Whats your thoughts on HapBear? I like the fact you get a travel bag for storage
Not familiar with that brand.
I have used bands sporadically as Iām lazy when it comes to resistance training.
However,I do like that you only require half a room (eg. study) to get a good strength training workout done.
Theyāre also extremely quiet compared to free weights
Yep. Hence why I am looking into them. Cheaper than a kettle bell set.
The HapBear set is about $90 and comes with 5 bands that can get up to 60- 170lbs (77kg) in resistance.
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The right leg is a reference to mrshogalf and her 2 broken feet ā¦ her right one has only 2 broken metatarsals while her left foot has 4 and a broken heel bone
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Iāve just had my right knee replaced yesterday so I may have to reinvent myself as @hefavourshisleftfoot
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I use the brand Meteor I found on eBay.
Mostly cos the colours matched what Westside Barbell use lol (for about half the cost).
Still waiting for official times to be posted, but watching is saying 37:21 so can probably tick this one off.
Also likely to be my last super-sprint/fun distance as I move into middle and longer form triathlon.
edit official time was 37:12
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Knee replacement update .
Well after getting the severe nausea hallucinations from the opioids out of the way and heading home on Monday had to go back into hospital due to stapf infection.
First cultures showed 2 strains then 2 days later another strain appeared hence the call for readmission. 3 Ivs a day for a few days will get me home hopefully Monday .
As for the knee 105 degree of motion crutches walking stick not really needed itās the least of my issues
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That sounds pretty crap. Best of luck.
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Ah bugger, hopefully the antibiotics get on top of the infection quickly!
Did the sprint distance (750m/26.7km/5km) at the last 2XU triathlon of the season. Comfortably knocked off the times my old uni classmates set on the same course a few years back so can move onto bigger and better things 
Plan was to do an Olympic (1.5km/40km/10km) next, but looking at event calendars itās probably more likely Iāll do the half-Ironman in St Kilda in November.
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Knee replacement 6 week update
All bloods showing no sign of any infection but still a few more days on antibiotics .
The knee is going well no need for any walking aid and range of motion is good .
Doing 3 physios a week plus walking the DOG 3 times a day plus some cold water therapy at my local,beach.
My right hip no longer clicks and am walking without the limp Iāve had for many many years.still training myself to walk heel toe on my right leg.
Get scans on Monday then surgeon visit and hopefully some more strength work into the leg.
scar is very neat
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Athlete.
Years ago my plan was Sprint triathlon, half iron man, then iron man.
But after doing the half, I scratched the full ironman. ahve done 2 halfs.
Iām battling back of knee pain, need to go see a physio.
Think it may be a bakers cyst / poplietus strain or just osteo-arthritis.
I am still doing 40 mins cycling per day most days - using mywoosh now, great if you have a indoor trainer is free compared to Zwift $20 USD. And my woosh has pretty much everything that Zwift has, its just a little clunkier.
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Itās interesting, a few of the older guys I have spoken to say they prefer the HIM and IM distances over sprint & Olympic because theyāre slower paced and therefore less stressful on their joints (I would argue you could just do the short distance at the pace you would a IM but I get their point haha).
IM is definitely pretty daunting, and now Iām touching all the distances in training the realisation of what it means to do them back-to-back-to-back starts to hit you whereas the HIM doesnāt seem so bad when your average swim is more than the swim distance, and your weekend bike ride is longer than it would take you to complete the whole tri.
Iāve been actively avoiding an indoor trainer so I can developed āreal worldā skills (although I think it would be very useful for my interval sessions as maintaining a steady power on roads can be challenging, though perfect world there would be a velodrome nearby!). If the wind is garbage Iāll just take out my gravel bike rather than my race one.
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I prefer the full IM at full pace. But then Iām just watching, not participating.
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A number of reasons:
The social aspect - Iām in a great run club so get to spend time with some excellent people with a similar interest.
Competition - I am a competitive person and find running good because it is just you (not a team sport so you arenāt relying on other people). I love challenging myself to get better.
Relaxation - You wouldnāt think it but after you do it a while I find running becomes a lot like meditation (well what I expect meditation must be). You just get in the zone and switch off and it becomes great mental therapy. I am at the point now where if I miss runs it has a negative impact on me.
Of course the health benefits help. I can eat a lot more of the good stuff because I run so much.
Also acknowledging it can be brutally difficult to start running. I am a pretty full on runner (marathons, 4,000 plus kms a year). I had back surgery in late February this year and was out for three months. Reckon it took a good 8 weeks of running before I started to enjoy it and I am only just getting back to my usual fitness levels. I can see why so many people struggle.
Some terrific insight here as well as from others on this topic. Jumping in late, Iād say that there can be some significant overlap between reasons (eg training with a club or high level squad can feed both the social and competitive reasons); would also add that it can be an addiction or coping mechanism of sorts also - as can other forms of exercise.
Think itās pretty normal too that the motivations of emphasis change over time. From my n=1 experience started out in track at 14 after excelling in Phys Ed testing but not having any real degree of ability in cricket or footy! Now at nearly 43 with some chronic niggles and of course greater life commitments, still enjoy the process of training and doing events but have to accept reduced performance ability and look at longevity & long term health as goals in and of themselves.
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I think thatās pretty true from me. A lot of my best friends were made flogging ourself training, but now, a solid decade older than you I canāt train like that, but still enjoy the social and health benefits of it (and still enjoyed beating some young guys last start on the trackā¦..)
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Looking like a new womenās marathon record in London. Men going quick too.
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