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C&H Fitness Thread

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  • #122
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    I can't run and people would laugh at me and stuff :pac:

    Just go for walks and stuff to start off with! If you have one, bring a dog! Throw in your headphone, it's easier to go faster when you've tunes!

    /should follow own advice but has no dog


  • #123
    Jackobyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭Jackobyte


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Just go for walks and stuff to start off with! If you have one, bring a dog! Throw in your headphone, it's easier to go faster when you've tunes!

    /should follow own advice but has no dog
    I've a retarded dog that can't walk. >.<


  • #124
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    Jackobyte wrote: »
    I've a retarded dog that can't walk. >.<

    Can I teach your dog to walk?


  • #125
    Jackobyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭Jackobyte


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Can I teach your dog to walk?

    She's beyond teaching at this stage. She was my mom's dog as I was too young to look after her and my mom has her ruined. She strolls everywhere with no urgency at all and stops and every pole to sniff. If you try to pull her, she will just refuse and keel over on her side. And at this stage, she is getting older and gets tired way easier. I took her out for a mile long walk today and she had to stop halfway and was still panned out when we got home.


  • #126
    Cakes.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭Cakes.


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Just go for walks and stuff to start off with! If you have one, bring a dog! Throw in your headphone, it's easier to go faster when you've tunes!

    /should follow own advice but has no dog

    I don't have a dog but could take my sister's but she's a but hyper :/

    I'm going to start cycling a bit more and hiking and stuff, not going to eat crap anymore either.


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  • #127
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    I can't run and people would laugh at me and stuff :pac:

    Anyone can run, and for your second point, I'm the same. I've finally found somewhere I can run that rarely has people!

    Honestly though, go down to your local GAA or football pitches and run there. You won't look out of place there and everyone will be minding their own business.


  • #128
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    Jackobyte wrote: »
    She's beyond teaching at this stage. She was my mom's dog as I was too young to look after her and my mom has her ruined. She strolls everywhere with mo urgency at all and stops and every pole to sniff. If you try to pull her, she will just refuse and keel over on her side.


    I'll teach that bitch a lesson! Tbh, I would actually LOVE a dog to walk. I'd feel a bit of a spa walking around on my own!! :P


  • #129
    LilMissCiara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    I don't have a dog but could take my sister's but she's a but hyper :/

    We should get a C+H puppy and take turns to walk it! :P


  • #130
    Jackobyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭Jackobyte


    LilMissCiara wrote: »
    We should get a C+H puppy and take turns to walk it! :P
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    We could just post him around to each other. He even fits in a box.






    * Jackobyte does not condone animal cruelty


  • #131
    Cakes.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭Cakes.


    Desire. wrote: »
    Anyone can run, and for your second point, I'm the same. I've finally found somewhere I can run that rarely has people!

    Honestly though, go down to your local GAA or football pitches and run there. You won't look out of place there and everyone will be minding their own business.

    Meh, I'll try :/


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  • #132
    LilMissCiara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Jackobyte wrote: »
    We could just post him around to each other. He even fits in a box.

    * Jackobyte does not condone animal cruelty

    It's a fitness thread, I think we should just walk him around Ireland to each other's houses..! :P


  • #133
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    Meh, I'll try :/

    Head over to the A/T/R forum for some advice. You should follow a training plan to help motivate yourself and to make sure what you're doing is correct.


  • #134
    Cakes.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭Cakes.


    I can't find it :pac: :confused:


  • #135
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=972

    :p


  • #136
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    The advice I see most often on the Fitness Forum is to do a mix of medium distance runs/jogging and high intensity intervals/sprints. Programmes like the C25K are good for the former, and there are loads of variations for the latter. If you have a stop-watch you can time yourself, e.g. sprint flat out for 20-30 seconds, slow jog for 20-30, repeat for a total of 4 minutes.

    Body-weight exercises are good too. Squats/jumping squats, push-ups (loads of variations here too), burpees, stomach-crunches, planking, reverse curls (the ones for the core, not for the biceps) and Russian twists are great.

    You can do them practically anywhere, you don't need equipment, and you can change the intensity levels to suit yourself as your technique and fitness improve. I use all of these myself. You can make a lot of progress in a very short space of time if you train 3 days a week.


  • #137
    Indiego
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Indiego


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    Right, I want to like get fitter but don't have a clue how to do it. What should I do ? :confused:

    How about swimming?

    I also recommend running, who cares if ya look a bit odd, most people really aren't ones to judge tbh :pac:

    Now if you realllyyyy wanna look weird, try taking up speed walking :L


  • #138
    OopsyDaisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭OopsyDaisy


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Body-weight exercises are good too. Squats/jumping squats, push-ups (loads of variations here too), burpees, stomach-crunches, planking, reverse curls (the ones for the core, not for the biceps) and Russian twists are great.

    .

    Even just reading them made my muscles hurt :o

    I'm so unbelieveably unfit..I doubt even the best fitness trainer in the world could get me out of my bed :P

    I wish I could start running, but I don't have the energy most of the time :(

    Ah I'll just be lazy bum...it works for me :P

    /moaning


  • #139
    bythewoods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭bythewoods


    My father and I have a new method of father-daughter bonding.

    He drives me ~5 miles away from home, on an excruciatingly hilly road, lets me out of the car and drives home. When I get back, he shouts at me regarding the time it took me to get back. Because, yes, he times me. Nothing motivates you to fucking *belt* it home like your father insisting you shave time off your previous run. Apparently I should be able to do a mile in under 5 minutes. Which is all well and good for the first mile, or downhill bits, but COME ON IN ALL FAIRNESS!

    It probably works better than my usual "I'll run 'til I'm tired and then turn around" approach because there really is no option but to keep going! OUCHIE.


  • #140
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    My dad needs to stop organizing football training and only telling me 20 minutes before it starts. Tackling drills are the last thing I want to be doing when I wake up.


  • #141
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    bythewoods wrote: »
    Apparently I should be able to do a mile in under 5 minutes.

    5 minutes? :eek: That would have been a women's world record for a long time:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression


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  • #142
    bythewoods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭bythewoods


    JamJamJamJam wrote: »
    5 minutes? :eek: That would have been a women's world record for a long time:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression

    Oh yeah, it's completely unrealistic. Completely. But I'm quite sure he won't be satisfied with my efforts until I've managed. *sob*


  • #143
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    Jesus, I need motivation like that! I went for a run last night around the hospital (I live beside one). The route around it is painfully hilly, so I decided to run around the only flat, empty area around - the morgue car-park. :pac: It was pathetic though, I had a CRAP run, I forgot how much more painful it is to run on regular ground instead of a lovely treadmill.

    So, to make up for my crappy run, I instead decided to do some weights (tiny weights) at home. Nothing like punching with weights in your hand to make you feel better about a useless workout. :p


  • #144
    WhiskeyGoblin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,011 ✭✭✭WhiskeyGoblin


    What would a good distance on a bike be? :D
    Really need to start sheedddddding le pounds :3


  • #145
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    marko93 wrote: »
    What would a good distance on a bike be? :D
    Really need to start sheedddddding le pounds :3

    Any distance can be a good distance, depending on how quickly you cycle it. ;)


  • #146
    WhiskeyGoblin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,011 ✭✭✭WhiskeyGoblin


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Any distance can be a good distance, depending on how quickly you cycle it. ;)


    Touché. POWER BIKING.


  • #147
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    Start off with however far you can cycle, tbh. Don't over-exert yourself, the distance will come to you with practice. :) If you're planning on doing it even semi-regularly, I'd recommend investing in some proper cycling shorts and a gel saddle. It makes all the difference in terms of comfort. Start out slow, because if you go off too hard, you might find it difficult to find the legs to take you back home again. The cycling forum here is full of wonderful advice, just run a search for newbie/new to cycling/something similar, and you should find all the information you need.


  • #148
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Pushing your body as hard as possible with an interval is an effective way of burning fat.

    Pick a distance and run as fast as possible, really push yourself, until you reach the distance. Running up a slope is a good example.

    Same for weights in the gym, I'd say do the heaviest you are capable of and do say 3 x 8 reps.


  • #149
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    As Aoibheann said, start off small with cycling (actually with anything, especially important for things like running which is a bit less-joint friendly than cycling if you do too much too fast).

    You can increase distance by about 10% per week! You'll be surprised how fast you can build up distance on the bike like this. If you start off small (say around 15km), in 20 weeks you'll comfortably be able to do 100km.

    You don't need to worry too much about speed. Go at what you're comfortable with, even if it is slow - speed will improve over time!


  • #150
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    Tina Turner + housework= work out.


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  • #151
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Cycled 8.1 km in just under 19:30. I'd have been even faster if I hadn't been forced to stop at two sets of traffic lights! Feeling great after it now, even if it was exhausting. :)


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