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More Time To Get Fit - 2025

Unfortunately my gym is about 20 minutes away so a lunch workout wouldn't work. I could try getting up earlier but I am a definite night owl and going to bed early enough to get my hours before gym time would be hard. Hopefully work will slow down and we won't have as big of issues cropping up that steal my time. Working on plans to hand stuff off sooner so I don't need to be on these calls for so long.
 
Can you take a dumb bell or two with you to work and sneak in a few sets during your lunch break? Some body weight squats, a couple sets of curls, push ups or pull ups if you can find something to hang from would make a decent "snack" if you realize you won't have time for the gym. Perfect is the enemy of good, something is always better than nothing. :thumbup
 
Sharxfan said:
Unfortunately my gym is about 20 minutes away so a lunch workout wouldn't work. I could try getting up earlier but I am a definite night owl and going to bed early enough to get my hours before gym time would be hard. Hopefully work will slow down and we won't have as big of issues cropping up that steal my time. Working on plans to hand stuff off sooner so I don't need to be on these calls for so long.
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I switched from the Bro Splits several years ago and it turned out to be the best decision for overall growth (surprisingly), injury resistance, and schedule manageability I'm not 30 anymore and keeping my fitness and strength is important, but once I reached a size that's manageable and I switched to a FBS (Full body split) workout, things got so much better. The biggest benefit is; missing a day here and there doesn't have much, if any adverse affects. I can do 3 days a week or 5 days a week and be in roughly the same place. It's a complete overhaul if you're doing the Back/ Bi's, Chest Tris, Shoulders, Legs, splits, but IMO, I love the push/pull/ legs full body split workouts. Food for thought, given your time constraints.
 
So I looked up push/pull/legs and it seems like I am kind of doing it in a bro split kind of way. all of the exercises I do are the same in the one I looked up just broken up differently. I split to 4 days so I could spend more time with each group although even at one exercise per group I am still in the gym almost 60 minuets and I think I go pretty quick but I do around 16 to 18 sets a day. I do see some exercises I want to incorporate in my sets though maybe I need to add some variety as that may have stagnated as well to start triggering some more growth.
 
Riding at night in the rain is a bad idea where I live. Have recently done a couple of quick 9 mile rides at lunch. I’m going to look into a zwift or Kickr so I can do something when we have a week straight of rain like we normally do in the foothills. Otherwise I may have to transition back to a more running focused schedule for the winter.
 
I stopped riding at night because it was simply too dangerous dealing with the idiots walking their dogs on long leashes and letting them cross in front of me. My lights were good but these idiots made it very unsafe. Twice I had to swerve hard just past the dog walker because the dog was off the path on my side with a leash in my way, and the stupid idiots didn't learn from the experience!!!
 
Ridley said:
It’s not BS. We are happy to hear about your progress and obstacles you’ve overcome on your way to healing. I think your journey fits perfectly here. Especially since you had decided to get back in the gym too.
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Thanks. Appreciate the thought. I got the PT 2
Dude to add shoulder work to his session. The
Mrs is helping too. In particular getting the distressed quad stretched and listening to my commands.

We delved into some of my history today. Think that gave him some insight on me and my experience with rehab.
 
Lots of suicidal bunnies on the trail tonight. Thankfully I managed to not run any of them over.

Fast downhill single track just hits different at night. I was 25% slower than my PR but it sure didn’t feel slow.
 
First day with new shoes is always the shit at the gym. Feels nice to leave and not have knee pain and I was fine all weekend. woohoo!

Now if I could only get these damn ankle cramps under control. for some reason my body likes to cramp on me at night. Even hitting the joints with the percussive massager is not helping sometimes or maybe I am rushing right before bed and not using it for long enough. thank god for icy hot at least that calms them down enough to go back to sleep but the smell ugh.

Looking forward to this week hoping to get a good 4 days in at the gym.
 
Ankle cramp?

Muscles cramp, joints do not. The muscles in the calf and foot control the ankle motion. I’d bet you’d want to massage those, if you find relief with massage. Massaging the tendons around a joint is risky IME and can lead to more inflammation. I’ve never tried to massage ligaments of a joint and prob won’t.

I can imagine that a new pair of shoes can lead to an increased workout, increase fatigue, and more cramping.
 
Usually it seems like the more exercise I do the less the cramps occur but lately it is noticeably more. I usually percussive massage my calf, the outer side of the shin and a little around the Achilles tendon. If it seems to be hitting bone or a nard spot I back off but so far those spots seem to help most of the time. Now that I think about it I have been outside a lot more but I have also been drinking way more electrolyte drinks while I am out there. Could it be too much electrolytes causing an uptick I wouldn't think so but who knows.
 
Uptick of electrolytes would not result in cramps.

When you say ankle, where on your ankle are you referring to? It could be that your shoes are too tight, it could also be that you're pushing the muscles that are cramping more than they're used to.
 
An abundance of electrolytes will result in extra pee and maybe slightly higher blood pressure.

Gunning the Achilles sounds downright awful 😂
 
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Sharxfan said:
Usually it seems like the more exercise I do the less the cramps occur but lately it is noticeably more. I usually percussive massage my calf, the outer side of the shin and a little around the Achilles tendon. If it seems to be hitting bone or a nard spot I back off but so far those spots seem to help most of the time. Now that I think about it I have been outside a lot more but I have also been drinking way more electrolyte drinks while I am out there. Could it be too much electrolytes causing an uptick I wouldn't think so but who knows.
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What are the ingredients in the drinks?
 
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