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Saturday, May 2. 2020

What are y'all doing for workouts?

I will not bore or annoy you all with what I am doing, but it's good, not perfect, but daily. Heavy deads this morning, in a pal's dark, cold garage. Watch the food intake!


 I wonder how our readers are dealing with maintaining fitness and strength during this crazy time. 




Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 14:08 | Comments (19) | Trackbacks (0)

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Long walks an dumbbells. Lotta good sleep!
#1 Fodderwing (Link) on 2020-05-02 15:09 (Reply)
I'm 82 and self-isolating.
Hand weights.
Sometimes push ups on my decks when the sun is shining which is rare in North Georgia recently.
Walking in my home. 14 steps down to my basement and 4 steps up to my hall. So far, about 8 times two times a day.
Some exercise lifting a wine glass before going to bed.
#2 oolioo on 2020-05-02 15:13 (Reply)
My workout is pretty much unchanged - barbell workouts at home 2x / week (I have a rack), 1 day body weight, running 2 -3 times / week. Jump rope.

I miss my boxing class at the gym, but other than that fairly normal.
#3 Hamlet's Fool on 2020-05-02 15:48 (Reply)
12 oz curls.
#4 Joe on 2020-05-02 15:58 (Reply)
Not difficult to use body weight for upper body exercises but lower body exercises are not taxing enough without machines or barbells.
#5 Andrew Stanton on 2020-05-02 16:20 (Reply)
40 min hiit road bike 2-3 times. Weekly
Ropev2 x weekly tabata 6 minutes
#6 NS on 2020-05-02 16:52 (Reply)
Just got done with 8 cubic yards of mulch.
#7 itsatax on 2020-05-02 17:21 (Reply)
Couple of 35lbs plates is all I've got.

So it's all tempo work: Squats, Floor Press, Overhead Press
...and some ballistic work as well, but the majority of it is Tempo

Cardio is: walking / hill sprints / run-walk intervals

Using the Barbell Medicine "at home template"
#8 browndog on 2020-05-02 17:43 (Reply)
Age 61: 10 mile bike followed immediately by Hard (90-95%) 2 mile run both on country roads 3-4 times per week.
Yoga for flexibility. Turkish get ups and farmers walks for strength.
#9 Mark on 2020-05-02 19:31 (Reply)
trying to run every other day thru a cranky hamstring. Doing some biking (one benefit of less than normal traffic is its better for road biking).
Challenged a few of my adult nephews to do a "Murph" workout if/when we get together around July 4 (we won't be ready for the traditional Memorial Day), so building up the pullup, squat, pushup reps for that.
#10 bk on 2020-05-02 21:44 (Reply)
Chasing a leak in the underground plumbing in my pool. Digging through clay is tough!
#11 Mike (Link) on 2020-05-02 21:48 (Reply)
Cleared irrigation ditches then tube irrigating. Spray/hoe/pick weeds on 20 acres. Plant garden. Will be culling 10 Cornish cross chickens tomorrow. Tractor down so using wheelbarrow to haul gravel, compost. Take the 3 pups for walk perimeter of property. Nothin too stressful.
#12 S.Lynn on 2020-05-02 23:42 (Reply)
Zoom live-stream "group exercise" classes with 4 instructors from my closed gym. They're teaching from their homes. Kick-boxing, HIIT and Zumba.
#13 Kathleen Lockhart (Link) on 2020-05-03 08:20 (Reply)
Got on the bike yesterday for first time in over two months (had eye surgery in late Feb and couldn’t do anything physical for several weeks). Not too far or fast but my middle son (20) rode with me and that was so nice, we used to bike together more when he was younger and then that just kind of stopped around age 13 ... it’s the little things that matter.
#14 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2020-05-03 10:29 (Reply)
Lunges, step-ups, wall squats, Hindu squats, pushups, wide pushups, Hindu pushups. I bought some bands and use those for back and arm workouts. Jump rope for a few minutes every day, trying to build up my skill level after years of not doing it. Daily bike ride 5 to10 miles.
#15 Brad on 2020-05-03 10:33 (Reply)
12 ounce curls.
#16 Jack on 2020-05-03 11:28 (Reply)
My gym remains closed. When the weather allows -- row a single.

Otherwise I'm the old guy at the jungle gym in the park: Pull ups, push ups, burpees, high step ups, dips, air squats, jumping squats, and some short runs.
#17 RIV on 2020-05-03 13:05 (Reply)
Long walks, bicycling, pickle ball, open water swimming. Lots of stairs too, as we clean out our attic and basement.
#18 Susan in Seattle on 2020-05-03 13:28 (Reply)
Oh, you guys. in 40 days I'll be 80. My exercise is doing recliner push-backs several times a day when Granny sez go do this, come get this, help me with this, or even take out the trash. Sometimes I'll even lift the glass with Smirnoff, take a sip or two, then set it down. Geeeez, Life is hard in the fast lane.

Occasionally I'll even pick up the Bible and study for my finals.
Ya'll be good and keep up with those routines. Enjoy while you can because the end is nearer than you might think.
#19 Charley Hua Chu on 2020-05-03 15:32 (Reply)

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