Looks awesome Rainer!
Post pics @apsori! Australia is a stunning country I bet you have some amazing hikes 
Started lifting weight again since June. Iām surprised how much the muscle remembers. I used to lift weights back in 2000s. Been feeling a lot better since I started it.
Lockdown saw me gaining 30lbs+ and a pummelled me way below my already lowered shape. I intend to get back by this year.
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Iāve started doing stuff in the house again as well - mostly with kettle bells. Itās funny that even with light weights you still get the aches if you havenāt lifted for a while 
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I just added 2.5 kg per dumb bell yesterday. Been doing 5 kg. My improvement has been quite satisfactory. If only I could control which fat to burn first.
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I never used Kettle Bells. Howāre they like?
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One can use them like dumbbells, but done properly the movements are more dynamic and full body. Just doing forward swing can do wonders. Kettlebell Swing - YouTube
Iāve done stuff with good instructors, where weāve done stuff like throws with them, but for most stuff Iād go see Wikipedia and Youtube and check the basic exercises.
What I like about them is getting a good workout besides strength training and the strength is more āfunctionalā or holistic, thus being more transferable to sport specific strength than typical barbell lifts.
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Thank you! I just saw a few articles written about the benefits of Kettle Bells and they were all in praise. Some of them felt too good to be true in fact. Itās interesting how different weight distribution can repurpose a device.
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Donāt try this at your local gym.
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MCU Loki approves. That IS effective. Thor reluctantly agrees.
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I donāt think Iāll be trying thatā¦ Iād probably drop it on my foot!
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After getting horrible backpain some weeks ago I needed to go to physiotherapy, and since then started go swimming one or two times a week.
It was never my favourite sport, but at the moment I like it and Iām grtting better. 50m breaststroke takes me around 1min 24s. My goal is < 1min, and also I want to be able diving 25m. Letās see when Iām there 
Is anyone else here swimming?
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I loved swimming when I was younger (before I knew what chlorine was!) but I havenāt swam in any chlorinated pools for a while now.
I visited a friend a few years ago and she has a jacuzzi in her garden, so I joined inā¦ but totally regretted it! All that chlorine make me feel sick and I didnāt get a wink of sleep all night!! Never again!!
I like swimming in natural water when itās warm, and might try a pool with a UV/natural filter at some point 
Luckily the chlorine content is relatively low where I go, but of course I also prefer swimming in the lake.
But as the water temperature there is 5Ā°C I guess that would not be the best idea at the moment 
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Happy healthy new year everyone 
Every january Iāve got a āno sugarā challenge with friends. Anyone wanna join? 
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Happy new year to you too Rainer!
What does your no sugar month entail? No processed sugars or no sugar/carbs?
Thx
No processed sugar, so no sweets/dessert, and also no processed food containing sugar (if checking the ingredients of processed food itās often astonishing how much % sugar it has).
Fresh fruits and also carbs are allowed
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I have been doing that for years Rainer
Thatās good 
Wish I had this endurance 
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Itās easy Rainer! I havenāt had processed sugar for so long that the thought of it now makes me want to 