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It seems that it is starting to take longer to recover. I am wondering what this might be a symptom of. I typically go to the gym 5-6 days a week, on a three day cycle, getting a full range of ligfting within the three days, then repeating. Sometimes I might miss a day, then do two normal visits in one day. Today is the 2nd time in one week I am just skipping because I am still feeling it in muscles I am to exercise from the previous visit (biceps specifically). I don't know if it just a symptom of gradual weight increases, or if other exercises I am doing, is slowing down my overall recovery, and its a further confirmation that I need more Protein, or calories or a change of diet. I am still on the basic 800 cal/day diet, 6 months post-op. Or maybe - I should be going anyway?
My other exercises that I am doing are weekly fencing classes, but it is not aggressive, some drills get the heart rate up for a little bit, but nothing strenuous really. I have also introduced V-Squats for quads a week ago, and I am doing some 1-1.5 mile walks with a 20lb weight (rucking). The big thing is that I am training for a couch to 5K, or rather completed it. Instead of doing intervals, for the last couple of week, I have just been running 28 minutes, then 35, then this week, close to a 5K and increases strides to get a 5K in 36 minutes. I might have been overdoing it with the 5K though, and that I should just slow it down for a 40-42 minute time. I am scheduled for my every other day of running tomorrow, and I am cancelling that. I just decided to take an overall break (except for the walking/rucking).
Is this just a "phase" that just happens time to time, should I be doing more stretching (I do little to no stretching), or is this a definite sign I not getting the right nutrition. Before I was actually running a 5K, going to the gym everyday was no problem - leg day / run train day - no issue. I don't know if its a coincidence, or if that extra running is having some effect of my recovery from other gym work.

Keep walking. You need to be able to at least walk a 5K, then you work up from there. I found the 9 week plans aggressive. Whatever plan you use, feel free to adjust it.

I'm happy today! After about 14-15 weeks of training I finally clocked a 5k in 36 min 13 sec. My training interval was to be 35 minutes, but I stepped it up today, just making what seemed to be incrementally longer strides than last time, and I was real close to a 5k, so I just went extra minute.
I hate running too! But doing it to get fit for another activity/obstacle course (GoRuck.com). But now I might even do a Halloween Zombie run where people are to run/walk. 5k course with touch football flags and try to stay away from "zombies" on the course.
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I'm happy today! After about 14-15 weeks of training I finally clocked a 5k in 36 min 13 sec. My training interval was to be 35 minutes, but I stepped it up today, just making what seemed to be incrementally longer strides than last time, and I was real close to a 5k, so I just went extra minute.
I hate running too! But doing it to get fit for another activity/obstacle course (GoRuck.com). But now I might even do a Halloween Zombie run where people are to run/walk. 5k course with touch football flags and try to stay away from "zombies" on the course.
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The Halloween Zombie run sounds like a lot of fun! Congrats on all your accomplishments! I'm hoping I can get back into running 5ks once I lose more weight.

I'm happy today! After about 14-15 weeks of training I finally clocked a 5k in 36 min 13 sec. My training interval was to be 35 minutes, but I stepped it up today, just making what seemed to be incrementally longer strides than last time, and I was real close to a 5k, so I just went extra minute.
I hate running too! But doing it to get fit for another activity/obstacle course (GoRuck.com). But now I might even do a Halloween Zombie run where people are to run/walk. 5k course with touch football flags and try to stay away from "zombies" on the course.
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I'm happy today! After about 14-15 weeks of training I finally clocked a 5k in 36 min 13 sec. My training interval was to be 35 minutes, but I stepped it up today, just making what seemed to be incrementally longer strides than last time, and I was real close to a 5k, so I just went extra minute.
I hate running too! But doing it to get fit for another activity/obstacle course (GoRuck.com). But now I might even do a Halloween Zombie run where people are to run/walk. 5k course with touch football flags and try to stay away from "zombies" on the course.
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My local area has a roller derby team. Might be something to look into!

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Is it hard to try, but roller blading rather? I'm 46.5, not sure if this is a balance thing better suited for young people to learn. Ever since I started loosing weight, I have been pushing new activities, sword fighting, firefighting, rucking, running and staring at Chinese buffets with mean faces, but nothing requiring balance.
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That is normal, depending on initial BMI. It tapered to half of initial after a couple weeks. Then began exercising a lot, everyday, and I have maintained 3.4/week for that last 6 months.

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By intake do you think I am drinking not enough, or not eating enough? I normally do get over 100oz of water a day, but still at 800-850 calories plus whatever snack I might not log

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Wait, my phone was acting funny and I was table to read rest of your post

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For me I started working on my core, back, and legs first. That means a lot of crunches, planks, and leg lifts, dips, leg press, leg curls, lunges, jump squats, squats in general, jump rope, jumping jacks. You can use your own body weight for this but for starting out I wouldn't go beyond 10/15lbs max. The ideal as you are starting out is to get get the form down so you minimize injury risk, while getting your body use to working out in general. I would work on that for at least 8 to 12 weeks before increasing weight. And even when you do increase in weight, do so very moderately and only after a good 6 to 8 weeks of consistency with the current weight. For example if you are doing leg lifts at 50lbs and you've been doing it okay for about 8 weeks at that weight and its easy to you, then go up to about 60/65lbs. The ideal is to ease into more resistance, while minimizing the chances of injury that will cause you to miss more time working out.

I do workout my arms and chest too, but I didn't focus on that till maybe a good 16 weeks into working out more. I do curls, pressing both bench, and hammer, curl rows, push ups, lat pull downs. I do alternate days and I do focus training, where I will spend one day working on either legs and back, and then the next on arms and core (gut). I try to average at least 3 to 5 days a week working out with weights. However for Cardio I try to do that damn near daily. Walking daily helps. the more you can average per day the better.

your family has problems.

Hawt

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Your surgeon does have more years in school (most likely) than you but do not assume that that means he knows more than you on every subject under the sun.
Any patient can learn more about their own condition than their doctor. I’m a celiac. I gave my doctor a book on recognizing celiac disease. I don’t care if he were offended. I’m offended that I lived with this disease for 60 years because not one doctor thought to test me for this disease. My life would have been infinitely better with s correct diagnosed.
I had an internist who snapped at me that all food sold in American stores is good food.
We never had another conversation about American food. I knew I was right and he was about as wrong as he could be about food.
Have confidence in yourself. He/she probably doesn’t realize that he/she is offending you. Let him know he’s offensive.

At 6 weeks, you just might not be ready for it yet.
At the risk of repeating things you already know make sure you are chewing it well! You need to chew your food more now, than ever before. And eat slower. Your meal should take 20 minutes. Try smaller bites too. And make sure you are leaving time between when you last drank, your stomach needs to empty out before you try to fill it back up again.
Try making a chicken salad out of it. Dice it up and mix with low fat mayo, might help it go down easier.
I agree with another poster, dry chicken is much harder to go down, make sure you are not over cooking. If you are cooking too long to get center cooked, then chicken is too thick. I slice chicken breasts in half to reduce the thickness. Actually cut it into three parts,. I cut the tail end of, then slice the chicken in half along the table top so I have three generally even thick chicken parts.
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wjgo yea I am thinking weights might not be a 'thing' I like to do ither...meh, I do workouts at home now let my gym membership go, but before I crash land from after work I do pop in a DVD and workout that way I've gotten it in...again I think it's just my body finding it's 'new normal', working has actually helped a lot of things, purpose for one...two I like the 9 to five routine and I'm sleeping better then I have in a long time...so my body just might need some extra time catching up I do lift weights at home, and calisthenics are my own body weight so I've got body definition, on the whole, I feel better now that I am working along with the workouts

I’m 5 months post op and running about 4 miles 4 times a week. I’m trying to prevent injury so resting in between.Cross training is something i need to do more but I love the simplicity of jogging and love how far I’ve come in 5 months. I have about 7 more lbs to lose until I hit 100lbs lost. Once I get there I will invest in personal training and begin toning and building muscle hopefully that will propel me to a 10k. I can’t wait 🤩 Good luck to you on your journey.

Lifting weights just might not be for you. I need about 2.5 hours to get all the muscles groups/routines in. I split it into 3 consecutive daily (almost daily) gym visits of one hour each (sometime shorter), but every visit one can do abdominal, backs and torso. So, it can take time, and that does not count travel time!
Consider doing a "Couch to 5k" running program. It's typically a 30 minute workout, and all of it is good and calorie burning!
It's simplier than what you think. I using a 12 week program. It's interval training and the jogging part gets longer and the resting part gets shorter as you go along (basically). The basis is if one can walk 5k (3.1 miles) one can jog it. It's a matter of building up some ankle/foot and leg muscles for the jogging impacts and such and learning how to breathe when you run (you can naturally learn it on your own as you do it). For example, I thought I would die when I was supposed to go from 2 minute jogs with 30 sec walk rests to 5 minute jogs with 2 minute walk rests. It was easy! In a week, I go to a single solid 20 minute jog. Then a week of that, I move to a 22 minute jog.
So, this is shorter time, will burn a lot of calories, and gives you a skill everyone should have, running a 5k. And once you do this, you can try doing it faster, or doing it longer.
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His comments were definitely sexist but the intent behind them - that your lifting routine (high weights low reps) is for building big muscles isn’t wrong. He could have went about explaining it a different way. He’s also not wrong that cardio is of vital importance as well. When I slack on my cardio and only focus on weights I stall big time.

I e started swimming. I actually have a coach and am learning the correct form. It is using every muscle in my body and has finally gotten me out of a long plateau. I highly suggest it. iWork out hard without the pain and it’s helping my arthritis.

Peatnut butter is my new cocaine

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I would just do a typical couch to 5k training plan. There are varieties from 9 to 12 weeks. I'm near the end of a 12 weeker that will go few extra weeks for me because it is a conservative plan and my pace is slower than the plan anticipates.

From there get a half marathon training plan. 15 k is only 6k about short of a half marathon. That will be longer than a 12 week program. 32 weeks is doable, depending on your weather or tolerance for using a treadmill in inclement weather.

I suggest this.... Do a 5k and do what I am doing. I am only training g a 5k, so I can be prepared for a GoRuck.com light challenge. Just look it up.....

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