how fit are you

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 13 Jun 2009, 12:09

biffvernon wrote:But if the office workers had allotments or cultivated their own backyards they would not have to go to the gym. This would be a Good Thing for loads of reasons.

...or walked and cycled more as a mode of transport,stopped using supermarkets and walked around local shops, helped out in community gardens and spaces, teach children how to ride bikes,yoga,juggling,whatever and generally discarded the modern consumer lifestyle fashions of creating economic growth with every action we do(transport, work, eating leisure, fitness, holidays, etc etc) If we put our minds to it we could design a highly active and healthy lifestyle which would be infinitely more enjoyable,beneficial and productive than the modern consumer lifestyle methods of keeping fit(segregate fitness from any other activity and put a price tag on it).
In stead of taking what is on offer, and what is advertised the most effectively, we could take control of our own lives for the increased benefit of us and those around us, with less impact on the planet and more affect on our communities.

careful_eugene · Post by **careful_eugene** » 13 Jun 2009, 18:38

clv101 wrote:
careful_eugene wrote:The majority of people reading this thread will work in an office at a desk on a computer (I include myself in this group) so daily work life offers little opportunity for keeping fit.
I don't buy it when people say they don't have time. A good level of fitness can be achieved with just 3 or 4, 30-40 minute sessions a week. If one's life is so hectic to prevent that degree of excise then something's wrong.

I didn't say that I didn't have the time, what I meant was that an office job doesn't require you to do physical work.

But if the office workers had allotments or cultivated their own backyards they would not have to go to the gym. This would be a Good Thing for loads of reasons.

I also have an allotment, gardening, whilst a healthy activity is not enough to keep you fit.

Bandidoz · Post by **Bandidoz** » 16 Jun 2009, 11:34

clv101 wrote:...over the summer I'm competing three triathlons (super-sprint, sprint and olympic distance).

Is that "Ironman" distance?

SunnyJim · Post by **SunnyJim** » 16 Jun 2009, 15:45

I have for the last three weeks been cycling over 100 miles a week. However since my second daughter was born I have put on weight. I need to loose two stone. I'm now eating sensibly (the kids leftovers now go in the chickens rather than in me), and with all the exercise I am shedding weight rapidly. General work on the land (digging, hoeing, scything, raking) keeps my upper body strong. The desk job makes it very easy to put on weight, especially as you pass 35 yrs of age.... the boredom sets in and the free biscuits call ever louder. Kids don't help, as when they are little they curtail your exercise. Even an hour long walk is tricky. When they are older the wife can be left alone with them. The first year or two you need to stay close or risk divorce due to a feeling of abandonment.

Norfolk In Chance · Post by **Norfolk In Chance** » 17 Jun 2009, 14:09

www.intensefitness.co.uk

Use these for 5 mins a day and you will melt the fat and have arms like high tensile steel...

Nicko · Post by **Nicko** » 17 Jun 2009, 16:02

Norfolk In Chance wrote:www.intensefitness.co.uk

Use these for 5 mins a day and you will melt the fat and have arms like high tensile steel...

http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/
Use these for 5 mins a day and you will melt the fat and have arms like high tensile steel...

fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 19 Jun 2009, 17:52

I'm 41 and in the best shape of my life.
I've been learning boxing, ju-jitsu, israel martial arts and knife fighting for the past two years. I can fight stand up or on the ground for ten minutes straight.
Zombie chavs are doomed.

contadino · Post by **contadino** » 19 Jun 2009, 18:07

fifthcolumn wrote:I've been learning boxing, ju-jitsu, israel martial arts and knife fighting for the past two years. I can fight stand up or on the ground for ten minutes straight.

Is that what gives you the confidence to write so much utter twaddle on here? So that each time you're challenged in dialogue, you can always fall back on "Well I'm a gladiator. Come and fight me."

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 19 Jun 2009, 20:45

fightin' talk.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 19 Jun 2009, 23:22

fifthcolumn wrote:... israel martial arts and ...

No worries about Iran having nukes then

Call 5thCol!!

fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 19 Jun 2009, 23:37

contadino wrote:[Is that what gives you the confidence to write so much utter twaddle on here? So that each time you're challenged in dialogue, you can always fall back on "Well I'm a gladiator. Come and fight me."

Now, now, that is indeed fighting talk. If you keep it up I'll call you names you wanker.

But no, I've done the research instead of just swallowed what I read on dieoff.org. In additin to doing the research I've worked for an oil company and gone to see places that contradict dieoff and seen with my own eyes. Anyway I digress:

I went and read some of your posts and I'm curious to see why it is that you're in my face since it doesn't look you're much of a doomer from the brief skim of your posts.

In any event, this post is even more agressive than that of Ludwig, so right back at you: If you want to claim I'm talking utter twaddle, back it up with something more than quoting dieoff mantra SHITE at me.

Otherwise piss off back to your pasta patch benito.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 21 Jun 2009, 00:00

and in the red pill corner...

fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 21 Jun 2009, 01:10

emordnilap wrote:and in the red pill corner...

If only.
I wish I didn't know.