Exercise and anxiety

[Lolalee1]

That's true. Our organic friend is recommending a mixture of heroin and porn

Onya Terry

[fishman65]

That's true. Our organic friend is recommending a mixture of heroin and porn

Ohhhh I've just got it...duh. The banned person. I hadn't a clue what you were on about Terry.

OK looking for cardio workouts with no squats, there must be something on youtube.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Well he was posting links for anal sex on some threads. He must have given your plight some consideration given the piles situation

I remember when I first started having piles as a young man the female GP asking if I were gay. She said we have to ask to understand any possible root cause. I replied "I'm not that brave" and she laughed

My piles all started due to weight training. It's similar to why pregnant women get them; all the straining when pushing into the bottom.

How about lunges? Not sure if they will cause the same but they aren't as intense. Squats are one of the hardest exercises and with weights you can be sore for days. Big impact on posterior chain and great for testosterone and fat burning due to being a major muscle workout.

I'm guessing you're not quite ready for pistols? (maybe assisted version? Pistols are an advanced one)

Bear crawls?

For the wrists you mentioned earlier I think a lot is to be said for just towel twists and squeezes. Carrying heavy objects too. You can often spot a working man by those muscular forearms.

[fishman65]

Are the pistols to shoot myself Terry? Yea piles isn't something I like to bring up (eww that sounds weird) in normal conversation. I bought the cream from Asda and paid at the automated till so as to avoid knowing looks from the cashier. I'm sure its the squats that are responsible, so I found some 'knee friendly' workouts. Maybe I should type 'haemorrhoid friendly' instead.

Yes I do wonder how gay chaps go on with it. Not that I wonder about it that often, I mean like just now.

[hlvd]

I'm not sure if this belongs in the therapy section or not, admin please feel free to move it if required.

OK since the beginning of the Covid19 crisis I've been hammering away at the exercise bike that had previously been gathering dust and spiders in the garden shed. Inspired to get fitter largely due to reading about the links between obesity and Covid prognosis, I've been at it on a regular basis. In fact as I type this, I'd say I'm probably fitter now than I have been in years. At least leg-wise and cardiovascular but I've yet to do much upper body work. I've started some this evening with a 12lb bottle of water. I've also lost significant weight from where I was this time 2 years ago, nudging 5 stones. The bulk of this loss has been over a longer period through regular walking, the more recent exercise bike has accelerated it. However in the last 2 weeks I've plateaued at 18st 3lb. This is despite keeping below the recommended 2154 calories per day that my app has put in place.

So my first question would be how to break through this plateau. Would increasing the duration of exercise do it? Or intensity? I've read about more resistance exercise which made me think about the water bottle. Then again I read too that stress affects cortisol that restricts belly fat loss, and my anxiety has been up and running the last few weeks. Coincidence?

Also does exercise have any therapeutic effect regarding anxiety? My own experience would suggest not, I feel much fitter but the anxiety is still very much there. Clearly though there are too many multiple dynamics involved to answer so simplistic a question.

Hi, your next step should be real riding on a bike.
You’ll work far harder without even feeling it on the road due to the moving air cooling down, you’ll also get much fitter riding road.

[Lolalee1]

Riding a bike
That reminds me of a time I had seen 3 women standing under a sign that read Town Bikes For Hire
My morning exercise is I must I must increase my bust.

[fishman65]

Thanks hlvd and Lola.

OK about 10 days ago Mrs F was looking through Wowcher and saw some cheap exercise bikes. They were selling for £59, knocked down from £114 I think? Anyway I had grave misgivings but in the past she's called me a snob, so I kept quiet.


Well today it arrived. You have to assemble it yourself which I duly did. It was advertised as a beginner's bike, but all I could do was laugh. That's a huge insult to beginners. It has a dial to adjust resistance, however its the same no matter how much you turn the dial. So I thought I'd pedal faster instead, but then the pedals threatened to come off and the bike felt like it might collapse under me.


So I thought maybe its a 'single use' exercise bike, disposable. Which it may as well be as I'd get more exercise getting out of bed. It really is utter trash. Anyway I hope this gives anyone reading this a laugh, it has me.

[pulisa]

I'm sure she meant well but sorry it was a waste of money. I expect there's a lot of rubbish being touted online at the moment though.

I hate all this self-assembly stuff but that's because I'm clueless with a toolkit..It's the bits left behind which worry me if I attempt to put anything together!

[fishman65]

I'm sure she meant well but sorry it was a waste of money. I expect there's a lot of rubbish being touted online at the moment though.

I hate all this self-assembly stuff but that's because I'm clueless with a toolkit..It's the bits left behind which worry me if I attempt to put anything together!

I'll hasten to add it wasn't a Christmas present, that does make me sound ungrateful but I've been looking for a replacement for a couple of months now.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Are the pistols to shoot myself Terry? Yea piles isn't something I like to bring up (eww that sounds weird) in normal conversation. I bought the cream from Asda and paid at the automated till so as to avoid knowing looks from the cashier. I'm sure its the squats that are responsible, so I found some 'knee friendly' workouts. Maybe I should type 'haemorrhoid friendly' instead.

Yes I do wonder how gay chaps go on with it. Not that I wonder about it that often, I mean like just now.

Turn the embarrassment onto them and start fidgeting whilst they scanned it

Could be worse than pistols you would try for the human flag.

I can't do pistols. I can do a crackling impression of a double barelled shotgun lying open on it's side on the floor though