The fitness thread

keverton · June 19, 2011

How many GOT members are in to fitness? What is your exercise regime? I am running the BUPA Great North run in september so just looking for any training ideas for those more in the know than myself and also interested in what us on here get up to fitness wise.

Del · June 19, 2011

3 mile run 7 days a week
Weight training 3 times a week

teppic · June 19, 2011

20 minutes a night on the exercise bike.

I'd love to do more but there just never seems to be enough time.

DualityNSNO · June 19, 2011

Home workout, football training, running a few kilometers every day. Planning on going to a gym for weights and things, or outside (you know, horizontal bars/levers/whatever they are called) training.
Can't do that now though, until next month, because i have exams and stuff and there's not enough time...

EFCNIK · June 19, 2011

I try to masterbate twice a day and excersize my fingers on the playstation for at least an hour at the end of most days. Everything from the wrist down is built like a brick **** house.

Deleted member 28206 · June 19, 2011

everton_de_vina_del_mar said:
3 mile run 7 days a week
Weight training 3 times a week

Protein shakes and xxx small v necks too?

twenty a season striker · June 19, 2011

keverton said:
How many GOT members are in to fitness? What is your exercise regime? I am running the BUPA Great North run in september so just looking for any training ideas for those more in the know than myself and also interested in what us on here get up to fitness wise.

I did this last year.. I'd recommend doing some fitness training 2-3 times during the week - so go for a very fast short distance (around 5k is usually good for a busy weeknight I find) run, doing interval training (running at a slow pace for 2 minutes then running fast / sprinting for 30 seconds), fartlek training which is similar but you do more random intervals depending on how you feel (so you may speed up between two lampposts, run up a hill instead of taking the flat route), or something else whether it be swimming, cycling, going to the gym, whatever you enjoy. Just do what you have time for, make sure you're enjoying it or else you won't do it - buy some headphones or something, I can always convince myself to go and listen to an album for a bit and forget I'm being healthy.

Then on a weekend try to do a long run - so if you're working up to a half marathon you may start at 4 miles and work up to being used to running 8-10 miles.

Don't underestimate doing a bit of weight training too. Focus on your legs but generally a whole body workout will help your muscles cope with being put under stress during a race.

Hope you enjoy it!

TheFinnFan · June 19, 2011

football practises + jogging sometimes, boxing

Woolly Blue · June 19, 2011

EFCNIK said:
I try to masterbate twice a day and excersize my fingers on the playstation for at least an hour at the end of most days. Everything from the wrist down is built like a brick **** house.

* Makes mental note never to shake EFCNIK by the hand. Could come to a sticky end *

Summerskin · June 19, 2011

A full football match 3 times a week, light weights and sit ups every night.

More about running/keeping stamina than strength, really.

Playing games is perfect for me because you do a tonne of running whilst using loads of different muscles, either from shooting/passing or holding people off balls, trying to use your strength; highly recommended if you can get mates to play!

chicoazul · June 19, 2011

I snort four eggs a day and pure bench yer mar.

EFCNIK · June 19, 2011

*you must spread some rep around before giving it to chicoazul again*

Del · June 20, 2011

Bryan said:
Protein shakes and xxx small v necks too?

Ha ha no to both lad, only started doing this myself about 6 weeks ago so long way off nobhead tshirts

Feels alot better for it though cut out all proceed foods,crisps,chocolate etc

Messner · June 20, 2011

2 pints of guiness and a bag of chips every night followed by lots of windmilling and ad-hoc kung fu outside the offy

keverton · June 20, 2011

twenty a season striker said:
I did this last year.. I'd recommend doing some fitness training 2-3 times during the week - so go for a very fast short distance (around 5k is usually good for a busy weeknight I find) run, doing interval training (running at a slow pace for 2 minutes then running fast / sprinting for 30 seconds), fartlek training which is similar but you do more random intervals depending on how you feel (so you may speed up between two lampposts, run up a hill instead of taking the flat route), or something else whether it be swimming, cycling, going to the gym, whatever you enjoy. Just do what you have time for, make sure you're enjoying it or else you won't do it - buy some headphones or something, I can always convince myself to go and listen to an album for a bit and forget I'm being healthy.

Then on a weekend try to do a long run - so if you're working up to a half marathon you may start at 4 miles and work up to being used to running 8-10 miles.

Don't underestimate doing a bit of weight training too. Focus on your legs but generally a whole body workout will help your muscles cope with being put under stress during a race.

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers for this mate ad thanks to everyone else giving their fitness regime