OT: Fitness and Nutrition XII

[overlords]

That’s it. I’m not working out anymore.

way ahead of you

My theory is @Mrb1p's absence has allowed this thread to fall into disrepair and many of us have likely become fatter as a result. It's his fault.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Preparing for half marathon in Fredericton for 11 May. 3rd week In. Program is a bit exhausting atm, but I’m doing full body strength training on easy days and mobility work on rest days.

I do easy Monday with strength training, rest and mobility Tuesday, speed work wednesday, rest and mobility Thursday. Friday is tempo run, Saturday is easy with strength trsining, Sunday is long run.

The way my schedule works is that it is very difficult for me to get an hour or more on Tuesday and Thursday so they have to be my rest days, which means running Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. I wish I could take a rest day Monday and do my easy run Tuesday, but my schedule just doesn’t work that way 95% of Tuesdays.

Here it is Tuesday and boy did I need a rest day today. Feels good to chill.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Anyone know where KrissE is? Discussing fitness without krisse is like discussing movies without GoodKiwi. Just not the same.

Rolling 200s tonight. I’m pumped.

 

[DAChampion]

Anyone know where KrissE is? Discussing fitness without krisse is like discussing movies without GoodKiwi. Just not the same.

Rolling 200s tonight. I’m pumped.

My guess is @Kriss E took the job in Jeddah he was talking about and now the time zone gets in the way of him discussing hockey.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

That workout last night was a tough one. I feel recovered now though/.

 

[DAChampion]

My 13 month old son has RSV and Influenza A at the same time. His fever reached 103 the other day.

That in itself is unremarkable for a child in daycare. But I feel like he's always sick. Always congested. It hurts to see him this way. His adenoid plaques are enlarged and he's getting ear tubes in a month. I hope it helps.

Also what's the point of store bought thermometers? They seem to all just give BS.

 

[Andrei79]

My 13 month old son has RSV and Influenza A at the same time. His fever reached 103 the other day.

That in itself is unremarkable for a child in daycare. But I feel like he's always sick. Always congested. It hurts to see him this way. His adenoid plaques are enlarged and he's getting ear tubes in a month. I hope it helps.

Also what's the point of store bought thermometers? They seem to all just give BS.

If its any comfort, my youngest is just a bit older and he's sick about every month or so, and so are we. I've had to take quite a few sick days since I end up with a fever as well, which are very costly seeing as I'm not salaried. My eldest had a few bouts of RSV and ended up having mild asthma. In Quebec, the average daycare child will have around 25 URIs a year.

 

[DAChampion]

If its any comfort, my youngest is just a bit older and he's sick about every month or so, and so are we. I've had to take quite a few sick days since I end up with a fever as well, which are very costly seeing as I'm not salaried. My eldest had a few bouts of RSV and ended up having mild asthma. In Quebec, the average daycare child will have around 25 URIs a year.

I didn't know that Quebec daycare statistic. That's quite a lot !

I feel like RSV was not a thing ten years ago, is that my imagination? I don't know if I ever heard of it prior to COVID.

And are you ok?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

My 13 month old son has RSV and Influenza A at the same time. His fever reached 103 the other day.

That in itself is unremarkable for a child in daycare. But I feel like he's always sick. Always congested. It hurts to see him this way. His adenoid plaques are enlarged and he's getting ear tubes in a month. I hope it helps.

Also what's the point of store bought thermometers? They seem to all just give BS.

Kids are always sick. It gets a little better around 10. They have to build their immune system and all the viruses are new to them. Plus, they're running around with other kids and spread germs between them. It doesn't get any easier once they start school.

 

[DAChampion]

Kids are always sick. It gets a little better around 10. They have to build their immune system and all the viruses are new to them. Plus, they're running around with other kids and spread germs between them. It doesn't get any easier once they start school.

I get the sentiment given the level of description I gave but I tot's not the same. He's sick a lot more often than any of his sisters were.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Kids are always sick. It gets a little better around 10. They have to build their immune system and all the viruses are new to them. Plus, they're running around with other kids and spread germs between them. It doesn't get any easier once they start school.

And they spread it to their parents too... except my wife. She's invincible.

 

[Andrei79]

I didn't know that Quebec daycare statistic. That's quite a lot !

I feel like RSV was not a thing ten years ago, is that my imagination? I don't know if I ever heard of it prior to COVID.

And are you ok?

Outside of the frustration of missing work and what that entails, it's fine. I did my first clinical rotations a lot more than a decade ago and RSV was a common reason for inpatient care at the ped unit and the respiratory unit besides the emergency. I'm pretty sure I was almost hospitalized for bronchiolitis as an infant and we're talking about 40 years ago. All of this to say that the virus has been known for over 70 years. It's usually mild, but can be agressive in some young infants. Don't be surprised if your youngest develops asthma one day, as it's a significant risk factor.

 

[HuGort]

I get the sentiment given the level of description I gave but I tot's not the same. He's sick a lot more often than any of his sisters were.

I was exceptionally sickly as a child. Turned out well. In hospital several times.

 

[ReHabs]

My 13 month old son has RSV and Influenza A at the same time. His fever reached 103 the other day.

That in itself is unremarkable for a child in daycare. But I feel like he's always sick. Always congested. It hurts to see him this way. His adenoid plaques are enlarged and he's getting ear tubes in a month. I hope it helps.

Also what's the point of store bought thermometers? They seem to all just give BS.

Mine has had nonstop cough and sniffles since starting pre-pre-K (age: 2-3).

I love the development he enjoys in social, language, and cognitive aspects but not the hygiene and physical issues.

His class had a Christmas performance on Dec 17 and it was basically a dirty bomb of viruses in a small room. Everyone got super sick afterward. I’ve mentioned it a few times that my wife and I had it very bad pretty much from then until mid Jan. Almost four weeks.

I had a sticky nasty phlegmy cough until mid Feb. I still have sniffles (or maybe it’s a new virus…). Viruses can be brutal, sometimes.

A researcher colleague tells me he’s never recovered his lung capacity after three children and about five years of nonstop illness. Says he still feels constriction in his throat. Maybe it’s psychosomatic after five years of mild to medium illness.

Good luck to your little one think of the upside: his immune system is functional and powerful.

NB we have two of those thermometers and they have a 1 C difference between them. Useless turds. Eventually I got a digital under arm one and figure that one is more precise accurate, it correlates to one of the Thermo guns so I threw out the other one.

In Quebec, the average daycare child will have around 25 URIs a year.

A stunning and yet totally believable statistic from my experience. Wow.

 

[NotProkofievian]

If its any comfort, my youngest is just a bit older and he's sick about every month or so, and so are we. I've had to take quite a few sick days since I end up with a fever as well, which are very costly seeing as I'm not salaried. My eldest had a few bouts of RSV and ended up having mild asthma. In Quebec, the average daycare child will have around 25 URIs a year.

Whats a URI?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I get the sentiment given the level of description I gave but I tot's not the same. He's sick a lot more often than any of his sisters were.

RSV in particular has been really bad for the last 3 seasons (2023, 2024 & 2025). In 2023, it was so bad in Ontario in November/December, they asked people to start wearing masks to stop it's spread in my area (covid mask mandates had long ended). I started doing so.

And, yeah, kids are getting RSV & Flu A together. Both affect the very old, 60+, and the very young (under 5) the most.

RSV can live on surfaces for hours, so it spreads really easily via toys, counters, school desks, sleeping mats, etc.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Whats a URI?

Upper Respiratory Infection (colds).

 

[angusyoung]

That’s it. I’m not working out anymore.

Don't give up on the Pompoir workouts.

Anyone know where KrissE is? Discussing fitness without krisse is like discussing movies without GoodKiwi. Just not the same.

Rolling 200s tonight. I’m pumped.

Is he the one that was muscle bound and into powerlifting for vanity muscles and wasn't against using steroids/hgh? Don't think I'd solicit advice for fitness from that sort, building bulk perhaps if that's the objective.

 

[Habs]

my kids were often sick when young, we put them on NAC for their lungs, got rid of all dairy and soy and their lives turned around. We had them tested for allergies and turns out even though dairy wasn't showing up, it was reaking havoc with their airways and immune system. I feel for you with young kids , my twins were a handful lol

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Don't give up on the Pompoir workouts.


Is he the one that was muscle bound and into powerlifting for vanity muscles and wasn't against using steroids/hgh? Don't think I'd solicit advice for fitness from that sort, building bulk perhaps if that's the objective.

Different strokes for different folks. I don’t judge. KrissE is a personal trainer and knows fitness very well. You could do a lot worse. Plenty of ppl lift weights for vanity reasons, probably the majority of lifters do. Plenty of ppl using steroids and HGH as well. I know it’s not really mainstream to be accepting of either, but depending on their purpose I don’t have a problem with either. Almost every professional athlete on earth is on the juice, same with most Olympic athletes, they just know how to beat the tests.

 

[DAChampion]

Don't give up on the Pompoir workouts.


Is he the one that was muscle bound and into powerlifting for vanity muscles and wasn't against using steroids/hgh? Don't think I'd solicit advice for fitness from that sort, building bulk perhaps if that's the objective.

No, I think that was the other guy. He worked as a cook/chef I think.

@Mrb1p

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Don't give up on the Pompoir workouts.


Is he the one that was muscle bound and into powerlifting for vanity muscles and wasn't against using steroids/hgh? Don't think I'd solicit advice for fitness from that sort, building bulk perhaps if that's the objective.

I don't think he advocated for them. He may have been talking about how athletes use them but I don't remember him ever suggesting that the common person should take them. Anyways, he's not here to defend that statement so let's just move on from it.