May Exercise

[wendy james]

Upper body for me today, and a group run planned for this evening.

[Estrella]

Another 30 min easy run for my plan today. Went faster than yesterday and felt great. 5.32km.

[Disco]

2.89 run this morning.

[Estrella]

Run rest day today. Did a wee walk (to pick up a delicious cake for my team at work) and also did a back and bicep workout.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I had a nice walk with another rugby mum last night, we did about 2 miles.

[Texaco Shirley]

5 mile run today.

[Disco]

Epic day 48 today.

[wendy james]

Lower body today.

[Estrella]

30 min easy today. On the dreadmill as it was too late/dark to run outside. 5.178km.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Virtual Pump last night. But the ache in my arms is real.

[Disco]

Love that ache Pip!

2.93 mile run this morning.

[sally maclennane]

Love that ache Pip!

Do you really love it? Have you always felt like that about exercise?

I feel like I've totally lost my mojo with exercise recently, I just can't be bothered with any of it. Yet I know it's good for me. I just feel meh about all of it. I'd love to have the motivation back.

[Disco]

Yes, I do really like to feel my muscles aching as it makes me feel like they're being worked. I don't feel like it's a chore 95% of the time though of course I do have days where I can't be arsed. I think this has been a gradual mental switch over the last ten years for me - I used to exercise and enjoy it but it was because it was good for me but now it's a part of my everyday life like working, sleeping etc and I feel like I would be wasting the time if I wasn't doing an activity. Plus I really notice the mental wellbeing benefits and I like to get into a zone in my head like an automaton when I exercise.

[Disco]

How long have you felt meh? Sometimes I might go a couple of weeks without it...probably end up doing this once a year in dark winter and then I end up feeling shit about not exercising and galvanise myself into action.

Could you switch up what you do? Like cycling outside and feeling the air and seeing blossom on trees and stuff?

[Pippedydeadeye]

I do kind of love the ache. It’s good to know you’ve actually worked.

[sally maclennane]

How long have you felt meh? Sometimes I might go a couple of weeks without it...probably end up doing this once a year in dark winter and then I end up feeling shit about not exercising and galvanise myself into action.

Could you switch up what you do? Like cycling outside and feeling the air and seeing blossom on trees and stuff?

Probably about a month. In my 30s, I ran a lot and enjoyed it, then I kinda fell out of love with it. I started going to spin at that time (about 10 years ago) but I now feel about that, like I did about running, just bored of it. I need to find something else, I don't have a bike and tbh, I don't think I have the confidence to cycle on city roads, drivers in Glasgow are awful.

I also have that nagging thought that I should be doing weights because bones, strength yada yada. I just find it massively boring though, everyone else seems to love it and is all "yay, strong women".

Really, I just want to be rich enough to have a PT who would make me work out every other day

[wendy james]

I did a 95 min walk then a bit more wandering then upper body at the gym.

[Topcat]

I love the post run aches that I get after a long run.

I did hill reps tonight. I did feel a small twinge in my knee but I am not doing anything now until Tuesday I would imagine. To be honest it is just lovely to walk up and downstairs like a normal person again, running is a bonus at the moment.

[Estrella]

I can totally identify with the falling in and out of love of running. It’s hard.

Like Dics, it’s now just part of my daily/weekly routine. I do it even if I don’t feel like it. It’s as much for my mental health as anything else. I am part of that “strong bones, old lady” team too ;)

Saturday has been a full body weights session with a biceps add on.

[Estrella]

Sunday morning 50 easy. 8.4km.

I ended up on the treadmill as I didn’t want to stray too far from home while the kids were on their own.