Exercise

It's probably know known that I ride a bike ..not as much as I used to but I still have a go. Does anyone else do anything to stay as fit as possible?

I did 10.5 miles on the ordinary bike this morning. It took an 1¼ hours. One part of the ride is along a canal bank where other cyclists, walkers and joggers might be met. I always stop and put a mask on for that part of the ride (very rarely see anyone else with one on).

The trouble I've found is that a mask is quite OK for normal breathing but if you're panting a bit and need more air, the mask gets sucked into the face and it becomes hard to breathe through. I've got a mask frame on order that supposed to stop that from happening. I hope it works.

I used to go to the gym, but gradually tailed off, likewise we did a lot of country walking in our locality and that too gradually tailed off.
Now we do no extra exercise at all, apart from gardening, housework and car washing.
Neither of us are overweight...I am 5'9'' and weigh just 12 stones, we eat well, plenty of fruit and veg, chicken and fish and lean red meats and drink far too much gin and tonic.
My parents were very poor and died at a very early age, mother at 41 when I was 11 and dad died at 52 when I was just 15....so at 75 I am living on borrowed time, exercise or no exercise.

good  on ya Mal I do a lot of writing and typing oh and yawning!

my young female physio wants me to exercise all day long very boring stuff but won't let me bed her - now that would be some exciting exercise!!

I'm not getting much exercise at all, I used to enjoy cycling and walking but I'm feeling very weak from the Chemo and spend a lot of time sleeping.

knee replacement or not? - I have seen several docs ;surgeons etc about this topic - some docs even have said don't bother after 5 yrs they need to replace the knee replacement? - most say "I'm not saying it's your choice dear boy" gone are the days of firm instructions from doctors. I have been in and out of the health services all my working life - no not sick working. Now I am not so keen about knee replacement - have to leave home for at least a week to have it done - I am told the physio immediately after is painful and so on and so forth. My damage knee is slowly mending itself - muscles and tendons tightening up like a drying old rope joint and I can still walk with it. I guess there are as many alternate views as the harry and megan debate! knees up mother brown!

I have to say that a couple of factors have made a difference to fitness. These are the lockdowns, plus my brother can't cycle anymore. Both have meant less riding of the bike. I can still ride but tend not to get the same enjoyment out of it that I did before these events. I ride mostly the e-bike when I ride now and might struggle to do the same distances and hills that I did only a few years ago.

I more go for walks than bike rides now. Still at a good pace when I'm on my own too. Luckily, there is a large area of land not far from here that is rugged, leafy and a generally good place to be. Although it's the same area I walk all the time, it is interesting to watch it change character over the seasons. Thought I'd show a few photos of the place.

Summer..




Winter (2010)..

I noticed that one of the top tennis players - male has just come back striving like mad on the court having had two hip replacement and now playing on with a steel hip replacement apparently - wots it all about alfie!