The make Ozle go to the gym thread

[Aeribian IV]

Well, just got back, been a few times now, using this thread to keep a record of each time i go and timings

Planning on going three times a week, name and shame I say!

Todays times:

Run
10 mins
0.77

Cycle
15 mins
2.77

Row
2000m
9:56

Feeling a bit sick as had to push to get under 10 mins in rowing

[Cal Soulshadow]

That's not a bad time for the 2000m.
Are you following a specific regime? If not I'd recommend Crossfit (www.crossfit.com) - that's what I'm doing at the moment. It is based around short, intense workouts that emphasise functional strength and fitness. You may be practising olympic lifts one day, then doing exhausting metabolic conditioning (metcon) workouts the next. Every day they post a workout of the day - the idea is you follow that as best you can, but you can modify it according to the equipment you have available and your ability (the FAQ contains all the substitutions as well as videos for all the exercises). I have to say, been doing it for three weeks now and it is very effective. This is from someone who has been lifting weights and running for over 20 years.

[Aeribian IV]

Might be a bit much for me at the moment, want to start off slowly and work my way up!

[Jam4Brains]

Originally Posted by Cal Soulshadow

This is from someone who has been lifting weights and running for over 20 years.

Crikey. don't you ever get tired?

or need to stop to do a poo?

[Varyne]

just do lots of sit ups and crunches who cares if you cant actualy run 100 yards as long as you've got a 6 pack to show off

[Reed]

If you do that you`ll find your back caving in pretty quickly Thats an impressive time for the row i must say.

[Futt]

I almost went to a gym once. We have a small one at work, and it's 2 doors down from the server room. Hadn't had enough coffee one morning, and wandered in looking for a dodgy switch. Thought it was weird. You need an access card to get into the server room. Apparently you don't need one for the gym.

[Cal Soulshadow]

Originally Posted by Varyne

just do lots of sit ups and crunches who cares if you cant actualy run 100 yards as long as you've got a 6 pack to show off

You can do sit-ups and crunches until you're blue in the face but if you don't burn off the fat covering them, you ain't ever going to see your abs.

[Varyne]

or just generally not be a fatty chocolate monster

[Aeribian IV]

Originally Posted by Reed

Thats an impressive time for the row i must say.

Well i was feeling slightly queasy afterwards! Had to cut short my visit.

And they also have this excellent game on there where you have to row at the right stroke per minute to catch the little fish and avoid the big ones!

[Aeribian IV]

Run:
10 Mins
0.85

Cycle
15 mins
3.15

Row
2000m
9.36

[Snubson]

I should do something like this...see if can get any improvement..

...then again, I'd need to goto the gym also...bugger

[Aeribian IV]

Run:
10 mins
0.95

Cycle
15 mins
3.45

Row
No Row yesterday, running late