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Nov 2024
7:47pm, 2 Nov 2024
24,964 posts
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geordiegirl
You might have persuaded me to buy one!
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Nov 2024
8:11am, 3 Nov 2024
1,165 posts
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Non-runner
Saw this quote recently, more about getting older healthily than runner-specific but I thought a good overall strategy:
STOP worrying about the NUMBER on the SCALE.
Worry about the numbers that matter:
Waistline < 34" women, < 36" men
Walking 10K steps a day
Lifting weights 2 - 4 x a week
Eating healthy 90% of the time
Body fat < 30% women, < 20% men
Body composition > body weight
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Nov 2024
9:06am, 3 Nov 2024
3,842 posts
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RevBarbaraG
Very true, non-runner.
I’ve got another 2.5” to get off my waist - or another 3 if you use the criterion that your waist should be less than half your height. And my body fat is in the high 30’s.
The challenge with both of those is that they change relatively slowly. The scale gives quicker feedback, but I do know it’s not what really matters.
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Nov 2024
8:46am, 6 Nov 2024
3,843 posts
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RevBarbaraG
A second little plod in my new running shoes this morning, just over 2 miles. Apart from pausing for road crossing, and walking across the level crossing, I ran the whole way from warm up to cool down.
I’m also keeping up with the 100 squats a day challenge for November, so far. And I somehow managed to find myself joining a 10 day plank challenge, 2 minutes per day, started Monday. On Monday, I managed it with a lot of huffing and puffing. Yesterday I did it after Pilates, and crumbled after about 1:20, but got back up. Today I did it after my run, and just made it.
I am hoping that at the end of this a 2 minute plank will be fairly routine. And that I won’t suffer from DOMS after Functional Fitness any more. Last Saturday’s class involved 70 squats (I was counting, for the challenge) and yesterday’s Pilates 45.
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Nov 2024
8:47am, 6 Nov 2024
3,844 posts
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RevBarbaraG
Oh, and that being the queen of squats, I will retain independence into old age. That’s the purpose of doing squats - leg strength.
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Nov 2024
9:37am, 6 Nov 2024
4,747 posts
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Shades
RevB - you're making great progress fitness wise too. Agree about the squats, they are really effective.
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Nov 2024
10:34am, 6 Nov 2024
3,845 posts
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RevBarbaraG
I hate squats. But not as much as I hate lunges. Once I’m on point with squats, I will challenge myself with lunges.
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Nov 2024
10:39am, 6 Nov 2024
4,750 posts
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Shades
I'm rubbish at lunges as I don't have full flexibility in one forefoot. I'm better at side lunges.
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Nov 2024
10:22pm, 6 Nov 2024
3,846 posts
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RevBarbaraG
I struggle with lunges for several reasons. They expose my dodgy knee more than squats. But also they challenge my balance more. Though that is getting better as I lose weight.
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Nov 2024
7:44am, 7 Nov 2024
1,167 posts
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Non-runner
My knees won’t really take either anymore, but lunges were always a problem for me, I ended up doing a kind of fixed split squat with small dumbbells for balance.
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Inbetweenies - not skinny, not fat, need to lose around a stone ...
Feb 2025