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 November 20 by paulshane

[Peroni]

I join this thread every year... this times the one!!

[mandana]

I havent got a ticket yet, but just started a few extra walks and stuff. when I am wfh 2 days a week I sometimes dont leave the flat. Especially if the weather is what is is now. Added in a couple of walks this week. Felt better for it already!

[steviewevie]

I am fit as f**k..marathon man (well, used to be)...but I am getting older and have a few poopooweewee problems...and I really can't handle my hangovers anymore.

[Levitz]

Ticket secured on Sunday and want to really do this this year. I end up walking c75-80 miles over the festival usually and am in good weight range but want to use the festival as an impetus/motivation to step up actual fitness, as I've been staying on the sofa more and more this year...

[gazzared]

9 hours ago, Levitz said:

Ticket secured on Sunday and want to really do this this year. I end up walking c75-80 miles over the festival usually and am in good weight range but want to use the festival as an impetus/motivation to step up actual fitness, as I've been staying on the sofa more and more this year...

You need to get your steps in by coming to the match again.... Starting next Wednesday 👍🤣

[MilkyJoe]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:23 PM, MilkyJoe said:

I'll start tomorrow.

 

Or maybe after ticket day...

 

Well that idea didn't quite go to plan and I can't wait until April to start. 😭

 

Currently walking 6-8km a day in a bid to shed a stone.

[Levitz]

On 11/21/2024 at 8:09 AM, gazzared said:

You need to get your steps in by coming to the match again.... Starting next Wednesday 👍🤣

lol, Sunday maybe, probably

[Talcroft]

Ahh nice to see this come up again coz I need bragging rights today... As of this morning I'm officially 2 stone down since this year's fest. Another 2-3 to go but very pleased so far. Easing off the effort a little now with the aim to maintain until Jan 6th then back on it with a vengeance. 

 

Anyone fancy doing RED (run every day) January? I've done it every year since 2020. I don't do run every day, but exercise every day instead. Really good way to start the year off right and get over the darkest month. 

 

 

[jonnytee1]

Step 1  - Get really drunk -  you can literally walk for miles,

 

When you feel bad when you wake up the next day repeat step 1 

 

Step 2  -  comfy shoes or boots are a must! The slog from / to the car / bus / train is the worst bit

[GetGorgeForGlasto]

Previously have been with my boyfriend who has very kindly carried the tent and the drinks in

 

He unfortunately can’t make it this year so will need to strap on my big girl boots (and potentially do some more strength training) to lug the heavier items around 😂

 

[philipsteak]

Been a tough year for many reasons, but the health situation I had which kept me off my feet for much of the year (and meant I missed Glastonbury) has had an effect on my fitness that I worked so hard to build up, but thankfully not as bad as I feared. The baseline is still there and it won't take too much to get me back to where I want to be, certainly not as much as it took to get there in the first place.

And I've just had my annual diabetes review and, I've got to honest, much to my surprise im still in remission. Like I said, been a tough year, and the diet and lifestyle had taken a bit of a hit. I always expected too, the changes I made to get into remission in the first place were unsustainable long term so I was always going to lapse a bit. But I lapsed quite a lot. And try my numbers held up, so that's nice. 

Still not diabetic.

[Talcroft]

Nice work @philipsteak! It's amazing how well that baseline is maintained. Totally different circumstances and I'm very lucky not to have any underlying conditions, but having broken my ankle in July (then plodding about on it for a month thinking I could 'stretch it out'), I was worried my year was over. 13 weeks later I'm running my fastest ever 5k times. 

Are you back on the farm next year? 

[Talcroft]

(for the avoidance of doubt, my fastest ever 5k times are still slower than literally every other member of my run club, but I'm faster than I was and that's all I care about!) 

[philipsteak]

33 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

Nice work @philipsteak! It's amazing how well that baseline is maintained. Totally different circumstances and I'm very lucky not to have any underlying conditions, but having broken my ankle in July (then plodding about on it for a month thinking I could 'stretch it out'), I was worried my year was over. 13 weeks later I'm running my fastest ever 5k times. 

Are you back on the farm next year? 

 

Thank you. It is amazing and kinda fascinating how it works. I'm now, at 48, in the best shape of my adult life. Actually, that's not quite true. At 47, before the recent health stuff I've had going on, I was in the best shape of my adult life. But I'm not too far off that now. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Superman, I'm comparing it to a VERY low bar, hence the Type 2 diagnosis. And I know a lot of insanely fit people, fell runners and endurance racers and the type. Their level is on another planet. Certainly when I was really unfit it was almost like, how are we even the same species? But since the diagnosis 2 years ago I've taken much more interest in all that stuff and so yeah, to see that baseline maintained, and knowing it won't take much to get back is both satisfying and interesting to see.

And yes, I am absolutely on the farm next year.

Oh, and congrats on the PB!

 

[philipsteak]

 

To celebrate getting back in to the fells and bagging a few more Wainwrights (my main way of keeping fit, up to 142 now. Would've been 147 but van trouble yesterday scuppered that. Beautiful day too) I've treated myself to an early Christmas present

 

[Superscally]

On 11/21/2024 at 8:27 AM, MilkyJoe said:

 

Well that idea didn't quite go to plan and I can't wait until April to start. 😭

 

Currently walking 6-8km a day in a bid to shed a stone.

Milky, have you got any injuries that prevent you from running, as if you can throw some in there to turn that into a run walk routine, you'll see the benefit. Still, great work regardless.

[MilkyJoe]

5 hours ago, Superscally said:

Milky, have you got any injuries that prevent you from running, as if you can throw some in there to turn that into a run walk routine, you'll see the benefit. Still, great work regardless.

No injuries but the fact I work on a boat for 6 weeks at a time somewhat limits my running capabilities as it's not a particularly big boat. I have kind of started jogging down the couple of straight bits but they're only 20m long so it's not ideal. Just doing the best I can at the moment.

[philipsteak]

You're gonna need a bigger boat

[Superscally]

17 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

No injuries but the fact I work on a boat for 6 weeks at a time somewhat limits my running capabilities as it's not a particularly big boat. I have kind of started jogging down the couple of straight bits but they're only 20m long so it's not ideal. Just doing the best I can at the moment.

Ah fair play!! Sounds like an interesting job!