Who here is fit my chosen sport is mountain bike riding usually Im thin and generally very fit though tired all the time.
As we were having a baby this year I was unable to train before the birth and now its just imposable to find time. I hav put on 10kg's in 5 months went for a ride around the block the other day and almost chucked up a lung.

Anyone else care to share.
Cheers Nige

PS any training tips for first time perants appreciated.:thumb

Get a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.... They'll pull you for an hour or so at least everyday.

They are also great with children - despite their abilities of fighting bulls, bears and badgers when the breed was developed they are also known as the nanny dog. They love children and small adults (no not to eat...)

My partner and I are expecting in October and i'm trying to work out how I'll push the pram and walk the dog at the same time...

As the kids grow they'll also be kept fit playig with such an active and strong dog.

Matt

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by HotRodMatt]

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by HotRodMatt]

Maybe go for a long walk every couple of days, With the bub in the pram! That should help.... This coming from a lazy shiat like me...

N!

I played hockey for 10 years straight, playing on two teams at the same time (under 15s and 17s ) one year at high school, and uni.

Then I got to third year uni, the workload picked up and I stopped playing.

Now, 4 years later I am about 20kg heavier, quite unfit and just waiting for some warmer weather so I can get on my bike and start recovering some fitness.......

im only 16 but i love sport

i play cricket and AFL and whatever my group at school decides to play (usually fullcontact soccer hehe "Street rules"
playing under 16's and under 18's there is training 2 times a week but lately ive become a lazy P*ick i have a knee injury so thats my excuse for missing training :P
i play saturday and sunday aswell :S so no time for VW's in winter
anyone else ?

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by Adam_C]

I do Outdoor Education every Thursday (during school term) which usually entails either mountain bike riding, hiking, swimming, or a combination of these. On Fridays we play 3/4 hour of flat-out soccer with the kids followed by laps in the pool for a further 3/4 hour.

Also through work, I usually get to go hiking three times a year, which would amount to maybe 80-100 kms per year.

I've just finished a 4-day, 32 km hike with the Scouts, and I will be programming lots more of these in now that I am 'the' Scout Leader. :thumb We also go caving, canoeing, rock-climbing, abseiling and bike riding.

I've generally found that work is enough to keep me fit, but between Scouts and work combined, I'm sure I won't have any difficulty! :bounce

Matt acyually I have 2 staffies and I now what ya mean about energy levels. But Ive become lazy as we have a park accross the road from my house I usually take a bat and ball and play fetch with them for 15-25min is usually enough flat out running for them to beg to go home. Sometimes when they have had enough they take the ball and just go home.

This week though we have been organized and packed little Hermione in the pram and walked for 45min with the dogs of course. Find this very good as the boss and I actually talk to each other on these walks (not that we don't talk its just better conversations) you no I fill her in on whats happening here.

Cheers Nige:thumb

There you go, 1 Big happy family!
Really its the best thing to do (walking) I helps to relax you as well! ( then again any athletic work does)

N!

yeah - took up soccer again a couple of years ago when i hit 40.

Play winter and summer

Can now last 2 45min halves with out coughing up a liver or 4!

A lot fitter now than before - that is for sure!!

It was always easy to stay fit when I was younger and single. Then you get married and it all starts to go down hill from there. Well I decided to do something about it about 7 years ago ....lost about 15 kilos and got fit again. When I was younger I used to play Basketball 3 or 4 times a week. I now jog a few days a week and play Basketball in a veterans league (over 35s) once a week.
Winter makes it harder to get out and do things. However, in a moment of madness I agreed to go hiking this weekend in the Royal National Park....oh, what have I done !!
:jesus

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by J&SBlue]

hehe well i just came back from a 25min run. probly nearly 6kms. i train for soccer on mondays wednes, and thursday, and i run on tues, thurs, sat adnd sun, and i play soccer on sat as well. at the moment i'm in a group called the lorne 160. we run from our school ,GGS in corio to lorne and back overnight, on the last day of term. leave at 1am get back at 3pm. there is about 18of us in the group and we have to be able to run 5kms in 20mins. it's really not too bad once u r fit
zac

Seems to be a close relationship between owning a VW and playing soccer the world game.
I use to play soccer in pommy land when I was a kid would have played hear but back then it wasn't the thing to do in my neighbourhood anyway.
Wonder if there is the same relationship with say owning a holden and playing Aussie rules.

Just a thought Nige

Soccer & VW's

Football, Meat Pies,kangaroos and Holden Cars!!


:bounce

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by blue74l]

I run about 5-6 k in the morning & ride my mountain bike for about 20k in the evening home from work, I usually do about 2 hours on the bike per day in daylight savings though. I only race selected state series races since I now have 2 kids & I had to give up soccer this year as I had to travel to sydney as I was playing for Liverpool Ugal in the State League & I live up on the Central Coast, Fiona said that I had to give up something if I wanted to race the car as well. Very selfish I thought..................

regards
Jak

I used to race bmx, but now i just ride my mountain bike any chance i get.

I used to surf twice a day when I lived at Bondi but now I am married with three kids living at Bankstown I can only manage it once a week and the weight is slowly climbing.....................
....Surfing got me into a Kombi about 25yrs ago....
Hey, Hot rod Matt any dog can turn nasty, and Its mostly the ones that were there first ... Please be careful

[Edited on 17-7-2003 by silver]

Ok my job use to be a hand held miner pretty hard work now i sit on a mucking unit all day , well everthing started to get sore u know sore knees from foot ball when younger , shoulder, arm, back ,as well as putting on 30 kilos,started going to gym and cardio workout . lost 25kilos and lost sore joints over 2 years. i tryed every thing running ,walking ,riding over the years but could not stick to them ( bit lazy) then found that if i pay for gym membership i go so i don`t lose the money(allso penny pincher)best thing i ever did :bounce

i just went around the pub and had a beer and pizza with the missus after we had dinner.....................
although we are only 21 and i work in the hospitality industry so i am constantly running around so it all works out (I hope)
:bounce

Surfing for me is usually enough. Although having a dud knee and subsequent arthroscopy has resulted in a few extra kg's!! Touch footy before the knee blew up and swimming a couple nights a week.

I think you take the cake so to speak Jak...that is a lot of exercise!

i think everyone here needs to take up my favoried exersize program (well if possible....) lots and lots of protracted nookie (with a fair bit of vigor thrown in). work on the heart, breathing and muscle tone, cleans the pores, helps keep that prostrate healthy for all you males... all with a smile... seriously

I drink beer, then more beer, then some more. Keeps me fit, for what I'm not sure

:beer:beer

I compete actively in nookie and am current bedroom champion five years running.

In my younger days before nookie I was heavily into martial arts, particulary Shotokan (Traditional) Karate. Not much good for fighting but great for fitness. Three times a week, region, state and national championships. Cam second in Oz for a couple of years in the mens open.

Anyhow - same ole excuse: blew the knee out ending my time in the Army which was good fitness as well mind you. Now I work (and nook) which keeps the weight down but dosent do any cardio so i go to the Gym now and them in the mornings. Want to start walking but the afternoons are far too dark and the kids too slow.

The bat and ball for the dog sounds a great idea - never seen / thought of that.

Go Craig... keep the fluids up:beer:beer:beer
That's my current sport of choice

I do a sit up every morning to get out of bed & that's about it.

With just the right amount of alcohol & neglect, you to can have a body like mine.

But it takes years to get it just right......

I have a very active job, 8.5 hr days of just racing around , get home and im too stuffed to do much at all , on my days off I like to try to do something, either a swim or a walk, I would LOVE to play womens soccer but at xmas I broke my foot and its never been the same, I cant kick a ball!!!
I almost always crank the music loud and dance when Im doing the house work, I guess thats being active too.
Weekends away usualy involve a hike in the bush and some climbing perhaps, unfortunately they dont come around quick enough.
Im also a girl guides leader and any activitiy involving young girls is hypo, I can keep up to them so I musnt be too bad on the level of fitness. Thats about the best I can do for this stage in life.
Ree

I do nothing and am a big fat slob. I like to sit around and dream about pushing bogged buggies and baja's out of the mud. Evere since all my mates started spending heaps on them though they have stopped getting stuck as much.

The closest I get to a 6 pack is buying VB at the local bottle shop and my gym sessions consist of moving 275mg weights up and down.

We used to be into Hiking, Mountain Bike riding, Caving, Rock climbing etc etc....
Then we had kids and for the last 7 years or so we've been waiting for them to get old enough to take.
We're there now, youngest is 3 and could just about manage to go on some short walks. Problem now is we have to find the time to go do it! Every weekend is spent working on VWs and getting set up for Valla.........

Brad, you must have lighter beer up there, I'm sure our cans weigh closer to 375 grams :P

I usually rollerblade 5ks or so up riverside drive about 3 times a week (and 10 ks on sunday) and go swimming 2-3 times a week for 1-2ks.

But its winter now, its cold and windy down at riverside, the pool is closed till september, and ive got so much work and study to do i dont know if i will be able to get fit again till november! i feel fat and lazy. EEEUGH!