Covid-19 and keeping fit
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I been doing Circuit stuff with the kids...
Have a track which is 65m round, daughter who is pretty inactive been doing 20 laps, already knocked 2 mins off her first time, so that is its own encouragement!
I did one today (farken hot too) 10m bear crawl, 10 jump squats, 30 mountain climbers, 10 push ups and 4 laps of track...did that 6 times 😯
Was a bit easier than the one yesterday which had burpees, they suck.
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@taniwharugby burpees are disgusting things, should be banned! 😬
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Oh, and after playing golf for 30 years or so, finally found some time to work on my short game with 20/30m pitched #chipping #putting #driveforshowputtfordough
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Mrs TA goes back to the office tomorrow, so I'm working from home for the 10th day in a row with the kids doing school.
Every break between lessons, I'm going to get them to do some body weight stuff - no more than 3 minutes - to start toning up their lazy asses, and mine!
Nothing too strenuous - just taking advantage of a universe where I can have close contact to instil some basic technique. Miss 12 isn't so bad as she usually does dancing 6 hours a week, but the boy... fittest thumbs on the planet from PS4.
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@taniwharugby said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
Oh, and after playing golf for 30 years or so, finally found some time to work on my short game with 20/30m pitched #chipping #putting #driveforshowputtfordough
We've been doing a bit too. Course across the road is closed (as required) so holes are fill on greens but the fairways are great for chipping practice, just need to take a bucket of balls over. My sons getting an hour or so in every day so far.
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Jusy did some fartlek with my 9yr old daughter. Painful realisation that this will be my last year of being quicker than her at any distance under 1km. I probably have 2 years left of beating her at 1-3kms, and 3-4 years of being faster over 3-10km.
Can still smash her in an arm wrestle though, and if she gets too cocky, an afternoon of me yelling "run at me" awaits her down at the oval...
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had our third vid work out yesterday. 30min of pain including burpees to finish. God I hate those fuckers! but so good for conditioning.
I'm being a bit of a hoe and have 3 different groups that I'm training with. Good for social contact and one group is family across NZ and Oz so that's a nice way to share stories about Rona-life.
Kai has been going well too, fasting is definitely harder due to odd hours to squeeze in work (I'm looking at you Ms 3!!) but overall diet and volume is much better than pre-covid life.
I'm aiming to come out lighter and fitter than ever!! Loving the stories of how you guys are training as well. Do need to do more walking and maybe a run.. ooh my knee just twinged!! maybe no running lol
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Good shit @JK - volume for days!!
Did another work out with my bro today. 6 supersets of awesome pain. I swear I might even like cardio by the end of this sentence!
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@taniwharugby said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
@nzzp fark, 10km!! HOw far does that take you?
about 10,000 metres, I imagine?
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@taniwharugby said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
@nzzp fark, 10km!! HOw far does that take you?
I did 20mins on the rower yesterday and thats bad enough!
It's about 40 minutes or so. I tend to roll around 1:57 splits, although when I'm doing a shorter row that can get down lower. It's great exercise, and there is no hiding on a rowing machine. I like that it's weather independent, I can watch youtube sport while rowing, and it's reistance training.
I've done a couple of half marathons on the rower. They take an hour and a half or so, but feel good afterwards. Like riding, there's a fair bit of conditioning your ability to sit on a hard surface for an extended period
Edit: I try to get 100-120km a month, that's plenty of cardio. Big months are higher - and this month probably higher again if I'm at home all the time.
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@Paekakboyz said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
@nzzp careful bro - too much rowing talk and you might summon a wild @BartMan!!
Seriously though that is some primo monthly mileage - I may have let out a (Manly!) eek when thinking about 10km in the 1.50s zone!! Like you said, no where to hide
It was pretty much my only exercise,if you don't count walking from coffee machine to coffee shop and computers I work a sedentary job, so if I don't get some decent exercise out of work I'm stuffed. I do need to get into weights at some stage, but I've never liked weights much.
That said, I now ride an ebike to work, so was getting more exercise than before (at the cost of having to be organised)
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@nzzp said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
@taniwharugby said in Covid-19 and keeping fit:
@nzzp fark, 10km!! HOw far does that take you?
I did 20mins on the rower yesterday and thats bad enough!
It's about 40 minutes or so. I tend to roll around 1:57 splits, although when I'm doing a shorter row that can get down lower. It's great exercise, and there is no hiding on a rowing machine. I like that it's weather independent, I can watch youtube sport while rowing, and it's reistance training.
I've done a couple of half marathons on the rower. They take an hour and a half or so, but feel good afterwards. Like riding, there's a fair bit of conditioning your ability to sit on a hard surface for an extended period
Edit: I try to get 100-120km a month, that's plenty of cardio. Big months are higher - and this month probably higher again if I'm at home all the time.
Impressive mate. I used to enjoy the erg, but only up to 2km - after that my ass used to ache!
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I dont have an ergo, mine is one of these magnetic ones...does the trick for what I use it for, nowhere as smooth as ERGO or Concept ones