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"Fitness Freaks?"

:) Having just insulted you I'm now hoping you'll be helpful :P

Anyone who has seen my pic on Special Observe will probably notice I'm what you'd call "overweight" and probably bordering on obese actually. Before the "who ate all the pies" etc joke replies start I'd point out that it's not all from overeating but something else as well, but that's not relevant.

Going off tracks...

If I wanted a piece of exercise equipment what would be best out of:

treadmill
exercise bike

From what little I have read I know that rowing machines are supposed to be quite good, as are these eliptical trainer things...but I want to start gentle.

The only gym in town is £35 a month so I figure that I may as well just buy my own stuff....swimming is also no good to me because without my glasses on I'm as shortsighted as...erm a very shortsighted person. With my glasses on I can't go underwater or wear goggles so my eyes soon end up hurting like hell...

Also if anyone knows any good online stores for the stuff, 'cause only Argos sells it where I live, though they seem to have a lot of stuff available.

Anyone?

Belldandy wrote:
> Hurrah another Outwar moron...

Is this one of these online, browser based games? They are terrible.............

Ranma wrote:
> Going to the gym is a lot easier in America
>
> [URL]http://www.robertprice.co.uk/robblog/images/24hourfitnessescalator.jpg[/URL]

I would run down the up escalator for exercise. Just to spite the gym.

Here in miami we have a gym that actually sells ice cream a little to the left of the front counter. It's funny seeing people walk out of the gym pigging out.

Drunk Cow wrote:
> Here in miami we have a gym that actually sells ice cream a little to
> the left of the front counter. It's funny seeing people walk out of
> the gym pigging out.

Heh, only in america.

Oh and Belldandy (or anyone else who is interested in fitness), I just found a pretty damn good site :

[URL]http://www.netfit.co.uk/netfit.htm[/URL]

With kickass liddl' piccies too!

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> Oh and Belldandy (or anyone else who is interested in fitness), I just
> found a pretty damn good site :
>
> [URL]http://www.netfit.co.uk/netfit.htm[/URL]

That's quite an old site, (old ideas), in my view.

A subscription to Mens Health has done me wonders, although there are a lot of things in the mag that I haven't tried due to fear of looking like a monkey. Of course that web site is free whereas a subscription isn't.

How are things going with this?

Your subscription - does it come in a see through wrapper?

Yup

Damn, I was hoping it came in a coloured bag so you couldn't see what it was.