Well I'll post in here at least. I've pretty much not done any exercise since I was about 14, and am incredibly unfit.
I do think it would be in my benefit to get fit, but am also very lazy. I guess an achievement for me would be to become fitter. I'm not overweight (but not underweight either) so I don't need to loose or gain any weight and any clothes that don't fit me are because I'm too tall. :lol: I'm not a sporty person and never have been, and definitely ain't paying to use the gym at uni (?60 for the year) so there isn't any quantifiable goal for me, other than being able to run any distance. I think one other issue is that I get very hot easily, but aren't as affected by the cold as others, but during winter there is no enthusiasm.
I ran 5 minutes or so the other day, and that didn't seem too bad. So maybe I'm fitter than I think but I just don't try. I'll try and get out tomorrow on the first 'session' of that C25K thing
?60 for the year!!! bargain
Here at lboro because its full of olympic level athletes they get to use the big gym (which has absolutely everything) for free, but paying punters have to cough up a small fortune. They do have a less hard core gym called LUFS, but last time I went in there I found it way too cramped and lacking in equipment. Its basically got a sauna, steam, hot tub and lots of cross trainers. Thats quite cheap, but it is also useless.
So stuck in LA fitness in town. Bloody hate it, ?30 a month and no matter when you go you are guaranteed never to get on the machines you want. If you must go there in peak hours then getting any machine/weight/bar bell/floor space is an achievement in itself. Way over subscribed and the building just isnt big enough... one set of weights (so if someones using the 12 kg dumbells, tough luck), no stretch cordz, no calf raise machine etc etc and its usually just full of ra boys trying to get massive biceps in the mirrors.
Hoping to duck out the contract and go to the council run gym at the leisure center... they actually have more and better equipment!!
Anyway, wont be doing any running. I hate running... my knees hate running, I can swim 5k without trying but 1-2k of running has my swimmers knees in pain. I should do it as a form of cross training, but I just cant bring myself to do it. Gonna do rock climbing instead.
My goals for this fitness thread are going to be:
slap on some extra beef (currently 75kg, down from 78kg, need to add 10kg) been trying for absolutely ages but my weight just will not budge upwards, it will come down, but I dont want that.
improve the fitness so I can swim that extra beef up n down the pool
break into the low 24's for a standing start 50m freestyle sprint (short course)
break into the 54's for a standing 100m freestyle sprint (short)
sort my bloody backstroke out... I used to be good at it, but as I havent trained specifically focusing on it my hands seem to have lost their memory and my pull is not as efficient as it was.
Already done one competition so far in the new season. Was a bit of a shock, hadn't properly sprinted for months and it showed in the first race (100 IM). Absolutely dire time!! Thankfully it picked up as the meet went on and managed a pretty decent 100 free at 56 seconds, only short of my best by a second.