61 days of core starts tomorrow.

[Realfoodieclub]

7 minutes a day - what we are trying to achieve.

The exercise that have been chosen are from the NHS, so we are still using that great free resource.

7 min is not that long and there will not be a massive transformation from this but you should see and feel a little difference after the 61 days. We will be adding 42 mins of a combination of Strength and stretch exercises a week. This should help to give a us a little boost to help with our running and not be too hard to fit in. By all means if you want to double up on the days exercises please do. There will be three exercise routines that will be done twice a week. With one day off after the third day.

I will be putting up a post every night so it will be ready for you whenever you get up the next day.

During November some of our members will be posting inspirational posts to keep as going as we get into the routine of 7 mins a day. By December we should of gained the habit and hopefully we will go into 2018 with a strong commitment to Strength and stretch work.

I know there are some that might say 7 mins is not enough and you should be doing more and in all fairness I personally know I could do better but the truth of the matter is I don't and I would rather do little and often and feel like I am contributing to my core work than doing nothing at all.

Please feel free to join in and reply to the posts daily and let's all support each other. Also please feel free to join in with your own routines, if you have one that works for you and need a little support or motivation to keep going then by all means use these daily post to help you keep going.

The first post will be put up tonight.

C25k and Stregnth and flex forums

[benwill Graduate10]

Sounds like a great idea to me and something we should be able to fit into our lives.

Strength training and stretching is something I very rarely do but I know I should be doing, it might even stop my knee going wrong sometimes!

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to benwill]

Sounds great but the reality is sommat different 😁

I did one session then ran the day after. I am now dying on the sofa rueing the idea that it was a good idea

What to do ? 🙄😤

[Realfoodieclub Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

I am hoping that the exercises I have picked will compliment training plans rather than work against them. They will all be body weight exercises so you can tone them down if you find them a bit much. So if you find for example the squats are making it too sore to run the next day don't go down as far the next time. You do make a good point about not overdoing the sessions. I will write something along those lines into the posts. Thank you.

[misswobble Graduate10]

I'd gone off piste RFC. My own fault. No-one else's I could kick myself I really could

[skysue16 Graduate10]

All sounds brilliant - just what I need! Thank you very much for organising this Realfoodieclub

[Tomas Graduate10]

Sounds like a great initiative. I know I should be doing some strength exercises but I always manage to convince myself it ought to be at a different time or different day or different planet. I will try to make a habit of following the program you publish!

[mrrun Graduate10 in reply to Tomas]

I do them religiously on my rest days, from stretches to weights, squats to planks. Nothing too excessive but the results are great. My lower back issue is no more, the knees are compliant and much (much) less creaky, if creaky at all, and the muscles are toned. All that, as a mix, make running more enjoyable as there are less niggles.

AND if you play Ry Cooder on top, what could possibly be bad?

[skysue16 Graduate10 in reply to mrrun]

Wow, you are an inspiration! I wish I had your dedication and will power, what keeps you going?

[mrrun Graduate10 in reply to skysue16]

Visible results. General wellbeing. Feeling much better.

Say, you can do squats and planks at work. Doesn't take long. And if it's not bucketing down l walk 7K to work, everything helps.

For me things like self belief and discipline are important, and when you see and feel the results, why on earth should l change anything?

[skysue16 Graduate10 in reply to mrrun]

👍😀 why indeed!

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

I must, I must! join in with this. Thank you

[PamJ58 Graduate10]

Thanks for this. I am going to make a commitment to stick with it. I usually give up on things like this, although I have the best of intentions !!

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10]

Great idea. No excuses, count me in!