Strength / Weight Training

Asking the right questions 😂

Hah, sorry that sounded wrong. We are home with our three kids, aged 6, 4 and then the smallest that’s 10 months old. The smallest requires a lot of carrying, especially because the older ones wake her up by playing or fighting.

We try to use a sling instead of carrying, but obviously this would be bad advise if the kids are too old for that, I’d say you can use it up to 2-3 years of age though

Cheers all.

I have been trying to put thought into my lifts, but it is hard to do consistently as it's intuitive, like lifting a mug of tea, rather than considered, like weights or a sofa.

Getting fat from excess calories is a concern. But the practicalities of upping my natural protein does make supplements attractive - i.e. bi-weekly shops, no spare freezer room saving eggs for mini-H and my OH.

@Simba - they're too big for sling really and perfectly capable of walking... it just doesn't work out that way. 2nd favorite word/command is "up" (1st is "more"). Another favorite is instead of crawling back down the stairs they now just walk off the edge and say "huggies" knowing they'll be caught.

Not until you don't

lol

After some faffing about I ended up putting together a daily regime of living room exercises.Stuff that I can do with adjustable weights, ankle weights, a swiss ball and some chairs. Keeping it just light and short enough to be a realistic daily routine.
5 x 10 reps of the main lift, a few accessories for each main lift, and then a rotation of shoulder, back and stomach to complete each session. Ended up doing a rather idiosyncratic pattern of bench every other day, with squat and deadlift alternating in between.

Probably room for lots of improvement.

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Morning all. I’m looking for a bit of advice. About 8 weeks ago I hurt my right calf playing squash. Possibly a small tear in the muscle. I rested it for a while and it got a bit better. Then the isolation started and I started getting pains in my right knee and thigh. Elevated my knee and put frozen peas on it. This resolves the pain. Took about a week to get it close to normal.
We are now three weeks from that and I am having more issues with my right calf and knee. Not as a bad as previously but enough to limit movement and there is no way I could do any squats. I tried and I have no strength in my right leg. Hard to explain but it feels stiff and heavy.
I can’t get to a physio so has anyone any ideas what I could do to sort this out.

Get a physio phone appointment. Possibly start with your GP for a referral but alternatively call/ email some local ones and pay.

I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks. I can’t leave the house because of the situation with my wife and daughter so that may work.

I can recommend this guy. Has a background in professional rugby so has seen a lot.

Damien at
https://www.physicahealth.co.uk/

Thanks for that. I will give him a try.

Anyone aware of decent 20kg kettlebells is stock anywhere? Not the super expensive comp ones.

I've just ordered a 24kg kettlebell... I am now wondering if it will be to light or to heavy for me.... Is there an easy way to work out what your KB swing weight would be based on my Pre-C19 gym stats?

I have v. limited space so I really dont want to have to have to many of them lying about. Right now im making do with a single pair of 12kg DBs. So i thought I'd dbl it. But i am only guessing.

@ChainBreaker - what website? Can't find anything...anywhere!

I think 24kg is the recommended for an adult male with experience. I have a 28kg and I kinda regret it - although that's partially because I just find it fucking boring. I think I'd enjoy a 20 or 24kg more as I'd be able to do more continuous workouts.

That depends on your aim I suppose. If you can do 3 X 5 with good form then it's not too heavy I suppose. But if that is your limit then you'll struggle to build strength endurance.

amazon

one left!

its expensive, but its not thr £700 I've seen on there

crap... i think its gone. soz

That makes me feel better! I will give it a bash... Hope i dont put my back out.

Unblieveable! Thanks for sharing anyway.

I can do 3x5 swings no bother with the 28kg, was happy to smash out 100 swings in sets of 10. Just didn't find it enjoyable. I'd rather keep swinging it for 20 mins straight, or do sets of snatches and presses. I can snatch the 28kg, but wasn't motivated to put the hours in to get them to the point of being able to do 100 total reps etc.

I just want some conditioning at home, not an entirely new skillset to develop.

I just paid £60 for the 24KG... So not so bad... ESsp as ive been told im stuck at home for the next couple months.

I can do 200 2 handed swings (20 emom for 10 mins) with my 16kg. Haven't tried single but pretty sure my form would go. What prompted me to look for a 20.

I do swings, single arm unless I'm doing a lots and Single arm squats. I'm trying to learn snatches and cleans but am a bit shaky on the form. My wrist gets banged up.

I can't do single arm overhead squat, would need lighter for that.

Im thinking of getting some coaching after lockdown....but I'm thinking about a lot of things after lockdown