Reply to: Snow and exercise.

[NotAllThere]

Go skiing. That's what I did on Saturday. Still feeling the benefit.

[MyUserName]

Someboady gave me a copy of Insanity.

Did my first session today and I'm totally spent. The idea is to invert the concept of interval training where you do shot spikes of intensive stuff between longer periods of less intensive exercise.

Good thing is, you don't need any kit and you can do it in the "comfort" of your living room...

I am currently on month 2 of this and it is an awesome workout! Once my pulse spiked at 216 and my cheek (on my face) started twitching and would not stop for a minute or so. I thought I was about to die!

I took two weeks off over Christmas as I could not spare an hour a day and I took another week off in Jan as I caught a nasty cold.

I have lost 15lbs and noticed when I was last at Krav Maga I was always the person who finished the exercises (pressups, squats etc) first despite being older and heavier than a lot of the guys there.

[wurzel]

[QUOTE=mudskipper;1683728]Do you now look like Shaun T, wurzel?

Yeah. You should see him when he breathes out

[Doggy Styles]

Wasn't as bad as I thought - no worse than the mud we've had of late.

Think I'm going to invest in a pair of off road shoes though.

I went out too, cross-country. It's bumpy on bridlepaths so you need flexible ankles, but it's great.

[Sysman]

That's not a bad idea. I've got an old Meccano 2 set somewhere.

That was my first Meccano set.

[mudskipper]

Someboady gave me a copy of Insanity.

Did my first session today and I'm totally spent. The idea is to invert the concept of interval training where you do shot spikes of intensive stuff between longer periods of less intensive exercise.

Good thing is, you don't need any kit and you can do it in the "comfort" of your living room...

Do you now look like Shaun T, wurzel?

[wurzel]

Someboady gave me a copy of Insanity.

Did my first session today and I'm totally spent. The idea is to invert the concept of interval training where you do shot spikes of intensive stuff between longer periods of less intensive exercise.

Good thing is, you don't need any kit and you can do it in the "comfort" of your living room...

[d000hg]

Speak for yourself, I guess you can count the number of PCs that are plugged in and working.

[MarillionFan]

Tried my own advice and spent 30min clearing the road. Absolutely dripping by the end with only a thin top and freezing temperatures. Can't be bad, cardio work that uses your muscles too... and strangely satisfying to accomplish a menial chore where you can see exactly what you've achieved..

That's what being an IT contractor is all about.

[d000hg]

Tried my own advice and spent 30min clearing the road. Absolutely dripping by the end with only a thin top and freezing temperatures. Can't be bad, cardio work that uses your muscles too... and strangely satisfying to accomplish a menial chore where you can see exactly what you've achieved..

[mudskipper]

Wasn't as bad as I thought - no worse than the mud we've had of late.

Think I'm going to invest in a pair of off road shoes though.

[BolshieBastard]

A lot depends on the surface you're running on but generally, I dont do any runs when its freezing.

Running on fresh snow is pretty much like running on sand, hard work and you may get a bit of 'wheel spin' from the forefoot but generally, you can get some grip.

Compacted snow is akin to running on ice, very slippy and always the danger of misplaced footing. Personally, I wouldnt attempt to run in such conditions with normal road running shoes.

Similarly, frozen pavements. Treacherous at best especially on curves or where the pavement is cambered for rain water run off. Again, I lay off running in such conditions.

[DS23]

slippy and sore?

[mudskipper]

Just off to attempt the park run. Reserve the right to give up before I get to the end of the road.

[mudskipper]

Didn't we have a zorb fatality thread recently?