Comments on: Time to Saddle Up Again http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/ Live to Bike! Work to Live! Bike to Work! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: carey http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-480 carey Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:16:03 +0000 http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/#comment-480 Red--I had plantar fascitis for years as well! Man, it is such a pain and then bamn it's gone just as fast as it comes on!! I did have surgery on my heal back in 05, from the constant wear and tear from running, he had to shave off the back of my heal because of calcium build up, it would bleed than harden and repeat that cycle...till I could not touch the back of my heal...plus he cut my Achilles 10% of it because it was so tight! In a cast for 6 weeks than hardly walking for another 6 weeks or so, I didn't think I would ever feel better, but it did. Then the injuries bounced from my knees to my lower back and yadayadaya. The pain of getting older! Red–I had plantar fascitis for years as well! Man, it is such a pain and then bamn it’s gone just as fast as it comes on!!

I did have surgery on my heal back in 05, from the constant wear and tear from running, he had to shave off the back of my heal because of calcium build up, it would bleed than harden and repeat that cycle…till I could not touch the back of my heal…plus he cut my Achilles 10% of it because it was so tight!

In a cast for 6 weeks than hardly walking for another 6 weeks or so, I didn’t think I would ever feel better, but it did. Then the injuries bounced from my knees to my lower back and yadayadaya. The pain of getting older!

]]> By: Red http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Red Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:24:16 +0000 http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/#comment-479 I actually enjoy weight training and exercise. I really think the reason I quit was the pain from plantar fasciitis. Constant pain is ... well it's a pain. :) I checked out P90x online. Woohoo! Think I could get ripped in 90 days? :) Actually I think the concept is good and makes sense. I enjoy classes at the gym so I think I get the same variety through my routine. Well the routine I had for a few years until I quit in January. I have kept with Pilates and Bodyflow. Bodyflow is a class with a combination of pilates, yoga, Tai Chi and ends with 10 minutes of relaxation and meditation. Some days I would do Bodyattack which is a combination of many things including plyometrics what ever that is. :) I would do weight lifting or maybe Bodypump which is a weight lifting class. I would also sometimes do Bodystep or a cycling class. The Body____ series are classes from a company called Les Mills. You get a different routine about every six weeks. I enjoy the social aspect of classes. It's a good place to go where I have "friends" who I just meet there. No expectations...lol At home I do dumbbells and exercise balls. I am impressed with exercise balls. I started back into my routine yesterday by running from the basement at work where I park my bike to my office on the sixth floor. Whew! It's actually 8 fights. Talk about screaming quads. So that is the combination I would do over the course of a week to ten days. I need to get back into it. I am thinking bodypump tonight. Though I have been wanting to try power yoga. I actually enjoy weight training and exercise. I really think the reason I quit was the pain from plantar fasciitis. Constant pain is … well it’s a pain. :)

I checked out P90x online. Woohoo! Think I could get ripped in 90 days? :) Actually I think the concept is good and makes sense. I enjoy classes at the gym so I think I get the same variety through my routine. Well the routine I had for a few years until I quit in January.

I have kept with Pilates and Bodyflow. Bodyflow is a class with a combination of pilates, yoga, Tai Chi and ends with 10 minutes of relaxation and meditation. Some days I would do Bodyattack which is a combination of many things including plyometrics what ever that is. :) I would do weight lifting or maybe Bodypump which is a weight lifting class. I would also sometimes do Bodystep or a cycling class.

The Body____ series are classes from a company called Les Mills. You get a different routine about every six weeks. I enjoy the social aspect of classes. It’s a good place to go where I have “friends” who I just meet there. No expectations…lol

At home I do dumbbells and exercise balls. I am impressed with exercise balls.

I started back into my routine yesterday by running from the basement at work where I park my bike to my office on the sixth floor. Whew! It’s actually 8 fights. Talk about screaming quads.

So that is the combination I would do over the course of a week to ten days. I need to get back into it.

I am thinking bodypump tonight. Though I have been wanting to try power yoga.

]]> By: carey http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-478 carey Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:24:09 +0000 http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/#comment-478 I have the answer for the weight training!!! It's P90X it's awesome! You work different muscles everyday--not only weight training but, yoga, karate-type workout...actually six or seven different workouts. I ordered it online and am really happy with how strong I'm becoming it's really helped out my running! Just a thought. Can you tell I'm excited about it?! I have the answer for the weight training!!! It’s P90X it’s awesome! You work different muscles everyday–not only weight training but, yoga, karate-type workout…actually six or seven different workouts.

I ordered it online and am really happy with how strong I’m becoming it’s really helped out my running!

Just a thought.

Can you tell I’m excited about it?!

]]> By: angie http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-477 angie Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:01:53 +0000 http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/#comment-477 I, too, tend to put off weight training. It is not fun. It is fun to burn calories more efficiently and to be able to lift/push things no one thinks you should be able to. But the actual weight training? Not fun. But then again I do not think Pilates is a barrel of monkeys either. I always end up with a sore back. I prefer TV and a bowl of ice cream. Alas, we do not always get what we want. (Says me who needs to go and do 5-6 miles on the treadmill tonight. 8[) I, too, tend to put off weight training. It is not fun. It is fun to burn calories more efficiently and to be able to lift/push things no one thinks you should be able to. But the actual weight training? Not fun.

But then again I do not think Pilates is a barrel of monkeys either. I always end up with a sore back.

I prefer TV and a bowl of ice cream. Alas, we do not always get what we want.

(Says me who needs to go and do 5-6 miles on the treadmill tonight. 8[)

]]> By: RBK http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-476 RBK Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:42:12 +0000 http://www.spokesnspin.com/2008/06/01/time-to-saddle-up-again/#comment-476 Somehow just get started. The first step is the most difficult hump. It only gets progressively easier. I used to be a runner and somehow fell off the wagon for years. One day I just started running again and it almost wiped me out after a few minutes. However, it is now becoming easier. The motivation only increases with the immediate euphoria one feels and endurance one builds... Somehow just get started. The first step is the most difficult hump. It only gets progressively easier. I used to be a runner and somehow fell off the wagon for years. One day I just started running again and it almost wiped me out after a few minutes. However, it is now becoming easier. The motivation only increases with the immediate euphoria one feels and endurance one builds…

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