The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Hmm... YouTube just suggested various videos to me. One caught my attention - 'Why can't you Asian squat?' How odd!

I watched it and kept thinking 'That surely is not difficult for most people?'. My body is very inflexible but I was convinced that I would have no problem doing it, so I gave it a go. Yes - easy peasy!



Can you do it?

It seems that it might be worth doing it a few times a day. I spend way too much time semi-recumbent.

Nope, can’t flatten my feet. If I did, I would fall backwards

 

[ColinJ]

Nope, can’t flatten my feet. If I did, I would fall backwards

Is that due to injury (or wear & tear), or would you always have struggled with it?

I have mentioned before that I am very inflexible in some ways. For example if I try to touch my toes, I can only get as far down as mid-shin. In other ways I can do things that other people would struggle with. An example of that would be touching the sole of one of my feet with the tip of my nose!

 

[numbnuts]

Asian squat = 💩

 

[ColinJ]

Asian squat = 💩

It is supposed to be very good for that. Just don't do it standing on the seat...

 

[ColinJ]

I have spent enough time looking for my diary tonight... If anybody knows where it is***, let me know when I check back in later!





*** I'd be slightly worried if you DID know!

 

[PaulSB]

Anyone want to explain why I'm doing Asian squats at 03.58 on Easter Sunday?

 

[ColinJ]

Anyone want to explain why I'm doing Asian squats at 03.58 on Easter Sunday?

Because you got bored of looking for my diary?

I just found it under my Android tablet upstairs. I must have picked it up with the tablet last night when I went to bed.

I had better get my crossword puzzle finished and get some sleep.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Still dark and no weather yet. Thought I'd check in early before I head back to bed for hopefully another 2-3 hours sleep.

Happy Easter one and all 🐇 🍩🍫 this will test my calorie counting nerve. I'm using MyNetDiary. My target is 1555 calories/day. Two cups of tea means I have 1495 left for the day. It's working well though I'm finding I need to eat on the bike which is unusual. By meal times I'm hungry which must be positive?

All the family home today and we will have a rump joint, roasties, Yorkshire, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and gravy. There's been a request for homemade Yorkshires so Aunt Bessie's will stay in the freezer. Chocolate cake for dessert as it was #3 son's birthday last week. The beef is the joint we froze when we celebrated Covid cancelled Christmas. The owner of the farm shop we use said sales for Easter are down because many of his customers are doing the same.

Pleased with yesterday's allotment work and only have potting various veg seedlings and a bit of sowing left to do. There are a lot of seasoned logs to split. WOW! the club bar was busy, I was serving or restocking shelves/coolers for two hours non-stop yesterday.

Today I have learned what a dinglespeed is and pondered why Chris Froome needs a Quadlock?

Have a fun day.

 

[Dave7]

Good day everyone .
I was in bed quite early and really really wanted to sleep in this morning. However I was awake before 0600 and I can't just lie there.
Like Chorley Paul we are having a roast. Ours will be lamb leg steak, roast spuds, brocoli, cauli, carrots and gravy. No Yorkshire pud though.

 

[Dave7]

Wordle in 5.
I got 3 on the 1st line (2 green, 1 orange) but the missing ones would not click

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Another nice day for us I think.

I couldn't squat like that either. Not through Injury, just I have never been able to do it.

Stay safe peeps.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, we're sat waiting for the carer, family here later, this afternoon I'll be getting nmy Dahlia tubers out the shed. Checking they're OK and potting them up, and I must sort out the ironing.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Lots of aches and soreness from kneeling on a roof while I treated it with a 10 year roof protector 🤞
I’m not sure how they estimate the coverage but I got half of what they stated.
Anyway, granddaughter’s sleepover tonight, hot cross buns and Easter eggs so I’m expecting a frantic time🐣🐣
Off for a walk/ run/ shuffle to shake out the aches and pains,
Have a glorious day 😎☀️☕️🐰

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Sun's out again
MrsD wants to go to a particular shop in Wells this morning if it's open.
Will take doggie for a stroll then we've booked Sunday lunch at the Three Horseshoes in Warham.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day everyone .
I was in bed quite early and really really wanted to sleep in this morning. However I was awake before 0600 and I can't just lie there.
Like Chorley Paul we are having a roast. Ours will be lamb leg steak, roast spuds, brocoli, cauli, carrots and gravy. No Yorkshire pud though.

We would usually have lamb at Easter but with a very expensive Christmas joint sitting in the freezer it has to be beef.