fitness or fatness ?

siraxeman · October 2016

I must admit I miss my younger years in that I could STUFF myself to the gills as much/often as I wanted...and yet didn't put on a single ounce.......

fields5069 · October 2016

All I know for sure is that I lost weight. :-)

3000 calories sounds more like a day's ride to me.

Drew_TNBD · October 2016

fields5069 said:

3000 calories sounds more like a day's ride to me.

Yeah but at full pelt constantly - which just isn't realistic I don't think. Not in an urban setting anyway.

siraxeman · October 2016

ya wimps my FB friend did it in under 2 hrs.

axisus · October 2016

I do tons of exercise, always have. My diet is terrible though.

My weekly routine is Monday to Friday early morn pre-work run, gym and swim (about an hour and a half in total). Also 2-3 days a week I do an hour in our small work gym at lunch as well.

Saturday 5k 'race' running. Sunday longer run 8-18km. Sometimes in the summer I also throw in long cross country bike rides in the evening 1 - 2.5hrs.

Sambostar · October 2016

ESBlonde said:

Remember we are all going to fit in a same size hole in the ground at the end.

Yeah, but some of us will need a bigger casket eh, which they charge a fortune for.

siraxeman · October 2016

go carboard then and be an eco warrior even at the very end.

Nitefly · October 2016

Fatness for me, please.

mgaw · October 2016

all about fitness for me i have zero interest in weights etc (apart from my own). Lean and fit makes the most sense as a target IMO

Sambostar · October 2016

Drew_TNBD said:

Calorie calculators are woefully inaccurate. Even 900 for 26miles seems on the high side to me. I've basically been calling a 1:10 13mile ride 300 calories. Doing that twice in a day giving me a surplus of 600 calories. Four times a week then being 2400.

It would however be far more if you did it on a Raleigh Striker instead of these latest contraptions. I think the point most people miss is the longevity of the exercise. If you don't have a physically demanding job, you are basically screwed, unless you don't want to sleep and run three times a day or something and if you eat less, most people find they can't concentrate. I donno what the answer is, seems like a right bastard to me.

siraxeman · October 2016

how about eat nutritious healthy food instead of alcohol and/or cake binges and do moderate exercise 3 or 4 times a week ? lol

Drew_TNBD · October 2016

siraxeman said:

how about eat nutritious healthy food instead of alcohol and/or cake binges and do moderate exercise 3 or 4 times a week ? lol

Er.. no.

siraxeman · October 2016

but why'est not ?

Drew_TNBD · October 2016

Coz I want to die early?

quarky · October 2016

Good article here about the rate of burning calories.
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/the-36-best-ways-to-burn-the-most-calories-in-an-hour/all/

mcsdan · October 2016

Got fit a couple of years ago after slobbing it since leaving school. Now I run 50-60 miles a week off road and gym (light exercises) once or twice depending upon how long the long run is. Train for ultra marathons having recently completely 2 x 100km marathons in a month and 2 marathons in 2 days. Got my first 100 mile run this weekend - 24-28 hours on the feet (hopefully).

I've been lighter 11st 13lbs but race weight is around 12st 5lb to 12st 7lbs. Being lighter I feel much weaker and rather be stronger with a few extra pounds. Can control weight fairly easily by just being careful with eating junk. For the race this weekend expect to burn around 9-10000 calories although will eat approx 2-3000 in that time too. Will be hungry for a week after haha

quarky · October 2016

mcsdan said:

Now I run 50-60 miles a week off road

Jesus. How do you find the time? I am impressed.

Evilmags · October 2016

Started running again to loose the summer beer belly (average temperature over summer was 39 degrees so you tend to get through a lot of beer). The first two weeks are terrible. Sore and slow.

fields5069 · October 2016

mcsdan said:

Got fit a couple of years ago after slobbing it since leaving school. Now I run 50-60 miles a week off road and gym (light exercises) once or twice depending upon how long the long run is. Train for ultra marathons having recently completely 2 x 100km marathons in a month and 2 marathons in 2 days. Got my first 100 mile run this weekend - 24-28 hours on the feet (hopefully).

I've been lighter 11st 13lbs but race weight is around 12st 5lb to 12st 7lbs. Being lighter I feel much weaker and rather be stronger with a few extra pounds. Can control weight fairly easily by just being careful with eating junk. For the race this weekend expect to burn around 9-10000 calories although will eat approx 2-3000 in that time too. Will be hungry for a week after haha

Is it true that ultras can leave you pissing blood? Nothing serious, so I've heard, just the jogging motion irritates something or other.

siraxeman · October 2016

I cant help but think extreme endurance is detrimental to optimum health. Long distance runners often dropping dead with a culinary trombonist (heart attack ;-) ) and if not loads of distance runners complain of dodgy knees later on in life.

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