Physically FitFollow

Among the many things discussed i've noticed an obvious lack of discussion regarding what you plebs do to remain physically fit...allow me to begin

3 sets of 8 pull ups daily
1000 jump ropes every other day
20 miles biking 2 times a week
curl 3 sets of 10 35lb every other day
sets of 20 push ups periodically daily
split wood for the fireplace

I mix up all of these routines for instance I'll set a weekly goal of say 3000 jump ropes and 3 days of weights 2 of biking.

It's not easy accomplishing all I set out to but my father spent years in an office allowing his physical condition to deteriorate to a point where now it's a struggle for him to even begin a steady work out and i've vowed not to follow that same path.

So what do all you lazy asses do to keep in shape?

Achileez

The Rec Room, Kegerator and Big Screen are downstairs, the bathroom is UPstairs. Simple and effective.

Varus:

You must be a real pu[/u]ssy, I use 35LB dumbell for my deltoid flys.

After that, I do ***** push-ups with a 75 lb dumbell and then tie the same 75 lb dumbell to my ********* with a razor wire and go for a casual walk around the neighborhood with a wildebeest on my shoulders in a fireman's carry.

So I guess I'm in pretty good shape.
















Edited, Wed Nov 30 14:15:51 2005 by RedjedBlue

my grandma does bicep curls with 12lb weights.

take that, asscurdle.

It's not the effort involved. It's the jumping like an 8 year old girl for my fitness plan. Do you have one of those jumpropes that starts out purple on one side and then blends to pink? Because those were all the rage in the 4th grade.

Well, I find the best exercise to be running. I have been doing it for about three years now, and it's the best thing I've ever done. I ran cross country in high school and am doing it in college now. Depending on the time of the year, I reach up into the sixty miles per week range(running six days a week). Anyway, that's what I do. Enjoy.

Achilles:

Especially with all that hot-sweaty steaming manflesh just waiting to be caressed with the quick drop of a towel.

I'm still in an small apartment, and most likely will be until we get married. It'll take at least that long to work up a sizeable down payment so our mortgage won't rape us (go go baltimore-washington tech corridot). So I don't have room for any exercise machines of any sort. All I really would need is room for one elliptical machine and a place to put a bunch of those stretchy weight things and a set of weights, but at the moment I don't. (Extra room is being taken up by... you guessed it, three computers... alas, the needs of having two computer-related jobs)

Totally depends. I was in the army being forced to run and ruck march a huge amount, and prior to that I was a slug. So it began with very sudden increased activity. I developed plantar fasciitis in both feet, which is without a doubt running related. The inserts they gave me to relieve that caused a knee injury called chondromalacia. When I continued to be active even though both injuries call for rest, I developed osteoarthritis and a slew of other problems. Without a doubt, every issue is running related. To put it in a better way, it is related to going from slug to running 6 miles a day and ruck marching 12 miles with 40 pounds on your back and being on your feet 8 hours a day, and continuing to do so for years even though you have been injured.

Here you go, Dana - The 5BX program.

http://www.statesa.com/gettingfit/chart1.php

It was developed back in the 1950s for the Canadian air force. The goal was a set of exercises that could be done without special equipment and with limited space; something deployed pilots could use to maintain a given level of readiness. The exercises are designed to be completed in eleven minutes, so you can't really say it takes too long.

The system is broken up into a collection of charts. You start at the bottom rank on chart 1 (rank D-) and work your way up until you can handle the max for that chart (rank A+). When you've finished Chart 1 A+, move to Chart 2 D-.

Any MMO player ought be at home with an xp system, right?


If you find you can't advance on a given day, repeat that level tomorrow. Continue repeating it until you are capable of going forward. You'll scale up as the system does.



* warning: Some of the exercises can hurt you if you do them poorly. Take the time to stretch a little and make sure you're following the directions.

Most definitely your injuries were caused by a sudden increase in activity. Running wise, it isn't good to increase your mileage by more than 10% a week. I have seen many people go up by 50-100% increase in a week. Needless to say, they ended up missing about 4-6 weeks from injuries. A person just has to train intelligently. It's too bad this our military can't see this.