Fitness for Glastonbury 2025

[koj]

Ticket secured so I'm all over this.

 

Not in bad shape but carrying more weight than my last visit in 2023.

 

Would like to:

1. Lose a bit of podge around my middle.

2. Up my daily step count.

3. Do some strength stuff at gym.

 

218 days and counting.

[paulshane]

I'm back in again for next year.

 

Same goals as ever, shift at least one stone of weight and get some strong comfy shoes dialed in.

 

Current plan is mostly the same - cycle as often as I can, done about 2000km this year, less than last year, because I'm old and tired 😄

 

I'm also experimenting with a vegitarian diet and the change most likley to have an effect - I've massivly cut down on the booze - just a few jars on froday and saturday now, rather than every night, hoping that with exercise will get me on the right track.

 

I purposly haven't weighed myself in a few months, as while I feel better, i'm sure I haven't lost much... yet.

 

last known weight 12.4stone (i'm 5foot 7)

 

fantasly land goal (I weighed this 4 years ago) 10.6stone

 

probably achievable goal: 11.0stone

 

weather this time of year royally sucks for cycling though, dark and cold in the evenings 😕

[LateStarter50]

Blimey @paulshane that's some target! At same height as you my best weight this year/last 10 years is your last known weight and I feel very good at it. Of course everyone built different and BMI has never been happy with me, I was cursed as a 'fat child'. Main thing I guess is to be comfortable with your fitness so your cycling is great.

Has running ever entered the equation?

Guessing we are similar in having some vintage (per your comment above), cutting down the alcohol IMO must be one of the best things we can do. I do a dry first quarter every year, not just January, and I feel it resets me for the year really nicely. Could be sponsored by Erdinger alcoholfrei and Guinness 0.0 - both excellent alternatives.

Wish you all the best on the cycling - hope S Bristol roads are better than Gloucestershire's!! 

[LateStarter50]

23 hours ago, koj said:

Ticket secured so I'm all over this.

 

Not in bad shape but carrying more weight than my last visit in 2023.

 

Would like to:

1. Lose a bit of podge around my middle.

2. Up my daily step count.

3. Do some strength stuff at gym.

 

218 days and counting.

 

I'm no expert because my BMI will never see me below the 'overweight' category however... if you re-shuffle the numbers above so that gym = 1, step count stays 2, then improving the middle at 3 will surely follow.  At my veteran age I've found that while I can't literally remove the fat cells around my middle, the right set of core exercises has at least made them sit better without so much of the effort that goes into pulling my stomach in!

Hope to be at the farm next year too. 

[paulshane]

10 minutes ago, LateStarter50 said:

Blimey @paulshane that's some target! At same height as you my best weight this year/last 10 years is your last known weight and I feel very good at it. Of course everyone built different and BMI has never been happy with me, I was cursed as a 'fat child'. Main thing I guess is to be comfortable with your fitness so your cycling is great.

Has running ever entered the equation?

Guessing we are similar in having some vintage (per your comment above), cutting down the alcohol IMO must be one of the best things we can do. I do a dry first quarter every year, not just January, and I feel it resets me for the year really nicely. Could be sponsored by Erdinger alcoholfrei and Guinness 0.0 - both excellent alternatives.

Wish you all the best on the cycling - hope S Bristol roads are better than Gloucestershire's!! 

 

heh, yes, i am now officially 'over 50' so need to get the work in to keep going at the same speed I did in my 30s 🙂

 

re running: I hate it with all my being. (despite loving skateboarding, still skate a few times a week 🙂 ) I do however, do a single 5k run each Easter, that I do about 8 weeks of warming up for, 1-2k every few days, then 3-4k then a few full 5k practice runs. Then I gasp my way round, generally 32ish minutes.

 

But I'd rather cycle for twice as long 🙂  theres lots of 'no traffic' routes here now, so I can amble along for several hours on a sunday basically off road, and theres a decent 15km 'loop' I can do from my house in the evenings that takes about 50mins thats also mostly cyclepaths, so I can go as slow as I like 🙂

Edited 2 hours ago by paulshane