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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Bubba on May 21, 2003, 01:35:38 pm

Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: Bubba on May 21, 2003, 01:35:38 pm: How many of you do it? Do you rate it?

I feel much better overall since starting to do some formal aerobic exercise again. I'm doing 3 x 45min sessions on a cross trainer (like running, but no impact) per week, and will try to push this up to 3 x 1hr sessions. Still kills me at the moment but feel damn good afterwards.
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: dave on May 21, 2003, 01:45:41 pm: I do zip. Asa result I've got a fcuk all stamina.

I'm shit at any kind of distance running (natural sprinter/boulderer), swim like a drowning quandra-amputee and can't ride a bike, so I'm screwed. Not that I'm really bothered, cos I never aim to anything that requires any cardio-vascular capacity, although i should probably do a bit for generalness.
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: Bubba on May 21, 2003, 01:55:23 pm: Yeah, my swimming is terrible, much to Selina's mirth as she can swim indefinitly, but I'm trying to do about 1/2 hour every week at the gym.

I suppose it's good for keeping the pounds off too, but the tradeoff is bigger leg muscles....
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: Scouse D on May 21, 2003, 01:57:06 pm: I play squash quite regularly and have noticed a bit of difference. Cancels out a few of those cigarettes.
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: dobbin on May 21, 2003, 02:37:57 pm: Owing to the machiavellan car parking policy at my work (currently I am number 723 on the waiting list) I have to park 1.5 miles away, so I run that twice every day and I cycle to the wall at lunch times (1.5 miles) but that is the sum total of my aerobic exercise regime. And I smoke. Which is nice.
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: Bubba on May 21, 2003, 02:41:32 pm: 723 ?! That's a lot of retirements/deaths before you get easy parking then, you skivvy :wink:

That's a fair bit if you add it all up....
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: dobbin on May 21, 2003, 02:43:25 pm: Its ok, I keep doing really bad eggy pumps :oops: they're all bound to leave soon.
Title: Aerobic exercise
Post by: Paz on May 21, 2003, 03:09:59 pm: I cycle up a hefty hill every day which means that my fat legs always pop off on roofs, and I do a few routes occasionally but I can't see how they help at all. Used to play squash but kept running into the walls.