Health and Fitness

I’m lucky I do all cardio outdoors rather than a gym, so at least when complete lockdown hits Aus it won’t destoy my fitness levels.

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His ankles must be fucked from all the turning he had to do as well. By my calculations, he had to turn almost 6,000 times

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I thought you were talking about yourself in the third person for a second :joy:

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Everyone needs to get a skipping rope - easiest way to do cardio indoors or in a small outdoor area

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FTFY :stuck_out_tongue:

I have a ceiling fan

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My home setup for the foreseeable future now. Just spent my lunch break smashing through some pull-ups and lay pull-down with my resistance cords.

My punching bag is in the garage. Tomorrow will do that with some jump rope.

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Done a 5k today. Planned a quiet route and passed 4 people. Easily able to keep the 2 meter rule around them.

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Yeah I exercise by myself, so doing it and social distancing hasn’t been difficult as of yet.

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Since late January I’ve lost about 5.4kg with a fairly strict keto diet and fasted workouts (including minimum 20 mins of cardio) 5-6 days a week. Sometimes 3-4 days.

Honestly with my diet I’ve actually still had the occasional pizza and wagas, and I’ve had plenty of vodka, bourbon and wine.

I have however completely cut out all chocolate, crisps, ice cream, beer and cider. I really think that’s been the crux of it.

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Well done brother! :fist_left:t3::fist_left:t3:

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Thanks!

I weighed in at 150.9lbs today, 150lbs is a real psychological milestone for me. I really want to hit 150lbs dead, and then from there I’m not really sure.

I think being as stringent with my keto diet in these corona times will be tricky so I guess I just have to take it day by day and make sure I don’t balloon up again as that would be a real shame. I may post some pogress pics if I feel like my gf can get the lighting right in our flat :wink:

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@Cristo be careful when you start to introduce carbs back into diet. You need to start sub 100g then slowly increase carb intake every couple days incrementally whilst maintaining active. Otherwise you’ll easily put on another couple KG.

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Ok amazing, that’s really good to know.

So maybe start introducing carbs bit by bit already?

Yeah during my post Keto I started by having weetabix/porridge in mornings and also carbs at lunch but non for dinner in the first week. Then started introducing them throughout the whole day. Just keep an eye on your intake and you’ll be fine. Just try not to sit around all day, which is hard during these times I know.

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Ok awesome thanks.

I’ve been doing 20 minutes of skipping everyday and 25-40 minutes of body weight exercises or whatever I can find in the house.

Really wishing I had my own dumbbells now haha

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Started one of the beginner home workout videos by the body coach on YouTube today as I need to do excercise otherwise I will feel like shit doing nothing but sitting inside for 12 weeks.

30 on 30 off on a circle of 4 times but I’m taking more than 30 second breaks as I am blowing :joy::joy: gonna try and do it each day and I’ve ordered an excercise bike when ever that comes aswell.

Enjoying it tho. Need to get the heart going or I might have a heart attack :joy:

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Gotta start somewhere mate. Good luck Cal. :facepunch:

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Did a 2 hour kettlebell training earlier… that’s the only equipment I have at home, a 16 and a 32 kg kettlebell. Took me a while to get going, I really felt shitty at the start… but as I was working I just felt better and better to the point I really had like a dopamine injection somewhere towards the end… trainspotting style… :giroud2: This is best I felt in years. :wenger2:

What I concluded I really need to incorporate this in my regular training after the gym reopens… I’ve only started going to the gym in june last year, and started to train with the KBs a few months before that after an almost 10 year pause from all training. Don’t ask why… but a couple of years ago I just noticed I was starting to lose all shape and I had to do something.
The thing is, I guess, I wanted to do too much too soon in the gym… I almost only do the big compund lifts, low reps… I want to add muscle, losing fat is not a concern for me (although I did get a lof of unnecesary fat at the start, and I lost it easily). And I actually got decent results recently regarding my shape and muscle tone (even with a 3 month break again somehere at the end of the the last summer, I went too heavy too early, man :wenger: )… but I never felt as close as this after a workout, and that’s what I want to change. I’m guessing I don’t do enough volume to get my whole body and circulation really going, I usually only strain myself with the big lifts and I rarely feel energised after workouts and I’ll definitely make some changes. :hipster: Thank you corona I guess :slight_smile: :wenger:

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