Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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@Paekakboyz said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
@Kirwan tell me you're not wearing gloves!
I'm going back to the gym tomorrow and know they require you to bring a towel and clean equipment down. I'm going to do legs so that'll be pretty easy for me. No way I'm using machines!
I wish I was, too many pull-ups and I’ve torn up my hands.
Had hand sanitizer at the fron which everyone had to use, was good.
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Crap few weeks. Some of the health issues I have reared up again and gym workouts were getting "interesting".
So went back to the cardiologist to get everything re-checked and got told that was the end of high intensity (for me!) training. Was risking passing out, which I don't think would have been a good idea doing any of the olympic lifts, or even a backsquat.
Bizarely, my heart is actually very healthy. The electrics are all fucked up though, so when I push hard it goes "calm down" and sends the signal to beat slower! Not helpful.
Was able to force it on a treadmil, just running hard up an incline.
So back to focusing on the fasting, which I dropped during lockdown boredom. And probably watching netflix on a bike/rower.
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@Kirwan dude that is rough news. Do you have any sense of what heart rate range you can safely work in? Hmm could you change tack and move into slower paced weight lifting etc? ie drop the intensity but still lift?
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@Paekakboyz said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
@Kirwan dude that is rough news. Do you have any sense of what heart rate range you can safely work in? Hmm could you change tack and move into slower paced weight lifting etc? ie drop the intensity but still lift?
I tried that approach, but he was was pretty clear that it needs to be low intensity stuff from here on in. That's fine, just have to make a new habit.
Confirmation of my stubborness, not that anyone here or married to me needed any, but it's an achievment I was even doing the workouts. I just thought I was struggling to keep my fitness, and it was normal to collapse on the ground afterwards to recover
Turns out if your heart rate doesn't increase sometimes during exercise bad things happen.
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@Kirwan ha ha well you've outlasted the only other poster who could challenge you in the stubborn stakes!!
You've got this bro - lol you can just keep hassling jnr to keep up with Crossfit or HIT training.
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@Paekakboyz said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
@Kirwan ha ha well you've outlasted the only other poster who could challenge you in the stubborn stakes!!
You've got this bro - lol you can just keep hassling jnr to keep up with Crossfit or HIT training.
That's the most disappointing aspect, that was something we were able to do together. Have to get him into rowing instead.
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CrossFit Kirwan has opened for business. Cleared out my garage, bought some weights and signed up to virtual gym that does the program and I do the workout.
Short version of the health issue was chronic migraines. I was getting 3 or 4 a week (for a fucking year) and that caused havoc on all sorts of things. Made me dizzy/lightheaded, forgetful, as well as the pain side of things. Good dose of my namesake’s affliction as well.
Have gone through a series of treatments, and am out the other side. Am a physical wreck, so time to sort that out.
Just did the first workout. It mentioned a series of exercises but all I remember is holding up the wall.
Felt good to be moving.
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@kirwan great for mental health too in these crazy times!! Good stuff!
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@taniwharugby said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
@kirwan great for mental health too in these crazy times!! Good stuff!
Yep, that’s on the list of reasons to get off my arse.
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@Kirwan my man! Great to have you back bro. We might not be able to chase the crazy numbers of our youth but heaps of years of training still ahead of us 💪💪
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@paekakboyz said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
@Kirwan my man! Great to have you back bro. We might be able to chase the crazy numbers of our youth but heaps of years of training still ahead of us 💪💪
Yeah, old numbers are archived
Have a goal for when I turn 50, gives a good 18 months to get there.
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Well the fours days after Saturday’s workout reminded me how many stairs I have in my house.
So last night was the first opportunity for workout number 2, which has gone fine DOMS wise. Got a little migraine, but the pills nipped that in the bud. Feeling pretty good today.
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Was on track for three workouts last week, but I had a migraine most of the weekend so that kiboshed that.
Might have to bite the bullet and clean up the diet, as that reduces the frequency as well.
On the plus side, I now own a barbell so the home gym is starting to grow.
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This thread will not die!
Have had ongoing stupid health issues, mostly migraine stuff but also a minor injury that needed surgury. Sucks to get old.
But over the past three weeks, I'm back on the exercise train, even some light weights. Set a cardio benchmark to see where I was and did 100 Burpees for time. That was.....not fun.
Have shaved off a couple of minutes for second round of that, and working on body weight stuff. Diet is fasting and calorie restriction. 10kg left to get off (have lost 10ish so far, the pandemic was not good for me).
Main goal is to be consistent, been easy to get back into a routine so far, missed the fitness stuff.
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@JK said in Fatbusting: Kirwan's log:
Sorry to hear re the ongoing issues but great to hear you are back at it mate!
It does indeed suck to get old! Injuries and issues flare up so easily! And recovery takes ages!
Well some of it was self inflicted. Me and my other brother re-created an old photo we had with our sons on our shoulders. My son is now at least six foot and pretty solid build. I pretended to smile in the photo, got him off and had pins and needles down my arms, so did something to my neck. Sigh.
Our wives were super impressed. Good photo though.
