My county now qualifies for the watchlist. They may shut us down. That’s depressing. I texted the gym owners this AM to let them know that I’ll help them on my non-office days taking the equipment out to the parking lot. Assuming we’re shutdown again.
And in between hauling the equipment out, they’ll have to wait for me a few seconds between hauling trips, while I climb the rope. :lol:
@Midwest67 no. She’s really not that kind of trainer; it was just easier to say trainer than “women who leads my exercise class.” lol But I’m definitely losing inches. I can tell in my clothes. I m just bummed that because of the 'rona I can’t do my usual DXA scans. That would be the kind of concrete numerical progress that would keep me motivated when the scale isn’t budging.
@“Youdon’tsay”
Losing inches is a great indicator for “weight loss” goals. Congrats & take heart no matter the number on the scale!
Interesting… tell us more about DXA scans (new term to me)
I’ve only had DXA scan for bone density- and I had one 2 weeks ago. Masks and sanitizer, but no issues getting it done. I never thought to ask about body fat percentage!
@colorado_mom here’s the company’s website: https://www.dexafit.com/services/dexa-scan
It is often used for bone density (I get that reading as well), but you also can see body composition – fat vs lean mass – in various segments of the body (trunk, arms, legs, etc.) My exercise class and DXAs are affiliated with a university and, technically, the DXAs are a part of the fitness institute’s research, and right now all research is shut down campuswide. Unfortunately, it’s also a huge moneymaker for that dept ,and it is losing $20k a month. Athletes come in on the regular for scans, for instance, and all that has stopped.
Still struggling with the heat and humidity. It’s unusually bad right now, and I’m normally a decent heat runner. 7 am is too late to start in the morning. 4.3 miles done. My dogs (well, one of them) walks so slowly that my Apple watch things I have stopped the walk sometimes.
http://www.westminsterstrength.com/2018/04/24/how-to-get-stronger-and-run-faster/#more-434
^ A short article at Westminster Strength & Conditioning.
Gym member highlight re: how strength training with barbells improved her running & marathon time.
The Dexa scan sounds wonderful. Older S got a 3D scan done yesterday for free at his Gold’s gym. The data is cool, and I’m jealous. I would have loved to had access to that when I was in my prime.
@MomofWildChild oh do I hear you, but there is no early enough time to run now! It was in the upper 70s and super thick and muggy even at 4:30am. Yuck. A little over 3 months before I can start to feel better. I can do this.
This morning was a full run. I may still try to go to the gym twice/week for the stairmonster on the less busy days. Last Saturday at 5am there were ~5 people, and 2 were employees behind the desk. Tuesdays seem to be the lightest of the weekdays. I’d say 10-15 then. My legs do feel better when I can mix it up. But today a regular run it was. I tried to be peppy for some of it. And all I can say is that I tried. It feels like I’m carrying a gorilla on my back. The video of the day was Legs 50-50. Lift 3 rounds of 2 back to back exercises (3 sets per group) followed by 3 rounds of 3 HIIT moves. Finished with core.
Do you run with a headlamp @ClassicMom98 or do you have enough streetlights?
^ It depends. For most of my running life I relied on street lights. After Michael blew through, we lost power to 90% of our city for many days. Street lights were one of the last things to be fixed. So I bought a head lamp since I am now older and more afraid of really hurting myself from falls. Now that the lights are back, I wear it if I go on the trail (always unlit) or on a busy road where there aren’t sidewalks. Most of the time it’s not needed since there are sidewalks, or I have a random car pass me every 2-5 minutes on “semi-busy” streets or every 30-45 minutes on residential ones. I watch out and move over for those vehicles.
@Midwest67 Thanks for the article. The only part of her results that seems a little unusual is that she squats 225 lbs, but only deadlifts 185 lbs. IME, that’s atypical. Usually, your deadlift is much more than your squat. That’s the case for both of us. 
Agreed.
I was surprised by the squat number!
I wonder if Beau transposed the numbers. Maybe her squat is 185 & her DL is 225.
That would make the stars align. 
I bet your right. That would more sense. I’d still expect her DL # to be higher though.
The other thing that doesn’t make sense is that the bench press and OH press will help your running. Typically long distance runners avoid increasing the size of their chest and arms. I would think the larger upper body would increase your long distance times.
I also don’t think push-ups and air squats are useless. And there’s no mention of pull-ups. She’s highlighting a “pushing” exercise with the OH press, but no mention of a great pulling (pull-ups) exercise.
Westminster is big on the press, as are many other Starting Strength gyms.
I chuckled a little bit about mentioning the upper body getting bigger.
On an older female? So. darn. hard.
Hard, sure, but certainly possible.
I’m obviously aware of people in the CF world, but there are many, many, many older female CF competitors in the masters divisions with muscular upper bodies. And I’m not talking about body builder type builds, just normal older women with strong looking upper bodies.
Walked my standard 4+ miles in the heat at 9AM this morning.
Working the rest of the day.
I love our local lake trail, but I try to avoid running at dusk/dark desolation due to fear of:
Some inspiration for the folks posting here:
Back squats today, worked to a heavy triple and then some light clean and jerks and thrusters. The HIIT was a 20-min combo of wall walks and holds (for as long as possible), clean and jerks and the air bike.
I then worked on large sets of toes to bar, KB Romanian DL’s and jumping rope. And finished with a 1-mile treadmill run.
I also spent about 15 minutes teaching one of the younger guys how to do glute ham raises. Made me kinda miss coaching.