Reply to: Anyone want to get fit/slim?

[HairyArsedBloke]

Just drink in a pub further away and only stop off in one take-away shop on the way home.

[TimberWolf]

I don't get fat, but I swim and gym twice a week. I'm more of a sprinter than a plodder though.

In fact I once raced a colleague over about 5 miles distance and knowing there was no way I could run that far without stopping, I ran it in one mile bursts. He still beat me.

[TimberWolf]

Did anyone read that report the other day that said exercise does damage joints after all?

[bellymonster]

Thought it was going to be some miracle cure for being obese.
Sure I want to be thin, but I'm not exerting any effort to get there.

[conned tractor]

I may well give this a go. I need a bit of encouragement. I have been spending to much time at my desk lately without going anywhere.

The easy bit anyhow. I have got a slight medical impairment which prevents me from doing the intensive bit. If you don't hear back then i'm dead.

[scooterscot]

[QUOTE=Mich the Tester;1015610]High intensity training for short periods of time is the most effective way to shift body fat[QUOTE]

Strength and stretching is a great way to shift it too, nothing quite burns up the calories like stretching the ham strings or recovering muscle fibers.

You want a mixture of cardio and stength throughout your work out.

[TimberWolf]

No, in my case it's 150kg squats and my bodyweight is 100kgs. Don't try that bit if you aren't already strong. Just try it with about 30% of your body weight at the most.

There's no way a 200 lb lard arse is going to be able to do 8 squats with 300 lb, or anything close.

[Mich the Tester]

As it was sunny I went jogging for about 40 mins today. Bit past the really hard stuff.

I had another great money making idea today. Exercise machines are so boring, what would it take to fix an add on that will suck you off while you are at it? Or a thing that goes in and out of the seat in a location according to sex/taste?

An Ab-Masturbator!

You could offer it on the shopping channel.

[Mich the Tester]

I take it "150% body weight" equates to a 100 lb weight to squat with for a 200 lb person, rather than 300 lbs.

No, in my case it's 150kg squats and my bodyweight is 100kgs. Don't try that bit if you aren't already strong. Just try it with about 30% of your body weight at the most.

[NickFitz]

- 5 mins jog warm up

- sprint 100 metres, walk 100m recovery, sprint 100 metres

- rest 3 mins

- sprint 200 metres, walk 100m recovery, sprint 200 metres

- rest 3 mins

- sprint 300 metres, walk 100m recovery, sprint 300 metres

- rest 3 mins

- sprint 200 metres, walk 100m recovery, sprint 200 metres

- rest 3 mins

- sprint 100 metres, walk 100m recovery, sprint 100 metres

- rest 3 mins

- 2*8 squats @ 150% bodyweight

- 2*40 crunches with 2 mins rest

- jog 5 mins cool down

...and by the end of that you're so far from home you have to get the bus back

[xoggoth]

As it was sunny I went jogging for about 40 mins today. Bit past the really hard stuff.

I had another great money making idea today. Exercise machines are so boring, what would it take to fix an add on that will suck you off while you are at it? Or a thing that goes in and out of the seat in a location according to sex/taste?

[TimberWolf]

I take it "150% body weight" equates to a 100 lb weight to squat with for a 200 lb person, rather than 300 lbs.

[Mich the Tester]

That's probably because fat people don't like sprinting. Ever held the door open for a fat person? They don't run and you'll be standing there for ever.

Actually, sprinters are usually mesomorphs; they have a tendency to gain muscle quickly if they train, but can get fat very quickly if they stop training.

[DimPrawn]

I shag myself skinny.

[Mich the Tester]

Nice one, thank you. I've finally reached a point in my life where I feel I *have* to try and do something about my fitness level while I'm still able.

Rhubarb

Try it. if you find it too hard or too easy, let me know and I can adapt it for you.