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Non run day workouts πŸ’ͺ

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I thought some might like to comment?

Let us know how yours look.. get some new ideas to mix things up πŸ’ͺ

Mine are 3 times a week..

I speedwalk 30mins on treadmill with a 3 min warm up and 3min cool down..I wear weighted gloves during it and on the last 10mins do ten min punch out intervals 60 sec punching and 45sec break.

Then I move on to my weights starting with my lighter ones working my way through to the 5Kg with assorted lifts

Squats two sets of 30

Sit ups 3sets of 40

Then I repeat the weight routine

The squats and the sit ups

This routine is 1hr and ten mins πŸ’ͺ

Thanks in advance for comment's would be great to see what you all do πŸ’ͺπŸ₯‡

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Instructor57 profile image
Instructor57Graduate10

I eat cake 🀣 ..... I have been known to do the occasional walk or bike ride or a little bit of kettle bell training 😁

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toInstructor57

🀣 I also eat cake 🍰

CBDB profile image
CBDBGraduate10

I’m doing a lot of Pilates at the moment, and otherwise Yoga and rowing.

Just in case it is of interest, we do have a sister forum Strength and Flexibility which has a growing collection of cross training workouts healthunlocked.com/strength...

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toCBDB

I've never tried Pilates, like some yoga.. Sounds like you really mix up your routine πŸ’ͺ

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Fantastic program you have there. 2 days a week I chase toddler hugs around the garden. He accounts for my weight lifting too coming in at 12kg. I like to walk and cycle on non run days and like Instructor57 eating cake is essential. Happy running πŸ€—

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

Toddler hugs got to be the best workout πŸ₯°

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GrannyhugsGraduate10β€’ in reply tosparky66

Absolutely, it is so wonderful to be a fit and active granny, actually, I’m probably fitter and more active as a granny than I was as a new mother all those years ago πŸ™†πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

I had my first granddaughter last year and she's my motivation πŸ€—

Grannyhugs profile image
GrannyhugsGraduate10β€’ in reply tosparky66

Best motivation around πŸ€— comes with free hugs and kisses

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Kat332zzGraduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

I do the toddler running too, also I’m increasing my weight training as new baby is slowly putting on weight! Cake, yes always, though I prefer chocolate biscuits if given a choice. Best thing about being a granny, they go home at night and I can get a good nights restorative sleep!

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GrannyhugsGraduate10β€’ in reply toKat332zz

I agree with all that except if push comes to shove I’ll just take the chocolate and someone else can get the biscuit 🀣

Today is my weight training. I start with 20 press ups, followed by 35 sit ups, followed by 2x5k dumbbells, then by 2x10k dumbbells, followed by 20x barbell and sometimes 30k barbell exercises. I end with a 5 minute cool down with no weights. On other days I may just run up the stairs and do a few stair squats. I walk 2 miles around a lake every day, including running days and occasionally I cycle, I have a racing bike.

sparky66 profile image
sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Strong workout Dave! πŸ’ͺ

skysue16 profile image
skysue16Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Wow, sounds amazing!

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It’s growing old disgracefully. πŸ™‚

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Mormor1Graduate10

Hmmm, tricky one.....not! I'm part of the cake eating club, also wine and chocolate...... Other than that I play quite alot of tennis.

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toMormor1

Tennis 🎾 sounds great fun..hard workout πŸ’ͺ

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FrencGraduate1060minGraduate

Gym for me, it was shoulders and calves this morning. I do different body parts 4 - 5 times a week, and I love how it makes everything stronger πŸ’ͺ🏽, although never legs before a long run day! I foam roll and walk a lot too. Well done on your workout πŸ‹οΈβ€β™€οΈ! 😊😊😊

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toFrenc

O stopped the gym after lockdown Frenc, but I miss the machines πŸ’ͺStronger.. faster.. fitter πŸ’ͺπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Ian5KGraduate10

Excellent!

Mine is 15 mins each morning (apart from the mornings of my weekly long run). Firstly,

40 squats

40 press ups

Then any four from these, just using a resistance band,

15 single leg balance dead lifts, each leg

15 single leg standing 180Β° hip twists, each side

20 clam shells, each side

20 single leg back arches, each leg

30 lateral strides, each side

I’ve discovered a kettle bell which one of our daughters must have left behind when fleeing the nest, still in its box! I’ll have to work out how to use it one of these days. I’m also quite taken by a qigong channel on youtube - it looks so graceful but I suspect much harder than it looks.

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toIan5K

You've got a lot going on there Ian! Sounds a good allover workout πŸ’ͺ

Cmoi profile image
CmoiGraduate10

Honestly? Nothing. I've got quite enough on my plate with work and life and maratrail training as it is, and I hate the idea of exercise machines and all that, even if I had time.

Frizzbomb67 profile image
Frizzbomb67Graduate10

I run twice a week, do a Pilates class one evening a week (which I love πŸ’“) and do an upper body weights workout on Saturday morning. I do the workout because I’m very conscious that my running tones the bottom half and my upper body remains flabby. I didn’t want to end up looking like a big triangle πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. It’s also something I can do with my hubby. It consists of:

4 x 15 pushups

4 x 15 sit ups

4 x 14 bicep curls with 10kg weights

And some arm / pec exercises with a stretchy band

It was longer but we keep cutting bits out πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Then I eat cake 🍰😊

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toFrizzbomb67

Brilliant, that's a good balance πŸ’ͺOf course Cake 🍰 πŸ˜†

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

My non run days usually involve a beach dog walk and some physio prescribed exercises. I have forgotten the names of some of them! It is a mixture of strength and stretch exercises, with particular attention on my knees. I have added in some calf/ achilles stuff (raises and eccentric heel dips). I am now back to my swimming group too, which helps to loosen things up. We are on holiday now. I am still running regularly and every day includes a long walk which has plenty of ups and downs........we are sleeping very well! A dilemma today; it is pouring down. Should be a quiet day in with a book, but Garmin tells me I am on an 8 day goal streak! No rush to make a decision πŸ™‚

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toBeachcomber66

Ooh a beach walk every day sounds bliss 🐾🐢And I love swimming but my nearest pool involves a bus journey so don't go very often..

Great workout routine πŸ’ͺπŸ™‚

Kat332zz profile image
Kat332zzGraduate10

I’m feeling very lazy after reading all these. I’m so not good at doing any weights/cross training, intermittent at best. I do do some lunges while cleaning my teeth at night, so 2 mins a day. Must set up a proper routine and maybe invest in some weights and resistance bands, my two 1kg hand weights don’t really cover much!

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toKat332zz

Even a walk on non run days helps.. I like to have the radio on in the kitchen while cooking.. a dance or stretch then is fun x

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10

I feel exhausted just reading these routines. The cake thing is pretty consistent though and sounds achievable so might be worth trying...

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toYesletsgo

πŸ˜‚β˜•πŸ°

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skysue16Graduate10β€’ in reply toYesletsgo

I too feel worn out!! (and guilty that I do very little cross training!) But I manage the cake eating work out just fine πŸ˜„πŸ§ πŸ°πŸ‘

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KnittingrunnerGraduate10

Non run days is a 30 minute walk minimum plus a Fiton strength session. I have a few choices there and maybe once a week I do a online yoga session plus daily physio exercises for my dodgy knee. Hubby says it’s β€˜bulked’ me up! When I suggested that was the wrong word he suggested toned! πŸ˜‚. I’ll take that. 😊

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toKnittingrunner

Fiton strength session I will need to Google 😏You have a great routine there πŸ’ͺ

Nice compliment from hubby πŸ˜‚

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KnittingrunnerGraduate10β€’ in reply tosparky66

Fiton is available as a free app for a while but because I do Weight Watchers I get a lot of them free. 😊

Dups profile image
DupsGraduate10

Wow! I wish I could fit all that in. You must be super fit. Shift work doesn’t allow me to get any extra exercise in. Maybe I’m making excuses πŸ˜‚

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sparky66Graduate10β€’ in reply toDups

I don't know about super fit πŸ˜‚I have too much time on my hands, cant work due to my cancer, so I'm lucky my time is my own πŸ™

You can always fit a little stretch in here and there πŸ˜‰

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