However if you miss, that is NOT good for osteoporosis!
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Start very, very low. And don’t miss. Here’s a 73-year old box jumping.
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Just checking in. It’s been warm most days and it’s going to be really hot here in the mid-Atlantic for the next several days.
I play pickleball outside when I can. We are moving our time to 8 (as early as I can get enough participants to come out).
I’m dog sitting until tomorrow, which requires multiple walks each day. I’ve shifted the dog’s main walk to the morning. Dog is 3/4 Husky, and when we took her to the tennis court to run a round the other day (not for that long - just to let her have some fun), we were really worried about her cooling down. With the weather (heat, humidity along with lots of rain recently) dog walking has been my main form of exercise some days.
Normally I’d be doing a long(ish) bike ride today and/or tomorrow. We may skip it because of the heat (but we may just take extra water and not go as far).
I continue to get my rings closed almost every day, and often I double the move ring. Ice cream and white wine keep me from losing any weight, but the exercise keeps me from gaining :).
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So true don’t want to miss on the box jumping. Look at that 73 year old! She’s crushing it.
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As I mentioned earlier - yep! Don’t miss! I can attest to that. But a soft box would most definitely be better. In my case it wasn’t even anything new or taller. I had jumped up and down on that box several thousand times probably. I wasn’t especially tired either. Just either wasn’t paying enough attention or just having a klutzy day.
But I can’t honestly say I felt any fitter doing them, or less fit after stopping. I thought they were fun before I raked my shin down the front. After that, the fun just disappeared lol.
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Can testify to the heat and humidity. My soccer crew only made it about 75 minutes. I still ran about 2 miles. But every layer was soaked as though i had been swimming
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Just a HIIT today and some accessories, but I thought I’d “goof off” and quickly see how high I could box jump though I had to do them in 6” increments with the soft boxes we have in the gym (6”, 12”, 20” and 24”).
Back in the old days… 
Anyway I successfully jumped 38” and decided that there was no way I was hitting 42”. So I stopped.
I can’t remember just going for height, typically HIIT’s are done with 24” boxes.
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I’ve played a lot of pickleball recently. But yesterday was just a short bike ride, which I think was probably helpful variety. I’ve had some slight hip pain recently, so on my stretching sessions I’ve been trying a few new exercises noticed on facebook. Happy to also take recommendations for hip stretches from the experts here 
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Very interesting morning here. I’ve been trying to lengthen a run into a long run, and I’m trying out Mondays. In the old days, my quality days were Monday (speed), Wed (TM pace run), Friday (long run), but now I do my pseudo quality TM/outside run on Saturday. Anyhow, I’d love to say they’ve been going well, but not really. Mondays are rough. But for now I’m sticking with it.
So 13-14 hilly, mega hot & sticky and sweaty miles it was. With about 20 min left to go, I found a fat wallet in the middle of the road. A 20 year old kid and it was intact. SS card, bank cards, debit cards, a bit of cash, etc. So I ran it home and finished my run. Exhausted, I stretched for awhile and climbed in the shower. Last night, I cut my finger bad on a can - it took almost 30 min to stop bleeding… and in the shower, it started up again. I was flinging blood everywhere. (Hopefully my tetnus shot 2 years ago is good enough. I’m not getting another)
Got to work and poked through the wallet a little more. I found a DMV thing that had a parents’ signature and a phone number. Called and left a message that I had found it and was turning it in downstairs at my workplace with the police. The policeman also said he’d try to track them down. Hopefully, he’ll get it back.
And H’s work partner is at work sick today. We have a big weekend planned with all the kids, GF’s and one of the GF’s families. H said he will stay away, but he’s not particularly good with such things.
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Wow, there’s a lot here.
I can’t imagine running 14 miles again. Although I loved running, I just can’t imagine that level of commitment again.
I hope the kid gets his wallet back. Why is he carrying around his SS card???
Ouch about the can. Two years ago seems plenty recent enough for a tetanus shot.
I was so confused about your dh. I thought you wanted him to stay away from the family gathering! Hope it all works out!
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I’m exhausted reading your post! I know you like the heat but that long of a run this time of year, 
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Hope they find the wallet owner. And that your H doesn’t get sick!
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haha.. no. I want him to stay away from his coworker. After teaching for 32 kids with coughing kids, illnesses don’t faze him. His 6’ away distance is more like 2.5’ in reality. He doesn’t get sick often, but it always seems to happen right before something important…
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I had such a tough workout yesterday. My online trainer went out of the country for two weeks and then came back with the flu. We didn’t work out for a month. I walked every day to close my ring, but the treadmil walks apparently are no match for a real HIIT workout. My heart rate was into the 160s for a while, and I couldn’t get me heart rate low enough to stretch lying down at the end. Phew. Felt good to work so hard.
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Since I have hit my goal weight I have had trouble gauging my progress. It didn’t help as I was really getting into lifting weights I had the hernia surgery. So yesterday after the elliptical I did a ride on the stationery bike. On this flat 4.4 mile ride I was able to beat my PR from mid-March by 31 seconds. I was happy about that.
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What kind of hip pain and which exercises are you already doing?
It is going to be very hot and humid here for the next several days. We played pickleball early this morning (started at 8, instead of 9), but I was still a sweaty mess in just a few minutes. At the end of the 2 hour session I had to sub in for a friend - she was just done.
And DARN, I lost my favorite SPF lip balm on the court today! Sometimes it’s the little things that really bother me… I hate losing lip balm.
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Turning on the news ruined all those workout endorphins. 
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For anyone who may be stuck inside due to the heat (or whatever) and wants to get some movement in, this was a new “walking” video I did this morning that worked legs/arms/core and the host was pleasant! Fast based but manageable in steps!
So between that, two very early pup walks (we are grand pup sitting plus ours and they need separate walks) and then a 20 minute lap swim in the backyard I’m set for the day - though I may take a second swim - HOT!
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I went to PT for hip pain/stiffness. The basic approach was to move and strengthen all the muscles of the pelvic region, including the glutes. Based on my experience, I recommend clam shells, side-reclining leg lifts, bird dogs, back-reclining leg extensions (use a strap if you have one to deepen the extension and keep your foot flexed), figure four stretch, bridge pose - progressing to bridge pose with feet elevated on a bosu ball (helps with core too to maintain a balanced position). 3 sets of 10-15, each side. Progress to using a band to increase tension as you get stronger. There were other things they had me do, but these are the ones I continue to keep in my routine at home. Also - deep massage works to release tension. The PT always did it before the exercises. At home, when the hip gets tight, I use a tennis ball with my backside rolling it around a wall behind me. You can feel where the knots are, and it probably isn’t in your hip but in your piriformis or some other connected tissue.
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The hip pain is usually left hip-ish, various areas at top of leg - side (most common) or front… sometime lowerback. Mostly I feel it at night in bed, rarely while exercising (slow running, mellow pickleball, slow/flat cycling). The only time it was really bad was on vacation - lots of walking and stairs in London tube stations. But that pain may have been instigated by overstreching for luggage in a cab mid-trip - ibuprofin relieved that pain.
For a few years I’ve been doing this lower body stretch video about 5 times a week. (Lower Body Active Stretching Routine - Low Impact Workout to Tone and Stretch | Fitness Blender). Also crunches and various other ab-ish exercises. Sometimes also a video routine with 5lb hand weight. Lately I’ve tried a few other exercises but nothing consistently.