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Magic Plan week 3 completed plus shout out for Strength & Flex

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Week 3 of Magic Plan timed version finished today. Tuesday 15 minutes fartlek, Friday 30 minutes circuit of park, this morning 44 minutes on longer scenic route. 2 dried figs at the end as reward/energy.

Also finished week 5 of NHS Strength & Flex on Saturday. I feel like a new woman, stronger everywhere but with 2 particular breakthrough achievements.

As a child a car accident left one knee stiff and hard to bend and one arm smashed to pieces and 4 inches shorter than the other. Luckily my dad refused the recommended amputation saying he felt sure I would rather have it there for appearance even if it wasn’t much use.

Anyway now the weak knee is bending as much as the other one. And I casually mentioned to my son as I headed out the door last week that I was having problems with the Bench Dips because of the different arm lengths. 10 minutes later I was in the park with one of his S shaped push up bars which worked brilliantly just as if I had a 4 inch prosthetic extension on my arm. So I am now applying equal pressure to both arms and the bad arm is stronger than it’s ever been. The bar also helped with the correct posture on all the other exercises including hooking it over the railing for the pullups.

Thoroughly recommend the Strength & Flex podcasts to anyone who hasn’t tried them yet.

Happy running everyone 🏃🏽‍♀‍ 😀

EDITED TO ADD LINK TO THE PODCASTS:

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/s...

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KatnapGraduate10

Wow! Great result Ping-pong 😀👍

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toKatnap

Thank you, very pleased 😀

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LizcanrunGraduate10

This is all great.! Really pleased for you. Where are the podcasts?

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toLizcanrun

Thanks! The link was in the original information over on C25K hub in Iannoda Truffe's very detailed FAQ post - nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/s... . There are also video clips showing the right and wrong ways to do them.

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LizcanrunGraduate10 in reply toPing-pong

Thanks 😀

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply to

Thank you so much 😀

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JnubsterGraduate10

That’s fab!! I need to strengthen my knees and attempt some toning too! Thanks 😊

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toJnubster

Thanks! I downloaded those podcasts 18 months ago and FINALLY started them 5 weeks ago now I feel positively evangelical about them. I go to the same park where I do my runs so it's very enjoyable with the sunlight, the green trees and the squirrels.

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LiflufGraduate10

Well done Ping-pong. You're progressing really well. It's good to hear that you've improved your flexibility too. I'm sure my arthritis is better now I'm running. It's a but tough when I set off but definitely improves as I run.

How great too to find a way to resolve the long term effects of your arm injury. I think your son needs a gold star too.

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toLifluf

Thank you. My son definitely does! Hope you continue to improve your arthritis too 😊

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Sparkey500060minGraduate

Great achievement and love your attitude of nothing is stoping me! Off to look up those podcasts....where do I find them? Ops seen they have been referenced above!!

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toSparkey5000

Thanks. Good luck with them. I've just tried to insert the link into my main post above but it wasn't working. Will try again later 😊

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Ping-pong60minGraduate in reply toPing-pong

Aha, the link is now there too.

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mgrds

great stuff ping-pong ! Keep it up. You inspire us all.

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