Visible Health heartrate graph sgowing 4 minutes of 'exertional' HR then quickly back to rest when lying on the floor
I *never* regret a #NuffieldHealth gym session!
5 minutes on the treadmill, including *running* for 3 of those minutes, gives me a fleeting sense of normaility.
But this is all I can do, without activating the debilitating heavy legs and arms associated with my #LongCovid #PEM
EliteHRV check in shows perfect balance and 10 out of 10 Readiness
...and I'm confident that my multi-faceted approach can keep my #LongCovid symptoms at bay, whatever additional curveballs are thrown at me.
Getting up and out early, to fit-in my weekly #NuffieldHealth gym visit beforehand. #EliteHRV confirms my Readiness 🙏
Lucky to be able to work part-time.
Visible Health heartrate graph - tagged by activity
A much-reduced #NuffieldHealth gym experience this morning.
Even more Resting than usual - including lying down rather than my normal reclining on the floor.
And no second session on the treadmill at the end of my 'workout'...
Feeling great! But taking everything slowly to avoid debilitating PEM
Why do #milennials and #GenZ think it is ok to sit on machines in the #gym and spend 30 minutes fucking about on their phones, taking selfies and NOT using the machines #NuffieldHealth #Barbican #gymrage
Pacepoints tracker screenshot
Heartrate monitoring every minute. Exertion on treadmill and during some weight training. Lots of lying on the floor!
Coming to the end of a very carefully-paced session at the #NuffieldHealth Fitness Centre.
So interesting to get a new insight via the updated #VisibleHealth PacePoints tracker 👇
Running parallel to my daily pacesetter during my gym session, but PacePoints in-hand due to deliberate late start.
Visible Health display shows my pacepoints used so far today to be 0.0 out of 30.0. Resting HR 54bpm.
...I'm going to be performing late into this evening as a #TubaPlayer 🎶
I also need to fulfil my weekly Strength-Flexibility-Cardio appointment at the #NuffieldHealth Fitness Centre, as this plays a big part in making the rest of my days more manageable 🙏
Avoiding #LongCovid #Dysautonomia #PEM...
Visible Health display of how many pacepoints I've used showing that I'm still 11 behind today's pacesetter
Nearing the end of this week's gym session at #NuffieldHealth
But it's the first time I've had access to the new #Visible_Health visuals
Interesting to see how, even at my most active, my PacePoints use is at a sustainable rate - i.e. at the same gradient as the 'Pacing' line 🤔
Great #swim today, managed 1200m in my #lunchbreak #swimming #cardio #NuffieldHealth
Why do so many #muscle #gay #twinks at the gym walk so funny, almost mincing, is there something wrong with their legs or their ass?? #gym #NuffieldHealth #Barbican
90% Readiness
9 out of 10 Readiness
Looking Stable 4 out of 5
Tuesday - My day-off work and the day I go to the #NuffieldHealth gym.
Good times indeed 🙏
#KubiosHRV identifying 'Very High' Readiness this morning
#EliteHRV 9/10 Readiness and great balance between PNS & SNS
#Visible_Health Stability
The risk is that I push too hard at the gym. Good to know.
Just been to the #gym in my lunchbreak and there isn't much eye candy but today, one rather lovely man looked at me twice. I am hoping he thought I was cute and it wasn't because I had toothpaste on my t-shirt #NuffieldHealth #London #CannonStreet
The #newyears #gym influx seems to have faded, thank fuck for that #NuffieldHealth
Fuckwit woman in #gym setting up a tripod to film herself do 1 minute sessions on each machine, I wish she'd fuck off. #influencer #tiktok #NuffieldHealth Surely she needs consent from the rest of us to film?
Eating #chocolate after a long #workout #exercise #NuffieldHealth is allowed, right!? Gym was full of scared straight guys who pose but look terrified when a #gay man looks at them
Yesterday I truly STOMPED up that coastal path - and it felt AMAZING.
Pleasantly surprised to find that my legs are strong, from the careful strength training that I've been doing at the #NuffieldHealth gym
And, as I didn't do anything else 'exertional' all day yesterday... [cont...]
EliteHRV 10 Readiness. Balance between SNS and PNS
Visible Health Looking Stable
Heartrate graph from Visible Health for every minute during my gym visit
Woke up on my weekly Tuesday off-work with another '10 out of 10' #EliteHRV Readiness score - and perfectly in balance 🙏
Pacing everything really carefully to maintain #VisibleHealth Stability too 🙏
Really enjoyable #NuffieldHealth gym visit just completed
LIVING despite my #LongCovid
The #newyears rush at my #gym seems to have dwindled, just the regular older women and the straight boys who look terrified if a #gay man stands next to them in the changing rooms. #nuffieldhealth
Express article with headline that reads: 'Impossible' to keep restaurant open with 100 asylum seekers next door
The Express keeps its streak of publishing inflammatory, anti-migrant articles including this piece, where a misleading headline blames migrants, whilst the main text implies racists targeting the hotel are to blame.
Ads by #Lidl, #Aldi, #TGJones & #NuffieldHealth
Heartrate reaching Exertion during each activity. Reclining on the floor in between.
First visit to the #NuffieldHealth gym in 2026 - and it feels great 💪
#Pacing and indeed #Micropacing to avoid over-exertion, and my #Coospo heartrate-monitoring armband is warning me to REST when my HR reaches 130bpm 🙏
#VisibleHealth heartrate graph 👇
#LongCovid
The annoying bitchy #gay guys were in the #gym today #NuffieldHealth #Barbican complaining about the older guys (like me) being in the #sauna and #steamroom etc. Whiny #GenZ
Visible Health donut chart showing that I've only used 8.5 of today's 30 Pacepoints
On top of making mince pies this morning, I'm pleased to still find myself EIGHT #Visible_health PacePoints behind today's Pacesetter.
It will be over a week before I'm back at the gym. Think I'll return to the online sessions used during the #NuffieldHealth #LongCovid Rehab course...
Heartrate graph from Visible Health - for the start of my session
Final trip to the #NuffieldHealth gym before Christmas and I kept my heartrate between 120-130bpm when exercising.
Incredibly grateful to be able to actually exercise again - with the caveat that I can't do much else on the same day.
Hoping the inclined treadmill walking will pay-off 🙏
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View across an empty cinema auditorium
Visible Health heartrate graph
It amazes me what I can do after Resting!
Had the cinema pretty much to myself, so managed to recline across three seats 😄
Enjoyed watching the new #Avatar film and then power-walked to the bus station. All of that training in the #NuffieldHealth gym allows me to explode with energy after Resting!
Panto Starts x3 yesterday morning!
The second most intense thing I do?
- Running on a treadmill at the #NuffieldHealth gym
The *most* intense?
😄
47 months after my first C O V I D illness and I've just changed-up my Gym Programme, having a 1:1 update with Bella at #NuffieldHealth Barbican, Plymouth. She ran our #LongCovid rehab programme just over a year ago and she's reassured me that I've made more progress than I'd thought! 🙏
Activity for the day - bar graph with a bar for every minute. Darker blue is Moderate movement
What a Perfect day 🙏
Lie-in & REST this morning.
#NuffieldHealth gym visit early afternoon - including a SIX MINUTE run at the start (and another minute at the end - after weight training).
Rehearsal and Christmas concert this evening.
My #KiActiv movement data shows how well I paced it all ...
EliteHRV 9 OUT OF 10 READINESS and in balance
HRV recovery graph
ln(rMSSD) recovery graph
Total Power graph showing return to high values
Midday Saturday. 1 week left of the Autumn Term.
Feeling 'normal' - NORMAL normal! (i.e. pre-2022-Covid-infection)🤔
It was a difficult week with the dental infection, but my #EliteHRV data show my recovery 👇
Off to the #NuffieldHealth gym 😊
Will keep #Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM symptoms 🙏
Feeling really healthy today! But not going to let my guard down.
Got to keep #Pacing if I'm to avoid overexertion and the potential return of my debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms.
Weekly #NuffieldHealth gym session was so much fun!
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Functional Capacity 5.4 out of a healthy person's score of 6.0
My monthly Functional Capacity score was below 5 for the first 2.5 years after my first #SARSCoV2 infection
Now I monitor my heartrate to reduce overexertion, now I'm working part-time and attending the #NuffieldHealth gym, my #visible_health #FUNCAP27 score has remained over 5
#LongCovid #Pacing
Visible Health heartrate graph showing how it varied this afternoon
11.9 out of 30 daily PacePoints 7.5 behind my daily pacesetter
End of a perfect Sunday 😊
#NuffieldHealth gym session felt excellent
#TorbaySymphonyOrchestra full rehearsal of The Rite Of Spring was very exciting!
#VisibleHealth heartrate monitoring clearly showing how low-intensity tuba playing can actually be 👇
Body is in good balance 🙏
