Staying Fit

[TheKentishFledgling]

Try and run every other day (except when on holiday!) for about half an hour.

Play rugby twice a week in the season.

Gym whenever I can, for strength over fitness - can't stand running indoors!

Used to cycle but since knee op it's been too painful

tKF

[Morgo]

Now that the days are longer and weather is improving and getting warmer I will recommence my daily cycle ride to the closest Tube station (5.5 miles away along the Thames). Otherwise all the exercise I get is a mile walk to the local train station. My diet is healthy (am undertaking an immogenics.com determined diet) but need to lose 3 stone to be a sensible weight. Lost 3 stone last year, so half way to my goal

[Monocock]

Morgo

Bloody good luck to you too.

If you stay focussed you WILL achieve it .

Mono

[vintage ATCO]

Whenever I feel like exercising . . . .

. . . . I lie down in a darkened room until the feeling goes away!



But seriously, heart attack two years ago, cardiac rehab and now gym once or twice a week. Walking other times, red wine and plenty of garlic

Class 1 medical back after a year.

[BEagle]

I've always put my faith in LOTS of garlic, red wine and extra virgin............olive oil!

Don't forget the 'finite heartbeat theory'. Big G (or Big A if you happen to be a muslim) issues you with a fixed number of heartbeats. You can use them up quickly by rushing around playing rugby (or mincing around playing kevball) in your latter years - or potter about using them up slowly by involving yourself only in more gentlemany pursuits such as SVAS!

[High Wing Drifter]

Ah yes but a bit of regular cycling will get your pulse down to 45-50 bpm. Compared to the 60-70 it would be otherwise, even taking into account the 180 for four hours a week, I reckon that would be a net reduction:

((180-50) * 4) + (50 * 24 * 7) = 8,920 beats per week

(65 * 24 * 7) = 10,920 bpw

See, you'll live longer

[Pink_aviator]

me.

Well PINKSTER here
gets out her Cannondale , and whizzes down to the end of the peninsular and back , taking in the back drop of the outer hebdredies .

AND those ups and downs on those mountain tracks ,does wonders for firming the thighs .

Now for a wobbly tummy ,filled with AGA a short bread I have to brave the ROWER .

I HAVE A BRILLIANT WATER, ROWER
It is made of cherry wood ,with a toughened glass dome (the glass that a planes widscreen is made from )
and
the water in side swishes , as you pull hard against it .

has a commputer attached so I can moniter my stroke rate and heart rate

but surprise pinkie surprise , I do not know how to change the worn out battery so my tummy will have to continue to wobble .teehee

the PINKSTER

[High Wing Drifter]

Pink,

If it is a Polar, just send it back to them for an exchange item. Ask at any serious bike shop or look at their website.

[Pink_aviator]

POLAR ?

Sorry MONO I know you are not my friend , I am not hijacking just answerig a question OK , THEN I WILL BE GONE .

If HWD , THE POLAR is the commputer thingy, that is on the rower , not the bike.

Can I get one for the bike to . GREAT .

PINKSTAR

[gingernut]

I don't do enough. I know all the stuff about 20 minutes aerobic exercise, three times a week, 10,000 steps a day etc/etc, but I don't practice what I preach.

I do like to play here with my surfboard though. 2 hours of fighting this stuff and I begin to feel very very mellow....and sleepy.

[englishal]

Cycle 4-5 times a week, between 17 and 20 miles. In the winter Canoe at the weekends for about 1½ hrs per day in addition. In the Summer we go Wakeboarding most evenings for about 2-3 hrs as well.

When at work (on a ship for 6 weeks), I go to the gym for an hour a day (and have no booze ).

EA

[montster]

The wisdom is now 30 minutes 5 times a week. I went to my doctor because they wanted everyone to have a heath check. I have a good pulse rate, good blood pressure, right weight etc., but when I told her I swim 1km twice a week, play 40 mins squash per week, walk into town instead of drive, work out with weights at home (if I get the time), she said "you don't do much exercise then, do you?"

Most people I know exercise by putting food in the microwave, operating the TV remote control and lifting a pint glass - I'm one of the fittest people I know and the doctor told me I'm lazy!!

So now I run 3 times a week too

[Andy_R]

You guys and girls make me feel totally slovenly by comparison.... I'm off to hide in a dark corner with a burger and a beer

[Morgo]

Thanks Monocock

From the descriptions of some of the exercises that people on this forum do, I am surprised that they get the time to do any flying at all!!

[mazzy1026]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr

And it aint even Friday yet

[shortstripper]

I just work hard (farmer) ... However, although this has kept me very fit over the years, certain little luxuries (like a Quad bike) have lessened the physical side. That, coupled with the fact I'm heading toward the big four Oh! have meant that my fitness is now slipping. Having taken work based fitness for granted for so long, I must admit it's hard to get into the idea of actively excersising ... but I really must. ...

Is it just me or is this subject a bit depressing?

SS

[MLS-12D]

Pilots are generally not a lazy or slovenly bunch

Perhaps. But all too many seem to smoke.

You can do a lot worse than to get a pedometer and ensure that you walk at least 6,000 steps a day (8,000-10,000 would be better).

[Whirlybird]

Hey, mods, can we move this to Jet Blast please!

And they complain that a certain other thread on here doesn't have much to do with aviation.

Yes, I know, I didn't have to click on it....but I thought it might be about dragging lots of helicopters out of the hangar, or how to push your aircraft up a slope singlehandedly when you're not very big, or something RELEVANT. It isn't, so.....byeeeeeeeeeeeee.

(Edited to add the smilies that I thought were obvius, but obviously weren't!)

[Monocock]

For crying out loud Whirly.....I started the thread with the fact that I appreciated that it does not DIRECTLY associate with private flying !

As far as I'm concerned, if someone has made a video called "Fit To Fly" aimed at the PPL/CPL entourage, then a thread about personal fitness is also applicable.

You are often right and you make it clear that you know that too.

This time I am afraid you are not.

Byeeeeeeeeeeee

P.S Are you a picture of female physical perfection in terms of health???????????? Some of us do like to actively keep in shape and there have been some interesting replies so far.

P.P.S There is a button marked "Report this post to a moderator" that you can use if you really feel that strongly about it. Public humiliation seems to be your favourite method of approaching issues such as these. Shame really.

[englishal]

Perhaps. But all too many seem to smoke

Hmm, which is probably why Pilots statistically die at an earlier age from natural causes (as opposed to flying into a mountain) than the general population. Either that or their personnalities are of the "live fast, die young(ger)" varitey.

Right off for a ciggy now

EA