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Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 09:33:03 pm: I've put on a few extra kilo's I don't really need over the holidays, and am thinking of doing some sort of fitness program.

I'm just wondering, if or what type of fitness routines do you guys have, and how often you do it etc...?

I was considering getting into doing a regular morning jog, or possibly even joining a gym. But that requires $$$...

Edit: lol. Funny, you replied before I posted the Thread! :eek:
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Setekh on February 15, 2005, 09:32:24 pm: I generally resent gyms, unless you're going to go the whole way and get a personal trainer. Without a trainer, a gym is basically a place that makes you pay to lift stuff and walk. I can do that just fine in regular life. ;)

I tend to bike and swim, because they're low-impact (good for the joints - running on roads = bad for knees) and free. Swimming has the added bonus of keeping my lungs strong, which is good since I was born with asthma.

Edit: *kicks server* Stupid cluster...
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 09:51:00 pm: Well I wouldn't mind swimming, but we don't have a pool, and lets just say I don't really enjoy public pools... bad experience.

I tend to agree with you about Gym's, though it would be handy having access to some weights etc.
I'm tempted to buy my own kick bag but am not entirely sure where I'd put it, and if I'd use it as much as I'd like...
I do have a bike, just not really many places to go...
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: BlackDove on February 15, 2005, 09:51:39 pm: Take two cement buckets (weight of your choice, I suggest 20kg on each side...sounds about good...maybe 30kg) and a pole.

Let it dry.

Also, run, pushups, pull ups, etc.

I need to do it as well, but I'm just lazy.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 10:05:07 pm: Wow sounds easy. Who would of thought?
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: icespeed on February 15, 2005, 10:14:31 pm: get a job at a construction site. you get paid to get a workout each day, and you also make a fashion statement with those hard hats, singlets, work boots and short shorts (if you're daring, you could even go shirtless).
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: BlackDove on February 15, 2005, 10:20:54 pm: I'm thinking the people in this thread should never go shirtless anywhere, considering its nature.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 10:33:20 pm: lol BD.

True. Plus I'm more susceptable to sun cancer. I should watch that. Meh.

I'm actually looking at a getting a local job, preferably physical, so I can get into shape.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: icespeed on February 15, 2005, 10:58:07 pm: use sun screen.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Corsair on February 15, 2005, 11:09:40 pm: The ergometer (read: indoor rowing machine) is an absolutely brutal device best used for torturing your worst enemy. But damn does it get you into shape if you push yourself on it.

Also, lifting, running, biking, and playing basketball.

I can't wait until it warms up a little bit and the ice melts off the water so we can put the boats back in the water and actually row.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 11:06:47 pm: That only works to a certain extent. I'm working up a semi-decent tan at the moment anyway.
I guess I like to live dangerously. :)
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 15, 2005, 11:09:32 pm: I wouldn't mind a rowing machine.

Not a real fan of basketball though.

The fitness problem came to my attention when I nearly damn well collapsed after mowing the lawn the other day.
Couldn't believe that it took so much out of me.
Mind, it was a hot day and in the late morning.

Edit: quote Darkace "Timewarp!"
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Night Hammer on February 16, 2005, 01:23:03 am: i got some workout plans from sports i play

you want to get bulky/muscley(football)
or just be in real good runnin shape (basketball)
PM me n ill send em to ya

trust me these things are killer...and they work:p
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Liberator on February 16, 2005, 01:33:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by BD
I'm thinking the people in this thread should never go shirtless anywhere, considering its nature.

well, there is one that could...but never would...which is cool.

this is spam isn't it...
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: übermetroid on February 16, 2005, 01:47:44 am: Sprint. Up hill. 3 times a week 10 times each week. And Sprint as hard and as fast as you can go.

Also, check this place out. www.crossfit.com Great workouts and a new one is posted each day.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 16, 2005, 03:49:01 am: Hmm thanks for the link ubermetroid, that looks handy. :)

-Don't really know of any hills around my place.

Oh and I'll PM you, I'll take both. :D
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Unknown Target on February 16, 2005, 05:04:10 am: You could keep up your current fitness level by taking up a sport, one that has you running around a lot -- like paintball or airsoft :D
Seriously, you end up running a lot, and if you have a large gun, you have to run with a big heavy object :)
And you get to shoot people, so it all works out in the end. :D
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 16, 2005, 05:31:33 am: I'd love to get back into skirmish again, just costs so damn much. :(

It's hella fun though. :)
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Unknown Target on February 16, 2005, 05:39:00 am: Airsoft is way cheaper ;)

www.airsoftretreat.com is a good community site.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Windrunner on February 16, 2005, 05:52:32 am: i myself go to the gym reguraly 3 or 4 times a week. Its not that i go in for getting buffed but just to stay in shape and avoid beeing sick. Its proven that if you train aroun atleast 2 times a week you are more resistent to some diseases.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Gloriano on February 16, 2005, 06:10:03 am: Quote
I'm just wondering, if or what type of fitness routines do you guys have, and how often you do it etc...?

I'am going almost every day to gym and then running (1 hour)
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Grug on February 16, 2005, 06:24:52 am: I think jogging is the best bet for me, if I can get up early enough. Cause I'm not going to run during the day when its too hot, or in the evening when people can stare at me panting on the road. :p
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: vyper on February 16, 2005, 08:37:13 am: High School, 1999ish, right up to the first half of 2000., I had the chance to play basketball in PE. I loved it. I played reasonably well.

I would have continued it, had social pressures not prevented me from going near the school's team.

I have an exercise bike in my room - it currently serves as a clothes horse.

That is all.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: 01010 on February 16, 2005, 12:38:45 pm: The walk to and from the pub keeps me fit.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: pyro-manic on February 16, 2005, 02:37:33 pm: Martial arts. No finer workout than a bit of sparring. Plus you learn how to beat the living crap out of people. Not that you would, of course, but it's good to know you can handle yourself in a sticky situation. Plus it gives you self-discipline and confidence. :) Just make sure you find a good teacher... :nod:

Any team sport is also pretty good. Football (by which I mean soccer), basketball, volleyball etc. will get you pretty fit if you play regularly.

I wouldn't recommend jogging to be honest - it can be very damaging to your knee and ankle joints. Particularly road running - you can get shin splinters and all sorts. Try cycling - I cycle to work and back. It's only about 3km each way, but there and back twice on the weekend is pretty good, especially if you try and go at a decent speed. If you've got "nowhere to go" then just get a map and draw a route at random that starts and finishes at your house. Start with about 5-10km at a time, and do it a few times a week. Then increase the distance and/or frequency of your rides. It'll give you a very good cardio-vascular workout, and you'll get strong legs as well. It's not terribly good for flexibility though.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: vyper on February 16, 2005, 03:08:42 pm: I have no objection to martial arts, except the gradings.... screw that, I have enough "expectations" in my academic life.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Solatar on February 16, 2005, 06:58:56 pm: I run track every day after school. I have no hand eye coordination, and I stink at basketball, football, soccer, and what have you. So running isn't bad for me (I also do cross country).

Only a Freshman in highschool however, so I won't claim to be in any sort of tip top shape.:D
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on February 16, 2005, 07:19:38 pm: i climb into armor and fight in tournaments. you'd be surprised how tired you can get in a 15 minute fight. let alone the battles which sometimes last an hour and a half.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: IceFire on February 16, 2005, 11:05:22 pm: I need a new regiment since my old one is about to end because school is about to end.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: aldo_14 on February 17, 2005, 03:34:18 am: I cycle (eccy bike, natch) a bit, used to play football. Hard to find the energy when I'm working, though.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Mongoose on February 17, 2005, 02:56:54 pm: Not much besides walking to class. I did play tennis for three years in high school; doing the running before practice was a new definition of hell. :p I'd like to start up some sort of exercise, but I have very little self-motivation; I'd rather sit in front of the PC than run until I'm wheezing for breath.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: IceFire on February 17, 2005, 03:50:11 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Mongoose
Not much besides walking to class. I did play tennis for three years in high school; doing the running before practice was a new definition of hell. :p I'd like to start up some sort of exercise, but I have very little self-motivation; I'd rather sit in front of the PC than run until I'm wheezing for breath.

See thats the thing, when I do get going, I usually go for a good bit and by the time you're wheezing for breath you don't feel it because runners high has kicked in. You need to get doing it enough to start to feel it and the rest seems to sort of go away.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: aldo_14 on February 17, 2005, 04:51:21 pm: I always found with running (or rather, running at 5-a-sides or 11-a-side; the former is non-stop) it's more muscle tiredness than shortness of breath.......
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: IceFire on February 17, 2005, 04:53:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
I always found with running (or rather, running at 5-a-sides or 11-a-side; the former is non-stop) it's more muscle tiredness than shortness of breath.......

Haha, 5 on field is great...but its definately a total workout. You just keep going.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: aldo_14 on February 17, 2005, 05:31:04 pm: Quote
Originally posted by IceFire

Haha, 5 on field is great...but its definately a total workout. You just keep going.

Especially indoors........quite possibly the most exhausting thing I've ever done, it's like a furnace and usually there's not even the option of water (nowhere to spit it).

ON the other hand, I do have the honour of guesting for my mate Matts uni team when they won a game for the first time in 3 years.... not that there'd be any connection between that and my silky skills, of course.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Deepblue on February 17, 2005, 06:55:08 pm: DDR!!!
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: icespeed on February 17, 2005, 07:01:01 pm: hey, someone else likes ddr?! sweetness!!!!
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: aldo_14 on February 17, 2005, 07:15:04 pm: ddr?
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: Deepblue on February 17, 2005, 07:24:20 pm: Dance Dance Revolution. Best way to sort of get exercise while playing a game.
Title: Keeping fit
Post by: aldo_14 on February 17, 2005, 07:25:21 pm: Aaaaaaah............