Getting fit help required..

[Tommy2holes]

Possibly but you will look like a ****

Haha wasnt planning on doing that silly bum wiggle or the duck walk, Just walking at pace.

I walked from Tarpots in benfleet to rayleigh high street and back again. Thats got to be a good few miles.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Yep I've been doing about 40 lengths, and then I reward myself by sitting in the jacuzzi and the sauna for a bit!

You're lucky though as Sheffield is one of the few places with a Olympic sized pool.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

As someone who shifted over 4 stone in the last year, I can concur with Number11. That the best thing to do is set yourself a goal. For me it was to participate in the Great North Run. Once you have set this and especially when it is for charity it is amazing what motivator it will be and once the first pounds start dropping you can become a little obsessed about it.

Initially i took up membership of a gym where i alternated between running, swimming and cardio/weights sessions, was doing 4/5 a week. However once my application for the GNR was accepted I dropped the gym and start running the streets. Also entered the BUPA 10k alongside LDNFATSO to give me experience of a organised race ahead of the GNR.

I too struggled to run a mile at first but in time you can achieve greater distances and as Firestorm mentioned increase runs slowly you can build up to a decent level.

On the shoe front I was advised by a colleague who competes in World Championship Vets Triathlons, after i explained that when running my knees ached a little, he suggested the Nike Lunarglide

I got some of these and the aches stopped also my mile time dropped.

And you do really need to watch what you eat and drink, I cut out the alcohol i used to consume of an evening and cut down the other crap carbs (chips, crisps, cakes ,biscuits - you get the picture).

 

[pringlejon]

And you do really need to watch what you eat and drink, I cut out the alcohol i used to consume of an evening and cut down the other crap carbs (chips, crisps, cakes ,biscuits - you get the picture).

Cut the alcohol??!?!?! Madness.

 

[Pubey]

You're lucky though as Sheffield is one of the few places with a Olympic sized pool.

I used to be a member there but not any more, the gym is actually pretty rubbish but the pool is great. However they partition off the main pool so you can't swim full 50m lengths.

 

[EastStandBlue]

I used to be a member there but not any more, the gym is actually pretty rubbish but the pool is great. However they partition off the main pool so you can't swim full 50m lengths.

Probably for the best considering the state of 95% of Yorkshiremen on my last forray into the county... Has to be the obesity capital of the World. I'm up there for a long weekend next week and I fully expect to smell cholesterol throughout my visit.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I used to be a member there but not any more, the gym is actually pretty rubbish but the pool is great. However they partition off the main pool so you can't swim full 50m lengths.

In which case what's up with just the 40 lengths, that's just a warm up!

 

[Uncle Leo]

Its hard now the footie season is back though as I sneaked a cheeseburger at Aldershot and regretted it for days...

I feel your pain. I did a 16 mile bike ride on Saturday morning (in horrible conditions), then ruined most of that good work with a double cheesburger at Aldershot. Doh! :dim:

 

[Pubey]

one thing i've been meaning to start doing is the parkrun, but unfortunately there isn't one in your area:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/

It's free to do and it's a 5k route that's timed.

 

[Pubey]

In which case what's up with just the 40 lengths, that's just a warm up!

I'm a terrible swimmer and I've been working up!

 

[please delete my account]

High Intensity Interval Training. Or don't even bother.

Scientifically proven to burn more fat and increase your metabolism. ... 20 seconds of maximum effort, followed by 10 seconds of minimal effort. Repeat 8 times

Hey Chap!

Does furious masturbation count as maximum effort?

Kind Regards

 

[Tommy2holes]

Hey Chap!

Does furious masturbation count as maximum effort?

Kind Regards

Only if you like half a body like arnie and the other like pee wee

 

[pringlejon]

Only if you like half a body like arnie and the other like pee wee

one word. alternate!!

 

[Tommy2holes]

one word. alternate!!

I have never been a lefty ..

 

[Uncle Leo]

I have never been a lefty ..

Yeah, but it makes it feel like someone else is doing it. Apparently.

 

[please delete my account]

Yeah, but it makes it feel like someone else is doing it. Apparently.

Indeed it does, although that 'someone else' has a hairy hand, which is slightly off putting and can result in a quickly flaccid member.

Kind Regards

 

[Uncle Leo]

Indeed it does, although that 'someone else' has a hairy hand, which is slightly off putting and can result in a quickly flaccid member.

Kind Regards

It's for that very reason that I shave my left hand. And put varnish on the nails.

 

[EastStandBlue]

Hey Chap!

Does furious masturbation count as maximum effort?

Kind Regards

Can you last 4 minutes?

 

[GBJ]

Boxing, and more importantly sparring sessions are the most extreme work out i've ever done. It's great for cardio work. If you don't feel like getitng in the ring though, get yourself a 'Slam man';

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://slamman.co.uk/images/slam_man_info.gif&imgrefurl=http://slamman.co.uk/&usg=__kLmAkDOoSWqKcx4hM6y1AOGkvg0=&h=398&w=353&sz=26&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=FMxsupd1RjSoNM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslam%2Bman%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D602%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=111&vpy=147&dur=2311&hovh=238&hovw=211&tx=172&ty=138&ei=YiBtTMOOHdvPjAf-4sH6CA&oei=YiBtTMOOHdvPjAf-4sH6CA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

I've got one myself, and can tell you it is hard work. Sprinting, walking, swimming, bikes are all good, but i've never done anything as hard as that.

 

[please delete my account]

Can you last 4 minutes?

Not for the first four or five times, but after that I should be able to last up to 6 minutes.

Kind Regards