<p>I used to play squash in my early 20s (along with tennis, table tennis and racquetball). I had a Donnay wood/composite racquet. I loaned it to a friend and he broke it and I didn’t play much afterwards. I think that the BC Sports Complex rented out racquets but it wasn’t the same as using my own.</p>
<p>I think that the biggest problem with squash today is the availability of courts. I believe that two of the squash courts at the local YMCA were converted: one to a fitness room and the other to a spinning room. Something was converted to a volleyball or pickleball court too but I don’t recall if that was a squash court or a racquetball court.</p>
<p>The risk of injury is higher in getting hit by someone else on the court (played doubles some times).</p>
<p>Also a good sport if you’re not that tall as I think that height can be a disadvantage.</p>
<p>The reason that we played squash back then is that courts were always available. The BC sports complex had indoor courts (slow and fast), a table tennis table and racquetball and squash courts. The table tennis table and squash courts were the least used. We could play squash or table tennis while waiting for a tennis court. The down side is that we’d hit a lot of balls into the net before adjusting to the right place to hit the ball.</p>
<p>I agree that finding a court is difficult. The US Squash Association is trying its best to expand though. Through its web site you can locate local courts, but there are rarely any public courts. You have to belong to a club. </p>
<p>I survived the Airdyne. Six half-mile intervals, about a minute and twenty seconds for each one. Heart rates of 91% to 96% on all but the first one.</p>
<p>I tried recovering to 60% instead of 65% this time and it probably a bit too much recovery. I practically had to stop pedaling to get my heart rate to fall that last 5%. On the other hand, it let me go harder on the intervals.</p>
<p>Now, a nice heart-healthy meal for my (formerly) big ol’ waistline: a big ol’ bone-in rib-eye steak and fresh local sweet corn on the cob!</p>
<p>Sigh - no corn, peas or beans on paleo. Apparently Grok would not have had them.
As I mentioned before, I will likely be transitioning to a less rigid version in the coming months.
Enjoy summer’s bounty!</p>
<p>Thanks, all. This is pretty much a nightmare. No running today either. I’m just exhausted since I didn’t sleep last night. Packed up a lot of the office today. May run in the morning if I can wake up in time. I figure I’ll have lots of time for running in the near future! :)</p>
<p>Another early morning in the gym. In and out in 75 imutes…bike and weights. Tomorrow will probably be my last workout before the wedding as I don’t think I can sneak away on Friday or Saturday! Sunday may be a possibility in the evening. The knee is feeling great at the moment and I think I may hit my wedding weight loss goal by Saturday! This wedding has been my motivation for losing weight for over a year. Now I need a new goal!!!</p>
<p>I feel like I reached my goal at 190 pounds and that I’m just cruising for losing more but in a more relaxed way. No concrete goals, just better nutrition and fitness and I’m hoping good stuff comes along for the ride. It’s nice to see long-term goals met here.</p>
<p>Way to go, NMINN: Sounds like a good week all around!</p>
<p>BC: I hear ya on hitting the 190 goal. That’s pretty much the way I felt when I hit the 180, back around New Years. It was uncharted territory for me, so I really didn’t know how to even set goals at that point. Anything after that was a bonus. I became more focused on continuing to get for fit, which was becoming easier as I got more fit.</p>
<p>Seeing some improvement with hip tightness and minor back pain after two accupuncture sessions plus yoga classes for the past month.</p>
<p>Never realized how tight this old body had become.</p>
<p>Mainly cycling, swimming and elliptical for now. Going to run starting next week, but ramp it up slowly and avoid races until I can get a good base.</p>
<p>Warm Up
1 lap
10 supermans
15 air squats
10 pass throughs</p>
<p>Workout</p>
<p>1 lap sprint
30 ground to overhead with 35# plate
30 v-ups
1 lap
30 wall balls squats with 15# ball
30 ball slams with 25# ball
1 lap sprint
30 ab mat situps
30 BURPEES</p>
<p>Time: 16:48</p>
<p>This was exhausting, what else is new? But I am definitely seeing improvement in time, form and performance. My ball slams are really good. (Maybe because I am visualizing the trainer’s face as my target ;)) I was the only female who was doing the prescribed weight on the ground to overhead, and I was surprised that I beat the gal in the run, who when I first started was faster than me.</p>
<p>It’s not just us old folk. Dealing with tightness and restricted range of motion seems to be the big issue with sports trainers working with young people, too.</p>
<p>4.1 miles this morning after 2 days off. I felt horrible to start (wine as dinner last night with friends who were trying to drown my sorrows didn’t help) but glad I got out there.</p>
<p>NMinn- We’ll have to think of a new goal for you after the wedding!</p>