How fit or strong are you?

[HenryDorsetCase]

After the stupid earthquakes I realised that I was a fat little unhappy angry man, and that I should do something about that.

So I started going to the gym, and honestly, its been the best thing I could have done. My pants fit me better, my outlook on life is more positive, I drink a lot less (lot of empty calories in grog, yo!) and I tend to eat better too: less chocolate and cakes and stuff.

my drug of choice is a boxing gym. I mainly do fitness classes with a little very light sparring thrown in. I love it, plus the instructors and people that go there are great.

We were doing a class last night which included the "Bring Sally Up" pressup challenge. This is one of those "Seems easy/is easy...... until the last minute" drills.

You get the idea from the vid below. Note we were not doing handstand pressups.

http://www.allthingsgym.com/bring-sa...tand-push-ups/

[RJC]

So, tell us how many times a girl has given you a black eye in "very light sparring"?

[HenryDorsetCase]

So, tell us how many times a girl has given you a black eye in "very light sparring"?

none this week. clearly I am improving.

none last week but I was sick.

Its not hard, eh? keep your hands up and protect your face........

[sil3nt]

Used to do Thai Boxing. Trained overseas for a month, 2-3 hour trainings twice a day which was awesome. But when I came back I got sick doing the same thing every night so gave it up and undid all that hard work pretty quick.

Now do Crossfit which has been awesome. I did sally up/down doing burpees the other week. And that was just the warmup before the actual workout. I seriously hate burpees

[HenryDorsetCase]

Used to do Thai Boxing. Trained overseas for a month, 2-3 hour trainings twice a day which was awesome. But when I came back I got sick doing the same thing every night so gave it up and undid all that hard work pretty quick.

Now do Crossfit which has been awesome. I did sally up/down doing burpees the other week. And that was just the warmup before the actual workout. I seriously hate burpees

fuck yes. and all the wee "tweaks" they think of. Oh yeah layflat burpees! pressup burpees! pressup burpees with tuck jump! clapping pressup burpees....

sadistic is what it is.

[Mike.Gayner]

I'm the fittest I've ever been, which isn't really saying much. I do a crossfit-style group workout 3x a week and try to chuck something else in other days, e.g. a run etc. I measure my fitness using the old army fitness test, particularly the 2.4km run. Currently running my best ever time of 9:46, and recently did a 5km in under 24mins. So yeah, not fit by superman standards but not too bad for me.

Still flabby though, because I have zero discipline with diet and drinking.

[willytheekid]

After the stupid earthquakes I realised that I was a fat little unhappy angry man, and that I should do something about that.

So I started going to the gym, and honestly, its been the best thing I could have done. My pants fit me better, my outlook on life is more positive, I drink a lot less (lot of empty calories in grog, yo!) and I tend to eat better too: less chocolate and cakes and stuff.

my drug of choice is a boxing gym. I mainly do fitness classes with a little very light sparring thrown in. I love it, plus the instructors and people that go there are great.

We were doing a class last night which included the "Bring Sally Up" pressup challenge. This is one of those "Seems easy/is easy...... until the last minute" drills.

You get the idea from the vid below. Note we were not doing handstand pressups.

http://www.allthingsgym.com/bring-sa...tand-push-ups/

Good on ya Henry

I got puffed just watching that video!

Wish my body wasn't so broken...I miss my six pack!

This is the closest I get nowdays-->



Keep up the great work Henry...and do some star jumps for me (Makes my knees hurt just saying it!)

[jasonu]

Many years ago I signed up at Les Mills gym for a whole year and went every day for 3 days..

[Erelyes]

A couple years ago I used to go to the gym, just did strength stuff with barbells. Stronglifts 5x5 at first then later a 5/3/1 variation.

Quit for a variety of reasons; I had some De Quervain's that I thought was being exacerbated by it (turns out lifting neither really hurt or hindered it though). Plus my second-hand membership ran out and I was too tight to buy at full price...

TBH I really should get it going again though, fuck the excuses.

You're right, it is amazing how much of a difference to health and general wellbeing it is. It's also a great tool to combat depression if running/swimming aren't your thing.

Looked at buying a cage/bench and barbell to work out at home (why pay for the gym's 1001 machines when I use just a couple of things), but being 6ft3 I'd need to put holes in the ceiling if I wanted to press or do cleans

[bluninja]

My fitness has dropped after a few months of illness. Due to head back to the gym in the next week, just been doing the gentle judo twice a week for 3 hours a time.

I'm still strong enough to do 100 practice throws (move into the throw, lift them off the floor, put them back down, move out) on someone 115kgs without breaking sweat or breaking down but I've a long way to go to even granddad (masters) level competition fitness.

[Gremlin]

I doubt I'll see my high school days again, when I was in the cycling team, weighed 68kg and 6'2. Eating just to put on some fat to then burn off.

Now I'm more like 6'3 and 100kg... ratio has skewed a tad However, I decided last year that sitting at a desk in IT and being healthy wasn't probably going to work, so I bought a mountain bike (no desire to go back to road cycling), started getting out with mates, turned it social etc (only once or twice a month). It's an extension to motorbiking as the mountain bike is allowed in even less accessible places than the motor versions. We live in a great country. I'm no way near fit, but I'm better off for it. Earlier this year I ended up not getting out for a couple of months, the first run was a sharp shock, with the lack of rides so noticeable it was scary.

Now trying to commit to at least once a month (if not more), do around 15-20km of all terrain, be a little careful on what I eat and drop the weight to around 90kg. I still love food tho, but aware of the penalty (more mountain biking).

That said, when we're at Woodhill, there is a Jesters van in the middle of the day... I'm not sure that the delicious pie is the best choice afterwards, but god it tastes good

[5ive]

How fit/strong? Over 9000!

But really I'm just doing a balancing act at the moment, with little (intentional) exercise, sensible drinking, and a healthy diet.

I used to be exceptionally fit when I was younger from sports and being in the Army, and also from a little farming, but I moved to the big smoke to study and subsequently sit on my arse all day behind computer screens making money.

Needless to say I got fat.

Not land-whale fat, but just fat enough for myself and others to notice when wearing tight clothing and reaching for the beers on the top shelf at the supermarket. I was also in a long term relationship with a good country girl who also likes to eat, drink, travel and do everything in excess (now my wife, who somehow has hollow legs that keep her slim), so didn't care about looking tip-top for the ladies. Just lifted some free-weights at home to maintain some muscle, and walked to work everday.

Fast forward a little, general lifestyle changes and preparing for the future (kids) finally kicked me into gear so I picked up an exercycle and a mountain bike and I started to gradually increase my efforts to a daily routine of about 80km per day. Commuting to/from work including hill climbs, and an hour of riding the exercycle before and after the commute. Threw in some free weights for fun occasionally.

After almost a year I had lost almost 20kg

So my wife was getting fat due to pregnancy, and I gotten slim (so says she) - and there was no way I could celebrate that fact at the time

So our son was born and my free time somehow dissapeared somewhere, so I simply dropped the exercycle and maintained the commute and diet. And now a further year and a half later I have swapped the mountain bike for a motorcycle, and taken up infrequent runs in the morning.

3 months in, no real noticeable change in health, my son is like a free-weight that increases each time I pick him up, and the running is doing it's job.

I reckon the basic framework for being healthy is just to eat a decent breakfast, keep your body active during the week, don't eat late at night, only have junk food as an occasional treat, and take it easy on the alcohol.

From there, anything else is a lot easier to acheive, but takes a lot more discipline and upkeep for the results - I just wish I had the time...

[R650R]

Well for my age group (old enough to enter Masters category now at next MTB events) not too bad. It's kinda hard to quantify as there are varying degrees of fitness depending on activity.
But for me a 20km mountain bike ride with several significant climbs is no worries and fun, although with flu and injury haven't ridden in several weeks but normally 2-3 rides a week.
Survived Karapoti 50km MTB race twice in recent years in weekend warrior class.
Spent a year doing Jiu Jitsu before I realised I was a bigger danger to myself than anyone on the street despite the awesome quality of the instructors. The wrestling and grappling aspect of it really built my core strength up good and instilled good instincts in using your muscles only in the proper way where they have strength. The sparring aspect was great cardio workout, recommend any of the boxing style workouts, fitness wise.
Hand loading a full b-train worth of freight forwarders consignments was always a good workout but counteracted by all the pies and ice creams on the road (non smoker so I snack instead).
Was probably fittest when I used to hand unload about 300+ cartons (12 chep plt) of alcohol across and south and west Auckland bottlestores. And that was only part of the working day.
Hover around 90kg at moment...

[PrincessBandit]

I'm neither. (Fit or strong, that is). At 5'2" I weighed 64kg until I hit the big "M" word (that word, for ladies - no, not Marriage ) and then my weight blew out of proportion to a peak of 78kg. That's a lot for a short arse!!!

Through sensible portion sizes and drinking heaps of green tea (I'm sure there is something in that) I am close to my goal of getting rid of the first number being a 7 in my weight. The other incentive is my son's gf being able to wear my leathers which I no longer fit, and they practically fall off her

Alas, I have no particular desire to be fit. The only way I could be convinced to regain the fitness of my youth would be to do the things I used to love doing then - dancing and gymnastics. The former I might be able to get back into; the latter - yeah nah.

[MisterD]

Playing Over-35's football is it for me. 90 minutes of training on a Wednesday, somewhere a little bit less than that of a match on a Saturday (rolling subs) with the occasional run, swim or wind-trainer session fitted in elsewhere in the week.

It's enough to earn the post-match beers.