I'm out of shape.

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Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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What ever you do you need to enjoy it, if it becomes a chore you just won't do it. If you want to do some running join a running club and or sign up for the local Parkrun. It best to really look forward to what ever exercise you end up doing.

ewenm

28,506 posts

244 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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WinstonWolf said:
Cycle, your knees and your waistline will thank me for this advice...
There's no reason your knees should hurt through running. If they do then you're doing it wrong in some way (technique/footwear/poor flexibility/poor core).

OP: C25k is a good starting point thumbup

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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ewenm said:
WinstonWolf said:
Cycle, your knees and your waistline will thank me for this advice...
There's no reason your knees should hurt through running. If they do then you're doing it wrong in some way (technique/footwear/poor flexibility/poor core).

OP: C25k is a good starting point thumbup
If you're a fatty you're better off starting on a bike smile


Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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WinstonWolf said:
ewenm said:
WinstonWolf said:
Cycle, your knees and your waistline will thank me for this advice...
There's no reason your knees should hurt through running. If they do then you're doing it wrong in some way (technique/footwear/poor flexibility/poor core).

OP: C25k is a good starting point thumbup
If you're a fatty you're better off starting to eat less smile
+1

The Nur

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9,168 posts

184 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
WinstonWolf said:
ewenm said:
WinstonWolf said:
Cycle, your knees and your waistline will thank me for this advice...
There's no reason your knees should hurt through running. If they do then you're doing it wrong in some way (technique/footwear/poor flexibility/poor core).

OP: C25k is a good starting point thumbup
If you're a fatty you're better off starting to eat less smile
+1
hehe 5 foot 11 and 11 stone 4, just out of shape smile

goldblum

10,272 posts

166 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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The Nur said:
Willy Nilly said:
WinstonWolf said:
ewenm said:
WinstonWolf said:
Cycle, your knees and your waistline will thank me for this advice...
There's no reason your knees should hurt through running. If they do then you're doing it wrong in some way (technique/footwear/poor flexibility/poor core).

OP: C25k is a good starting point thumbup
If you're a fatty you're better off starting to eat less smile
+1
hehe 5 foot 11 and 11 stone 4, just out of shape smile
Not much out of shape then. Get running, you'll burn nearly twice as many calories as cycling, and strengthen your joints as well. Very important to do weight bearing activities for the spine, legs and hips as well. This won't happen on a pushbike.

The Nur

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9,168 posts

184 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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goldblum said:
Not much out of shape then. Get running, you'll burn nearly twice as many calories as cycling, and strengthen your joints as well. Very important to do weight bearing activities for the spine, legs and hips as well. This won't happen on a pushbike.
Well, out of shape/unfit I suppose. Either way though, still plenty of room for improvement smile

My weights plan does include back legs and hips but I could probably improve on it if I am honest. Gotto switch it up, keep the body guessing hehe

goldblum

10,272 posts

166 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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The Nur said:
goldblum said:
Not much out of shape then. Get running, you'll burn nearly twice as many calories as cycling, and strengthen your joints as well. Very important to do weight bearing activities for the spine, legs and hips as well. This won't happen on a pushbike.
Well, out of shape/unfit I suppose. Either way though, still plenty of room for improvement smile

My weights plan does include back legs and hips but I could probably improve on it if I am honest. Gotto switch it up, keep the body guessing hehe
That's it.smile

amare32

2,417 posts

222 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Maybe instead of doing things like cardio on a treadmill or anything similar which bores you to death take up a sport. That way, you'll learn new skills, meet people and great way to give you focus on training in the gym which can compliment each other.

I took up tennis 3 years ago and went from a complete noob to now competing in the regional leagues. Turns out years of playing basketball and football, I was able to transfer the coordination skills over to tennis. Along with tennis, I do heavy heavy compound lifts in the gym and combined with eating clean, in the best shape of my life at 36 with a ripped physique at 6% BF.

skibum

1,032 posts

236 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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OP - have you started C25K yet?

The Nur

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9,168 posts

184 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Amare; Evidence does seem to be mounting towards a sport to get in to, and to be honest I had never really thought of tennis and I do have facilities near by too. I shall think a bit more about it and see what is nearby that really interests me.

skibum; No, not yet unfortunately. I was rear ended in traffic a few weeks ago and god only knows what I did yesterday but my neck is the worst it's been since the accident. For now I'm giving a it a precautionary break until monday and then I shall tentatively begin again. I am really interested in the c25k though. Everything I have heard about it has been really encouraging and I think it would be a great way to get started.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I've started playing a lot of dodgeball because you can be incompetent and nobody will know. Tennis on the other hand (which I love, too) it's really obvious that I'm st at it. It probably comes from spending the last 20 years of my life mucking about with weapons rather than rackets.









I love weapons.














Yes, I'm single.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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The Nur said:
I am really interested in the c25k though. Everything I have heard about it has been really encouraging and I think it would be a great way to get started.
It is, I ran 7.5km last night, my furthest yet and before I did the C25K I would never have thought I'd ever do that. I ache less this morning than I did after some of the early much shorter runs biggrin
Hoofy said:
It probably comes from spending the last 20 years of my life mucking about with weapons rather than rackets.

I love weapons.

Yes, I'm single.
The trouble with that is I reached the point with martial arts that I need to be fitter to do it, where I originally started as a way to get fit.

Used to love the weapons stuff though.

Met my wife through martial arts so it's no guarantee of staying single, but it does mean arguments could get messy biggrin

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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RizzoTheRat said:
The trouble with that is I reached the point with martial arts that I need to be fitter to do it, where I originally started as a way to get fit.

Used to love the weapons stuff though.

Met my wife through martial arts so it's no guarantee of staying single, but it does mean arguments could get messy biggrin
Hehe. Cool.

I wouldn't recommend martial arts as, while it's interesting, it's not exactly fun. At best you might smile at something.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Hoofy said:
I wouldn't recommend martial arts as, while it's interesting, it's not exactly fun. At best you might smile at something.
You've clearly never done mixed Judo biggrin

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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RizzoTheRat said:
Hoofy said:
I wouldn't recommend martial arts as, while it's interesting, it's not exactly fun. At best you might smile at something.
You've clearly never done mixed Judo biggrin
You're right!

ZR1cliff

17,999 posts

248 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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The Nur said:
Amare; Evidence does seem to be mounting towards a sport to get in to, and to be honest I had never really thought of tennis and I do have facilities near by too. I shall think a bit more about it and see what is nearby that really interests me.

skibum; No, not yet unfortunately. I was rear ended in traffic a few weeks ago and god only knows what I did yesterday but my neck is the worst it's been since the accident. For now I'm giving a it a precautionary break until monday and then I shall tentatively begin again. I am really interested in the c25k though. Everything I have heard about it has been really encouraging and I think it would be a great way to get started.
Have you tried walking ? I walk three miles to work and three miles home, alright once you get into the swing of it. Plus there's no damage to joints. I'm mid fifties and had my BP done yesterday @121/77 , pulse rate @ rest around 46-50. Leaving the car at home has not only saved me money, it's also improved and maintained a reasonable level of fitness.

The Nur

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9,168 posts

184 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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ZR1cliff said:
Have you tried walking ? I walk three miles to work and three miles home, alright once you get into the swing of it. Plus there's no damage to joints. I'm mid fifties and had my BP done yesterday @121/77 , pulse rate @ rest around 46-50. Leaving the car at home has not only saved me money, it's also improved and maintained a reasonable level of fitness.
I do walk, normally 10-15, maybe 20 miles a week but I'm getting a bit bored with how long I spend doing it and my schedule just got a hell of a lot tighter with my new job. I'm trying to compress some of this exercise I'm going to be missing into smaller time slots smile

fridaypassion

8,504 posts

227 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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This time last year I lost 1st7lb by just getting sensible with food and doing 3-4 miles a day walking me dog. Never went near a gym never got out of breath once. Put half the fecker back on now so need to get busy again!