The Pretend Fitness Thread

[Mac]

@backinatracksuit

I’m lucky with injuries I’d say, 5000k over 2 years and nothing yet,
I wouldn’t mind joining a club but I like to run first thing, you can take the puss if you want but my job is quite physically and mentally demanding, I’m on my feet all day and I’m wrecked by evening time, I’d never want to go out running,
I’m happy with how im going, I’m quite a good runner for my age and I enjoy it, there’s a myth being formed that I don’t know what I’m doing but I do all sorts of training and I’ve read everything there is to read, people are built differently

I agree that training is (and should be) different for everyone. You’d likely find someone else within a club who would also like to run earlier, which would make some of the longer training runs a bit easier was my main point.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

@backinatracksuit

I’m lucky with injuries

Fair play, I wonder is there any correlation between Size/Height and injuries. You’d imagine small light lads would be putting alot less pressure on joints.

[glasagusban]

Says the big fat cunt

[Ambrose_McNulty]

Hi Princess!

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

I think that’s fairly accurate. Some folks are more naturally built towards running. I’m not. I’m 6ft and tend to carry a few extra pounds naturally if I’m not training

Then again, Bryan McCrystal, Ireland’s best Ironman and a former Leeds United trainee ran by me the other day. He must be 6ft3 and certainly not a whippet, but he was gliding off the ground.

[Locke]

Join a club?? Sure he won’t even join the TFK clique on Strava ffs!

@Mac

@backinatracksuit

…lone, usually very early in the morning, I appreciate all the advice but I’m stubborn and like to enjoy my runs, repeats drive me bananasActually got a pair of Adidas Boston (the new ones) the other day, my first reall racing shoeApologies to anybody who hasn’t read the ravenous thread off topic stuff

I haven’t read it. While you like to do your own thing, would joining a local club not be an option for you? There’d likely be other stubborn mules there and you might find it easier doing repeats with other folks of a similar level. It might also help with a better plan or things like recovery and avoiding injuries etc.

[flattythehurdler]

Amen to that. I can only train in the morning. I feel ill by teatime.

[Mac]

@flattythehurdler

Amen to that. I can only train in the morning. I feel ill by teatime.

Typical Galway - strong start and fall off at the business end

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Really?

A quick look at last season shows they were near the bottom all season

[Mac]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

Really?

A quick look at last season shows they were near the bottom all season

Mea culpa

[flattythehurdler]

Beat kk in nowlan?

[Arthur]

@fenwaypark

…rs. Had my own thread there for a while.Ive made a tonne of mistakes through a lack of knowledge and probably picked up a fair few injuries as a result.Im just back to some consistent training for 4 weeks after another injury. I have been ravaged since 2015 with long layoffs.My goal is sub 3 again.

You were saying do foam rolling daily on the other thread. How long minimum should a fella spend at it?

[fenwaypark]

I do 20 rolls of main muscles. Do twice a day. Makes a huge difference.

[Arthur]

So just 20 on the calf for eg? Or would you need to be going up and down inside and outside of calf 20 times too?

[fenwaypark]

I go up calf and then each side. Do same for thigh and hamstring. Also do itb.

[Arthur]

Big time commitment I’d say. How long would it take ya?

[fenwaypark]

Not long. 5-10 mins.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

I used to have a good routine going. Roller for the calves and quads. Golf ball for the feet. Sliotar and/or tennis ball for the glutes.

[fenwaypark]

Use cricket ball for my hamstrings most days.

[anon78624367]

I meant to say it to you, the rolling worked for the pains in my knee after jogs, thanks pal