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Getting fit should come with a health warning, warns PJM. "In my pursuit of the body beautiful, I've broken three exercise bikes and two running machines, concussed myself and, most distressingly, bruised my testicles." And he's yet to try and get out of his contract...
( , Thu 9 Jul 2009, 13:45)
Getting fit should come with a health warning, warns PJM. "In my pursuit of the body beautiful, I've broken three exercise bikes and two running machines, concussed myself and, most distressingly, bruised my testicles." And he's yet to try and get out of his contract...
( , Thu 9 Jul 2009, 13:45)
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Experience always wins
I used to be a county standard swimmer specialising in longer distances - I could swim at a good pace for well over an hour without getting tired. Every so often one of my friends decides to challenge me to a race. I bet them a pint I'll win, and I've had a lot of pints from it in the past.
I've got a 5k swimming badge tucked away somewhere and had I stayed at my old club a while longer, I would probably have ended up as part of a team swimming the channel. I half regret that I didn't get the chance to do that.
Thing is, I haven't trained in years and I'm fitter now than I was then. I used to be able to swim for miles non-stop but get out of breath walking down the street...
( , Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:30, Reply)
I used to be a county standard swimmer specialising in longer distances - I could swim at a good pace for well over an hour without getting tired. Every so often one of my friends decides to challenge me to a race. I bet them a pint I'll win, and I've had a lot of pints from it in the past.
I've got a 5k swimming badge tucked away somewhere and had I stayed at my old club a while longer, I would probably have ended up as part of a team swimming the channel. I half regret that I didn't get the chance to do that.
Thing is, I haven't trained in years and I'm fitter now than I was then. I used to be able to swim for miles non-stop but get out of breath walking down the street...
( , Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:30, Reply)
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