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I've had a few of those days recently. As pathetic as it seems, on those days I either pretend I'm playing for the Lions and HAVE to workout or that the Ultimate Beastmaster hosts are commentating on my workout. Makes me chuckle a little bit.
 
Is some workout better than no workout? Sometimes I can only manage 10-20 minutes (roughly 2-3 times a week) instead of my usual 40. I always do my after-gym walk though. I tell myself it's important that I keep up the routine (if I give myself one pass I fear it will lead to another and another until I just stop going) but sometimes I wonder what people think.
 
patfullfankezz said:
Is some workout better than no workout? Sometimes I can only manage 10-20 minutes (roughly 2-3 times a week) instead of my usual 40. I always do my after-gym walk though. I tell myself it's important that I keep up the routine (if I give myself one pass I fear it will lead to another and another until I just stop going) but sometimes I wonder what people think.
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agreed. its just nice to get to the gym and do something. even if stretching IMO. It helps the mindset. You look around and see others doing something and then it encourages you to do the same!
 
patfullfankezz said:
Is some workout better than no workout? Sometimes I can only manage 10-20 minutes (roughly 2-3 times a week) instead of my usual 40. I always do my after-gym walk though. I tell myself it's important that I keep up the routine (if I give myself one pass I fear it will lead to another and another until I just stop going) but sometimes I wonder what people think.
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Simple answer - any exercise is better than no exercise.
 
patfullfankezz said:
Is some workout better than no workout? Sometimes I can only manage 10-20 minutes (roughly 2-3 times a week) instead of my usual 40. I always do my after-gym walk though. I tell myself it's important that I keep up the routine (if I give myself one pass I fear it will lead to another and another until I just stop going) but sometimes I wonder what people think.
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My mantra is consistency over intensity.
Plus you gotta listen to your body and modify your activties to suit where you are at in terms of energy, recovery, mental fatigue etc.

And no one else at the gym thinks anything worth worrying about, they dont know you or your regiment so if they judge you the negative bullshit is theirs to deal with. Ignore it and and it impacts their life only.
 
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40 days in a row and 5kgs lost. Had a few "rest" days this week (10 minutes light cardio and my walk).

I know I should probably take a proper rest but my brain won't let me. I go crazy if I don't do something every day!
 

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