We've had several fitness threads over the years, but nothing recent unless I missed something. I was super into clean eating and hitting the gym every other day in college, but the past few years as a stay at home parent I have gotten kind of gross and dad bod. I used to be super into tour biking and long distance hikes, complemented by power lifting and HIIT cardio in the gym. It's time to bring it back again.
2 months ago I started going to the gym every other day again with my brother. It's almost always 10pm or later, after busting our asses at work. Does wonders for my insane awful insomnia. In a few weeks the weather should be good enough to get my bike out of storage. I can't wait to glide through humid summer nights, powering over hills and coasting for miles under the hazy orange glow of street lights.
What is your gym routine? In the past, I split 3 days a week between upper body, core, and leg routines. Compound lifts that work multiple muscles will tire you out and swole you up faster than any isolated motions could hope for. I am still getting back into the swing of things though, and machines are much easier to start with than free weights. After weghts, I do 20-30 minutes of high intensity interval cardio after weights, feels great to squeeze that last bit of power from your legs even on leg day.
In my old gym days, I hit 375 for reps on the leg sled. A couple weeks ago I hit 400 and god bless my tree trunks. I can't wait to go cycling and power over any hills mother nature dares put before me. If you are a bike nerd lord like me post your bike, I'll post mine when it's out of storage. It's an early/mid 80s Japanese steel frame (STEEL IS REAL) road bike that is older than me, oversize custom frame. Previous owner was 6'6" and I'm 6'2" - it's the only bike I've ever owned that I didn't need to raise the seat to use. I will cry IRL when it rusts out because it was $75 on craigslist and its replacement will probably cost as much as a used car
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