I have a Polar HR monitor which does do that but I find the pace really inaccurate so, yeah, hard to control effort like you say.

I went for the forerunner 45 and have found it’s definitely more accurate than my Fitbit was. I only upgraded because my sleeve kept pausing my runs on the touchscreen of my Fitbit but turns out the Fitbit was just shit at everything anyway and this watch is great.

I’ve had it 3 months and still don’t understand half the stats and buzzing though!

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well done man

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I’ve missed this place. What a lovely morning to get back in the water

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1 year of using the Fit On app :partying_face:
My set goal on fit on is 2 workouts a week

Proud of myself tbqh and so happy I’ve found something I genuinely look forward to and enjoy doing.

Feeling rubbish this week and really had to force myself to do anything this afternoon but once I got going I managed to do 3 workouts in a row :muscle:

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Instructors who count down to the end of something eg. a plank and then say ‘HOLD!!’ and make you hold it for ages

  • Evil!
  • Fun! Love it.

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Is it best to always have a rest day between strength/toning workouts or just that you need a couple of rest days a week? :thinking:

Can anyone recommend be a good starting place for pilates to work on my core and hips please? Could be online or a book or anything you think is good. I have never done anything like this before so absolute beginner.

If they’re targeting the same part of the body, then I wouldn’t do that on two successive days.

There’s not really any reason why you can’t, for example, do arms one day, then legs the next.

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Yesterday I did a butt workout followed by arms and thighs. Rest day it is then :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Def depends on whether your workouts are increasing in difficulty/length

So I’m back into boxing drills lately

To begin with I could only do one session every other day

Now though I’m doing one boxing session of 30 minutes daily plus a workout.

At some point I’ll increase my boxing to 45 mins and when that happens I’ll need to add rest days back in for a while

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Hmm, not really/yes and no. I’m certainly a lot fitter than I was a year ago and therefore capable of longer/more back to back workouts but my only goals with exercise are to take care of my mental health, be more connected with my body, increase my mobility and retain a good level of fitness (ok ok, I’ll admit I’m also trying to perk up my :peach: :joy:) I’m trying to listen to my body and not push myself too much as this last 13 months have been so tough and I go through periods of feeling very drained. It’s getting the balance right though because some days listening to my body means resting and sometimes I feel tired but once I start exercising I feel good and manage to do more than I thought I would (like yesterday when I procrasinated for an hour after getting home, almost said fuck it then ended up doing 2 medium intensity routines)

Think I’ve just got on a ramble, sorry :laughing:

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Hah no it’s not rambling I know what you mean!

I’m similarly trying to just stay healthy while secretly trying to get Good Abs :smiley:

I def wait and see how I feel each morning to judge if I need a rest day

If I’m aching anywhere I’ll rest or do a different bit of my body

And of course sometimes mental health just says a big no too

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Fwiw, as xylo says it really does depend on fitness, session duration and maximal overload.

if you’ve gone hard, or are only slowly getting back into the swing of things, then it’s prob the smartest thing from both a msk and nervous system perspective to stay away from overloading and stretching the same muscle groups to avoid injury and allow muscle recovery (repletion of glycogen, muscle fiber repair etc)

This said, I have used submaximal load (60% ish, higher rep range) and training all with proper nutrition, stretching, foam rolling, (and cold showers(!)), to do more sequential or overlap muscle group work - e.g back to back day squat/deadlift training, and it worked out ok, and is used for high level athletes competing for specific sports.

Tldr: listen to your body, assess your fitness level, take things slow and lighter, progressive strength development is far better and sustainable than relapsing cycles cos of injury!

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But also don’t listen to me, cos I dropped a 45lb weight plate on my foot this morning cos I forgot how gravity works

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Ouch! :grimacing: Hope you’re not in too much pain/the bruise heals quickly.

Thanks for the advice :weight_lifting_woman:

Btw, Go me!

I still have no visible arm muscles and cannot do a push up (there’s definitely something wrong with my right arm/shoulder but I can do other arm stuff, push ups still completely out of my reach though)

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when you say something wrong do you mean you’re in pain? or that it feels unstable/clicking/hypermobile when you try and push up?

so. this was yday. no flex! progress wise things have accelerated quickly since i started boxing. this is basically 30 days of

  • no diet change at all
  • still drinking considerable amounts of booze
  • 30 minutes of hard boxing drills a day
  • often one additional thing: slow weight work, abs routine, pushup drills

the annoying thing is that my arms have toned but gotten a little smaller, but the thing that’s making me super happy is my stomach which for the first time in its life is starting to look like it has shape to it. gonna try and keep this routine up for another month and hopefully get even better results

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Pain. For years now. If I lie down with my arm raised above my head I cry out in pain when I move my arm back down. I used to get regular sharp pains in my shoulder/collarbone area but these have stopped since I started doing pilates etc.
I think it might be an old injury - about 8 years ago I fell quite spectacularly down some stairs in an attic room, crashing through the door and into the wall on the landing below. A few days later when my shoulder still hurt I went to the non-emergency hospital and was seen by a doctor who gave it a feel and said it was fine. Not done anything about it since :grimacing: