I continue to do my thing - usually 4-5 miles of walking or 18 indoor bike miles each day, plus some rowing and weights. I almost never miss a day of exercise. I did not do much on Thanksgiving, with traveling and cooking, but that’s the only day in as long as I can remember than I didn’t exercise.
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Now that I have achieved a few running goals, I continue to be active but am enjoying just doing it and not feeling any pressure. I run 3-4 days/week and while I do track mileage I run as far as I feel like going and don’t look at my pace until after I finish. I also walk and continue with yoga because I enjoy those activities.
I will start looking at new goals for next year and likely ramp it up after the holidays.
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For only the 2nd time ever, I beat my wife in 18 holes of golf. Tomorrow we have a 12 mile hike planned
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wowser, 12 miles!! Hope the weather is good!!! What part of the country???
Unseasonably warm this morning - 48 and windy - but temps dropping FAST. Got out at 6am for an under the street light run and then cool down pup walk. Tomorrow morning will be 22 so today was the day to do it!
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Thanks for this thread! I’m actually a sports nutritionist for youth athletes, but finding myself- now as an empty nester- going back to some the basics I start my athletes and families on for fueling hectic schedules.
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Welcome @StefanieM !!! Chime in anytime!
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That’s really very good. There are a couple very strong female powerlifters in the gym who are right in the 155-170 lb area on a barbell for bench press. Usually, if you’re lifting DB’s, then for a conversion to barbell weight, you divide the DB lbs by 80% to give you an approximation of what you could lift on a barbell, which in your case would be 125+ lbs. And that’s a lot of weight.
@abasket My condolences for your loss. 88 is a long life lived and sounds like she lived it well.
I took Sunday off, kinda sorta, although I’ve been going to the beach much more lately and there’s a couple of LONG staircases down to the beach and also a long esplanade, where I did some light running and stair descensions and climbing yesterday with doggy.
Otherwise, I continue unabated with my CF program while trying to log as many running miles as possible, but 40’s and 50’s is like “freezing” to me, as I’ve mentioned before. I’m a warm weather runner. I almost went for a deadlift PR last week, but I got up to about 96% of my 1RM (1 rep max) and decided enough, “I’m good.”
I’m still trying to prepare for my New Years DEXA fat % contest with the 20-something year old powerlifter. I gotta start to paying attention to that. I can’t let him win. 
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Thanks. I maxed 155 at my old gym before it closed a few years ago. My new program in January uses barbells more so I’ll be curious to see if my improvement with the DBs translates at all to the barbell. Benching has always been by far my strongest lift, especially considering my long limbs. Older S is the same way. Younger S is like H. Much better at squat/deadlift.
One thing that I forgot to mention is that these female powerlifters do pause at the chest, with the barbell resting on the chest, and then press the weight up. That’s how it’s handled in competition. So, without the momentum or whip of the barbell hitting the chest, what most do in gyms, the pause does lower one’s 1RM bench press. In their defense. 
@abasket . We connected a group of trails in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness (just east of Bend in Central Oregon). Temperature was mid 40s with a fairly steady drizzle for the last 6 miles
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Oh dear, cold rain is my least favorite weather. Snow seems so much more bearable. Good job on perseverance!
TBH–it wasn’t that bad. We had our rain jackets and it never rained hard enough to make it miserable
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Yesterday, as I was about to get changed for the gym, I remembered that I had purchased some Nike compression leggings about 6 months ago.
So I dug to the bottom of my gym bag and found them and put them on and exercised with them. Wow, I really like them. When you squat, they felt like a seat warmer was turned on. I finally get the whole Lululemon craze now. 
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Hello, fitness buddies, I am still here, but was crazy busy over the last couple/three weeks.
I am now a step-grandma - oldest SD popped her first out on Black Friday.
We had actual guests for Thanksgiving - family, all triple vaxxed - so lots of welcome chaos there (and lots of pie, dear me).
Couple of trips back and forth to Canada, also to WV, to see family (and the new baby).
But I started gym work, and am feeling very good about it. Two personal training sessions a week, one group training session. Probably increasing to two group/two personal after the New Year, when the schedule works better for me.
I would so love to be walking or hiking every day but it’s simply not feasible. This might cost more but it’s a much better (safer) option.
I started last week and did fine in the initial evaluative session. Then the trainer saw that I could competently do the minimal amount that she threw at me, and so she ramped it up for the next session, 3 sets of 20 reps of a bunch of routines…and I got the Covid booster the next day and for whatever reason, every muscle in my body decided to rebel and I could not move for over two days.
Fever, chills, aches, I couldn’t sit up without some elaborate rolling over and levering up - I don’t know whether the workout was the culprit or a combination of both.
So we eased back a bit in yesterday’s session and I am OK today - a bit sore but not comatose.
Anyway, I have a very long way to go before I am lifting 155 pounds! Starting at 25 pounds and quite happy with that for now, thank you very much 
I am very happy to be doing SOMETHING. I have missed it.
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Today we hiked just north of 8 miles through a nature reserve and along the Deschutes River. We ended the day at one our favorite breweries and a cool pub with cask beers.
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I’m aware of how to max a bench. I was taught to lift in HS by a powerlifter. no momentum here.
Good luck in your competition.
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I ran 5k yesterday. Weather was 40s and sunny so considered running further, but I was a little leery due to my slightly sore ankles/shins last week. For good measure, I did leg stretch video too. Yay - all normal, no pain.
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I am looking for a Non-Wrist tracker that will track steps and also floors with an altimeter; it used to be the Fitbit One, but they discontinued those. Is anyone aware of this combo being available?
I think Fitbit is moving away from floor-counting trackers even in their wrist models. First, they are prone to inaccurate counting in windy conditions, and second, they can’t be made waterproof.
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I won the lottery yesterday - not the one where you get a lot of money - it’s one that costs money :). I’ll be running the New York City Half on March 20. My 2022 running goal was to run a race in NYC so…
Leaving today to visit D, SIL and Grandpup (S will join us there). Training starts when I get back.
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