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S&F Catch-Up: How is everyone doing?

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Hi lovely VWBs, VYB, VPBs, VRBs, and VRBs,

(Update: Added some acronyms as I got the initial one wrong! Work those acronyms out for a riddle! ๐Ÿคฃ I will put the answers in the replies!)

Just dropping a little of our regular catch-up posts, as I know that there might just be some of us not busy with our current March Matness Challenge or YWA monthly calendar.

So let us know how this month is going for you! Have you not yet succumbed to the March Matness, but possibly other workout madnesses? (is there a plural to fitness madnesses? There should be! )

Weโ€™d love to hear all about it!

And if you are still looking for some challenges, Iโ€™ll add some links below:

โ˜… MARCH MATNESS, led by our very own ย ย ChannelRunner2 at healthunlocked.com/strength...

We are just getting into the depth of the 30 day challenge and ChannelRunner2 is putting brilliant posts together to keep us busy day after day. So there is still time to join us.

โ˜… INDOOR ROWING: I am still rowing a 30x30 min challenge of rowing daily a 30 minute session in March. Itโ€™s the fourth time Iโ€™m rowing my way through it and itโ€™s good fun for intermediate rowers. Link and details here: healthunlocked.com/strength...

โ˜… YWA March Calendar MOTIVATE is of course also here: healthunlocked.com/strength...

And for those who are new, our key standard links of all things S&F are provided below:

โ˜… Our classic 5-week S&F plan: healthunlocked.com/strength...

โ˜… Always popular YWA 30-day Yoga journeys: healthunlocked.com/strength...

โ˜… And a link to all our topic folders: healthunlocked.com/strength...

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Hi CBDB, I'm sorry but what/who are VRBs, ?? I just can't work that one out :o

I love the catch up posts, a quick chat never goes amiss. I had a week off the NHS, S&F workouts with "Laura" I seem to have strained a knee with the mini squats/knee bends. I'm fine now, a rest helped.So this week I'll be having anothet go at level 2. My ear buds have arrived so I'll be getting used to wearing those as I walk around the flat doing chest pulls etc.

I'm also having fun reading about the Pilates story and watching the experts getting it right, it does make a difference knowing what the aim is and where common mistakes are made. I'm having a go with some of them.Thanks again to ChannelRunner2 for all the research and posting a new exercise every single day. I hope you reach the end of March MATness with some energy left.๐Ÿ’ช

I'm off for the 1st dog walk, have a good week everyone.๐Ÿพ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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SueAppleRunโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

Virtual Running Buddies, good morning my QSF ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š, I think most people find this support site when they start running and get achey legs or backs, then they learn to stretch and get stronger, but it's an inclusive place to learn and have fun and you never know, I might get you running one day ๐Ÿ˜ณI'm always pleased to see you here

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

ha ha you were fast! Have changed it a bit, very sneakily!

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SueAppleRunโ€ข in reply toCBDB

Sorry, I'm getting ready for work I have to be fast or ill be late ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

when is the big day? Soon?

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SueAppleRunโ€ข in reply toCBDB

23 April is my last day

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OldflossAdministratorโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

Yes!!!

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

woohoo! 47 days to go! (Do you have a countdown calendar?)

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SueAppleRunโ€ข in reply toCBDB

Sort of, I've put my work days on my works online calender ๐Ÿ˜€

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

Thanks Sola๐Ÿ™

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

oh no (strainer knee), but phew (ok now). Itโ€™s amazing what a period of rest can do!

VRBs!? I got my letters mixed up! So sorry! No wonder you could not work it out! It should be

V W B s - Virtual Workout Buddies

Somehow I was still in the running forum mode, where VRBs is used for Virtual Running Buddies. I must add a correction!

Great stuff with going for level 2. You are doing great! And in the long run, your knees will - I am sure - feel so much stronger.

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold

ok, I made all those acronyms up, bar one, but what I think they stand for are

VWBs - Virtual Workout Buddies

VYBs - Virtual Yoga Buddies

VPBs - Virtual Pilates Buddies

VRBs - Virtual Running Buddies

and VRBs - Virtual Rowing Buddies

Did anyone get them right?

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toCBDB

oh and SueAppleRun โ€™s QSF ? I reckon itโ€™s

QSF - Questioning Strength and Flexer ? Maybe? ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคจ

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toCBDB

No CBDB, QSF has to be Quit Support Friend! Another HU community ๐Ÿšญ

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SueAppleRunโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

Thank you for getting it and answering ๐Ÿ™‚

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toSueAppleRun

lol,only because I guessed the answer!

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ and awesome for ๐Ÿšญ

(My mother died from smoking-related lung cancer, so I love hearing of anyone who is in the process of or managed stopping smoking!)

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toCBDB

Aww I'm sorry to hear that CBDB. I smoked all my adult life, with some half hearted attempts at quitting. This time I've been smoke free for over 4 years. It's far more complicated than just a bad habit, sometimes it's a full blown addiction and harder to lose than heroin.

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

4 years! Brilliant! Hope you manage to stay strong! Sending you lots of good vibes! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช

And S&F will hopefully help a tiny little bit as well!

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toCBDB

Thanks CBDB, 5 years in July! I'm quite confident as long as I keep QS close. I still get the occasional idea that a puff would be nice, but I know that just one never works. when that happens I get onto QS and have a read, just to remind myself how far I've come. I'm in Italy and they're not as expensive as in the UK. About a third of the price.

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ช

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TheTabbyCatGraduateโ€ข in reply toCBDB

๐Ÿ‘luv'em!

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toTheTabbyCat

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

I havenโ€™t had much to report except my post run stretches. This morning Iโ€™ve had a trial session with a PT who works with runners. It was absolutely brilliant. I had a wonderful PT for ages and we made so much progress. Iโ€™d forgotten how useful it is to have someone to adjust your position a little so youโ€™re activating the right muscles more effectively. Iโ€™ve never thought so much about how I do a squat before! I was surprisingly nervous about my technique being rubbish and feeling quite unfit before but once we got going, it was great. Hopefully this will be the little boost I need to get back on track with strength and flex work.

The other thing that was really good was he was talking about how important this kind of work is for runners-not just pure strength but all the mobility work and balance too. It really validates how valuable this board is to runners, as well as everyone else! So a big thanks to you CBDB and all the others (special shout out to ChannelRunner2 for the March challenge) who contribute so regularly!

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toMissUnderstanding

thats so great to hear! Yes, I also only ever had brilliant physical therapist encounters!

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

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OldflossAdministrator

Yoga with Adriene ongoing,.... March Matness with tweaks! Regular daily exercise routine and of course the odd foray into Active 10... thanks all here for giving us the options and so much choice to keep our running body fit and healthy!

Happy S and F time everyone:)

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply toOldfloss

happy S&F to you, too. It is great, isnโ€™t it. The choice of offer from our collective community is amazing. We are collectively so awesome, if I may say so!

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OldflossAdministratorโ€ข in reply toCBDB

You may ! We totally rock!

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dijep30D Graduate

I've been aiming for some type of exercise per day in addition to my two dog walks. Working on a mix YWA, live yoga , physio, pilates from my zoom library and the daily March MATness. I've missed a long weekend when I was away and also need to catch up with MATness . I find it difficult to get back to the routine after missing a few but I'm going to try hard this week to get back to it.

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Goldโ€ข in reply todijep

Plenty of choice there! And I know what you mean with getting back into the swing of things! I find I need my daily rhythms.

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