{"id":27294,"date":"2020-12-10T05:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=27294"},"modified":"2020-12-10T05:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T11:47:16","slug":"jeez-everyones-a-gladys-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/10\/jeez-everyones-a-gladys-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeez, Everyone’s A Gladys Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, gentle reader, as you might know, I am light on the work hours currently, which means that I get the chance to go to the gym a couple of mornings a week. Which would be great, and I would love to do an AoSHQ GAINZZZZ thread extolling my accomplishments there, but, really, all I know is that everyone is all of sudden a Gladys.<\/p>\n

I guess it came to mind a couple of days ago when a post showed up in my Facebook Memories:<\/p>\n

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So as I am slowly working my way back into some shape (probably a rhombus), I’m suddenly confronted with the whole world of Gladyses.<\/p>\n

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Like this woman<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A super-fit gran and granddaughter have joined forces to demonstrate a killer workout routine.<\/p>\n

Lesley Maxwell, 63, and her 18-year-old granddaughter Tia Christofi often wow fans with snaps showing off their bodies.<\/p>\n

The gran, from Australia, has over 34,900 followers on Instagram where she shows off her incredible physique to adoring followers.<\/p>\n

Recently, the bodybuilder shared a workout clip with her granddaughter Tia which left people in awe over their jaw-dropping gains.<\/p>\n

Some couldn’t tell the difference between Lesley and Tia \u2013 asking the grandmother what she eats to stay in such amazing shape.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And there’s that one guy talking about how diets can fail<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The first thing you\u2019re always told when starting out on any kind of \u201cself-improvement\u201d is to set goals. Which works in the short term, since \u201cgetting in shape\u201d is too amorphous to be useful, but \u201closing ten pounds\u201d or \u201cbeing able to run 2 miles in under 17 minutes\u201d are measurable, therefore (seemingly) achievable. It\u2019s the daily progress that keeps you going \u2013 you can always shave a few seconds off your jog time, so you\u2019re always achieving something.<\/p>\n

The problem, though, is that this isn\u2019t sustainable. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2 miles at seven and a half minutes per? Yeah, that ship has probably sailed for me. My best 5K was a shade under 28 minutes several years ago. I’m currently happy with a ten minute mile and a thirty minute 5K. True, I’m not running many of them these days, and my triathlon training is mostly about survival, but I am pretty sure I won’t get to seven and a half minutes a mile. Ever. But who knows? If my current underemployment lasts (it won’t), I might start finishing my weightlifting at the YMCA with a run with an eye towards going faster<\/em>. I tend to run on the treadmill so I can regulate my speed. Maybe I will turn it up. Or maybe I’ll use that time to stop by the doughnut shop on the way home.<\/p>\n

I am still doing the martial arts, hopefully twice a week. The kid whom I have mentioned on this here blog before, the formerly teenaged kid who read weighty books, moved away but returned to go to college. He’s a paid part-time instructor now, and last night, he kept telling me I was doing very well with star jacks (basically, a jumping jack where your legs have to spread and come back together on the same jump) and jump 360 spin sidekicks. I can’t tell if he’s being encouraging because I was the only one in the adults<\/strike> and kids class who was doing the exercises seriously and properly, or if it was more of a bless your heart, old man!<\/em> thing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the super-fit young man from martial arts who has now grown into a personal trainer (he’s not the only kid there who did) posted a video of him doing an impossible\/magic push-up.<\/p>\n

This is not his video; it’s the video I watched to learn how to do it.<\/p>\n