I usually go to the gym 4-5x/week and do heavy weightlifting. Used to powerlift but stopped a few years ago. This whole isolation thing is really non-ideal for my normal routine lol. To make it worse, I don't have any equipment at home and there's literally no doorframe that would even support a pullup bar. So I've just been doing a ton of jumping jacks for cardio and lots of bodyweight exercises. Put all my canned food into a box and was curling that. Finally got a pair of super-old-about-to-break (literally) 15lbs dumbbells, so that's at least giving me a margin of new exercises I can include.  Still on the hunt for more dumbbells but as you can imagine they're basically impossible to come by right now. About 6 months of progress lost in the past 6-8 weeks.

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trippythings wrote:

...Still on the hunt for more dumbbells but as you can imagine they're basically impossible to come by right now...

 Concrete! Curbside pickup at your favourite home improvement store and make whatever size and shape you want. About $7 for 30 kg.

Thanks that's not a bad idea. What would the process look like? I just searched online and most videos are to make circular plates to attach to a bar. But that would require more materials and supplies, spring clamps, etc.

I've started doing squats at home while holding my 10 month old son.  I usually take him for a walk every morning that I'm home, around 6 -10 km.  Starting to consider putting some weight into a hiking pack haha. 

Now that the weather is coming around I'm hoping to get out cycling in the wee hours around sunrise before the hoards hit the downtown Lakeshore.  

I train Brazilian jiu-jitsu which I find helps with the physical and mental rigors of tough portages. As you can guess, I'm currently not training and to be honest, I don't know when it will be acceptable to get back to the dojo.
For now, I'm waking up and going for 45 min power walks each morning which gets a little bit of a sweat and really helps to clear the mind. I may start to throw the canoe on top of my head to make things interesting. It should also give me the right of way on the sidewalks, no? 

Revisiting this thread and wondering how people’s workout routines have changed over the past nine months. For me, I’ve been running a lot more since this started. By October I was up to three or four runs a week, usually three between 6-8 km and a longer one (12-15 km) on weekends. That’s slowed down now as it turns out running in cold weather is not high on my list of things I love, but I’m still getting out at least a couple times a week.

We also moved this summer and the previous owner of our new place threw in a bench and a ton of weights, so I’ve now got a nice little home gym.

It’s interesting, before the pandemic I was a bit of a gym rat, going 5-6 times a week. Now I’m not sure I’ll ever go back. For any who have ventured back to their gym, how are you finding it from a health and safety perspective? Are people pretty conscientious about giving space and cleaning equipment?

Ah, the glowing enthusiasm of the young and middle-age paddlers! As a 72 year old has-been, I find my usual 1 hour daily walk and occasional stationary bike session aren't cutting it! My tendons are too tight, my wind is too short and my waistline is too big! I'm thinking of reviewing my diet and exploring yoga stretching in the new year. Any other seniors out there got some personal recommendations?

i have a regular routine of biking and , walking each day weather permitting, followed by stretches  and core exercises, some curling bar work, i play hockey too, but not since last march. some times i play with the ex pros in peterborough,, being a goalie is dangerous work with those carbon floor hockey sticks that every one uses now a days.
       last july i had a bad bike spill and had to take time off to heal,, several months later i had to start all over again,, i am 60 now and it takes time to recover,,i am a big believer in using ice for a injury and massage therapy . 
   quick note to barry have you considered tai chi 
 

Barry; you could always run stairs. I use ours at home to improve endurance and balance, tighten my abs, and keep my tendons working. you can mix it up by skipping every other stair, double- stepping by always starting each step with the same leg, or even upping the game with a weighted day pack.