Ladies Who Lift...
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Aug 2023
10:36am, 3 Aug 2023
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GimmeMedals
I've never been able to do the splits. I'm following your progress with interest, Iron_Mum! I like being strong. I like the way my legs look for the first time in my life, now I can see muscle definition. Yesterday, I discovered that if I angle my leg *just so*, I can see both heads of the gastrocnemius muscle  It's fascinating.
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Aug 2023
10:53am, 3 Aug 2023
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Jaks
I am so inflexible I can’t even sit cross legged (this is a work in progress).
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Aug 2023
10:55am, 3 Aug 2023
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EvilPixie
I can't sit cross legged or sit on my heels without my knees hurting and feeling stretched! I used to be able to do splits as a kid as I did gymnastics (as well as ride horses) I love the idea of yoga and want to do more but it's like strength work - I'd rather run! Maybe when I go PT or retire I will do more as I will have the time |
Aug 2023
10:57am, 3 Aug 2023
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Sharkie
I hated my legs until I started sprinting. Perhaps 'hate' too strong a word barring in my teens and twenties, functional sure but aesthetically speaking I didn't like them much. I now love the definition on my calves- gastric and soleus make such elegant shapes. |
Aug 2023
1:15pm, 3 Aug 2023
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cathrobinson
I really like feeling strong too and suspect my body looks better than it would do if I didn’t lift weights. I need to remind myself of this when I look at the flabby bits - I still look better than I did in my 30s…
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Aug 2023
1:29pm, 3 Aug 2023
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Ness
I think that I'm in better shape and fitter now than when I was in my 30s. Definitely since I started doing the weight training. That was in 2011, I think.
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Aug 2023
1:41pm, 3 Aug 2023
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Velociraptor
I'm unlikely to be fitter in absolute terms at 59 than I was in my 30s, irrespective of my lifestyle, but I'm probably fitter relative to other people of my own age now.
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Aug 2023
1:43pm, 3 Aug 2023
45,297 posts
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EvilPixie
I was very fit and strong as a kid riding horses 2-5hrs a day, yard work, chucking 25kg bags of food on my shoulders to carry around without holding them, full bucket of water in each hand or a bale of hay in each hand didn't think anything of it then I started work and it all slowly went downhill from then. For 11-12 years I didn't really exercise at all then I started running I have a lot of work to do to get near my old self but I am slowly getting there |
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Aug 2023
1:44pm, 3 Aug 2023
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Sharkie
At 70 I agree with Vrap. Perhaps a few areas I’d score a little more highly but on the whole I’m just preserving what’s left
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Aug 2023
1:47pm, 3 Aug 2023
45,298 posts
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EvilPixie
and that's where I want to be as I age ladies
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