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Wednesday, June 24. 2020

Managing fitness in crazytime


Even I am finding it difficult to keep up a solid routine. Maybe making excuses, but I had a good daily routine which blew up and with all of life complications, it has not been good.


I do not like the new rules at my gyms. I will not deadlift with a mask on, and forget cardio with a mask. That is just unhealthy.


I'll be back to my trainer's home garage on Monday for my heavy weights, I hope. Legal or not, I do not care.


What about you all? 


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Hike with weight. Easier when you live outside the city obviously, but still one of the best things you can do.
#1 Robert S Coleman (Link) on 2020-06-24 15:18 (Reply)
I would go back to your trainer's garage. You can't enjoy any smiles or make friends with people 6 feet apart, wearing masks, frantically disinfecting every weight when reracking.
You cannot have a conversation with someone in a mask. And
what the Governors are doing to small businesses is criminal. A state confiscation of private property. JMO
#2 annieoakley on 2020-06-24 16:16 (Reply)
We re-opened last week, here in WNY.

Hand sanitizer before entering; wipe down plates after use; wipe down bench/bar after use; keep distances where ever possible.

If you want to wear a mask, wear a mask, but not required. No issues with spotting a lifter.

We're asked to keep a low profile, so no Instagram posts in the gym for now.

It's not a normal gym dynamic, but I attribute the tension to all the hubbub over BLM. We've got a very young demographic profile.
#3 browndog on 2020-06-24 17:11 (Reply)
How I detest those who did this to us.
#4 Beb on 2020-06-24 18:12 (Reply)
Trying to get back in the routing again. We are free to come and go as we please--keep safe distancing, etc. It's been so damn long. It is very difficult for older folks as is, let alone after not being able to move around for 4 months!
#5 Apple Pie on 2020-06-24 18:51 (Reply)
Here in MA, gym openings have been pushed back again, now set for July 8. Who knows if that’ll happen. Depressing.
#6 MikeL on 2020-06-24 20:36 (Reply)
As Nelson Muntz woukd say : Ha Haaa!

In MA you get what you deserve! Y"all reflexively voted for Proggies for so long, you forgot they are all [b]totalitarians[/] at heart!

So now you got the Plandemic / BLM Blues! TOO 'f'n" funny!
#6.1 Old Codger on 2020-06-25 10:38 (Reply)
Home gym with olympic bar, plates, squat rack, and bench. That’s it. Working out with one friend, 3-4 times per week. We can’t believe how much stronger we are in three months. The regular sleep and protein at every meal helped. Covid strong.
#7 Doug on 2020-06-24 21:09 (Reply)
Well, that is all you need to get strong; bar, plates, rack, and bench (plus sleep and protein).
Good job and keep it up!
#7.1 RJP on 2020-06-25 00:56 (Reply)
Here in AZ the gyms are pretty much open as usual (for now, anyway). At my gym the hours are bit reduced, locker rooms are off limits, classes are limited in size, and every other treadmill/bike is blocked off. Masks are encouraged by not mandatory (all staff wears masks), social distancing emphasized, plenty of hand sanitizer and wipes are available and staff wipes down equipment regularly (and guests are of course expected to wipe down any equipment they use). Free weight area, where I spend most of my time, is as it was before the shutdown. As the racks were already 8-10 feet apart, no need to close any down.

Started training again at the end of May, after not having trained since the middle of March, and I'm now approaching my pre-shutdown numbers on all my lifts (squat, dead, bench and overhead press).
#8 RJP on 2020-06-25 01:10 (Reply)
Still no gyms in NYC. I'm getting to be a fat F.
#9 jack on 2020-06-25 08:06 (Reply)
Here in Houston I worked out with my exercise ball and a couple of wienie stretchy bands. And I walked. When I got back to the equipment at the gym I learned that my upper body had been on vacation. I was as sore as I'd been since the first week of high school football practice.

Now we've got mandatory masks at least until the end of the month [heavy sigh]. But there's one tiny gym available through my Silver Sneaker program that was maskless yesterday. There was only two of us. Hope we can keep it under the radar.
#10 Phloda on 2020-06-25 09:01 (Reply)
Our gym is the floor above the Physical Therapy section of a hospital and still not open. The city pool is open for lane swimming from 7 to 9. I should be safe wearing a face mask and snorkel? But that's a 50 mile round trip to town, so hitting 10K steps with a morning walk, 30 minutes on an elliptical and beating back the rampant vegetation on the couple acres seems to be working. Expanding the use of the push mower instead of the rider will burn off some calories!
#11 slm on 2020-06-25 09:51 (Reply)
Cardio=small group in park, haven't been rousted yet.

Otherwise come and go as necessary ignoring edicts issued under color of law.
#12 tired dog on 2020-06-25 20:45 (Reply)
Kettlebells at home

What quarantine ?
#13 Head Trauma (Link) on 2020-06-26 13:54 (Reply)

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