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How do you stay fit? Do you have a fantastic metabolism? Or are you happy with being a bit porky?
Alt Q: How many fucking questions do you want?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:54, 233 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
and then do sit ups press ups at home.
I want 6 questions.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:55, Reply)
Are you sure?
Are you sure?
Are you sure?
Are you sure?
Are you sure?
I've never met you, but I've always assumed you're a bit buff. Dunno why.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:57, Reply)
And I'm on week 2 of the 100 press up challenge.
My metabolism is slower than a harpooned turtle, and I really want to lose the spare tire :/
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:58, Reply)
I think that's completely gay but I'd be kidding myself if I wasn't jealous.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:59, Reply)
It helps give me a bit of an incentive to carry on though, even though it's feckin' hard!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:02, Reply)
I might 'ave a crack
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:04, Reply)
www.hundredpushups.com/
although I got to week 3 or 4 (I forgot which) and couldn't get any further, and after a while I stopped.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:05, Reply)
mind you, I'm noticeably fitter than when I tried it before so might try again
or have a go at 100 sit-ups
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:24, Reply)
And I think I'll start that this week. Tonight in fact.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:33, Reply)
It took me a month to get to two hundred. It's worth it for the feeling of satisfaction, but once you get there you're a bit stumped for what to do next.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)
*smugs*
my abs are like a cheesegrater. Ok that's not true. But the first bit is.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:56, Reply)
I have no idea what my abs are like yet, but am aiming to find out by the end of the year
I'm not suggesting for a minute that my stomach is as impressive as Kitty's, just pointing out that reaching this stage won't necessarily make one sexy. I was gutted when I found that out
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:59, Reply)
You bastard, I clicked this expecting a sexy lingerie website!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:13, Reply)
Apologies to all B3tans (Hi Noel!) who are about to be told how many pushups I'm doing via Facebook
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:18, Reply)
You could give a try and then not post anything about it on Facebook.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:19, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)
*flicks slightly feminine hair in a slightly feminine fashion*
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:23, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:24, Reply)
My concern was for everybody else, like the selfless little soul that I am.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:33, Reply)
Having collected myself, I shall simply say "Yes" while I make up something funnier
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)
I challenge you to a duel *flings glove at Amberl, runs away*
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:12, Reply)
but I will concede regulation knitwear is difficult to come by in these parts
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:52, Reply)
It's not because she's weak, or unhealthy - she runs half-marathons - she just has funny-shaped elbows.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)
they keep bending all the time, so I look ridiculous.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:26, Reply)
they really start to hurt after a few minutes.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)
4 miles to a from work every day. I sprint until I can't do it anymore. Weekends is long(ish) distances for a bit more endurance.
I lift weights and do sit ups at home. 11% body fat currrently.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:00, Reply)
The slightest chill or hint of rain and I jump in the car :(
Still, I do 6 miles down the Greenway twice a week minimum.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:03, Reply)
looking outside and seeing the rain and going "I'm going to cycle". A pair of nice waterproof/thermal tights really helped.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:19, Reply)
I used to do 8 miles each way in around 50min, but now, a bit of breeze stops me trying. In fact the main reason why I don't do it as often is the traffic, it's getting worse and worse, and even leaving at 6:30am it's still pretty awful.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:23, Reply)
I love running. I miss running. A nice 10 miles on a crisp, sunny autumn day - bliss. Sorts your head out good n'proper.
I can't even walk at the moment because of pelvic girdle pain *SADFACE* Hope to be running again by September though.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:00, Reply)
Although I expect carrying a baby around keeps you fundamentally quite fit anyway doesn't it?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:08, Reply)
- baby, increased blood and fluid volume, placenta, norkage.
(Edit: and too many Wispas and malted milk biscuits.)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)
and walk from place to place to some extent.
I surf whenever I can though, so some weekends I might have three 3 hour sessions, and surfing is more of a full body workout than anything else I've ever done.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:04, Reply)
but I'm starting to feel like a bit of a bender.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:06, Reply)
I'm not. shoulders are getting that way, but I've still got something of a belly. slimmer than when we met in cornwall though.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:19, Reply)
unless it's a montage of gay sex I suppose
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)
and you are gay
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)
It's a top film but the bits where he's running on the beach with Apollo are gayer than your hat
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)
this list includes: all rocky films, all rambo films, all godfather films.
I know, I need to watch them
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)
Failure to watch these films will see you inherit the Title of B3ta's Biggest Bumder
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)
the Rambo and Rocky films are shit, as is the third Godfather
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)
I'll give you Godfather Part III, Rocky 5 and Rambo 3. Otherwise you are wrong, although I'll concede that Rocky 3 and 4 and Rambo: First Blood Part II total boy films.
Everyone should like Rocky and Rocky 2 though. And First Blood. That's like, the law, or something
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)
though I do like the song Eye of the Tiger
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:53, Reply)
*flounces off, masculinely*
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:02, Reply)
you haven't yet watched Jensen Ackles air guitairing to Eye of the Tiger on Supernatural
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)
can't be sure. Sounds about right though
Edit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsyMtYoSkC0 and apparantly it's season 4
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:14, Reply)
feel free not to give us an update on how that goes
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:26, Reply)
of all of those, part of a rocky, random parts of various rambo films, and the first 2 Godfathers (I have the trilogy, but haven't watched the third yet)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)
I am aware that you are referring to specific hat, but still.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)
Choose whether you'd rather have a gay hat or a head that makes hats look gay
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)
So, returning to the original theme of the thread, I'm healthier than you
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:51, Reply)
years of being a fat bastard have allowed me to come to terms with being less healthy than others.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)
Tell you what, I'll bring my preposterously gay stetson-type hat to Sonisphere as well and we'll see whose is more bumderish
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)
Amberl must be so excited to meet the pair of us!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)
that you two can muster before, you realise?
Though on that subject, a gay man turned to me last night and commented on them with the phrase 'what a fantastic pair of jugs' and tried to stamp the club stamp on them
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)
Vipros, how about a bet - we both try to get through the whole weekend without referring to Amberl's boobs. First to slip buys the other a pint
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:27, Reply)
which means I have greater incentive. plus, I can control what spills out of my mouth. generally.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:30, Reply)
a) Penis
b) Anus
c) Girlfriend
Good point. If you slip up you'll have more important things to do than buy me a pint
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)
so running is off, I do a fair bit of walking and Golf.
Thinking of getting a bike to poodle into town and back on the weekends but Cambridge can be lethal for the two wheeled crowd
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:05, Reply)
because my knees are KNACKERED! my gait has changed and haven't been using all the right muscles in my legs, I have stretching exercises to do to try and loosen up some and work others more, but I tore a muscle in my right knee doing them a couple of months ago and it keeps ripping every now and then if i'm not careful
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:11, Reply)
I have orthotics in my shoes to sort out my over-pronantion and he gave me the stretching exercises to do.
Went to the doc about my right knee and they said "oh well, if its not better in a few months come back" Its fine for general movement, just goes if I squat down or if its in certain odd angles ... like when i'm getting into bed!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:14, Reply)
it's taken a bit of a toll, so I'm, erm having a rest week of jogging once. I jog in the mornings and it's all lovely, refreshing and sunny and I get to strut into work with a spring in my step.
At nights I'm meant to be doing the 100 press-up program but I've not been keeping to that at all.
All weight I ever put on seems to either go to my belly or my neck. Yes my neck. And I hate looking like I have a fat face so I really must exercise regularly.
It's ever since I got the mumps honestly.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:06, Reply)
(ie really really fast) I mostly lost weight on my face. It was freaky
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:08, Reply)
and am pathologically lazy. I had an induction in a gym the other week, but it's gonna be July before I go regularly. Therefore fat
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:07, Reply)
and try to do so 4 or 5 times a week. Am currently doing 6 miles at a time and keep upping the length of my route by a mile every two weeks. I have also just started skipping regularly to improve my nimbleness (I know that's not a word but it fucking should be) and obviously do lots of dancing. I do 45 minutes of free weights and floor work every day and huge amounts of incredibly painful stretching to try and overcome my body's lifelong adversity to being remotely flexible.
All of which makes me wonder what the fuck this fleshy stuff blocking my doubtless spectacular six-pack from view is
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:08, Reply)
What's that. I've come to the conclusion that I aint going to get any thinner and I will try to love my body the way it is.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:11, Reply)
we spend most of our lives hating our bodies. I hear even thin people do that
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:14, Reply)
although I started early - there's a class photo from when I was about 7. The photographer put me in the middle to balance out the picture, I think. I'm about twice the size of the other kids
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:18, Reply)
This is why I steadfastly refuse to put on a stone. I'll be irre-fucking-sistible to you. Honest.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)
I'm good like that.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)
I haz morals, not many but a few important ones.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:55, Reply)
And it's fucking annoying. As someone who's never been in remotely good physical condition, to be told "I wish I could lose some weight off my (palpably beautiful) legs" makes me want to rip hair from every available orifice and make it into a hat
Tsk. Women, eh
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:16, Reply)
or a thing for imagining me with thin men?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:26, Reply)
1: Imaginary goat
2: Lube
3: A fish slice
4: 100m of yarn (blue)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)
and then they giggle and run off but they look back over their shoulder and the look in their eyes is all "chase me, chase me!" and then when I catch them we have a bit of a wrestle and they inevitably gasp "there's some butter in the fridge" and then it's all happened again and I feel dirty but I just can't stop.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)
how am I meant to concentrate with this going on?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)
Someone on B3ta who is a) as much of an encorragable flirt as I am and b) not repulsed by my very existance and/or face!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:53, Reply)
Every year it gets harder just to draw a living breath,
When the black lung gets you, that's the kiss of death.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:18, Reply)
however - I'm one of those hideous people who has a ridiculously fast metabolism so I'm always on the skinny side of thin.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)
and I fear I have arrived too late to the party to make an amusing contribution
I shall withdraw
*bursts back in, dressed in a purple-red Catholic robe* No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition!*
/coat
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:34, Reply)
And after the spanking, the ORAL SEX!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:56, Reply)
I was like that until my late twenties, then the classic red dwarf line kicked in, I went "frumpfph" and overnight was a bit chubby
"You've reached that age Listy. When your younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age, 24 / 25, your muscles give up they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, your suddenly a fat bastard"
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)
and I try and do a set of exercises at home when I remember. Still a bit porky, but hopefully that will go
Edit: also I now have shortened tendons in my ankles so can't wear flat shoes, makes it quite hard to do large amounts of walking etc
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:22, Reply)
I just don't find it stimulating. When I was younger I played football, rugby, cricket baseball and, more latterly, squash and badminton, but I played them for the challenge and enjoyment of the game. The exercise was a happy by-product. As you get older and have more family and work responsibilites it is quite hard to commit to playing a team game.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:24, Reply)
also, it's a fucker trying to book a regular badminton court
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)
Exercise to get fit isn't meant to be enjoyable per se, it's a means to an end
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:28, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:29, Reply)
I'm usually there by 6.45 if I'm going, but it is only a ten minute walk
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)
But I had to give it some time to wake up and have a coffee.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:33, Reply)
Or so it looks from the outside, through my binoculars
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)
you can't see my gym from the outside. Also no matter how nice the gym I'm always going to hate it
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)
to go out a run - before work!
Have kept this up for a month now.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)
But then I find walking pleasant, and jogging distinctly unpleasant. Nothing quite like a nice long walk for shifting a hangover.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:34, Reply)
I'll usually swim half a mile before I get too bored
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)
there's never a happy medium either. people are either fast as fuck, evil swimming demons, or they are floundering about barely not drowning.
my usual speed is fast as fuck, but even when I'm trying to go as slow as possible without sinking people are still in the way.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)
I pole dance three times a week, it keeps me thin and is making me stronger than a white rhino. I also do WiiFit for half an hour each morning during the week. I am master of the Plank!
I also walk to work every day, which is 1.8 miles. I eat rubbish but because of all the exercise my body burns it all off.
I did have a blip where I binged on cupcakes for the bank holiday weekend and did no exercise, but I'm over that now.
Please note: I look nothing like a white rhino.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:29, Reply)
gets coat
edit: Well come on.. you think of another rhino pun?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)
Or I'd PaintMash your face onto a white rhino's body.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)
Pictures or it didn't happen
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)
I can take care of the other two though, wait there.

EDIT: Ta da! Not a rhino.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)
I will not even pretend not to be both impressed and aroused
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:29, Reply)
I don't think what I do is particularly sexy, none of us in the class do. We certainly don't feel sexy when we're doing it!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)
I suppose it might be sexy, I just don't feel it because what I'm doing is really hard so I'm usually concentrating. This makes me do my concentration face, which definitely isn't sexy.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:47, Reply)
Back me up here lads
A while ago Ms Foxtrot and our then-housemate decided to get a pole and install it in the front room for practice purposes. I walked in to find them and our other housemate attempting to poledance in various states of undress. Our housemates are both very attractive. I did what any English gentleman would've done. Returned to the kitchen, and finished the washing up.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:54, Reply)
The bar I teach in has asked me to dance on a Saturday night, maybe I'll consider it now!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:48, Reply)
The skimpy shorts revealing luscious legs or the energy and grace of the actual dancing. Both I reckon.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:49, Reply)
and see what it's like having huge bazoomas.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:09, Reply)
to swap back with. I'd have run away on my awesome legs
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:11, Reply)
Doesn't mean anything. As far as I know. Probably says "I'm a douche" in tribal or something.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:29, Reply)
I was suitably appalled. Not least that the paper would print such rank idiocy. They certainly know their audience
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:30, Reply)
One of the moves I do is to get into the position in the picture, but higher up the pole and then slide down really quickly until my nose is an inch off the floor. It's called the nosebreaker. I haven't faceplanted yet, but it's only a matter of time.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:30, Reply)
but not in an accomplished or graceful fashion on the partakers behalf
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:39, Reply)
just humping it or writhing around. I like to pwn them if I haven't drunk too much.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:49, Reply)
Got some serious evils from two brummie stripper lasses when she was swinging upside down on the pole.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)
Last time it happened my friend was really drunk and shouted "don't hate the playah, hate the game!" at them.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:53, Reply)
yeah this was a gay night so more men than woman on the pole. Mostly rubbish except for one girl who was quite good
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:55, Reply)
of the pole dancing vids I watch on youtube, I love the athletic ones far more than the thonged up high-heeled ones. They'z jus naaasty.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:57, Reply)
I'm gripping the pole like a python grips a baby mouse.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)
*anticipates mentions of tomato vines*
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:43, Reply)
I had an apple for breakfast and I'm about to eat a banana.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)
Actually, no I'm not...
I do an hour and a half of intense cardio at least five days out of seven which can include gymming, swimming or mountain biking.
At thirty six, I'm not as svelte as I was as a teenager but I'm not in bad nick at all for my years.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)
is sadly slower than a concussed sloth, but a combination of surgery and 6 miles cycling 4 or 5 times a week has mostly sorted it. I'm training for a half marathon now, too - had you told me two years ago about all the exercise I'm doing, I would have turned the air blue with swearing and scorn.
I must be mental. /Sigh. Still, it's nice to look nice again for the first time in about a decade.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)
Ten miles in forty minutes or so, four and a half in fifteen.
The problem I have is that a) I have a very slow metabolism and b) I badly injured my right ankle aged about seven, which meant that all the scampering you normally do at that age didn't really happen for me. When I was thirteen I weighed 13.5 stone. I'm now twenty and weigh less than that. I've still got more of a stomach than I'd like, but it's on its way out and I reckon it'll be completely gone by the time I go back to uni in September.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)
2 sessions weights + squats and lunges to build muscle that will burn more calories day-to-day
1 session cardio - running on the treadmill, biking, and similar to burn calories
Seems to be working.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:59, Reply)
I was quite fit - football at least 3 times a week, running once or twice a week as well, and I was recommended weight for my height.
since then, i've done a lot less exercise, despite buying a bike. i've put on the best part of 20kg over the last four years, and can't run for as long as I could before. I need to start cycling again at least - can't be walking around at 100kg forever.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)
and swim about three times a week, but I've always had a very fast metabolism and have never been able to put on weight.
How many fucking questions do I want? None, you cunt. This OT formula of 'shit question - hilolariouswackyrofl alt. question' makes me sick
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)
There there, Bert. Cheer up, Honduras vs Chile kicks off in less than an hour
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)
Apologies for lack of colloquialisms on my part
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)
granted, I can't really laugh at him, given our horrible season, but hey, it has to happen sometime
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:02, Reply)
You'll bounce back. What do you make of Lennon? Neil, obviously. Not John.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:07, Reply)
Neil should be good, and definitely a damn sight better than Mowbray. that was actually our best league run for quite awhile, his temporary spell. I like his targets too - Joe Ledley I would love to see at Parkhead
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:24, Reply)
I reckon if your post doesn't stand up on its own, don't bother posting it.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)
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