how often do you exercise??
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Interesting thread this.
When I was a kid I used to play rugby (No. 8 ). 6'2" and anything between 16 and 17 stones. Quick over 20 yards and strong upper body. I was also in the TA for a few years whilst at university and trying to decide what I wanted to do after graduation. I have a couple of funny tales from each of the above for another thread one day.
I used to run and do weights and thought I was fit. Then due to general wear and tear (back - prolapse disc, knees - cartilage, fingers - broke and or dislocated, knuckles - ditto, skull - fractured, shoulder - properly smashed etc etc) caused on either the rugby pitch or falling off moving things, I moved to cycling as it's low impact and good cardio.
I started on an MTB in the early 90s, riding with a mental Royal Marine who lived for downhill adrenaline. After a few big wipeouts (and more injuries) I moved onto road cycling. I joined a club and started riding time trials. I forced my weight down to 14 stone (and still had a 42 inch chest) and had the upper body of a 9 year old school boy. However after several years I had a resting heart rate of 38bpm and I was quick. 50 mile PB is 1hr 50min and 25 mile PB is 54mins. So I was fit. Gave up for a few years following ear surgery but back on it this year and already racked up some miles with the local club again (and on my turbo trainer in the shed) and my HR is down to 46 already.
My Dad used to play wing for Kent and the South East in the 60's and trialed for GB at 100 and 200 yards.
He was fit and quick. He was built like a modern wing and could motor.
Then he started smoking. In his 30s he gave up training (used to take my rugby club for sprint training) as he couldn't keep up with us teenagers anymore. In his 40s he fell apart. He had spinal surgery aged 51 which never healed properly as he was still on 40 a day.
He owned a gym.
Ironically He died on an exercise bike of a heart attack aged 54.
It was at the gym before they opened for the day and he was found half way to the phone by my Mum.
It was the day after I won my first open time trial and I still suspect that he thought "I've still got it" (despite the DVTs etc)
As I said I'm 6'2" and currently just under 15 stone. I have poor core strength and my upper body is weak due to my shoulder, although it's OK to hold me on a bike for a few hours.
I love to walk and cycle but a 50 hour working week, the weather and family sometimes prevent this.
My structured regime at the moment is simple to reflect the above.
I aim at one 50+ mile ride with the club at an average of around 17mph and 2 mad sessions of 45 minutes on the turbo-tainer.
I'm looking to move into some time trials again later in the year.
I'm convinced that genetics lay a huge part in our life expectancy but so does lifestyle.
We can modify what happens and when through what we choose to do.
I'm going to prove this by living until I'm 90!
When I was a kid I used to play rugby (No. 8 ). 6'2" and anything between 16 and 17 stones. Quick over 20 yards and strong upper body. I was also in the TA for a few years whilst at university and trying to decide what I wanted to do after graduation. I have a couple of funny tales from each of the above for another thread one day.
I used to run and do weights and thought I was fit. Then due to general wear and tear (back - prolapse disc, knees - cartilage, fingers - broke and or dislocated, knuckles - ditto, skull - fractured, shoulder - properly smashed etc etc) caused on either the rugby pitch or falling off moving things, I moved to cycling as it's low impact and good cardio.
I started on an MTB in the early 90s, riding with a mental Royal Marine who lived for downhill adrenaline. After a few big wipeouts (and more injuries) I moved onto road cycling. I joined a club and started riding time trials. I forced my weight down to 14 stone (and still had a 42 inch chest) and had the upper body of a 9 year old school boy. However after several years I had a resting heart rate of 38bpm and I was quick. 50 mile PB is 1hr 50min and 25 mile PB is 54mins. So I was fit. Gave up for a few years following ear surgery but back on it this year and already racked up some miles with the local club again (and on my turbo trainer in the shed) and my HR is down to 46 already.
My Dad used to play wing for Kent and the South East in the 60's and trialed for GB at 100 and 200 yards.
He was fit and quick. He was built like a modern wing and could motor.
Then he started smoking. In his 30s he gave up training (used to take my rugby club for sprint training) as he couldn't keep up with us teenagers anymore. In his 40s he fell apart. He had spinal surgery aged 51 which never healed properly as he was still on 40 a day.
He owned a gym.
Ironically He died on an exercise bike of a heart attack aged 54.
It was at the gym before they opened for the day and he was found half way to the phone by my Mum.
It was the day after I won my first open time trial and I still suspect that he thought "I've still got it" (despite the DVTs etc)
As I said I'm 6'2" and currently just under 15 stone. I have poor core strength and my upper body is weak due to my shoulder, although it's OK to hold me on a bike for a few hours.
I love to walk and cycle but a 50 hour working week, the weather and family sometimes prevent this.
My structured regime at the moment is simple to reflect the above.
I aim at one 50+ mile ride with the club at an average of around 17mph and 2 mad sessions of 45 minutes on the turbo-tainer.
I'm looking to move into some time trials again later in the year.
I'm convinced that genetics lay a huge part in our life expectancy but so does lifestyle.
We can modify what happens and when through what we choose to do.
I'm going to prove this by living until I'm 90!
Mowflow said:Simon_P said:Mowflow said:
Griphouse? Another BJJ player here
Yup, still rare to meet anyone else that does it let alone has heard of it. Where do you train?
Oh yeah, Ooooosssssssss!
Been involved in Martial Arts since a teenager (similar story to you above), far too many years to count up... now train in the best one around, well apart from boxing :wink:
Gracie Barra Essex under Lee Catling.
Oooossss!
I've been active since I was 11! Used to be an avid competative road cycle racer through my teens, then went into Martial Arts (mainly Tae Kwon-Do, got to 4th degree black belt, and some Eskrima). Ended up,teaching that with my own clubs. Then went into mountain bike racing for a couple of years. Now I work part time in the fitness industry teaching group fitness classes after doing all the relevant qualifications. Mainly Les Mills (http://w3.lesmills.com) classes (Body Combat, Body Balance, RPM and CXWORX) these days but I also teach freestyle spin classes.
I am 54, have a 9-5 desk job during the day and I'm up to 14 x 1 hour classes a week at the moment!
I also (during the summer time) cycle 8 miles to work.
A day off exercising? ..... What's that then?
I think genetics can play a part as my Dad is 75 now and still competes in cycle time trials!! He cycles most days doing 2 x 60-70 mile training runs with the local cycle club racers a week!!
I am 54, have a 9-5 desk job during the day and I'm up to 14 x 1 hour classes a week at the moment!
I also (during the summer time) cycle 8 miles to work.
A day off exercising? ..... What's that then?
I think genetics can play a part as my Dad is 75 now and still competes in cycle time trials!! He cycles most days doing 2 x 60-70 mile training runs with the local cycle club racers a week!!
GregZ4 said:
Get working on that core strength!! Would really help with your power output in time trials! :wink:
The hover is your friend!
Some nice PB's in the those time trials!
I mainly time trialed in my early to mid teens. PB for a 10 was 23 something. That was around 1974!!I go to the gym three or four times a week doing split routine weights with cycling in the evenings. I had a forced 5 months off last year after the exploding gallbladder/septicaemia thing when I went from a lean 12st 10lbs to 11st in two weeks (5' 11"). I've got my weight back up since starting training again in December 2012 but the infection left me with nerve damage in my right shoulder which is limiting my strength on that side. I've been referred to a physiotherapist by my Doctor so I'm hopeful things will improve on that front.
I don't train to live longer but more to make sure that while I'm about I'm fit and strong enough to enjoy it
I don't train to live longer but more to make sure that while I'm about I'm fit and strong enough to enjoy it
tomscott said:
Tom I know from other posts you live in Penrith? If so and you fancy trying something different then check out a friend of mines CrossFit gym (http://www.crossfit-cumbria.com/). Really awesome way to get yourself seriously fit and will defo help with your Tri training etc.
For anyone else if you have a CrossFit gym nearby its worth checking out as a really fresh way to get yourself fit. It combines lifting weights with aerobic stuff as well as things like gymnastics with the goal of getting people to have a really good base fitness and be good at everything rather than excellent at one certain sport or exercise. It even has a bit of competition in there as well with most sessions timed or with rep goals etc which I always find makes you work that little bit harder!
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Me too. Not sure the z4 built for those thighs unless you have modded it so you can power it yourself.DrNick said:thats the same as my waist
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Anyone tried German volume training a mate wants me to do it but I don't fancy 100 reps of anything.
41 year old here. Until about 7 years ago I did nothing, got up to 21stone, couldn't even get up a flight of stairs without being out of breath. I started going to gym three time a week doing spin classes, then I got a bike and started cycling to work. Round trip to office is 32miles in London. I do this 3 to 5 days a week normally, although I've been a bit crap recently. Sometimes I detour home and do a lap of RIchmond park which ups the daily ride to 45miles. I often do 50 mile rides at weekends and I should be out tomorrow doing exactly that. I'm member of club that does night rides from London to the coast (ave 70 miles ride) once a month. I did over 5,000 miles last year on the bike, including a London to John-O-Groats ride. I'm much fitter than I was, and 3 stone lighter it would be more but beer, pies, chips and cake get in the way.... Big challange this year is London-Surrey 100 mile ride in August for Macmillan which is pretty much the Olympic road race route, 20,000 cyclists in total on closed roads.
Great thing about cycling to work is that it's dead time that would otherwise be spent on the tube / train or stuck in traffic! Plus I save the time not going to gym. I save £10.40 a day in Oyster fees, plus £60 a month from the gym membership. I do spend this all on bikes though.
The other big benefit from cycling is how much my driving and particuarly observation improved once I'd been commuting a few weeks by bike in London.
Is it safe posting cycling stuff on a car forum! Guess I'm about to find out!
Great thing about cycling to work is that it's dead time that would otherwise be spent on the tube / train or stuck in traffic! Plus I save the time not going to gym. I save £10.40 a day in Oyster fees, plus £60 a month from the gym membership. I do spend this all on bikes though.
The other big benefit from cycling is how much my driving and particuarly observation improved once I'd been commuting a few weeks by bike in London.
Is it safe posting cycling stuff on a car forum! Guess I'm about to find out!
I am 46 6ft2" and just under 13 stone.
I have been running for 18 months, started off JUST being able to manage a mile, I now run 3-4 times a week minimum 5k up to 20k depending on time.
When weather permits I cycle (road and Mountain) I take the bikes to our place in the Alps too, there is nothing like REAL mountain, mountain biking!!
I have been running for 18 months, started off JUST being able to manage a mile, I now run 3-4 times a week minimum 5k up to 20k depending on time.
When weather permits I cycle (road and Mountain) I take the bikes to our place in the Alps too, there is nothing like REAL mountain, mountain biking!!
Sweet I like mountain biking I love the alps. Been biking out in les gets amazing. If you want a buddy I am happy to come stay at yours.