my friend is trying to make me swim but i dont like water so its a bit of a fight
I'm not keen on water either, and I've recently been finding swimming much more difficult than before -- my legs seem to keep sinking and requires much more effort than before to keep them afloat. When I mentioned this to a sports specialist, he said the likely reason is that my legs have become much heavier and denser due to all of the muscle that I've built up from my running.
I'm taking this as an excellent excuse to avoid the water.
my friend is trying to make me swim but i dont like water so its a bit of a fight
I'm not keen on water either, and I've recently been finding swimming much more difficult than before -- my legs seem to keep sinking and requires much more effort than before to keep them afloat. When I mentioned this to a sports specialist, he said the likely reason is that my legs have become much heavier and denser due to all of the muscle that I've built up from my running.
I'm taking this as an excellent excuse to avoid the water.
I used to box alot when I was younger but am now training for the london marathon. has anybody any hints and tips to improve? I am really struggling with ten miles at the moment! I am 6 foot 2 and 15 stone, I am not built for distance running but really want to just complete the distance. need help!!!!!!!!!!
Myself I cycle (on+off road) 10 miles/day commuting to work and back. I go hiking/climbing twice a month and lots of stretching. As pinky said bloody loads of housework and gardening! Lol
i cycle to/from college every day which is about 1/2hr each way (i have no idea of the distance!) . zumba twice a week too if i'm feeling up to it and a run or cycle at the weekend i have to be a bit careful with the running/zumba because i've had a bit of trouble with my knees and overdoing it is not a good idea!
my friend is trying to make me swim but i dont like water so its a bit of a fight
I'm not keen on water either, and I've recently been finding swimming much more difficult than before -- my legs seem to keep sinking and requires much more effort than before to keep them afloat. When I mentioned this to a sports specialist, he said the likely reason is that my legs have become much heavier and denser due to all of the muscle that I've built up from my running.
I'm taking this as an excellent excuse to avoid the water.
I sink like a lead balloon because I'm pure muscle. It means swimming is the best for me with my joint issues - but it's just so much harder when you're sinking and I'm not that strong anymore either with my joints. I need the swimming to build up the strength that I need in order to swim.
Generally I try to walk as much as I can each day. I do pilates exercises every day (ish) as part of my physio regime and when I'm not going through a flare up I try and go to a pilates class once a week and go to the gym two or three times a week to do 15 minutes of cycling (all my knees can take), 15 minutes on the cross trainer (all my back and hips can take) and some weights. Unfortunately I've been going through lots of flare ups back to back lately and the flare ups have made the gym impossible (last time I did a pilates class I partially dislocated my shoulder about 10 times) which means I've got less ability to deal with the flare ups as my muscles weaken :( it's a cycle. So I'm working on building up physio gradually in order to get back into the gym. I'll get there though :)
my friend is trying to make me swim but i dont like water so its a bit of a fight
I'm not keen on water either, and I've recently been finding swimming much more difficult than before -- my legs seem to keep sinking and requires much more effort than before to keep them afloat. When I mentioned this to a sports specialist, he said the likely reason is that my legs have become much heavier and denser due to all of the muscle that I've built up from my running.
I'm taking this as an excellent excuse to avoid the water.
I sink like a lead balloon because I'm pure muscle. It means swimming is the best for me with my joint issues - but it's just so much harder when you're sinking and I'm not that strong anymore either with my joints. I need the swimming to build up the strength that I need in order to swim.
Generally I try to walk as much as I can each day. I do pilates exercises every day (ish) as part of my physio regime and when I'm not going through a flare up I try and go to a pilates class once a week and go to the gym two or three times a week to do 15 minutes of cycling (all my knees can take), 15 minutes on the cross trainer (all my back and hips can take) and some weights. Unfortunately I've been going through lots of flare ups back to back lately and the flare ups have made the gym impossible (last time I did a pilates class I partially dislocated my shoulder about 10 times) which means I've got less ability to deal with the flare ups as my muscles weaken :( it's a cycle. So I'm working on building up physio gradually in order to get back into the gym. I'll get there though :)
Not sure whether you would call it exercise but I do a cleaning job in the morning at about 6am for over 2hrs for 2days then just over 1 and half hours the other days, then do a cleaning job in the afternoon for 3hrs everyday. I do enjoy a walk, but have recently felt I would love to do something to increase my flexability.
my friend is trying to make me swim but i dont like water so its a bit of a fight
I'm not keen on water either, and I've recently been finding swimming much more difficult than before -- my legs seem to keep sinking and requires much more effort than before to keep them afloat. When I mentioned this to a sports specialist, he said the likely reason is that my legs have become much heavier and denser due to all of the muscle that I've built up from my running.
I'm taking this as an excellent excuse to avoid the water.
I sink like a lead balloon because I'm pure muscle. It means swimming is the best for me with my joint issues - but it's just so much harder when you're sinking and I'm not that strong anymore either with my joints. I need the swimming to build up the strength that I need in order to swim.
Generally I try to walk as much as I can each day. I do pilates exercises every day (ish) as part of my physio regime and when I'm not going through a flare up I try and go to a pilates class once a week and go to the gym two or three times a week to do 15 minutes of cycling (all my knees can take), 15 minutes on the cross trainer (all my back and hips can take) and some weights. Unfortunately I've been going through lots of flare ups back to back lately and the flare ups have made the gym impossible (last time I did a pilates class I partially dislocated my shoulder about 10 times) which means I've got less ability to deal with the flare ups as my muscles weaken :( it's a cycle. So I'm working on building up physio gradually in order to get back into the gym. I'll get there though :)
Adx
Hey Ad,
Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do you mean by pure muscle? I was 13% body fat recently, and had a lot of muscle. Due to health reason I had to gain weight and am now 19% body fat, but I'm finding it very hard to keep the fat on.
When you say pure muscle, do you mean you have a very low body fat? Sorry trying to work these things out before, due to personal health reasons.
Also, your post reminded me that I should try swimming again - which I use to really enjoy =)
S&M thanks we're both very well. Very happy and very, very busy! I keep on over doing things physically but nothing I can't deal with :)
The Nymph - yes it's not a great phrase to use - not very accurate. I'm very, very lean. I've never had my body fat measured as I've never had cause to but just from generally knowing my own body I know there's very little fat where it should be and I'm incredibly muscley. Part of my condition seems that my muscles over compensate and some are overly strong and some are too weak and get damaged very easily. I have a lot of definition and as I said - I've never floated well in water which is a sure sign that you're very lean. Men tend to float less well than women as women have a higher percentage of body fat naturally.
Just walking. Due to a horrible back pain most days its all I can do right now just to try and strengthen my muscles. I would get back into swimming, but have a rather bad fear of water since I was 12.
S&M thanks we're both very well. Very happy and very, very busy! I keep on over doing things physically but nothing I can't deal with :)
The Nymph - yes it's not a great phrase to use - not very accurate. I'm very, very lean. I've never had my body fat measured as I've never had cause to but just from generally knowing my own body I know there's very little fat where it should be and I'm incredibly muscley. Part of my condition seems that my muscles over compensate and some are overly strong and some are too weak and get damaged very easily. I have a lot of definition and as I said - I've never floated well in water which is a sure sign that you're very lean. Men tend to float less well than women as women have a higher percentage of body fat naturally.
Adx
Thanks Ad, that has helped a lot =) Sorry going through loads of tests over the past 6 months, and you have said something I can relate to. I have had my body fat measured due to tests, normally I wouldn't care about the result, but the doctors are making me feel like I should.But, I like what you said, pay attention to your own body - this is something I have to learn.
It's definitely key to a lot of my body confidence. And it helps me manage my condition a lot better than I would otherwise. Paying attention to my body tells me when to stop if I'm over working and when I can get away with pushing harder, it tells me when I need to worry about an injury and when it's just a typical injury that I can work through. And it helps me know when I need to be eating more or less and what types of foods I should be eating - currently realising I shouldn't be eating so much bread as I'm getting a lot of bloating for example.
Not to mention the other benefits - I notice moles that change shape and I'd be likely to notice any unusual lumps which means I'm less worried about cancer risks :)
Definitely a lot to be said for paying attention to your own body and not worrying about other people's bodies, you dress size or your weight but instead concentrating on the health and shape of your own body.
Normally dance class, yoga, pilates. Similar to Avrielle_Aniko, though, I had an injury a few years ago and am trying to strengthen my knee and shed excess weight for now. Powerplate & bicycle-with-good-book are my main exercise these days, with some yoga and Pilates when I have a chance. (It doesn't help that I have very few free evenings....)
I really want to get into exercise again at the moment i'm doing not a lot due to problems with my ankle/heel hopefully i will find out whats wrong soon and get sorted. then i will start exerciseing agian.
