<p>Ran in the minimalist shoes again, and the calves are sore again. They seem to recover ok on the off day. I did three 5 minute intervals at 10 min pace, 9:30 pace, 9:15 pace and then 2 at 8:50 pace. Everything feels good except the calves. Hopefully they’ll come around. In the meantime, my foam roller is getting extra use.</p>
<p>Has anyone here ever tried TRX ? I just started a bootcamp fitness class that incorporates TRX…they also have a seperate class for just TRX , but also charge for this</p>
<p>I have the Jungle Gym XT, which is a little more affordable alternative to TRX, but the same basic thing:</p>
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<p>I use it regularly for a number of exercises: inverted rows, planks and side planks with my feet elevated, some shoulder warmup exercises, and so forth. It would be easy to do an entire workout with nothing but the TRX. </p>
<p>I wish I had gotten it sooner, because it is the ideal way to de-load various squats and lunges which would have been very handy when I was too fat to do a full bodyweight squat or lunge. The best feature is that, by adjusting the angle, you can make any exercise infinitely easier or infinitely harder.</p>
<p>For general fitness, the TRX is absolutely the best thing out there. There are some alternatives as idad mentioned…</p>
<p>Definitely a good workout!</p>
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<p>Broke down and visited a real running store today. Bought me a pair of Brooks Defyance shoes for a little over $100… Will head for the gym afterwhile to try them out a little bit…</p>
<p>@lje62: I love TRX. I do a several sets of exercises on it by myself. and I also take a TRX class. Often, I do cardio work on the elliptical after I’ve finished with TRX.</p>
<p>Just tried out the new shoes on the treadmill. I did alternating laps walk/run for a mile. WOW… what a difference!</p>
<p>Then I did a TRX workout to the amusement of the older ladies who had their “Senior Fit” class going on at the time… One of them told me I needed to come over and teach class, but I think they all may have changed their minds after seeing me getting after it on the TRX…</p>
<p>^^ Watch it, buddy! You’ve got a bunch of those “older ladies” right here on this thread! :)</p>
LOL… Well, they’re kind; they let those who are 55 into their class too if they want to join. But really it is a group of ladies who are mostly in their mid-70’s or older. They come in and workout for an hour using light dumbbells, therabands, and chairs and then they go drink coffee in the lobby… 
It’s taught by a lady who is also 65 and has been in fitness for over 30 years! She does a great job with them and the class has really exploded since they started it.
And for some reason, they always want me to come join the class…??
<p>Well, after icing my leg on and off today, I checked out my options:</p>
<p>Airdyne didn’t hurt. Squats were OK. Deadlifts, no problem. Probably shouldn’t think about any jumping or snatches. Could probably do a workout.</p>
<p>But then, I thought, don’t be an idiot. I’ve exercised five days in a row. It won’t kill me to take a day off, ice this thing some more, and let it heal up. Live to hilly walk/jog another day!</p>
<p>Those ladies are too old to be Mrs. Robinson or cougars! “Old” is anyone 5 years older than I am!</p>
<p><------Better not share what he considers “old;” might get himself in trouble… Has been accused of fitting his own description of old once or twice :)</p>
<p>Anne Bancroft was 36 years old when she played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate. Just saying.</p>
<p>^Really? She was made to look older! Sort of…dissipated.</p>
Nothing yesterday except walking three miles. I was in my office last night with my stuff but I was way overdue for a training course so I spent an hour on that and working on a longstanding bug. I have my stuff today and am hoping to squeeze something in.
I do get in stretches and pushups here and there during the day and that helps but I’m a bit short on sleep and have too much to do lately. I may take a vacation day or three to try to catchup on stuff (cleaning the basement, moving my son in - we got the keys to his apartment yesterday and we need to furnish it, getting ready for taxes, looking for some real estate documents to do an international real estate transaction, clearing a three-month backlog of snail mail). At least I have my walking and the running makes it easy.
<p>BC, I hope you mean a computer bug and not a health issue.</p>
<p>Software bug - I’m a software engineer and fixing bugs is part of my job.</p>
<p>I understand that we have very high pollen levels in our area and that’s affecting me quite a bit - or I have a cold but it may be allergies. This is very early for allergies to pop up but I have the right symptoms for allergies.</p>
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It is, but DW has been complaining the last few days about her eyes itching, and I am feeling it too.</p>
<p>Definitely allergies.</p>
<p>6.1 miles this morning. Knew I would need the headlamp for the first mile or so (decent street lights after that) but didn’t feel like having it after the first mile, so I did without. I was afraid of falling, so it was a slow first mile. The asphalt is a little rough in my neighborhood because there is still construction and they haven’t put on the final coat. I didn’t feel like doing it, but I did. It was 64 degrees (VERY unusual for this early in spring) and it feels good to not have all the clothes on! Saw 2 black cats but no skunks.</p>
<p>3 miles, 8:33 pace. Nice to go on a run without worrying (much) about having to be somewhere soon. I didn’t gain any weight during my running hiatus which is good. Tomorrow is more iffy for running.</p>