Just wondering what you all do, if anything, to stay fit. Personally i don't really do anything (im american ) haha, but i don't think its because im lazy. I just enjoy doing things that I find fun, and most workouts aren't to me. Also i basically see myself fail and get depressed and not want to try again. I enjoy playing sports with my friends (if we even do, and even then i normally dont know the rules and often suck horribley) and such. I even tried lifting weights once, and while I enjoyed it i havent had the chance since.. So what do you all do?
If you mean how you excersice your mind, no, this is meant for physical fitness. If your talking about using some sort of telepathic ability to make your body skinny... keep talking..
Well I started karate when I was young and I have been doing it for over half of my life, I no longer go to the dojo but I still practice it at home to stay in shape. Aside from push-ups and sit-ups and the like I don't do much else. It's what I have always done to stay in shape. Good that it works because I really love food. >.>
well, I am doing martial arts and I am on my schools crew team(crew, contrary to popular belief involves lots and lots running on top of the boat rowing), so I stay in good shape. I think it's important to stay fit, for obvious health reasons and I hate the sterotype that all americans are fat and lazy.
I'm part of my high school track team and that, unsurprisingly, involves a lot of running. During the last marching band season I gained about 15 pounds in muscle mass. Marching for 11 hours a day does that.
Nothing right now (swamped with schoolwork), used to do some fencing, taught by an olympic athlete. Well, sort of. She sort of dropped by to visit the teacher and wound up teaching the class for a day, because how often to you get to be taught by an olympic athlete? Really really fun. Nothing is quite like scaring the pants off the opponent with a well placed balestra-lunge to the face.
I'm very fortunate to go to a really nice school that is very kitted out in terms of sports facilities. Several basketball courts, multiple tennis courts, cricket nets, a very high quality multipurpose oval (can be used for cricket, soccer, Australian football, baseball and athletics of the top of my head), two gyms, a swimming pool, a full regulation size hockey/lacrosse pitch (that is also used as a soccer pitch most of the time), two gymnasiums, two weights rooms, and a large fitness area with several exercise bikes and treadmills. All of it can be used by us in our free time if it isn't already being used. Sports equipment (tennis racquets, basketballs etc.) can be borrowed much like books in a library. We really are spoilt for choice. The school also "enforces" a mandatory sports program. Every Wednesday afternoon, we choose a sport to do from a list of around 35 (so pretty much any popular sport you can think of, and some that you won't), and the school will hire facilities for it. And they don't do things by half measures. I've swum in the same pool and run on the same track as Olympic gold medalists, played tennis, squash, badminton, table tennis etc. on the same facilities as Grand Slam winners and world champions. I've had the opportunity of being regularly taught by international players or professional coaches. But even with good facilities (which I gather you don't have), it takes a lot of effort and dedication to maintain a healthy fitness regimen. Most of the time, I really can't be arsed to go for a run, and I despise treadmills. I much prefer "fun" sporting activities, such as mountain biking, rollerblading, squash and badminton. Find as many enjoyable and fun physical activities as you can, and do them as much as you can, with whoever is willing to do it with you. Having a friend helps so much. Also, limiting the amount of unhealthy food that enters your body helps a lot. I'm not saying you have to eat tofu and broccoli all the time, just say no more often to fast food. Encourage your parents to cook healthier meals overall at home. Again, this is simply a matter of using less quantities of oily/fatty ingredients. No kidding. I rowed for a while and it's probably the most physically intensive sport there is.
Well, I play sports, although I can't train anymore, as I'm generally at the other side of the country. However, as soon as I can get a room on campus, I'll join the team there. I think they have a midweek competition, so I should be able to train twice a week and play two matches as well. Heck, my trainer here think I could make it to the provincial team if I train more, but I'm not too sure about that...
What sport? While on the subject, I'm "good" at several sports, but have never been able to dedicate enough time, effort and resources to a sport to be good enough to compete at a high level.
With the current equipment i have now i'm limited in what i can do. Monday-Wednesday-Friday 3 Sets of Each, Max Reps -Bench Press -Pull-Ups -Push-Ups -Barbel Super Curl -Barbel Military Press -Sit Ups -Dips -Dead Lift Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday -Running a few miles Sunday -Rest
Meh, don't really care about my weight. I would rather be thin then fat don't get me wrong, I just don't care. I did try to lose weight once, I was rather succesfull, starved myself for 2 weeks.
Korfball. Apart from the Netherlands, Belgium and Taiwan, there really aren't too many countries where it's popular.
Yeah... starving yourself is pretty bad. I heard walking is the best way to lose weight, even more so than running. But none of that is relavent(I spelled that wrong because IE doesn't have spellcheck) to me, because I have high metabolism and am skinny. However, I don't like being scrawny, and since I don't play any sports, I find it necessary to work out, and working out is fun. I go to my school's workout room and work out at home some too.
Starving yourself is the worst way to loose weight as you don't get needed nutrients and your body will try to conserve fat. After you start eating the weight will come back quickly up as your body prepares for another period of no food.
