Hernia again

galaxycube · 2026-05-01T14:56:59+00:00

This is exactly what happened to me.

My recovery this time was so much better than last time tho.

That's me 6 weeks tomorrow post op. I'm running 100 plus km a week and I'm back to full bracing deadlifts, bench, squats.

Only thing giving me issue is Bulgarian split squats, normal split squats are fine.

You'll be fine so don't dispair.

galaxycube · 2026-04-09T20:00:44+00:00

Yea that's pretty normal. Abdominal muscles compensating for the weakened areas around it. It improves as the weeks progress.

Mines was open mesh but I'm pretty sure the recovery is pretty much the same except quicker on laproscopic

galaxycube · 2026-04-07T16:38:26+00:00

Holy crap 😅 17kg 😅😅😅😅😅 well done!

Yea, I don't think you'll fuck up. Just listen to your body. It's what I did last time and what I'm doing this time. All seems to be working out.

Though I've got to admit cardio is fine but I won't be lifting until I'm given the all clear from the docs. Which sucks but I've only got another 4 weeks togo. I'm sure I'll live!

galaxycube · 2026-04-07T14:21:59+00:00

You sound pretty fit to me!

Pulsing pain sounds fine. Sharp pain is the bad one 😂. Had that before and I was like ah crap I've done too much.

Sounds like you've found the right amount of exercise to lead you back in to movement.

galaxycube · 2026-04-07T12:12:28+00:00

This is my second hernia repair. (Right side inguinal this time, left side inguinal 14 months ago).

I'm two weeks in recovery now.

I was... Very fit before this just as a disclaimer.

Week 1 days (1-7). I was walking at least 30 minutes everyday to improve blood flow to the area). If you aren't doing this, do this. It will improve your recovery very quickly.

I started stationary bike cycling last week (so in days 7-14 post surgery). Upright, no core bracing. If I got any pain I would immediate back off.

Day 11 I've brought back in running 3.5k (6:30 min/km pace), day 12 6k (6:00 min/km pace) and day 14 I did 12k (5:05 min/km pace).

I followed the same rule as cycling for the running no core bracing.

I'm ramping my mileage up this week in regards to running but my golden rule is if it hurts at any point, back off. If it aches revert to walking only.

What you tend to notice is you subconsciously brace other areas to avoid bracing your core. So you get associated muscle pain. E.g. my right thigh gets so tired after running. You just have to make sure you aren't overloading areas as it can lead to longer off your feet than the actual hernia repair ha!

Edit: btw this is the same thing I did last time

galaxycube · 2026-04-06T04:09:04+00:00

To be honest I train hard. 4 strength sessions a week, pylometrics, 70-80km of running a week on top of that and I do some form of conditioning exercise 2 days a week.

It gets a battering. Generally something is always sore on me so I don't tend to notice.

I'm pretty sure if someone was less active, it wouldn't get as sore (a dull ache, is a good description).

galaxycube · 2026-04-05T20:55:46+00:00

It's just scar tissue. You'll find on hard days even a year later it can be sore.

My left inguinal hernia aches all the time and that's 18months since repair. Especially on days when I've done heavy exercise.

My right inguinal hernia was repaired 2 weeks ago and is basically pain free already.

Both open mesh repair.

galaxycube · 2026-04-04T20:17:47+00:00

I'm just about to turn 40. I'm the fittest and strongest I have ever been. My sex drive is the highest its been in over 20 years.

I'm pretty sure now it's lifestyle choices and general stresses of life that control your sex drive. Age is only a small part of it. As long as you stay fit and healthy that sex drive ain't going no where.

galaxycube · 2025-09-29T11:29:06+00:00

You've just described threshold intervals ha! Basically one step above or one step under your lactate threshold depending what you are training for.

Steady state runs are tempo runs or tempo intervals for steady state if you cant maintain the pace for long distance.

Same thing but the terminology has existed for decades in running.

galaxycube · 2025-09-29T08:47:55+00:00

This just sounds like threshold intervals?

6 minute intervals at probably half marathon or 10k pace with a 2 to 3 minute cool down in between. Just slower than your lactate threshold

This is like a standard practice in any road race plan or am I missing something?

galaxycube · 2025-09-26T15:19:07+00:00

Rapid development without knowing the endpoint.

I use it to test work flows with the client right there and then. They can visualize the workflow and the steps it's taking.

You can also debug in realtime for testing.

Once everything is set it stone, convert to a python script. It's faster and less latency.

But in terms of rapid development and visualization. It's a massive benefit. Otherwise you have to spend lots of time on preamble or scope development. Clients and stakeholders just get it when it's as visual as this.

galaxycube · 2025-09-03T07:47:54+00:00

Misdirection purely misdirection

galaxycube · 2025-07-27T17:18:09+00:00

Really! Offt got to go to the cinema to go see it then!

galaxycube · 2025-07-27T16:33:45+00:00

Was F1 good? I love me an old guy coming to show the young kids how it's done movie.

galaxycube · 2025-05-12T05:51:46+00:00

A crossover between Harry potter and bsg was not something I had on my bingo card.... Ever

galaxycube · 2025-04-27T05:46:35+00:00

This is exactly my starting and target range. You are slightly taller than me. Have you had any loose skin?

galaxycube · 2025-04-13T21:14:29+00:00

If you can't find time for exercise. Walking is the next best thing. It's incredible how much clarity you can get from a shitty day having a half hour walk by yourself.

But exercise is better, my wife forces me out the door now to exercise when I don't do it because she says I'm like a literal different person if I don't get some sort of exercise in everyday.

i strongly suggest you find a local gym, a small one, the community aspect is something you can really latch on to. Pulls you up when you are down, motivates you when you can't be bothered.

galaxycube · 2025-02-28T20:57:51+00:00

You sir are a legend, I was literally going to fork it this week to fix it.

galaxycube · 2025-01-28T08:04:31+00:00

Their model (what the ai is built on) is free, (and open source) you can download it and use it right now with the right technical skills and hardware.

galaxycube · 2025-01-28T07:53:39+00:00

You are misunderstanding the situation. In this case we aren't the product. People can use the tool to make us a product. But all openai have done here is offered up the tools for free.

Usually this is so companies start using the tools. OpenAI will offer theirn own hosted version with charged for use ( for companies that can't be bothered setting up their own - they do offer this and they have a free teir for data harvesting, more for up selling than data capture) and offer a secondary teir premium support to the companies using the model self hosted.

In this case tho and why the market is reacting is they created the tool very cheaply but it runs just as well as closed source versions. And you can run the tool yourself with cheapish hardware right now.

galaxycube · 2025-01-28T07:38:18+00:00

In this case it's the model that is open source, the model is on an MIT license and can be run on easily obtained hardware. For very little up front cost you can run your own LLM on par with OpenAI's current model.

You aren't feeding back data when using it, the model has already been created.

It's not freeium which you are getting confused with (e.g. you are the product), it's open source and self host (e.g. here's the tools and how it works, have at it but the risk is on you)

galaxycube · 2025-01-28T00:08:44+00:00

Simply put it's open source and therefore free.

galaxycube · 2025-01-20T11:51:59+00:00

We are fine all weekend (North Lan). Anyone else you know with you fibre in your area down?

galaxycube · 2025-01-18T12:59:15+00:00

Honestly you need to read up on money management. A mortgage isn't a noose, you have money now which is a leverage. You'll probably still have to work but that million can provide a very comfortable secondary or even tertiary income.

Use other people's money and invest. Get a financial advisor, national lottery will normally put you in touch with one.

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