Anyone here tried this new thing called "jogging" ?

beano.79 said:

GlowGirl said:

beano.79 said:

4 miles after work. Sometimes you just have to stop and take it in a while.

Beautiful. Your view was much nicer than my treadmill view today. Is it cold where you are. I felt like I could have handled the temperature outside. However, the sidewalks are still icy in spots, so I need to wait until it all melts.

It was around -2°c at about 5pm here. Were having bit of a cold snap at the moment, we rarely have consistent weather here in England. Tonight will get to -8°c, which where I live is pretty cold and rare. We have had so much rain this winter, lots of miserable weather and flooding.

F Me In The Brain said:

Up to 15 minutes running, 15 walking, alternating each minute.  Ankle/foot feels fine, swelling is minor and expected.  Cardio needs improvement, but it was really tough to not keep going when the clock hit 30 minutes.  Wanted to put 10 in a row up, at pace.

Think I am w/in a few weeks of being let off the chain.  (Hoping so...)

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Up to 15 minutes running, 15 walking, alternating each minute.  Ankle/foot feels fine, swelling is minor and expected.  Cardio needs improvement, but it was really tough to not keep going when the clock hit 30 minutes.  Wanted to put 10 in a row up, at pace.

Think I am w/in a few weeks of being let off the chain.  (Hoping so...)

Great. That is quite an improvement in a short period of time. Your cardio will come back. I also hope you are back to running soon. At this rate, it should be warm enough for you to run outside.

And totally unrelated to running, but still about fitness - I took a yoga class yesterday for the first time in a few months. I have had a very regular weekly yoga practice for over 10 years. Since the studio is closed, my teacher holds live classes on Zoom. It was hard for me to get into them since my apartment space is fairly small, my cat is overly attracted to my yoga mat and gets in my way, and I don't feel like I have enough room to do a headstand without hitting a piece of furniture if I were to fall forward (which happens once in a while). So, I stopped taking the zoom classes and focused more on running and weight training at the gym. Yesterday, I decided to take a yoga class again. I realized how much I missed yoga. But what surprised me most was how sore I was this morning. I don't think I have been sore from yoga in 8 years or so. It made me realize that it must be targeting muscles that I am missing during weight training - so the lesson is - mix it up a bit. I think I will continue to do Zoom yoga at least once a week. I can't wait until the yoga studio gets to reopen.

F Me In The Brain said:

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Up to 15 minutes running, 15 walking, alternating each minute.  Ankle/foot feels fine, swelling is minor and expected.  Cardio needs improvement, but it was really tough to not keep going when the clock hit 30 minutes.  Wanted to put 10 in a row up, at pace.

Think I am w/in a few weeks of being let off the chain.  (Hoping so...)

Great. That is quite an improvement in a short period of time. Your cardio will come back. I also hope you are back to running soon. At this rate, it should be warm enough for you to run outside.

And totally unrelated to running, but still about fitness - I took a yoga class yesterday for the first time in a few months. I have had a very regular weekly yoga practice for over 10 years. Since the studio is closed, my teacher holds live classes on Zoom. It was hard for me to get into them since my apartment space is fairly small, my cat is overly attracted to my yoga mat and gets in my way, and I don't feel like I have enough room to do a headstand without hitting a piece of furniture if I were to fall forward (which happens once in a while). So, I stopped taking the zoom classes and focused more on running and weight training at the gym. Yesterday, I decided to take a yoga class again. I realized how much I missed yoga. But what surprised me most was how sore I was this morning. I don't think I have been sore from yoga in 8 years or so. It made me realize that it must be targeting muscles that I am missing during weight training - so the lesson is - mix it up a bit. I think I will continue to do Zoom yoga at least once a week. I can't wait until the yoga studio gets to reopen.

Hope so (warm up outside soon) - but I would settle for a heavy session on the dreadmill, although I am sure I will start bitching about it soon thereafter!

Awesome that you got a yoga session in.  One of my best friends was very into it - guessing he is the same way since pandemic.  Had not seen him for months when we met up at his bachelor party in the bayou and I remember asking him what his workout was since he was clearly very fit.  He shared he was fully into yoga as his way of getting into great shape for the wedding pictures, etc...said it whopped him in a way that his regular surfing sessions even didn't work him over.

I tinkered with the idea but did not go there.  Perhaps at some point.  My flexibility is horrible and I'm sure that once I got into it there would be great rewards for how things feel.  Main drawback is needing to go somewhere to learn/practice yoga. 

Hopefully your studio will reopen soon. 

Do you do the crazy hot yoga?

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Up to 15 minutes running, 15 walking, alternating each minute.  Ankle/foot feels fine, swelling is minor and expected.  Cardio needs improvement, but it was really tough to not keep going when the clock hit 30 minutes.  Wanted to put 10 in a row up, at pace.

Think I am w/in a few weeks of being let off the chain.  (Hoping so...)

Great. That is quite an improvement in a short period of time. Your cardio will come back. I also hope you are back to running soon. At this rate, it should be warm enough for you to run outside.

And totally unrelated to running, but still about fitness - I took a yoga class yesterday for the first time in a few months. I have had a very regular weekly yoga practice for over 10 years. Since the studio is closed, my teacher holds live classes on Zoom. It was hard for me to get into them since my apartment space is fairly small, my cat is overly attracted to my yoga mat and gets in my way, and I don't feel like I have enough room to do a headstand without hitting a piece of furniture if I were to fall forward (which happens once in a while). So, I stopped taking the zoom classes and focused more on running and weight training at the gym. Yesterday, I decided to take a yoga class again. I realized how much I missed yoga. But what surprised me most was how sore I was this morning. I don't think I have been sore from yoga in 8 years or so. It made me realize that it must be targeting muscles that I am missing during weight training - so the lesson is - mix it up a bit. I think I will continue to do Zoom yoga at least once a week. I can't wait until the yoga studio gets to reopen.

Running on the treadmill is better than no running at all. So, try to enjoy it when you get the chance.

I wasn't very flexible when I first started yoga. I could barely touch my toes. Now I can touch the floor. Just like running, you make progress as you go along. It took me almost a year to be able to do a decent forearm stand. If you get a chance, you should try it sometime. Maybe wait until yoga studios open so you can take a beginner class and get some hands on feedback on your form, etc. You may like it.

I don't do hot yoga. I think it would make me feel sick. I do Vinyasa yoga - which is basically a flow yoga. Finally being able to do this was the most awesome:

F Me In The Brain said:

No theme intended....just rocking music and some Peaches.

Awesome work!  Buckle Up would put me to sleep while running.  It puts me asleep while sleeping. 
I do have the first three songs on various run lists - SuperbloodDumbLyrics is my favorite to run to from this record.