Today's Workout Thread

[MickR]

I have been quite enjoying the countryside in England, but mainly from the car as we are always off to somewhere, we were intending to go to stonehenge on Saturday, but the weather was atrocious, we also found out that it was winter solstice so it would have been pretty cool to have been there then, but all the "Druids" and a guy who calls himself King Arthur pendragon would have been blocking the roads up nearby I would imagine.
It doesn't look like we will get back to stonehenge but we will go to see the westbury white horse or something similar before we leave.
Mick is going to be jealous and cross now.

Anyway with regards to exercise, I am definitely going to need to do some when I get back to australia, christmas seems to be consisting of cakes and chocolate etc already, and it's not even christmas yet.

Don't mind me Ed, I get jealous when I hear that some people can afford a holiday interstate, let alone an international one. My holidays come when I get to go to work on the farm and get time away from the kids.


Mick

[carlmaloschneider]

I have been quite enjoying the countryside in England, but mainly from the car as we are always off to somewhere, we were intending to go to stonehenge on Saturday, but the weather was atrocious, we also found out that it was winter solstice so it would have been pretty cool to have been there then, but all the "Druids" and a guy who calls himself King Arthur pendragon would have been blocking the roads up nearby I would imagine.
It doesn't look like we will get back to stonehenge but we will go to see the westbury white horse or something similar before we leave.
Mick is going to be jealous and cross now.

Anyway with regards to exercise, I am definitely going to need to do some when I get back to australia, christmas seems to be consisting of cakes and chocolate etc already, and it's not even christmas yet.

I reckon there'd be some good walking around where you are; are you allowed to walk around that White Horse thingy?

[MickR]

I reckon there'd be some good walking around where you are; are you allowed to walk around that White Horse thingy?

Probably. After all they build carparks on top of the grave sites of medieaval kings and build roads that run right alongside ancient standing stones (Though they did build a fence around Stonehenge afterwards to keep the tourists out. And they didn't really know old king whatever his name was, Dick the 3rd I think it was, was buried right there where they were building a carpark either. ).


Mick

[carlmaloschneider]

Probably. After all they build carparks on top of the grave sites of medieaval kings and build roads that run right alongside ancient standing stones (Though they did build a fence around Stonehenge afterwards to keep the tourists out. And they didn't really know old king whatever his name was, Dick the 3rd I think it was, was buried right there where they were building a carpark either. ).


Mick

I wonder if those boulders at Stonehenge are climbable???

[MickR]

I wonder if those boulders at Stonehenge are climbable???

Well I reckon you'd have to climb the fence first, but that shouldn't be a big problem...I'll come with ya, and we'll go see for ourselves if it's do-able. I'll be the cockatoo. You'll have to do the boulder bit. I would if I could though.


Mick

[edhewitt]

I reckon there'd be some good walking around where you are; are you allowed to walk around that White Horse thingy?

As far as I know, you always used to be able to, we might go to Avebury instead, you can walk round there too.

[souschefdude]

Did some indoor climbing today with the daughter, great upperbody workout.

[broger]

Here recently whilst running, I have been getting pains in my right foot arch. Specifically, the pain is inwards and on the heel side of my arch apex. The pain really sets in a couple of hours after running and then no excess foot stresses for a couple of days before the pain subsides. I can rest a week, run just 1.5mi, and the pain still comes back. I have been making sure to stretch properly and this does not occur whatsoever for my left foot.

Could I have perhaps torn something? I'm hoping that it is just a "stretching" related thing. I don't want to go to the doctor as an MRI bill is not something I need at the moment.

[DCB2]

Try stretching your calf and Achilles tendon. I stand on steps with my heel hanging over, and stretch for a 60 count with knees straight, then knees bent. Try two sets several times a day.

[carlmaloschneider]

Well, yesterday I did some outdoor bouldering at The Pad and then went to the beach with my two sons. Today I hit the gym and did a workout (bench presses, incline dumb bell presses, lat pull downs, smith machine close grip bench presses, wide grip chinups, close grip chinups, leg presses, dips and cable crunches) and then afterwards went to the swimming pool with the younger son.

Yesterday I climbed on an empty stomach and afterwards had only one can of sardines and 1/2 a packet of nuts; that was all I ate all day. Today's workout was fueled by only a banana, and since I hadn't eaten hardly anything the day before I did feel a little light headed. After the workout I had a can of sardines (I eat a lot of sardines) and then four scrambled eggs (lots of butter) and the other 1/2 of the packet of nuts.