how often do you exercise??
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I am surprised you have time, you are always on this forum or modifying the zed. Is it daylight for 24 hrs up thereAdamski said:
Three time a week for me at the gym and i use the road bike when the weather is fit for it. 
I work out 5 times a week for ~ 1 hour each time. I have been doing this since 17, now I am 24 . The zed looks like a muscle car so you need to have muscles to drive one 
I've survived to be 64 without doing a lot of exercise - I'm not fat , still got hair and everything is still in working order ! I don't drink a lot , smoke a roll up occasionally ( non herbal ! ) and have a wife who still looks pretty good for an old'un !
Good luck to all these fitness fanatics - they won't live longer ( just seem longer )
Good luck to all these fitness fanatics - they won't live longer ( just seem longer )
I don't do any regular exercise. But if there is surf then I’m surfing. Will do 5-6 hours in a session, when the waters not too cold, 2-3 hours through the winter. If no surf then I sometimes just swim a couple of miles up and down the bay, or practice breath holding, whilst watching the fishies. Or we take the canoes out. 
If all else fails, I'll jump in the MR drive up onto Bodmin Moor and do a little rock climbing, or just take a stroll up a few Torrs.
Don't really get why anyone would go to a gym, unless they were in prison or may be stuck on a ship.
Life’s hard for us 50 something’s, down here in Cornwall.
If all else fails, I'll jump in the MR drive up onto Bodmin Moor and do a little rock climbing, or just take a stroll up a few Torrs.
Don't really get why anyone would go to a gym, unless they were in prison or may be stuck on a ship.
Life’s hard for us 50 something’s, down here in Cornwall.
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I reckon your heart only has so many beats allocated before it's fails,
excercise it and you use them up quicker.
Life in the fast lane means you run out of motorway sooner...
excercise it and you use them up quicker.
Life in the fast lane means you run out of motorway sooner...
I'm in the RAF so keeping fit is mandatory. I train upwards of 15hrs a week and vary depending on time of year. Train power and strength for rugby come the winter then try to strip down for tri-athlon during the spring and summer. I'm a former power lifter and so I'm a little broad... 
Currently trimming down from 120kg @28% body fat with goal for triathlon season 100kg at @ 20ish.
However, fractured thumb, dislocated it for good measure along with the wrist and fracturing my elbow skiing back end of Jan and so I'm a little out of sync.
I get seriously grumpy if don't train, even with left arm in a cast I spent an hour a night on a turbo trainer or doing leg weights....32" thighs make the Z quite a squeeze, might think about not bulking back up next winter and moving position to the back row....
Currently trimming down from 120kg @28% body fat with goal for triathlon season 100kg at @ 20ish.
However, fractured thumb, dislocated it for good measure along with the wrist and fracturing my elbow skiing back end of Jan and so I'm a little out of sync.
I get seriously grumpy if don't train, even with left arm in a cast I spent an hour a night on a turbo trainer or doing leg weights....32" thighs make the Z quite a squeeze, might think about not bulking back up next winter and moving position to the back row....
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How come so many folk who doesn't exercise or use a gym have to make disparaging remarks about those that do? Yet gym users don't have a pop at the lucky non-gym purists who will apparently out live them whilst maintaining youthful physiques and hot girlfriends?! Hmmm....perhaps I should put my weights on eBay... 
Bradders75 said:How come so many folk who doesn't exercise or use a gym have to make disparaging remarks about those that do? Yet gym users don't have a pop at the lucky non-gym purists who will apparently out live them whilst maintaining youthful physiques and hot girlfriends?! Hmmm....perhaps I should put my weights on eBay...
Sell the weights and move to Cornwall.
Could do with a few more Z's I think excecise certainly helps your wellbeing, mentally etc, the times I do it, squash, badmington I feel better for it. I'm not convinced however it will necessarily help you live longer though, I think thats in your genes from day one for which no amount of excercise will overcome if you develop cancer etc. I prefer a sensible diet, I don't drink or smoke and only do moderate excericise.
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Bradders75 said:How come so many folk who doesn't exercise or use a gym have to make disparaging remarks about those that do? Yet gym users don't have a pop at the lucky non-gym purists who will apparently out live them whilst maintaining youthful physiques and hot girlfriends?! Hmmm....perhaps I should put my weights on eBay...
Whenever I went, I felt that the most used piece of gym equipment was the mirror......
The gym may not make you live longer than your genes intended but with appropriate training it will keep you in a good shape to help you get there.
Personally, I may seem like a gym monkey but I'm don't consider myself to be one, I started training because I wanted to be stronger for the sports I played. Competing in power lifting comps or strong man comps were for a laugh and to promote the RAF at those type of events.
Interesting mix of Z owners on this forum, I think the only thing you can really say is that most don't seem to be of the larger sort.
I love my Z, I just wish I fit in it a little better....maybe time to put down the pies...well after this one I will.
Personally, I may seem like a gym monkey but I'm don't consider myself to be one, I started training because I wanted to be stronger for the sports I played. Competing in power lifting comps or strong man comps were for a laugh and to promote the RAF at those type of events.
Interesting mix of Z owners on this forum, I think the only thing you can really say is that most don't seem to be of the larger sort.
I love my Z, I just wish I fit in it a little better....maybe time to put down the pies...well after this one I will.
I do weights at lunch time Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. In the evenings I do 2 hours Brazilian jiu-jitsu Monday, Wednesday 1 hour Muay Thai on Thursday and usually about 3 hours Of both along with strength and conditioning circuits on a Saturday. On a Sunday I stagger about aching and asking myself why I still do this s**t at my age. I train at a gym full of some of the highest ranked MMA athletes in the country so I am more or less a human punch bag.
Have been training for about 15 years now. Don't compete any more but did so at a national level in BJJ and amateur MMA. I guess the training ethos is just ingrained in me along with still sticking to strictly controlled diets. If I don't train often enough I get very moody and start to go a bit mental?
Have been training for about 15 years now. Don't compete any more but did so at a national level in BJJ and amateur MMA. I guess the training ethos is just ingrained in me along with still sticking to strictly controlled diets. If I don't train often enough I get very moody and start to go a bit mental?
thats the same as my waist
24y/o and recently every day. Training for a few tri's this summer.
Broke a couple of fingers and injured my knee playing footy before Christmas, knocked my confidence a bit so had 8 weeks out (also because of frozen pitches) so got a bit unfit and as a fitness kinda person I felt pretty awful so new year new routine.
Play football for an hour on monday. Tuesday arms and legs in the gym with a sauna sesh to relax. Wednesday Squash. Thursday usually try and do as many miles on the bike before it get dark atm 20-30 miles. Friday 2hrs of football training, 1hr fitness 1hr game. Saturday swimming try and get 50 lengths in the morn but usually bail at 35 because I find swimming difficult. Sunday arms and legs and a chill out in the sauna again.
Sounds pretty intense but get massive highs and rushes from exercise keeps me happy.
Broke a couple of fingers and injured my knee playing footy before Christmas, knocked my confidence a bit so had 8 weeks out (also because of frozen pitches) so got a bit unfit and as a fitness kinda person I felt pretty awful so new year new routine.
Play football for an hour on monday. Tuesday arms and legs in the gym with a sauna sesh to relax. Wednesday Squash. Thursday usually try and do as many miles on the bike before it get dark atm 20-30 miles. Friday 2hrs of football training, 1hr fitness 1hr game. Saturday swimming try and get 50 lengths in the morn but usually bail at 35 because I find swimming difficult. Sunday arms and legs and a chill out in the sauna again.
Sounds pretty intense but get massive highs and rushes from exercise keeps me happy.