Woods, survival, fun, whatever-kind -- FITNESS -- what can YOU do??

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Hey peoples,

I started wondering what other folks do to stay in shape (if anything--heehee, my cousin is a couch-potato extradinaire), and went as far as to check the national averages. It was interesting. Myself, I typically train for an hour and a half, using my self-defense training for cardio and flexibility. Also, I use free-weights, push-ups, sit-ups, and squats. I tend to maintain an average for myself and don't allow myself to finish anywhere below it. I usually do this around 6 am, three days a week. Self-Defense 6 days a week.

Military-Press:150 pounds by 14 reps.
Upright-Rowing:150 pounds by 20 reps.
Bent-Rowing:150 pounds by 20 reps.
Curling:130-140 pounds by 12 reps.
Triceps:80-90 pounds by 12 reps.

Situps, pushups, squats (non-weighted squats--knee) 75-100 a set.

I can't run but I can..jog sort of lol. I tend to walk everyday atleast 3-5 miles with moderate weight. Although, it does bother my knee, I know it will help in the long run. Keeps my knee from getting stiff. :D Hehe..my averages aren't anything great, but they work for me. I'm satisfied with it, and I can maintain it, and so that is good enough for me. What are yours or your own methods? Aerobics? Weights?Biking? Hiking? Running? :-)
 
I've totally revamped my training in the past 6 months or so. I now do nearly all my exercises to a Tabata protocol...usually 8 sets with each set lasting for 20 seconds with a 10 second rest between each one. Using exercises such as dips, pushups, sqauts etc with some dynamic combo type exercises thrown in it not only works the muscles but really gets the old heart pumping as well !
 
I use a program called 5/3/1 by power lifter Jim Wendler. 3 times a week. I also run and walk and do hill sprints.


Bryan
 
A lot of cycling. On average, up to 100-150 a week. When winter kicks in, I'll be on a wind trainer. It really improved my cardio immensely and I've shed some 15 pounds since I've seriously started. Soon I'll have a bike for everything, right now my tourer is what I using.
 
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you would be more impressed if I told you what I use to do. Now I try and run 3 miles and lift free weights when I can. Toss in some sit / pull / push up. (Just built a pull up bar) Not in the shape I once was but still in OK shape. I think I will go lift now.
 
per week: 1 session of swimming (1 hr), 2 sessions of martial arts (aikido, systema) (1.5 hrs each), plus 1-2 sessions of yoga (30 mins each).

it's not enough but currently I don't have time to do more :-/
 
I just started lifting weights again a few weeks ago, and am working into it, so I don't know(I've worked out off and on for over 25 years, so I'm not a beginner). Right now I'm up to using 60lb dumbbells for both d'bell flyes and my heavy sets of curls, and doing 6-8 sets of 20 wide grip chins. Haven't squatted in years due to some back problems, but I'm easing into those. I used 95lbs the first workout, then 135, then 185, then 225. I may not go over 225 with anything any more, since I don't want to get sore and have the weightlifting interfere with anything else I'm into.
Been taking it easy on flat bench due to a shoulder, and pumping out 20-40 reps with 155-185lbs. I usually work up to sets of 20 with 225, and leave it at that, which is what I'll do this time, too.
As a warmup, and for the "rest period" between sets of the first basic movement of a workout, I do supersets of 20-30 reps each of leg raises/ab-roller crunches/hyperextensions, so 4-6 supersets per workout, then a drop set or burnout with light weight followed by a few sets of an isolation exercise. Short, intense workouts.

Same back problem that held me off squats for years keeps me from running, but I just hiked 45+ miles between lunchtime Tuesday and late this(Friday) morning that very little of was flat, and am good to go except for a sore pinkie toe, so I guess that's something I "can do". I hike weekly, so that's no real surprise.
Been doing 1 or 2 short daily rides on the mountain bike as I also ease into that, since I hadn't been on a bike in over 20yrs until a few weeks ago. Maybe 7 miles per ride, gradually increasing the amount of hills. Right now, it's as much about getting to where my butt doesn't hurt as challenging my legs!

Since the weather is getting nice for it, I may get back into rock climbing through the fall and winter, but that and the weightlifting don't go very well together, based on past experience. I generally have to do one or the other.
 
I've been lifting weights competatively for 2-3 years now. Olympic Weightlifting that is. My training usually consists of 15-18 hours of lifting each week with strongman inspirated exercises in the summer months. For the last 6 months or so I've been dealing with an overuse injure in my upper back, which more or less got fixed late summer/early Sept. Since then I've had the flu, long-lasting colds and a die hard cough. Been cooped up indoors for close to two months now, I've got a bad case of cabin fever. Plus, the extra forum reading time is opening my eyes to new knives and new expenses - it's not good!

I haven't really done any type of cardio work since I started lifting, prior to that I did play hockey(10 years ago) and some casual running. I was quite surprised during my last hiking trips in the Alps, that the guide was having a hard time keeping up with me!

I compete in the women's +75kg class and my current competition bests are 80kg snatch/105kg clean & jerk. I wish I started lifting earlier, I've got some mad catching up to do now that I'm a senior competitor. There was quite a leap in weights when going from junior to senior.

Do we have any other olympic weightlifting enthusiasts?
 
Just for the record it was after seeing this pic below of me that made me decide to switch up my training and diet:

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This is a more recent pic after my Tabata workouts........I don't feel too bad now to say I'm 43 next birthday.:

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I wade streams for Trout, paddle canoes/portage, snowshoe, ice fish(no atv so I walk), build snow houses, hunt mushrooms(up and down hills) hunt turkeys in the spring(more up and down hills) bow hunt, make archery tackle, ice boating in winter, sail in summer on a Catamaran, and my job as a boat repairman can get pretty physical as well. I've never lifted weights in my life, but I've always been active. I eat well too, not just for my health, but because it tastes better to me than prossessed foods. The fact that there are good genetics in my veins doesn't hurt either. I'm 52 yrs @160lbs. 5'9" :D
 
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I wade streams for Trout, paddle canoes/portage, snowshoe, ice fish(no atv so I walk), build snow houses, hunt mushrooms(up and down hills) hunt turkeys in the spring(more up and down hills) bow hunt, make archery tackle, ice boating in winter, sail in summer on a Catamaran, and my job as a boat repairman can get pretty physical as well. I've never lifted weights in my life, but I've always been active. I eat well too, not just for my health, but because it tastes better to me than prossessed foods. The fact that there are good genetics in my veins doesn't hurt either. I'm 52 yrs @160lbs. 5'9" :D
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All sounds good to me buddy !;);):thumbup:
 
pitdog said:
All sounds good to me buddy !;);):thumbup:
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I must admit, I'm jealous of your neck of the woods. If I lived out there I don't know how much I'd get done job wise.:o
The preoccupation would do me in.:D
 
Since my primary reason for staying in shape is so that I have cardio and endurance for hiking, I run and so something similar to a stairmaster.
 
Used to run 70-80 miles a week in college. A bunch of surgeries later, I mountin bike a lot, 100-150 mile per week and try to get in at elast 3 days of lifting.
 
At 48 with a busy lifestyle, I run about 2.5 miles every 3 days or so, and speed hike about once a week for 6+ miles. I have generally used the Army basic PT test for my age bracket. I'm a little out of it right now with a MCL strain though.
 
I have some joint problems but am determined to keep going outdoors.
So I exercise every two days; Tai Chi one day (a strenuous version), and hiking with Charlie the Lab a couple miles the other.
Lift some weights and do sit ups on Tai Chi day (did kung fu for about 20 years, still like too, but it messes me up so I typically abstain).

In the summer I can then build up to 8-10 mile day hikes carrying a 25 lb pack once every week or two over the course of the summer.
 
I curl cans of Arizona ice tea while shoveling pizza down my hole. 52, and no heart attack yet.
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