Secrets of eternal hill walking youth thread

[Odd Man]

I absolutely would not do Oly at a Cross Fit box unless you happen to find an experienced coach there who will train you one to one outside the class. Olympic lifting is very technical, that's what I like about it. I see so many PTs training people to lift bars with horrible dangerous posture. The coach has to know the sport really well and be able to teach good progressive exercises to help build muscle memory to adjust whatever one is getting wrong. You can really hurt your back or shoulders if doing it wrong. Remember, it's explosive! Totally different to other lifting.

I completely agree. Choose your coach very carefully and pick someone who does it as the main discipline. Some boxes have poor (Crossfit) coaches (like mine which caused me my hip injury), but the box's Oly coach was very experienced. He coached the regional Oly competitors in London. If you can find a Oly club near, better, but they are rarer than boxes unfortunately.

 

[Clare]

@WilliamC I said that I would come back with some yoga recommendations. I don't have much experience of on-line classes so my suggestions may not be good. That said, loads of people praise Adriene's 30 day teaching series, here https://yogawithadriene.com/home-30-days-of-yoga/ I have a completely unjustified and prejudiced hostility to American yogis who always sound (to me) particularly self-satisfied, so this is not for me. If you are not similarly afflicted, it may be good for you.

I've been doing some on-line classes with a woman who was teaching in my local park in the summer. I like her classes, they are not too fast or all that intense. She is one of thousands of similar teachers offering on-line courses at the moment and I make no special claim for her, but I have enjoyed them https://www.yogielle.com/yoga-on-de...mail&cid=7a20f440-7897-414d-b153-1d9e2936e60b

[sorry I don't seem to have the link making skill yet]

Or it's nice to practice with someone you know, you could ask @Mole if Ruth is doing on-line classes at the moment. She is a very good yoga teacher.

 

[WilliamC]

Thanks for that @Clare

 

[SteG]

Bring back mad Lizzy

 

[SteG]

I absolutely would not do Oly at a Cross Fit box unless you happen to find an experienced coach there who will train you one to one outside the class. Olympic lifting is very technical, that's what I like about it. I see so many PTs training people to lift bars with horrible dangerous posture. The coach has to know the sport really well and be able to teach good progressive exercises to help build muscle memory to adjust whatever one is getting wrong. You can really hurt your back or shoulders if doing it wrong. Remember, it's explosive! Totally different to other lifting.

No nor me. We're lucky, there is a big dedicated gym for Olympic lifting in Holyhead long tradition of it, all down to an inspirational teacher many years ago, a commonwealth bronze medalist, helped run now by current Olympic champ and another past common wealth champ. The weight lifting and boxing clubs here have a gone a big way to helping the youngsters both girls and boys around here over time.

 

[Franky]

Rosie Swale Pope
Say no more...
If she’s still pulling a trailer across continents at 70 years plus then........

 

[OwenM]

I wonder how many ex military over 40 suffer now because of the training they did in the forces when fit and young.

That sounds familiar, jumping out of aeroplanes and crashing into hard ground didn't help either.

 

[Bmblbzzz]

If you Google blue zones you'll find links to that e.g https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Zone

Exactly, old as in, the way they live, think, etc. Not so much their chronological age.

I inadvertently omitted a really important one:

5. Getting sufficient good quality sleep. This one is very much a work in progress for me.

Sleep. I know that is my major weakness. Far too often I stay up far too late (1, 2, even 4 am) doing, well, ****. Not partying or anything, at best I might be reading, or I might even be posting rubbish on the internet. !!! I find late-night computer use makes me feel far worse next day than late-night reading or even partying. Not that I've been doing any late-night partying for quite some time.

So having said that, I'm going to turn this off now.

 

[Bmblbzzz]

Oh, I'd forgotten the forum software doesn't like the word "5h1t". I'm not sure how it responds to "kr@p". I think I'll dare to try it: crap. And apologies if I have actually offended anyone. Right, off for a run in five minutes.