I've been off bike for about a year and a half now (coccidiosis followed by pneumonia followed by pluerisy accompanied by bronchial spasms, then about the time I got over that, I injured my rotator cuff and THAT turned into frozen shoulder, BLEAH!)

So what I've noticed is that now instead of being just a little out of shape here at the beginning of the cycling season, I'm REALLY out of shape.

I get low back pain mowing the lawn after about 15 minutes. I'm still having some disadvantage from the shoulder, I think there's some impingement since I have numbness down the left half of my left hand and pinky. I have some restriction in motion there.

I think I need to do something else to try to get a little back in shape before I start on the bike again. Dropping some of the weight gain would help but isn't likely until I get back on the bike.

How about some floor exercises that you've found helpful? Assuming of course that you weren't already in good shape when you started, I need baby steps. I'd haul my "buns of steel" tape out but (1) I can't find it and (2) I'm pretty sure it would kill me anyway.

That was a really good tape btw, the only worthwhile on-tape workout I've ever had. Didn't require any dancing skills whatsoever. He died right after that tape was made and all the follow-on ".... of steel" tapes were of decidedly inferior quality.

Anyway.

Gotta do something, I'm in pretty bad shape at this point, worst ever in my entire life.