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"Exercise!"

This morning, at about 6.30, I went running. It was the first real cardiovascular exercise I've had in nearly 6 months.

Oh my god, you get unfit really quickly!
After 4 minutes I started to feel sick. After 5 it was gone again. On the home stretch, 20 minutes in, it came back and I really thought I was going to puke.
And my legs have felt feeble and weak all day.

How long does it take to get back into shape?


I'd guess I was going 8-10 mph (though I'm really not sure), for 20 minutes.
To be fair, most of it didn't hurt (or make me fear for my stomach lining), but I used to be much fitter than this!

Still, I feel great for having done it.

Not sure whether I could keep up the early mornings though - but even in nice areas I've found that you can expect to get crap from random a**holes when you go running. Where I live now you're just asking for trouble.
To be fair, it probably wouldn't be the kind of crap mentioned in my other thread ('How far...') - well, at least that'd probably be rare.
But it's not nice to deal with any of that sort of stuff, and I'd much rather avoid it.
And I'm a poor student, so no gym for me either.


Thinking about it, it's really messed up when you can't go running in any populated area without expecting to get crap from strangers.

Are there any nice areas of the UK, where you can expect everyone will at least treat people with respect?


Anyway, got off topic a bit. How long does it take to get back to non-puking levels of fitness?

And every day? I'm not sure about that!

I'm thinking about 2 or 3 times a week...

Putting on muscle?

English_Bloke wrote:

> I now work for LA Fitness at one of their gyms, which means I get
> free use of something that costs other people 50 quid a month.

£50?!? I'm shocked, it'd be better investing in my own personal gym in the long term.

Duck, two weeks of that everyday and you'll notice you're getting fitter.
And 6.30 in the morning in my local village is perfect for runs, you see an oldie or two doing it now and again. Best thing is the huuuuge grass area (not actually a park, it's used for games for the primary school though) a minute's walk from my house.... perfect for summer sports.

Oh, since exercising regularly I've actually gained weight. No ice creams, doughnuts, cakes etc. What's up with that?

Has anyone seen the film marathon man?
Presumably that reservior in new york(?) is a standard place to go running, where people can go be free of normal pedestrians, but still get fresh air.

I think we need some of those in the UK.
Although round here they'd probably fill up with smack heads and their needles.
There's an incentive to pace yourself - don't go too fast or you may trip, stab yourself and get aids. I really need to move somewhere nicer.

English_Bloke wrote:
> I now work for LA Fitness at one of their gyms, which means I get
> free use of something that costs other people 50 quid a month.

EB, what happened to the police?
How long have I been away?

I laugh at both posts.

Ha ha

ha

It's depressing to see Arnie having let himself go. But now he must run California, and that only takes a Mind of Steel, not Arms.

At least you've nearly gone a whole topic without moaning, Sheepeh. Well done.

I lift two trucks with each arm. 2 sets of 20 does it for me. Of course, I used to be fitter.

For Sheepy:

[URL]http://www.nycdiet.com/nycdiet/images/arnoldfat.jpg[/URL]

I need to lift stuff at work all the time, I'm like Arnie.

That's a lie really.