Good session this morning. Reset on the cleans has given me a chance to work on technique.
Also had another mini breakthrough. Realised that my troublesome right ankle is collapsing in at times. This has probably been contributing to all sorts of my downstream problems including lower back and bad knee.
Read a good article that suggested a lot of ankle problems are actually feet issues. So may work some feet stuff into my warm up.
Planning to make a bunch of salads this week. Also need to find healthy food that Mrs Rugby likes too. Shes not a fan of fried dead thing and steamed green thing.
I’ve self-diagnosed myself with inner-elbow tendonosis as well (aka “golfer’s elbow”). It’s been present for about a year now and is annoying as fuck. I’ve tried time off and rehab equipment (twist bar) and haven’t solved the problem. I suspect my pull-up form and/or low-bar back squats are responsible.
I tried sardines again last night. This time boneless and skinless and ate them on crackers. It was fine that way. I still couldn’t eat a whole can and the dog got about a third. This sardine thing is working out really well for my dog who very rarely gets people food. She’s not going to like it so much if I switch to the potato thing.
Everything works, and anything is much better than nothing.
My experience of body weight and free weight stuff however is that it helps you fix bad movement patterns.
Those patterns may be contributing to your elbow and achilles issue.
What sort of mobility work do you do?
Im late 30s and resigned to the fact my days of 5 minute warmups are over. I normally spend 30 minutes on mobility work before every workout. I assume that will go up as i get older and have more shit to work on.
For some reason my dog loves vegetables like carrots, broccoli and celery but his favorite is green beans. The only other dog I had wouldn’t touch vegetables.
I’ve been adding a microwaved potato to my diet like one a day four or five times a week. With this plus my occasional can of sardines, I’m expecting to be lean, ripped and more powerful than ever.
I’m running a 5k this morning, but my wife took my car (and hers is in the shop), so I have to either walk, ride my bike, or take an Uber there and back. It’s a mild 55 degrees out, so I may walk/jog as my warmup. Another consideration is whether I can safely leave a backpack with outerwear at the start/finish. Based on crime statistics for my town, I think I’ll chance it.
It’s funny how the car functions so automatically as a self-powered, portable living room/dining room/alarmed storage unit/ambulance/taxi/speaker phone. No wonder people won’t give them up.
Do you own a running vest like those made by Nathan or similar? I have one that is perfect for mountain running as it holds just enough food and water – neither of which you would bother with for a 5k – plus enough room for a light pair of gloves, a hat, a pullover and some very light pants. Seems like a good solution for you here.
Heh, I hadn’t thought about the reverse security angle. I ended up dicking around for too long, so got a little bit of a late start. In my rush, I forgot my phone, and my Garmin watch seemed to be dead. I didn’t know what time it was, so I jogged probably 1.5+ miles on the way, and arrived about 20 min. before the start. Not bad, but not an ideal warmup.
I missed my target time by about 45 seconds, mostly because I went out too fast. After the first mile, I slowed down, then hit the more hilly/less flat section and slowed down even more. The final 1.1 miles took me almost 9 minutes.
It seems that skipping lots of training runs over the holidays was not improving my fitness level. I need to figure out a way to increase my effort level on the treadmill for threshold and tempo runs, and then actually complete those runs regularly. I’m missing the cord for the emergency stop, so I need to rig something up before going faster than about 7.5 mph. Another option is to increase the incline.
Thanks for the advice, so my wife and kids have been doing taekwondo for the last 6 months or so. I haven’t had any real interest but because we have a family plan I can do it for no extra cost. Yesterday they had a family thing where parents could do get a little intro with their kids for free and they talk about the whole program and stuff so I did that with the kids because my wife was working. I enjoyed it somewhat so I think I’m going to give it a try. At the very least it’ll give me some exercise 2-3 times a week and build a bit of a routine.
