Nostr

GM Nostr, I had a bit of a rude awakening yesterday about the state of my physical fitness. I'm not skinny for me, but I'm not fat, either, so I sort of assumed that the general around the house chores, plus push and pull ups were keeping me in reasonably good shape.

I took my kids to a ropes course, the first time the youngest has been tall enough to do the adult version. Well, it's broken down into 5 sections, and while I didn't really have any difficulty doing it, my quads were already burning by the end of section 1. By section 5, I was having trouble keeping up the pace, and the kids would get a few obstacles ahead of me and wait for me.

Anyway, we finished, and this morning I'm still sore. So aside from getting the kids to school and work, I'm going to start planning a physical fitness routine so old dad can keep up with the kids better. Plus I have a big hiking trip in August, which I knew I'd need to train for.

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Brunswick 2y ago

Add squats and lunges to your routine if you can

Peter K 2y ago

Yep, that's the plan. May even put together the squat rack that's been in pieces collecting dust since I moved. Not sure the unairconditioned, uninsulated garage is a good place to work out, though.

In thinking about it more, I think it's having to duck under waist-high wires (and sometimes having to lean back while doing it, because of the straps attaching me to some of those wires) that did it. I probably did it at least 100 times. No way I could do 100 bodyweight squats without similar burning.

Brunswick 2y ago

I don't believe in going straight to machines and weights. 80% of fitness can be accomplished with bodyweight. Also, resistance bands are much safer and builds muscle much faster ala https://www.jaquishbiomedical.com/x3-bar/