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WeeSpeck wrote:Hi vgpedlr,
Every time I read your posts, I feel inspired to get out in the gym and exercise. I really love your routine and your enthusiasm is infectious. How long are your exercise sessions?
I exercise six days a week after a 9.5 hour work day. My workout session lasts about 1 to 1.5 hours. When I am done, I advance to the kitchen and cook a compliant meal from whole foods that will feed me and my husband that night and lunch the next day.
Some days, I just want to say screw it. I want to be able to come home like a "normal" person and sit on the couch with a drink, turn on the game, call in a food delivery and roll into bed at the end of the night.
Additionally, I am continuing with my running. I am increasing the speed and length of my runs, so slowly though it is barely noticeable. Each week, I run one minute longer at the same speed, pushing out the walking break a little bit further. When I can sustain that for 30 minutes straight, I will increase the speed by a minute, and so on. My ultimate goal at this time is to run a 5K in 30 minutes. That is a lofty accomplishment for me and I may not reach it in my lifetime, but I know it can be attained.
I need to remind myself of the principles of Easy Strength. I don’t have to kill myself to attain results. I need to leave some gas in the tank so that I want to come back out the next day and do it all again.
ImHere wrote:HI Vegpdlr,
Thank you so much for posting re: easy strength. Your repost came right after my son signed us up for a month at the indoor rock climbing gym. As much as I enjoyed the rock climbing it was apparent that I would need a lot of additional strength in order to continue. I also followed your interactions with WeeSpeck with interest as I too am a 57 year old female with a desk job. (WeeSpeck, great job on the Spartan Run)
After reading about Easy Strength, I read some of Dan John's works. His book, Can You Go, led me to Brett Turley's book, The Minimalism Effect. Goggling the exercises in his book lead me to the StrongFirst, Inc. web site, which is a wealth of information.
After a few times attempting to start an easy strength routine, I realized I needed to take a step back and do some Rehab work before adding weights.
So to start off I am doing Indian Clubs to help with shoulder issues, these have the added benefits of increasing grip and forearm strength. I will also be doing exercises for ankle dorsiflexion as my flexibility is very poor. I am also following the progression on StrongFirst for doing my first tactical pull-up. I am taking a class next weekend on how to properly use foam rollers etc. to help facilitate my flexibility. I am also continuing to go rock climbing once or twice a week. I can do a little bit more each week even without a strength building routine in place.
My plan is to have a "Functional Movement Screening" within the next month or so and follow the exercise recommendations to correct my movement issues.
For me 2018 will be the year of getting my body moving properly, after that I can revisit the Easy Strength ideas.
Thanks
Sharon
The strength is simple kettlebell and bodyweight program to accumulate 5,000 swings. Ten sets of ten or more swings. In between each set of swings: a push-up, a goblet squat, and a row. Learning the Turkish Get-up. It's a mash up of the DMPM, Simple and Sinister, and the 10,000 swing Challenge. Staying clear of the gym while the New Year's Resolvers fill it up.
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