How much fitness time (weights, stretching, etc.) do you do in a week?

[2IT]

When I was racing, it felt better to do something off the bike for muscle balance and relaxation. Now in my 60s it's as if rigor mortis sets in later in the day or an injury starts developing over time when I don't do some off the bike physio.

Don't count walking, running, swimming, etc..

How much do you do?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Does 30 hours of window cleaning,up and down ladders which i carry from job to job count?

 

[Hacienda71]

One hours football. Which is mostly running so none.

 

[Sharky]

Also in my 60's (66) - AND still racing and training, all a bit slower. Still get aches and pains, especially washing up, hoovering, gardening, shopping etc, but funnily enough when back on the bike, the pains seem to disappear.

 

[ColinJ]

Well, if you are not counting walking then ZILCH. Unless you count the fact that I don't drive so when I walk to and from the shops I carry weights in the form of shopping ...?

I actually bought a pair of kettlebells off my nephew recently and did do some weight training with them. 'Weight training' only in the sense of training the weights to sit quietly in the corner of the room, daring me to pick them up!

 

[Accy cyclist]

One hours football. Which is mostly running so none.

Football matches last 90 minutes. Is it a tactical substitution?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Turbo for a couple of hrs..30min sessions.
i do around 50 sit ups ,2x 20 press ups and a load of old karate type stretch excersing..
i tend to do this 3 to 4 times a week.

thou after some of my work days i find it a bit too much..50 3x2 slabs feels like a 1000 now..this age thing

 

[steve50]

My Mrs seems to be making sure I get plenty exercise just lately, I have just finished paving the back garden with concrete slabs, all hand balled up there and set in concrete, then she wanted a concrete base laying on the side garden for the new shed that is due to arrive anytime, so that was a lot of digging out, foundation laying then half a tonne of concrete laying, again all done by hand, not even the use of a wheel barrow, i think I will class that as enough exercise.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

At the moment nothing except the bike, but I've got a Yoga class next week, its been seven or eight years since I did my last one. I always found yoga was good for stretching the muscles that I didn't use in cycling and made me feel better both physically and mentally.

 

[sidevalve]

Zero - but I work out in the pub whenever I can

 

[Hacienda71]

Football matches last 90 minutes. Is it a tactical substitution?

Lol, 8 a side on astroturf. We aren't serious enough to have substitutes.

 

[tyred]

I exercise every morning by stretching my jaws and yawning.

 

[ianrauk]

None.
No need to with the amount of cycling I do.

 

[martint235]

Judging by the various aches and pains I currently have (can't lift right arm above shoulder without pain and also a very sore neck) not enough by a long way

 

[Sixmile]

I've been going to the gym at lunchtimes 3 - 5 times a week depending on my work schedule. 45 minutes isn't much at every visit but has saved me eating subways and chippys at lunchtime so I've saved a few pounds and a few pounds!