Local steps near the house ... and no bench, even on a Monday! :o(

Congratulations! I have jogged for years. Last August, I tripped and pulled a ham string. I have recovered, but despite regular work, I'm still not back to where I was when I tripped.

Thank you, Tony!
My rehabillitation is necessitated by the fact that I was in an induced coma (Covid) for a couple of months last year and in that time my muscles, especially my leg muscles, became totally wasted. My recovery has been painfully slow but with the help of my physiotherapist, my sister's family and my girlfriend, I have been able to improve physically on all fronts. When I manage something like these steps without stopping for a rest, it puts me in mind of my first mountain walk after I quit smoking. The improvement was dramatic and immediate!
I hope you persevere with your fitness programme - it does take time but the rewards are worth it! I hope it goes well! I was saying; 'No pain, no gain' to myself as a kind of mantra for months and I am totally fed up with it so I've stopped!!
Best wishes,
Andy

Hooray and congratulations Andy. So pleased - next stop the Matterhorn?

Thank you and ha ha, Maggie!
Next stop will be my beloved Sierra de La Cabrera, if not this autumn then, if everything goes according to plan, to get some shots of the wildflower meadows there in May.

Je trouve que c'est fort intéressant d'escalader ces marches et de dépenser un peu d'énergie pour son bien-être..je vous trouve très courageux de faire ces étapes deux fois par jour.
Bonne et agréable semaine

Nothing brave about it, Malik - just sheer necessity if I don't want to be in a wheelchair for all my life!!
Thank you for your appreciation!

Muy bien, Andy, “campeón”. Sigue mejorando así. No hay bancos, ni escaparates, así que no te pares. Lo del escaparate supongo que imaginas porqué es, con la edad, tanto como un banco, viene bien también un escaparate para hacer un alto en el camino y respirar un rato:-)

Is this a quote from a Rocky film, José Manuel?
Only guessing as I've never seen a whole Rocky film from beginning to end! But if you mean a relentless training regime as parallel to my rehabillitaton programme then yes, sometimes it feels that way!

Bravo! Ich habe heute einen Kollegen getroffen, der seit einem Jahr wegen seiner Covid-Erkrankung nicht arbeiten konnte. Er war lange im künstlichen Koma. Nun geht es ihm besser. Ich freue mich für ihn und ich freue mich so sehr für Dich! Herzliche Grüße, Karl. Schönes Symbolbild!!!

Thank you, Karl!
I met a few patients in hospital who had survived Covid and had been in hospital for over a year, their progress was measurable but agonisingly slow. I talked a lot with them and we met up at the hospital's gym from time to time. Compared to those unlucky ones, I am indeed fortunate in that my recovery has been relatively quick. (Even so it's now well over a year since I was diagnosed with the dreaded lurgy!) I hope your colleague will fight his way out of this eventually. Because it does take all one's strength to fight it!
Thanks again and best wishes,
Andy

...you're in good physical condition, Andy...push your preparation forward...

Pushing forward inch by inch is my sole focus at the moment, Armando!
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
Andy

I am sure that many people who have never had the Covid would not be able to climb this stairs without stopping!

I have a mountaineering background so my 'normal' won't be the same as for others, Covid notwithstanding, Typo!
But yes, I'm sure you're right!
Best wishes,
Andy

Beautifully photographed with a wonderful perspective. I am so glad (and impressed) that you can now climb all the way up those steps without resting on the way (I can manage not more than about 15 steps, but my excuse is that I'm very, very old :)). Wonderful Andy!

I'm not so young myself, Rashid!
But before my back problem from extended steroid use (part of my long term chemotherapy programme for leukauemia) I was regularly walking 15,000 paces a day and 35,000 a day at weekends in the mountains, so I was relatively fit then!
Since Covid, I have that mindset still but an unwilling body which needs a lot of encouragement and force to overcome the weaknesses!
Thank you for your encouragemant, Rashid!

Excellent shot! Stay well!

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bravo;je comprends d'autant plus que chez moi avec les températures actuelles......il faut vraiment se "motiver" pour mettre le nez dehors......

WELL DONE ANDY !!!!!!

KEEP UP THE BEATING COVID !!!!!!!!!!

Superbe perspective des escaliers !
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Well then: happy no bench Monday - and it's Tuesday by now ;-)

William,
Simone,
PAM,
Madeleine,
Erhard,
Lovely comments from you all! Very many thanks!

great progress Andy ~ keep it up

Congrats!

Great job !!

Nick,
Nicolas,
Jaap,
Very many thanks!

Oh, oh Andy, the way you describe it above, this is a hard way up...

All part of the 'no pain, no gain', position I'm in at the moment, Udo!
Many thanks!

wonderful image:)

Thank you, Annemarie!

It doesn't look easy to me Andy. Well done with your progress. I have the start of arthritis in my hip so I would struggle at this many steps, although it does ease with exercise...once I get started! Thanks for sharing a picture of your daily routine.
Happy Tuesday.

Hi Rosa,
Many thanks!
Sorry to hear about your arthritis! I share that with you but in my hands, mainly. I have exercises for that too! It's a good job I no longer play the piano!

Excellent progress Andy!

Thank you, Roger!

I'm not sure I could do all those steps without turning and admiring the landscape;-) Congratulations! I'm so glad to see you active.

Ah, Gudrun, so you've sussed out that my landscape shots from the house are very near the top of these steps! Well done! The house is two to the left at the top.
Many thanks!

I sort of suspected, but really it's just what I would have to do;-)

And now I have posted a shot of the back of the house from near the bottom of those steps!

it looks very not-inviting to mee, my knees hurt already, just by watching this. Very nice picture

Thanks Trudy!
My knees and feet and back hurt constantly so I keep having to take painkillers but everything gets worse if I just sit down or lie down for any length of time! My legs need constant activity despite the pain! So it takes me about 10 minutes after getting out of bed to be fully functional and I can't sit down for a meal or in front of the computer for more than about15 minutes at a time without my joints seizing up!

Exercise time !

Sehr schön wirkt deine Aufnahme im Vollbild lieber Andy,das schaut toll aus mit diesen Steig nach oben:))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Deux fois par jour... Bravo!... Votre ''volonté'' porte ses fruits, encore Bravo!...

Léopold,
Güni,
Pierre,
Very many thanks!

Congratulations, Andy. I think that was not an easy way for you during the last months.

Thank you, Percy. I still have a very long way to go and it's like 'two steps forard, one step back' but the trend is in the right direction!

Bravo, Andy!
All the best!

Many thanks, Judite!

I am so pleased to read that all your hard work since you started your rehabilitation is paying off mate.............I have nothing but admiration for you.

I like the perspective here and the detail............I'm getting a sweat on just looking at it :-))

I have more problems walking downhill than up...........

An old friend of mine was convinced that walking downhill was harder than walking up. My many years of mountain walking put paid to that little number! (The only exceptions are VERY steep paths and gravelly or sandy stretches)
Anyway, pleased you like it!
I've just got back from another walk up without pauses, so I will have to aim a bit higher soon! (Exactly what, I don't yet know!).
Thank you Keith and best wishes,
Andy.

loop je die allemaal nog andy--heb je goede conditie

Many thanks, Fred. Well, I'm trying to get my legs strong enough for mountain walks again!

Oh well done Andy - there is no way I could manage any of those steps. I so admire you for you keeping to your rehabilitation. I think if I were to see those steps, I'd look for another way to get to the top!!!!

Well I completely understand, Jenny and I always have to think a little bit before I discuss these things especially with you and Fred being regular correspondants!
But this is such a friendly and helpful site that there never seems to be any rancour - no matter what subject matter crops up from time to time!
One of the best aspects of this site, I feel!
Best wishes,
Andy

Bravo Andy! Great progress really!!

Best greetings
Füsun

It's funny, Füsun but the progress is so slow that I really don't notice it on a day to day basis. Only when I look back a few months (or even a few weeks) do I realise that progress is being made!
Many thanks and best wishes,
Andy

une montée raide et difficile ! bravo pour ton endurance ! je suis sure de ne pas y arriver mdr !********belle prise ! et le chanteur je ne connaissais pas !
excellente journée estivale mon ami♫

Thank you Valeriane. Itchycoo Park got to Number 1, I think, in 1967 against fierce competition in that year!

Fantastic! I would definitely have to stop

Many thanks, Jan!

Waouh.... bravO Andy, félicitations
118 marches
hauteur moyenne d'une marche = 0,19cm à 0,20cm
118 x 0,20~ = 23,60m~
tu as donc monté + de 20 mètres en hauteur
C'est incroyable et cela sans s'arrêter
Andy, avec ma prothèse de hanche je ne sais pas si j'arriverai déjà à monter
sans m'arrêter, et j'ai ma prothèse depuis l'année dernière le 23/07/2021
encore bravo mon ami... mais il me semble que tu es plus jeune que moi..?
je vais avoir 78 ans cette année en décembre

Thank you, Roland.
Yes, I'm a 'Spring chicken' (as we say!) compared to you! But when I think about it, our 14 years age difference makes me think BACK to when I was 50, and that really does seem like yesterday!
My goal, and fitness target, is to get back to walking in the mountains. I think I could already manage the Cornish coast path, but the mountains of Central Spain are a different matter!
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Best wishes,
Andy

C'est formidable, je suis très heureuse de le savoir... quel parcours depuis, c'est vraiment encourageant Andy tu es sur le bon chemin, bravo !+++++

Seems so! Many thanks, Jocelyne!

Es freut mich, dass du Fortschritte machst, Andy! Weiterhin viel Erfolg!

Many thanks, Wilhelm!

hard to go up ;-)

Well, getting easier! Thank you, Nora!

La vache ! Quelle longueur !
un exercice à faire à la fraîche le matin !
Lorsque je faisais ma rééducation pour ma vertèbre et mon genou droit j'ai commencé par monter et descendre mon escalier 2 fois par jour. 100 pas par jour sans les béquilles dans la cour. Progressivement j'ai augmenté petit a petit pour arriver à 30 montées et descente d'escalier et 2 000 dans la cour.
Si le site historique de Hawaii t'intéresse
Promenade dans le site 8 pip

Thank you, Ramon!
I have many exercises to follow on top of my self-imposed walking target of 15,000 paces (I am actually averaging 18,000 a day). But it's all in the cause of being able to go walking in the mountains again!

Terrific perspective Andy! Good to hear that your recovery is progressing well, may it continue to do so.

Best regards, Doug

Thank you, Doug!
Best wishes,
Andy

This staircase is not to be underestimated.
You can be proud if you manage to climb it twice a day.

I confess that although twice a day is my target, sometimes I manage it only once a day!
Thank you, Heide!

A fine image, Andy, and I'm delighted to read of your ongoing progress.

Many thanks, George!

Great !

Thank you, José!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch Andy...das liest sich doch wunderbar!
Deine Kraft ist ja enorm und Deine Ausdauer ebenfalls...ich würde nicht die Hälfte davon schaffen ...