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January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 03:50:05 pm
30 minutes of exercise every day in January.

Anyone else up for it?

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#1 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 03:55:56 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

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#2 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 04:02:57 pm
30 minutes of exercise every day in January.

Anyone else up for it?
I'm up for it, I'm also not drinking during January to try and kick start the fitness and weight loss.

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#3 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 04:15:59 pm
I'll do that.... just finished day 1 session.

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#4 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 04:42:02 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

A 30 min jog qualifies

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#5 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 04:49:23 pm
30 minutes of exercise every day in January.

Anyone else up for it?
I'm up for it, I'm also not drinking during January to try and kick start the fitness and weight loss.

Yep same for me. No home drinking (cant face 100% teetotal) and 7lbs to shift.

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#6 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 04:53:07 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

A 30 min jog qualifies

But not a 30min stroll round the supermarket. :no:

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#7 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 05:02:16 pm
  Count me in !

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#8 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 05:07:34 pm
Punter point for anyone who falters...

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#9 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 05:39:09 pm
Punter point for anyone who falters...
great idea. Done 30 mins of core and pressups today with a decent red wine hangover.

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#10 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 06:07:35 pm
35 minutes uphill slow jog with rucksack on today !

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#11 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 06:23:18 pm
I'm keen, but 2013's parting gift to me was a good dose of sickness and constant shitting so exercise today is risky to say the least  :shit:

Please don't punter me just yet!!

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#12 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 06:27:45 pm
Rest is as important as activity in any training plan, and for that reason I'm out!

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#13 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 06:38:14 pm
Rest is as important as activity in any training plan, and for that reason I'm out!

Excuses, excuses. Slow run = active rest.

Admit it - you cant handle a Sharkathon   :jab:

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#14 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 07:24:01 pm
I felt a bit pathetic about my plea, so to make amends I got the tool box out and finally got my new pull up bar screwed in place. I managed 10 whole pull ups!  :weakbench:

Not 30 minutes but will help going forward  ;D

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#15 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 08:00:45 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

A 30 min jog qualifies

Is finger-boarding exercise? Or is this an aerobic shift-the-Christmas-spare-tyre thing?


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#16 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 08:02:32 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

A 30 min jog qualifies

Is finger-boarding exercise? Or is this an aerobic shift-the-Christmas-spare-tyre thing?

Definitely counts - choice of exercise is yours

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#17 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 08:51:33 pm
I'm in. What constitutes exercise?

A 30 min jog qualifies

Is finger-boarding exercise? Or is this an aerobic shift-the-Christmas-spare-tyre thing?

Definitely counts - choice of exercise is yours

I might manage it then (did a 30 minute run today).

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#18 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 09:27:15 pm
 Does walking down the offy,the struggling with difficult cork in the wine bottle count. I'm sure I could drag it out to 30 mins.

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#19 Re: January Sharkathon
January 01, 2014, 09:28:02 pm
Dwsing yesterday that included a 40m 7a traverse.

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#20 Re: January Sharkathon
January 02, 2014, 09:54:51 am
Already on in; Mix of T25, Lindy Hop, Bouldering & Fingerboarding.

Earnt a mega-christmas tyre this season...

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#21 Re: January Sharkathon
January 02, 2014, 11:27:49 am
Reckon I'm doing this anyway, so I'm in...

01.01.14 - 60 press ups, 4 mins of side planks (accumulative), 30 assorted leg raises - total time - 40 mins
02.01.14 - 2 hrs at the wall this evening.

Also, does sex count? :lets_do_it_wild:

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#22 Re: January Sharkathon
January 02, 2014, 11:36:16 am
Also, does sex count? :lets_do_it_wild:

On a semi-serious note, a mate of mine who's doing sports science at uni has a bug bear abut sex not being included in studies as 'vigorous excercise', the implication being that a decent slice of the population do so little exercise that a vigorous plowing session constitutes a large portion of their total exercise.

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#23 Re: January Sharkathon
January 02, 2014, 12:47:57 pm
Also, does sex count? :lets_do_it_wild:


Reckon stretching is just about acceptable so sex OK as long as you can keep at it for 30mins.

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#24 Re: January Sharkathon
January 02, 2014, 03:03:55 pm
Do we have to report back each day ? If so, just done 30 mins cardio, followed by 30 mins core session, 30 mins weights for antagonists then stretched. Finger board session tonight.

 

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