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Hi there!
How much physical activity would a CPL person do?
How much to keep fit? Running 5 km once a week or 3 times a week? Swimming?
What about you guys who are active airline pilots, how much do you excerise, or required to excerise?
Thanks!
Krallu
How much physical activity would a CPL person do?
How much to keep fit? Running 5 km once a week or 3 times a week? Swimming?
What about you guys who are active airline pilots, how much do you excerise, or required to excerise?
Thanks!
Krallu
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Based on past experience, it's usually walking from the crew bus to the hotel reception, walking to the lift, pressing a button and walking to the room. You are then required to reverse the process, except instead of going to the crew bus, you go to the bar.
After re-hydrating, you then have to walk / stagger / stumble to the restaurant, where you exercise your neck muscles / eyes by admiring the passing totty, continuing to exercise the arms by frequent pouring of glasses of expensive wine. On completion of this, you then adjourn to the bar for a rest, before the exercise of returning to your room.
In the morning, once at the airport, you can then conduct your full daily exercise routine of:
After re-hydrating, you then have to walk / stagger / stumble to the restaurant, where you exercise your neck muscles / eyes by admiring the passing totty, continuing to exercise the arms by frequent pouring of glasses of expensive wine. On completion of this, you then adjourn to the bar for a rest, before the exercise of returning to your room.
In the morning, once at the airport, you can then conduct your full daily exercise routine of:
- Running everyone down
- Jumping to conclusions
- Leaping down everyone's throat
- Jogging peoples arms when they're drinking coffee
- Throwing your teddys out of the cot
- Shooting your mouth off
- Hiking your pay demand
- Dancing around the subject
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I try to get to the gym about 3-4 a week. If I am on a nightstop and the hotel has one handy then I'll use that. At the moment I am training for a 5km Fun Run in September so the emphasis is on cardio activities. I do supplement it with a light weight programme. If possible I'll walk every where rather than use the transport. It really depends on how heavy my bags are, how far I got to walk and how I feel at the time.
It's too easy to pile the weight on and much much harder to get rid of it.
(I do night freight in a Shed if that's any help)
It's too easy to pile the weight on and much much harder to get rid of it.
(I do night freight in a Shed if that's any help)
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I agree with redsnail, i go about 4 times a week on average, run and cardio work everytime, and supplimented with light weight routine.
I think if i remember right, the official is to raise your heart beat by twice its norm 3 times a week, for 20 minute periods each time, but also depends on the person. Swimming is good for you because it works all the major muscle groups, without having to kill yourself , so to speak.
Also important to look at your food intake, type, amount etc, becauseit is like everything, nothing is that bad in moderation.
Best advice would be from your Doctor though, or a competent fitness instructor who can advise
Good luck
I think if i remember right, the official is to raise your heart beat by twice its norm 3 times a week, for 20 minute periods each time, but also depends on the person. Swimming is good for you because it works all the major muscle groups, without having to kill yourself , so to speak.
Also important to look at your food intake, type, amount etc, becauseit is like everything, nothing is that bad in moderation.
Best advice would be from your Doctor though, or a competent fitness instructor who can advise
Good luck
