The Running/Keeping Fit Thread

[Norbs]

September now innit

Saveloy 13.3k
Norbs 5.0k

[Roboklopp]

Been swimming a bit. 6 weeks ago I could barely float, did 30 lengths / 0.6k today.

[Alex]

Ive been trying to swim recently and its probably the hardest thing in the world to do. I thought it would be a peice of piss, but fatigue sets in so fast at the moment.

[Rich]

Ankle been knackered for a year now, so I've started back at a gym. Just do 3000m on the rower followed by 60 flights on the step mill. Feeling the benefit from it, miss running though.

[Roboklopp]

It does get a fair bit easier LX. I could barely be a worse build for it (& always struggled with my lessons as a kid cos my asthma was terrible back then) but I'm well better now than just a few weeks back.

Trick is to relax & learn how to float (& not inhale water!) It's a good excercise for me cos I hate sit-ups. I don't have tooo much fat on me, but have a bit of a powerlifter's pot belly - desk work ****s your posture too, so my belly has a tendency to be like a little round cannonball. Swimming engages your core continuously so has really helped flatten that out.

Also cos I do so much heavy resistance training it's great for stretching & recouperation- plus puts **** all strain on my back while its injured.

Keep at it mate- defo worth it. You don't need do huge amounts to see the change.

[Roboklopp]

Should also add, sit-ups are **** for me cos my hipflexers are disproportionately strong (legacy from tkd, so take over & the abs get much less work even if I do try isolate them. Swimming doesn't have that issue.

[Alex]

It does get a fair bit easier LX. I could barely be a worse build for it (& always struggled with my lessons as a kid cos my asthma was terrible back then) but I'm well better now than just a few weeks back.

Trick is to relax & learn how to float (& not inhale water!) It's a good excercise for me cos I hate sit-ups. I don't have tooo much fat on me, but have a bit of a powerlifter's pot belly - desk work ****s your posture too, so my belly has a tendency to be like a little round cannonball. Swimming engages your core continuously so has really helped flatten that out.

Also cos I do so much heavy resistance training it's great for stretching & recouperation- plus puts **** all strain on my back while its injured.

Keep at it mate- defo worth it. You don't need do huge amounts to see the change.

Good to know, I assumed it will obviously get better. But its nice to hear im not the only one struggling with it.

Ill do 3/4 lengths and then be completely ****ed. Probably a combination of not working out how to breath while swimming and being unfit. Trying to do it 2 times a week at the moment though, so I guess progress will happen but slower than most.

[Roboklopp]

It's defo a lot of tekkers- not saying I'm Ian Thorpe (far from it ), but once you stop using most of your energy to stay afloat & feed your brain with oxygen, you can use it to move forward instead haha!

My pool is pretty quiet, so that has obviously helped me btw.

[Rowan]

Gave the Great North Run a punt today. Nowhere near my best but after a year out injured and 2 weeks of training I'll take the 1:40. Probably not the best run to take on after a prolonged period out but the major positive is that no former injuries re-emerged.

[Roboklopp]

That's still a more than respectable no?

My mate finished his ultramarathon in 13.5 hours.

[Rowan]

It's 13 minutes of my PB but I've not trained so I suppose I shouldn't be too vexed.

[tanner]

6k run followed by a 10k row this morning

[Norbs]

6k through the woods tonight and it's given me a cough. My step daughter said I looked grey and rough when I got back. Nice to know it's improving my health

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

That's still a more than respectable no?

My mate finished his ultramarathon in 13.5 hours.

Great work, which one was he doing?

[Pablo]

Pablo 42.6k
Saveloy 13.3k
Norbs 5.0k

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