Blog Away. FIT
When I decided to get blogging again, I thought to do it on Fitness rather than on writing. So I was getting some writing matters out of the way...
But megastar Jackson forced my hand. Today, the MEN front page, as with other media, is given over to his passing.
Precisely two weeks ago (June 12th) I pick up the MEN. Larger than life, a former acquaintance beams out at me. He went the identical same way as Jacko
My understanding is that someone can suffer a massive heart attack
and live through it with nothing more than a mild bit of discomfort which as an afterthought they check up on later with the doctor.
Yep: Fitness. It's a useful antidote to strokes, is why I keep the 12th June Manchester Evening News, as a reminder, should I get very lazy
This will be aimed at the over-35s. If you ask why 35, it's that when I was say in my early 20s the body had a most commendable robustness. Seems to me fragility set-in mid my fourth decade
I run mostly. I'll give some ins and outs there which hopefully will help, I'll say how I eat a bit, reference books and writers that I feel are brilliant etc
And I'm a healthy chap so this hopefully will be of use. And 'natural athlete' I am not.
Speak to you again soon!
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I have an indoor gym
that is now mostly a towel rack. Thats my problem, I lose interest after two months pulling up things and pushing down other things and feeling the mucles ache and thinking yes this is good for me, then collapsng onto sofa!
Same problem here! Maybe
Same problem here! Maybe it's the same for everyone.
The answer must be 'breaking it up'. It must be that no matter how brilliant and scientifically worked out! and everything the exercise is, it'll get boring.
I've got a gym ball - great for the core muscles - and I've weights... That's for the days in between running. The interest's gone out of it though so need to revive things somehow.
As for the muscles aching, the muscles/body problems I used to have, which meant I just never ever lasted more than 3 weeks, I solve like this:
I blend stuff a lot - much of my eating is blended. What a time saver. And darned healthy if you get it right. There's a woman called Susan Clark in one of her books had good things to say about ginger. I get organic ginger and cut up some and put it in with what I'm blending. And the most helpful thing I use muscles-wise is flax-seed/linseed. Flax oil would do the trick too.
If I don't use this I notice and just wouldn't be able to exercise. The flax thing was passed on to me by a couple of regular exercisers, one of them in her 70's and as fit as anything
Hope it helps. Actually the towel rack approach might revive things here. I shall give it a whirl