Fitness and lack of it.

[Tibbs735]

I used the NHS Couch to 5K running podcast for a while, its good to get you started, expecially if you're totally crap at cardio. I can now run about 4K pretty quickly

[Madgirl151]

You guys are all lucky, I dont have a fitness regime (well other than running around after 3 wacky kids) and I have something wrong with my pelvis so I cant really do much without ending up not able to walk so I do my gentle exercises morning and night and I keep moving all day despite the pain and so if we were to bug out then it would be walking slowly making it fun for the kids or on bicycle (assuming my car is out of commission) which the kids would all be fine with too

[NorthernRaider]

I'm still crippled after hurting myself withn the crossbow in Feb, still seeing specialists and getting nowhere, So I can only bimble gently, but at least I can still practice archery etc to keep myself useful.

[cryingfreeman]

Fitness is fine but I'm against overdoing it. Why? Because unless you are operating as a lone wolf survivalist, you'll be slowed down by the slowest members of your party, which in my case would be my two toddlers.

Another caution: contact sports. I don't get paid £100K a week playing professional football so do i really want to risk being lame in middle age having a kickabout with my mates?

Consider this list: severed hamstring, dislocated shoulder, crushed nerve in the leg, groin strain, crippling (literally) sciatica... I have suffered all of those and for what? I've been left with weakness in key parts of my body that I will never recover from.

[Tarrel]

I work my woodland and walk the Scottish hills with my dog.

[Paul]

Have sticks will stagger.
Bench press 50 kgs
Sit ups 40 twice a day
Load carrying, converted golf trolley 20kg capacity.
Or pint mug of tea in one hand!
Distance work, car / van (600 miles max)

For everything else SWMBO and my faithful mutt ( who still doesn't like wearing the panniers I made ).

[bigpaul]

i do a lot of walking with the dog..on average 1 hour per day...more at weekends, wife does the gardening but i do the fetching and carrying which can be anything from a stake to a heavy bag of compost, do a lot of walking around car boots and markets..more so in the summer. i figure i am fairly fit but any bug out will require walking/cycling at the pace of my wife who has a hip replacement, having said that she can cycle 4 times the distance she can walk and in half the time!

[Scythe13]

(8 October 2012, 21:30)cryingfreeman Wrote: Another caution: contact sports..........Consider this list: severed hamstring, dislocated shoulder, crushed nerve in the leg, groin strain, crippling (literally) sciatica... I have suffered all of those and for what? I've been left with weakness in key parts of my body that I will never recover from.

I get what you're saying, but the same it true with driving, in regards to dangers and risks.

[Prepper1]

Too much of anything is bad for you.
Look at the marathon runners who compete regularly, lots develop Heart Arrhythmia http://www.active.com/running/Articles/M...rathon.htm
I used to know a guy fit as fuck, went running 5 miles every day in his work dinner hour.
Dropped dead with a heart attack.
Humans are meant to be active yet not overly so, over train at your peril.
finding the balance is I suppose an individual thing, but don't become obsessed, then exercise becomes an addiction that only death can satisfy.
My dad for example played football EVERY Saturday without fail for the village team, no heart problems in the family and he died of a heart attack at 52.
I have an allotment, so work fairly hard there digging and such, I cycle there, I cycle other places and school holidays Me and my boys go scouting bols on the moors and such.
In my opinion exercise or I should say its overuse should carry a health warning.

[David075]

(22 May 2012, 19:01)Morgan Wrote: (sorry for re-post, just noticed this section)

Just went for my first run in about seven weeks. Last time I ran I competed in a half marathon with a bad chest infection (really stupid thing to do) and it floored me.

Things learned.

1) If you are ill... Rest properly.
2) It's amazing how fast your fitness goes. I did three, slow miles tonight and it was hard work. I would not have gotten out of breath before doing that.

To me, being fit is so important if TSHTF, and not just in a physical sense, it really helps your mental health as well.

What do the rest of you do to keep trim?

walking fastwalking walking with heavy rucksack sometimes and cycleing.