[dazmond]

Even I don't fancy it today....

Grey,cold,wet and miserable weather....

A few extra pounds put on over Xmas and ive got used to lazy days eating lots of Xmas food....

Happy new year lads...

[Smudger]

a record week already 

Darran

[NBwcs]

Not a great start back for me, got to 1st job to find battery flat, and now its raining  and its a good job i bought some new  work trousers because I'd  have never have got into last years .

[AuRavelling79]

Even I don't fancy it today....

Grey,cold,wet and miserable weather....

A few extra pounds put on over Xmas and ive got used to lazy days eating lots of Xmas food....

Happy new year lads...

You're an inspiration Daz! 

My first day back is tomorrow.

[zesty]

Didn’t really take much time off myself, turned over £18,000 over the Xmas period.

[AuRavelling79]

Didn’t really take much time off myself, turned over £18,000 over the Xmas period.

Blimey! You're an inspiration too!

Tell us more.

[Clever Forum Name]

Some of my guys went back yesterday and most starting today. Back on the 9th for me.

[DJW]

I worked for half an hour.


My highest earning day this year so far!

[deeege]

My first day back and have finished already 

A nice easy primary school cleaned in and out. Start back properly tomorrow.

[Stoots]

Got up chucking it down, didnt fancy it. First job controller wouldnt work, eventually worked out blocked filter on pump. Hose split on my 25ft pole so had to manged with my 18 all day as couldnt fix it. Broke a plant pot, she wasnt in so i superglued it together but it looks horrendous in about 4 bits haha.

Despite all that it was actually quite nice to be working, was getting bored to death at home

 

[zesty]

Didn’t really take much time off myself, turned over £18,000 over the Xmas period.

Blimey! You're an inspiration too!

Tell us more.

Hot water mate.

[DJW]

and that was just tips!

[CasaDeCabra]

Don’t start back until 16th after a month in Fuerteventura

[Spruce]

Got up chucking it down, didnt fancy it. First job controller wouldnt work, eventually worked out blocked filter on pump. Hose split on my 25ft pole so had to manged with my 18 all day as couldnt fix it. Broke a plant pot, she wasnt in so i superglued it together but it looks horrendous in about 4 bits haha.

Despite all that it was actually quite nice to be working, was getting bored to death at home

Neither did I fancy it. Wind was howling and driving rain. Noticed a local window cleaning company with several vans and employees cleaning windows on the Estate next to ours. Rather them than me.

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

Not starting back till next Monday!!😁
On which I'll be expecting a record day.
Start off by sticking the heated seats on. Steam the windows off on first job. Get a cancellation on second, but it won't matter as I always hated doing it anyway and as luck would have it, 10 new £50 clients will come running out into the street begging for my services. I'll return home by 2pm, £800 up with record post-xmas tips to boot. Mrs will be waiting for me all tackled up in 5-star lingerie and raring to go! Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri will be a repeat of Monday. 😎👌
Happy days

[dazmond]

Got to 1130am after cleaning 5 large houses(mainly in the rain!)and van wouldn't start.clicking and electrics going haywire...
Had jump leads but no one around so phoned missus and she drove round and got me started then I went straight to Halfords for a new battery.

It took 2 of them an hour to change the battery as its in a  really awkward place on the newer connects,charged me for the wrong battery (then got the correct AGM stop/start battery) and couldn't give me a refund unless I had my card with me(used phone to pay)so had to nip back before 8pm and sort it...

Only good news is my van battery lasted 6 years before dying on me and the new one was only £152(5 Yr warranty)plus £27 for fitting which was worth every penny as its so awkward!

Even managed to finish my days work despite my mid morning hiccup...

[KS Cleaning]

Got to 1130am after cleaning 5 large houses(mainly in the rain!)and van wouldn't start.clicking and electrics going haywire...
Had jump leads but no one around so phoned missus and she drove round and got me started then I went straight to Halfords for a new battery.

It took 2 of them an hour to change the battery as its in a  really awkward place on the newer connects,charged me for the wrong battery (then got the correct AGM stop/start battery) and couldn't give me a refund unless I had my card with me(used phone to pay)so had to nip back before 8pm and sort it...

Only good news is my van battery lasted 6 years before dying on me and the new one was only £152(5 Yr warranty)plus £27 for fitting which was worth every penny as its so awkward!

Even managed to finish my days work despite my mid morning hiccup...

Should av took out a Halfords Premium membership, free battery fitting, 5% off battery, free MOT, £10 voucher😉

[Slacky]

Currently sat at Saint Lucia airport. Be back in the morning.

Work Thursday hopefully.

[Splash & dash]

Got to 1130am after cleaning 5 large houses(mainly in the rain!)and van wouldn't start.clicking and electrics going haywire...
Had jump leads but no one around so phoned missus and she drove round and got me started then I went straight to Halfords for a new battery.

It took 2 of them an hour to change the battery as its in a  really awkward place on the newer connects,charged me for the wrong battery (then got the correct AGM stop/start battery) and couldn't give me a refund unless I had my card with me(used phone to pay)so had to nip back before 8pm and sort it...

Only good news is my van battery lasted 6 years before dying on me and the new one was only £152(5 Yr warranty)plus £27 for fitting which was worth every penny as its so awkward!

Even managed to finish my days work despite my mid morning hiccup...

That’s very cheap are you sure it’s a stop start one ? Usually they are around £250 upwards.

[Bungle]

Got to 1130am after cleaning 5 large houses(mainly in the rain!)and van wouldn't start.clicking and electrics going haywire...
Had jump leads but no one around so phoned missus and she drove round and got me started then I went straight to Halfords for a new battery.

It took 2 of them an hour to change the battery as its in a  really awkward place on the newer connects,charged me for the wrong battery (then got the correct AGM stop/start battery) and couldn't give me a refund unless I had my card with me(used phone to pay)so had to nip back before 8pm and sort it...

Only good news is my van battery lasted 6 years before dying on me and the new one was only £152(5 Yr warranty)plus £27 for fitting which was worth every penny as its so awkward!

Even managed to finish my days work despite my mid morning hiccup...

That’s very cheap are you sure it’s a stop start one ? Usually they are around £250 upwards.

The £152 battery was for his heated seats 👍

[dazmond]

Got to 1130am after cleaning 5 large houses(mainly in the rain!)and van wouldn't start.clicking and electrics going haywire...
Had jump leads but no one around so phoned missus and she drove round and got me started then I went straight to Halfords for a new battery.

It took 2 of them an hour to change the battery as its in a  really awkward place on the newer connects,charged me for the wrong battery (then got the correct AGM stop/start battery) and couldn't give me a refund unless I had my card with me(used phone to pay)so had to nip back before 8pm and sort it...

Only good news is my van battery lasted 6 years before dying on me and the new one was only £152(5 Yr warranty)plus £27 for fitting which was worth every penny as its so awkward!

Even managed to finish my days work despite my mid morning hiccup...

That’s very cheap are you sure it’s a stop start one ? Usually they are around £250 upwards.

Yep it's a EFB100 start/stop battery with 5 year guarantee.👍

[DJW]

Hottest day of the year today I reckon!

[dazmond]

It's good to be back in a work routine again.im clocking up around 16000 steps a day on my smartwatch....only 10 weeks until my next holiday so better start preparing now....

[NBwcs]

It's good to be back in a work routine again.im clocking up around 16000 steps a day on my smartwatch....only 10 weeks until my next holiday so better start preparing now....

16000!,how much of that is work Daz,?

[simon w]

It's good to be back in a work routine again.im clocking up around 16000 steps a day on my smartwatch....only 10 weeks until my next holiday so better start preparing now....

Your walking more than 8 miles a day 7 days a weeks are you Daz?

[Gringo]

You will be eating beans in the bath again Daz before you know it, Superb 

[zesty]

My Fitbit says the same, I’ve done 16,000 today, it’s nonsense. Our job means they count each window cleaning movement as a step.

If you move your arm as if window cleaning, you’ll see it’s counting it as a step.

[richard connett]

Maybe too much wrist action in the evenings lads ?

[Splash & dash]

My Fitbit says the same, I’ve done 16,000 today, it’s nonsense. Our job means they count each window cleaning movement as a step.

If you move your arm as if window cleaning, you’ll see it’s counting it as a step.

This is exactly right mine regularly shows 17- 20000 per day when working absolutely ridiculous on a day off doing average exercise it’s  8000 +

[dazmond]

It's still over 10000 steps a day if mines reading 16 or 17k at the end of the day

Average day actually physically cleaning is around  5 hours....

[robbo333]

My first day back tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.
Christmas was lovely, but a bit stressful; grandad came round (don't mention the war!). He then invited himself to Boxing Day!
(Again...don't mention anything really!)
Then a 3 day break in sleepy Dartmouth with Mrs Window Cleaner and the new puppy bulldog.
Fantastic, or so I thought!...
Thank you to the lovely B&B that upgraded us to their most expensive room. It was at the top of 2 flights of stairs, and the room itself was split-level; so we had to go upstairs to the family room to go to sleep each night.
Mrs Window Cleaner has vertigo and the Dog doesn't do stairs.
Carrying the dog up and downstairs was like the old days of using a Pure Freedom trolley, but with someone moaning in your ears as you carried it.
Roll on tomorrow.

[dazmond]

 40 mins walking the dog clocks up 3500-4000 steps....

We are a lot more active than the general population that's for sure..

[Splash & dash]

40 mins walking the dog clocks up 3500-4000 steps....

We are a lot more active than the general population that's for sure..

Doesn’t sound right to me I walk for  several hours at a brisk pace and only get 6-8000

[zesty]

It's still over 10000 steps a day if mines reading 16 or 17k at the end of the day

Average day actually physically cleaning is around  5 hours....

That’s right, but it’s way off for what we’re actually doing. Although I do think in a sense, the  window cleaning action is on par with walking, so it’s a good gauge of how active we are.

My resting heart rate is 60bpm, it was around 56 when I was fitter, but since being out the gym due to having two young kids and renovating the house, I’ve not exercised as much. It is amazing how fit window cleaning keeps you, it’s a calorie burner and a gets the heart rate up to 80-90bpm whilst working briskly.. In fact today I went over 100bpm a few times!

[zesty]

My Fitbit says the same, I’ve done 16,000 today, it’s nonsense. Our job means they count each window cleaning movement as a step.

If you move your arm as if window cleaning, you’ll see it’s counting it as a step.

This is exactly right mine regularly shows 17- 20000 per day when working absolutely ridiculous on a day off doing average exercise it’s  8000 +

Looks good when you show people though 😂

[dazmond]

It's still over 10000 steps a day if mines reading 16 or 17k at the end of the day

Average day actually physically cleaning is around  5 hours....

That’s right, but it’s way off for what we’re actually doing. Although I do think in a sense, the  window cleaning action is on par with walking, so it’s a good gauge of how active we are.

My resting heart rate is 60bpm, it was around 56 when I was fitter, but since being out the gym due to having two young kids and renovating the house, I’ve not exercised as much. It is amazing how fit window cleaning keeps you, it’s a calorie burner and a gets the heart rate up to 80-90bpm whilst working briskly.. In fact today I went over 100bpm a few times!

Blimey your younger than me too!(im 51 now!)my average resting heart rate is 52 and my  heart rate can get up to 80-90 when cleaning but drumming it can hit 170bpm when playing fast songs!

[zesty]

It's still over 10000 steps a day if mines reading 16 or 17k at the end of the day

Average day actually physically cleaning is around  5 hours....

That’s right, but it’s way off for what we’re actually doing. Although I do think in a sense, the  window cleaning action is on par with walking, so it’s a good gauge of how active we are.

My resting heart rate is 60bpm, it was around 56 when I was fitter, but since being out the gym due to having two young kids and renovating the house, I’ve not exercised as much. It is amazing how fit window cleaning keeps you, it’s a calorie burner and a gets the heart rate up to 80-90bpm whilst working briskly.. In fact today I went over 100bpm a few times!

Blimey your younger than me too!(im 51 now!)my average resting heart rate is 52 and my  heart rate can get up to 80-90 when cleaning but drumming it can hit 170bpm when playing fast songs!

That’s low for you, but then atrial fibrillation can cause a lower heart rate, before it races up when having episodes…

I’ve know idea how low mine was back on my cycling days, i never took a resting heart rate back then.

60bpm is pretty good considering I don’t do any cardio at all anymore 

Don’t do weight training at the moment as all my spare time is going into the renovation - which is great fun and I really enjoy it.

Must get back in the gym soon though!

[zesty]

Currently 55 whilst sitting on the sofa.

I should really wear it when sleeping to get an accurate resting heart rate. I’m always on the go with two kids!

[NBwcs]

I take it the step counters on your phone (Huawei for me) are no where near as accurate as these fit bit gadgets. Says I've only done 5600 so far after full day of work.

[zesty]

I take it the step counters on your phone (Huawei for me) are no where near as accurate as these fit bit gadgets. Says I've only done 5600 so far after full day of work.

.

Probably more accurate for steps mate, my iPhone will knock off 6000 odd steps as it isn’t counting the window cleaning movement!

[Stoots]

Getting below 60 resting heart rate isnt necessarily a good thing depending on whats causing it.

Ive got a low resting heart rate also, usually in the 50s but also can get episodes of dizzyness with exercise due to blood pressure dropping too low

[deeege]

From experience the step count on the fitbits should be taken with a pinch of salt. The Mrs wears one and last week managed to do 2500 steps whilst in the passenger seat on a 3 hour journey. 

My Garmin is much more accurate though, currently on a 128 day 10k+ streak.

[deeege]

😀

[Slacky]

40 mins walking the dog clocks up 3500-4000 steps....

We are a lot more active than the general population that's for sure..

You'd have to run to achieve that kind of pace. It's certainly not dog walking pace.

[֍Winp®oClean֍]

40 mins walking the dog clocks up 3500-4000 steps....

We are a lot more active than the general population that's for sure..

You'd have to run to achieve that kind of pace. It's certainly not dog walking pace.

You've obviously never done a '5 star' dog walk then!!😎👌

[Slacky]

That sounds like the sort of thing Daz would say

Does it include drums?

[zesty]

Getting below 60 resting heart rate isnt necessarily a good thing depending on whats causing it.

Ive got a low resting heart rate also, usually in the 50s but also can get episodes of dizzyness with exercise due to blood pressure dropping too low

Good point.

I remember many years back, we were checking heart rates when at the in laws, wife’s sister was there with her husband as well. Can’t remember why we were talking about heart rates, but anyway, my wife’s dad who doesn’t really do any exercise had a resting heart rate of about 50bpm.

They were all amazed and said you must be really fit and healthy!

I remember thinking, this doesn’t makes sense to me, I reckon there is more to it.

Fast forward a few years, he gets taken to hospital with a very low heart rate after having the ambulance called for a separate issue! Turns out he’s got bradycardia and an irregular heart beat.

He’s well and doesn’t need any further action, but it shows how it’s not always a good thing, nor the result of a fit person.

[deeege]

40 mins walking the dog clocks up 3500-4000 steps....

We are a lot more active than the general population that's for sure..

You'd have to run to achieve that kind of pace. It's certainly not dog walking pace.

Walking pace I do ~1800 steps per mile so 3500-4000 steps per 40 minutes is easily doable, on the low side actually.

[johnny bravo]

Didn’t really take much time off myself, turned over £18,000 over the Xmas period.

£18.000  in December   some going

[zesty]

Didn’t really take much time off myself, turned over £18,000 over the Xmas period.

£18.000  in December   some going

I was being sarcastic - not sure if you are too!

[DJW]

Record day.
2000 feet of climbing on the smart bike too.

[dazmond]

It's still over 10000 steps a day if mines reading 16 or 17k at the end of the day

Average day actually physically cleaning is around  5 hours....

That’s right, but it’s way off for what we’re actually doing. Although I do think in a sense, the  window cleaning action is on par with walking, so it’s a good gauge of how active we are.

My resting heart rate is 60bpm, it was around 56 when I was fitter, but since being out the gym due to having two young kids and renovating the house, I’ve not exercised as much. It is amazing how fit window cleaning keeps you, it’s a calorie burner and a gets the heart rate up to 80-90bpm whilst working briskly.. In fact today I went over 100bpm a few times!

Blimey your younger than me too!(im 51 now!)my average resting heart rate is 52 and my  heart rate can get up to 80-90 when cleaning but drumming it can hit 170bpm when playing fast songs!

That’s low for you, but then atrial fibrillation can cause a lower heart rate, before it races up when having episodes…

I’ve know idea how low mine was back on my cycling days, i never took a resting heart rate back then.

60bpm is pretty good considering I don’t do any cardio at all anymore 

Don’t do weight training at the moment as all my spare time is going into the renovation - which is great fun and I really enjoy it.

Must get back in the gym soon though!

I don't suffer with atrial fibrillation all the time.in fact ive only had 3 episodes in 17 years but I need to go to hospital straight away to get it back to sinus rhythm quickly as it's chronic/dangerous

[zesty]

I know mate, but might be a factor in your lower heart rate.

I get ectopic beats, but they seem to be stress related. ‘Pre ventricular contractions’. But my heart rate isn’t affected. Most people just think of them as palpitations.

I remember a while back you had an episode of atrial fibrillation? Didn’t you say you had it as kid as well? I’ve heard of some people who need the old electric shocks to restore rhythm.