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Back pains are shite… my last one last a few months - was so difficult to shake off
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On Magnesium Citrate I’ve been taking these:
The recommended dose is 2 × 200mg tablets per day (which is the RDA)… I found though I was feeling tired during the day, so moved down to one tablet (200mg) a day and feel much better, and am sleeping well… Pretty impressed - I’m sleeping 30-45 mins a night more on average, which makes a big difference. Still have the occasional blip if something stressful going on, but definitely a big improvement
magnesium is good stuff, glad it’s helping you sleep.
Jules72 oh that great news brother, glad it’s working out. I tried two in a night one time as well, same thing happened. got quite wonky the next day. It wasn’t melatonin wonky but enough to just keep it at one a night. I’m almost done with the citrate versions, gonna try the ones 303 recommended next.
i’ve been using a garmin vivoactive 4 for about a week now and i have to say i’m pretty impressed with it. tracking seems pretty consistent and at least relatively accurate for things like pulse ox, vo2 max, and sleep cycles. the body battery thing correlates pretty well with my overall energy too.
after doing nothing for 2 months, i’m starting to run again. did 2 km last thursday, adding 1 km/day to 5 now. i’m trying out this built in trainer thing to do half marathon training. it seems a touch aggressive, but i’m aiming for an hour 45 by mid july. don’t think i’ll actually run a race, just want to see if i can do it or not.
303abuser wait to see you what it does to your body battery after a night boozing
303abuser nice one mate!
I’m back at baseline. When I last started like you did, I hoyed trainers on out of bed in the morning and ran for 4 lamp posts, walked for 2. Did that for 5 minutes week 1, 10 mins week 2, within about a month I was able to do a 35 minute 5k with my local Parkrun. Which isn’t fast, but I would have laughed at anyone suggesting this beforehand. Keep it up!
NasserAlazzawi good for you, starting out again sucks haha. i was running 4:45 kms in december (for up to an hour), so i’m hoping it comes back quickly. i quit after 2 km thursday because my lungs were on fire and i was coughing like crazy (it was -17, so that didn’t help anything either). my 5 km today wasn’t nearly so bad. i’m terrified of the first day i try hill sprints again though.