The May Challenge

[UnfitNoMore]

May Challenge

I hope everyone enjoyed their challenges in April or of course looking forward to joining us for the May one.

This is not competitive and we shouldn’t be looking to do too much too soon. Gentle progression on what you already do, or starting small and adding to it are the way to go. It’s also worth taking a break from this philosophy to maintain your current level from time to time.

healthunlocked.com/strength...

This could be time to work towards your personal markers. I’m still working towards my first after being a little over ambitions last month. I’m ready now though.

It will be the sort of challenge everybody can get behind, we are great believers in inclusivity when it comes to our fitness so you will be able to make it fit with yourself.

We are thinking along the lines of 150 mins (or working up to if you need ) a week raising the heart rate a bit.

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/

And two sessions of Strength work.

The (working up to) 150 mins can be anything that makes YOU a little breathless and feel worked, for some that could be a run, a cycle, a swim a Zumba class, that sort of idea.

For others it could be working up to a 5 Min Walk for 5 days with the thought to building that up every week. Or it could be working to incorporate these sitting exercises in to your week

Here are few webpages from the NHS for any one who is struggling to decide what to do. The first section is for those beginning their fitness journey.

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

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

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

This section is some general ideas

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

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

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

For those already further on in their journey

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

Some safety messages for all abilities

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

[Maddee_6333]

I was really prepared for upping my game this month and - you know - actually doing something 3 tines a week, I’d downloaded the Nike training thing and everything.

But I’ve woken up this morning with a bad back ! If I can get on the floor, later on, with any likelihood of getting up after, I’ll do some flex work.

So not how I wanted to start the month 😒

[UnfitNoMore in reply to Maddee_6333]

Take care of that back... better to lose a couple of days than to make it worse and lose more. NTC is pretty good at letting you recover though, even on a plan you can change how many days a week you want to do.

[GoogleMe Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

Yoga! There are some good lower back pain sessions online - it is how I found my way to yoga in the first place.

[Maddee_6333 in reply to GoogleMe]

Now my husband’s home to help me up again I might risk it.

[Realfoodieclub]

Wise words UnfitNoMore . We all need to look after ourselves too.

May for me is

HM prep.

HM recovery.

Basically that is it. Two weeks on Sunday until my HM then steady away after wards as I give myself enough time to heal. Lots of stretching gentle walks and low distance running with a couple of swims.

I think I want to stretch my hamstrings at least every other day before my HM. I do want to do some more strength work on the hamstrings before for the next week.

Good luck everyone

Rfc x

[UnfitNoMore in reply to Realfoodieclub]

Well, a lot of those words were yours 😂

I shall watch with interest about this recovery phase... I’ve done a lot of reading about how to get to a distance... when and how to move the next week seems very ambiguous.

Im desperate for parkrun to arrive this week... legs feeling great but only 2 runs left and only one is compatible... I got some sprints tomorrow, 7x200m but they have 4:45 between them, so I may get bored.

Hope you really enjoy finishing the journey to that HM start line.

[GoogleMe Graduate]

Getting fairly confused across the forums... but sticking with strength and flexibility here.

My goal is, once again, 16+ days of yoga practice... I managed 17 in April so I'd like to equal that.

The tweak this time is to avoid the 'week off' I seem to have had in both March and April, and to focus on core work (yes, that means you pawanmuktasana II)

[UnfitNoMore in reply to GoogleMe]

Well done completing in April... and a great aim to spread the yoga sessions more evenly.

[UnfitNoMore]

I forgot to post my S&F goal for the month.

I’m going to be running 10k by the end of the month, so I want to complete my one hour a day of workouts this month on non running days, and I’ll top up my running with a walk for the rest of the hour straight after.