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and def a big fan of adding a band to help you focus on full range of movement and get those extra reps in.
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@nta you can use the bigger bands for pull ups, which can assist with technique because you are not struggling as much.
I've never been good at pulls ups, but a couple of yeaRS BACK BOUGHT A PULL UP rack, and did them every day until I could bang out 10.
Since I hurt my shoulder I havent been doing them as much and have used the resistance bands to assist though.
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@MN5 I reckon the band makes you do more - so the pain is worse! turns those half ass reps into practicing the full range, and as long as you mix in unassisted stuff as well.
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@mn5 said in Back for more!:
Bands.....aren't they for weak people?
is that like how Pilates is for girls?
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@taniwharugby said in Back for more!:
@mn5 said in Back for more!:
Bands.....aren't they for weak people?
is that like how Pilates is for girls?
Don't assume. It's for strong flexible people of any of the 59 genders in the world at the moment.
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Right. Think I've had enough of this fatigue shit. This cholesterol drug has to go!
Been 46 days since the first blood test, 33 days since medication started, and 40 days since I started getting active and watching the eating again. I should fucking kill it. And if I don't, maybe I'll just ask for a lower dose because not being able to sleep properly, and the mental fog I walk through some days, is shithouse.
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@nta said in Back for more!:
@taniwharugby never really considered that - not even being able to complete 20 pushups with decent form is probably a better starting point.
You'd be amazed at how quickly pushups accumulates into repetitive numbers. Consistently not to failure and all of a sudden you realise you can do heaps bro!
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@antipodean So you reckon if I consistently do 10 with good form for a week, I can start racking up higher numbers?
Think I remember the 100 pushup challenge being something like that, but my lower back / core started to let me down.
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A wee while ago (a few decades) I was doing 20 pushups a time as (group) punishment during the day, after a few weeks I could do a hundy no probs because during each day I was doing more.
At our age if you did 10 an hour you'd be doing at least 100 during a normal work day.
At a guess that sort of volume would make a massive difference to a max effort each week.
If it's a core issue, do 10 push-ups and then 10 sit-ups.
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@antipodean my night time stretches includes 40 push ups.
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So tired this morning I didn't go for a run. Back to the doc, want another set of bloods to see if anything is having an effect on cholesterol. We'll see what that brings.
While fart-arsing around this evening did 10 x 10 second chinups and 5 x 10 pushups in the course of an hour. See if I can build that base of upper-body and core strength alongside the running and Pilates.
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Been a shit week so far - various family events and sicknesses, and my sleep has been up and down a bit.
Monday morning I got up and did NOT feel like running, but stumbled out there 20 minutes behind schedule, cracked off a 5 minute km , then walked 2km home.
Mood has been low due in part to ongoing bullshit with the wife's family resulting in a lack of her attention; she spends most evenings catching up on work, and fuck knows I'm not going to tell her she's doing the wrong thing when Le Baron is about to land.
Had a BAD eating day yesterday - multiple sugary things and chocolate as I staggered through the haze of boredom known as "work"
Last night I smashed a cup of "Sleep" blend tea, threw down 2 magnesium tablets, and actually managed to sleep through until 5AM. Dozed until 6, got up, and pushed out 5km in 30:45 which was quite good.
Back to the doc today - blood test results are good in terms of LDL in particular, which brought down the overall cholesterol reading to something normal. You would say, on balance, that the statins are working.
The doc suggested I start taking them at night instead of in the morning (as the chemist said) so will give that a go when I'm back from the snow Sunday. Last thing I need when driving the alps is lack of sleep.
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Official results from the first blood test in mid-June until now:
Total Cholesterol dropped from 6.6 to 3.4 (recommended < 5.6)
HDL dropped from 1.3 to 1.2 (> 1.0)
LDL dropped from 5.0 to 1.9 (< 2.5 but < 2.0 for CV risk patients)
Non-HDL dropped from 5.3 to 2.2 (< 3.9 but < 2.5 for CV risk patients)All general chem markers still within range, and glucose is back within normal limits.
