I’m jealous of my friends who swam when they were young and their nice pink, thick cartilage.
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I’m jealous of my friends who swam when they were young and their nice pink, thick cartilage.
knee pain is a drag. this year is the first year for me of knee pain at 54. I am hoping it doesn't get worse quickly and I can increase my core strength and endurance and keep on having fun playing.
if I were to buy one thing to increase my core strength, would it be a medicine ball or maybe hand weights?
any good sites for mildly active but out of shape dentists?
Olympic style weight lifting is the most efficient in my experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBdude
oy
that does not sound fun and I don't want to go to a gym
i saw some exercises at the mayo diet clinic site. i think i will try that and work on some portion control - laughing
I'm far from competitive but I've been getting up Si or similar hikes at least once a week this summer. After the first hike I checked my time and figured I could beat it, been pushing that time down all summer. I feel like I have that bug again after a few years of not caring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
How's the recovery?
You mean masters meets? They really aren't bad. The small local meets usually only take a few hours. Nationals, of course, has lots of down time, but you're traveling just to swim so I don't feel like it gets that boring. I'll just go back to my hotel and chill if I've got hours between events. That said, I swim far fewer meets now than I used to. A few per year is plenty.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
You’re a champ though. I’m pool filler.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Hey, someone's got to fill those outside lanes. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
If your knee is starting to hurt, visit my website @ buckleyourfuckingbootstighter.com
sent from Utah.
I was just always trying to go so hard I didn't really look around and enjoy it. Has overall output slowed? probably... But still fit enough to have more well-rounded uninjured fun now, that's all that matters. Maybe just telling myself this cause I can't go back, but I definitely feel more balanced (?) now than 20's or 30's. At least for now, I'm really happy with my 40's performance.
If 20's me skied with 40's me, he'd be pleased.
100%Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
haha! Out loud. Gold.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
Hope I haven't been slowing ya down.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
After watching a bunch of young fuckers flailing at the rope swing at my local lake I swam over and proceeded to drop back flips like it was nothing. Swam back to the boat and popped a beer, put on my straw hat and sunblock ‘cause this old dude ain’t gettin no skin cancer. Pretty sure I showed them.
Not at all. Just starting to feel like I'm too focused on the same hikesQuote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
I just think of Si, Tenerife and Mailbox (in addition to Cougar Cuntry) as the hiking equivalent of banging out laps on Nash. But yeah, going further afield would be prudent before the season is over.
I figure Mt Si is worth doing no more than once per decade.
Well that was just mean. Funny. But mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
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Originally Posted by The AD
When the trailhead is 2 miles from your office, that changes. There are far worse places to go to get some fresh air and exercise after work.
I agree- after a hard days work it's often tough to motivate so if it's right there and easy, all the better for maintaining fitness and sanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
Our comparable is Snow King, which is the hike highway (but savior) of many a jackson office dwellers.
little over 2miles one way/ 1600 vertical so a nice bang for the buck
The thing is, top swimmers need some chum. The sport is so hard it’s impossible to train alone. You need the support.Quote:
Originally Posted by beece
I always found racing really stressful too. All that work concentrated into a few seconds or minutes.
Then you are doing it wrong. Old Si Trail is always quiet and gives a better, steeper workout. Tennerife via Kamikaze is the toughest of the bunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Try gymnastics.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
Why? No.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
wow can I drink your bathwater ?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
Hey, I just did Teneriffe via Kamikaze last Friday. It took 3 hours and 15 minutes. ...And that was after I did the old trail up and down Mailbox in 2:16. My legs are still sore. It might not count though, I’m out of my 40s.Quote:
Originally Posted by phatty
Kamikaze is almost as much fun as mountain biking.
Way more stressful than swimming. Doesn’t even compare.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted
It is definitely a fun trail. Did you bang them out on the same day? That's a huge day of climbing.Quote:
Originally Posted by stradissimo
Tell me more about this Kamikaze.Quote:
Originally Posted by stradissimo
2:16 is strong work. I'm not at that point, what was your time to the top? I rarely track round trip, just the ups
Don't buy either. Just do the Big Three. It's not sexy, but that's how you know it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBdude
Yeah, dude. It doesn't do a thing for building muscle, but it's a magic rejuvenating elixir. Recovery in a bottle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
It was 1:22 from the upper parking lot to the top. It took 6 minutes to get from the car to the start of the real trail.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
If you go to Teneriffe Falls then bear right and keep going up, that is Kamikaze. It has a few places where it seems prudent to grab on to something to keep from falling off the trail.
Was that not what this thread was about? Huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
First wake up call for me mid 40s was on a trip to Boston with the family to see my sister's family. We did the usual brick walk stuff then decided to go check out the Bunker Hill monument. It was already a long uphill walk from the parking spot to the building. Wife looked up and said "no way" so I trotted in with the two kids, ages 4 and 6. The steps were bigger than I expected and lots more of them LOL. We passed some dude half way up who was puking out a little window. Did I mention it was hot as hell? Anyway, we made it up, rested a few minutes, then trotted down. Upon exit noticed dozens of people laying in the grass like a combat casualties zone. I could barely walk back to the car. That climb about kicked my ass. Ten years later, pretty sure I can still do it, but would probably take longer, maybe stop for a couple minutes to puke half way up LOL..
The girl in the first video gives me a chubbyQuote:
Originally Posted by CS2-6
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Yeah no wonder the comments are disabled.
Swing and a miss, big fella.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
All in good humor. Hey, I'm no badass, either. Swimming is a great equalizer. I've gotten my dick handed to me by 14 year old girls in the pool (ok, that sounded weird, but you know what I mean :)).Quote:
Originally Posted by beece
what's a swimming creeper? A crawler? A breast stroker?
I believe they're called swim coaches. :fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Well back to the drawing board then.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster