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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| erica2004 wrote: |
KateF, I've just started this - seriously good workout. I'd be doing it this week, but have sprained my ankle  |
Hope the ankle gets better soon! I tried an 'expert' spin the other week - an hour and a quarter - if that can't get you fit nothing can!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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"burpees"?
I think this is where you start standing up, crouch down so you have hands on floor next to your feet. Then jump your legs backwards so they are about a metre behing your hands. Then jump them back in so they're next to your hands again, then jump back up into the air to standing
Aomehow reminiscent of primary school gym lessons, so maybe completely wrong! 
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Wide arm press ups - press ups with your hands slightly greater than a shoulder widths apart.
Body weight squats - arms crossed, keeping your back straight, flex from the hips, and knees simultaneously to squat down then drive back up to standing.
Lunges - Step one leg forward, and with the other one go down onto your knee, then return back to standing.
Close grip press ups - press ups with your thumbs touching.
Crunches - the first half of a sit up.
Squat jumps - as per squats but when driving up, try and power up and jump as high as possible.
Heel taps - lie on your back, keeping your lower back in contact with the ground, raise and lower your legs by flexing at the hips, so that they go from horizontal to vertical, but try not to let them touch the ground.
Reverse crunches - Lie on your front, and then arch your back so that your shoulders, arms, and upper torso leave the floor, as if you were going to go sky diving.
Burpees, crouch down, put both your hands on the floor, either side of your feet, then jump out with your feet so that you end up in the press up position, jump them back to between your legs, then jump up to standing again.
Hope this is helpful. And as always get someone who knows what they're doing to check your form if doing them for the first time.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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My version of burpees has a "star jump" as part of the jump to standing bit...(they are also called b*stards at our hockey club)
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kitenski, they're definitely best saved to the end so that they can be savoured and appreciated.  I like the starjumps as well.
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bump for anyone else stuck in a hotel room and looking for a "in room" workout.....
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This is such a poo-poo thread.
Forget all the BS exercise above, start with the simple basics.
No equipment is needed. Just go out and walk fast or jog for 20-30mins or cycle for 1 hour everyday & your get fit. You lose weight get aerobically fit No gym is needed & Its free
If you start tomorrow by next season your be incredibly FIT,
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| stanton wrote: |
| No equipment is needed. Just go out and walk fast or jog for 20-30mins or cycle for 1 hour everyday & your get fit. You lose weight get aerobically fit No gym is needed & Its free |
Aerobic exercise alone is not as efficient as aerobic exercise in combination with resistance work for getting fit. The whole point of the workout above was to suggest a bodyweight resistance routine that does not need any equipment, and so would be free.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stanton, I agree, but I've become even fitter since signing up for (and attending!) British Miltary Fitness - no equipment needed for that either. I can even do burpees now without back or knee pain 
DB what a relief on opening the picture. I thought it could be much more smutty...
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Running and pilates would be my recommendation for an effective, cheap, convenient and time efficient training regime. Running up and down hills is good. Off road even better (don't know why - I just get fitter faster running off road than on.)
Any exercise would be better than no exercise, I'd guess!
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You know it makes sense.
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Running's cr*p for the knees. Better on a bike or swimming - much less impact. Whenever I'm away (too much these days!) I always try to ensure a pool is nearby.
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RobW, I agree that running isn't ideal for the knees, but if you build up gradually and have decent shoes you shouldn't have too many problems.
I can't see that swimming on its own would be much good, as it's weight-supported (unlike skiing) and there's not much use of the legs (unlike skiing, although it's good for "poling" along!). (That said, any exercise is better than no exercise.)
Swimming and cycling would be a good mix.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My approach to getting/keeping fit is to try and cycle to and from work as often as possible upto a max of 4 days per week. My commute is 15 miles each way at 50 mins per trip so thats upto 6hrs 40minutes cycling per week. It occupies time I would be travelling anyway, is often faster than taking the car given the traffic and once you've cycled in your commited to the return  .
One evening a week at least I'll train on roller skis - good for balance and technique. Weekends I'll either race (on rollers) or do another days training on rollers or some more biking.
I hate running, but should add some in and I should do some circuits as suggested byKramer, but can never seem to find the time.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Most people have poor knees because they have poor quads (injuries not withstanding ) and it will take a concerted effort to address this.
Most common symptom is a sharp pain in the knee ligaments under duress which can be addressed by strenghtening the muscles around the knees... IMV
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peura, my terminology is quite idiosyncratic. Another name for the exercise I describe is a 'superman' I think.
I've just started intervals in the park this week. They're quite simple - run as fast as you can for 2 minutes, rest for 1 minute, then repeat 10 times. If you want to make it harder, do it on a hill.
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Kramer, intervals hurt, do you stop when you rest or carry on jogging? I always thought it was the later.
Edit: for a change I'd occasionally do 8km of sprint 400m, fast walk/slow jog 400m then collapse.
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Lamp posts work well for interval training, using the gaps between them. Sprint one gap then jog the next two, repeat untill sick.
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| Mosha Marc wrote: |
| Lamp posts work well for interval training, using the gaps between them... |
But there's only one lampost between my house & the pub 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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blimey, i've just tried out that body circuit (thanks kramer, esp for the second one with explanations!) and i am completely knackered. is it supposed to be cardiovascular as well as strength building? it got me puffed out - i am sooo unfit.
i was just about to post something about getting fit when i found this post. been for my first swim (of the year) and did 1/2 a mile of crawl this morning, in my realisation that our holiday is only 8 weeks away and i've done no exercise for the past 5 years.
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burpees are ...
Start in a push up position.
Do one push up.
Quickly jump feet forward to a squatting position, like in a squat thrust.
Jump high into the air, bringing your knees up to your chest & raising your hands above your head.
Land with feet together, on the balls of your feet..
Drop back to a squat.
Jump feet back to a push up position.
Repeat many times.
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Thought I was ahead of the game, managed to keep things ticking over over over summer with the odd run/gym session, even did a 10k charity run.
Two weeks ago did my back in in a slightly optimistic attempt at lifting two bags of plaster in one go.
When the stiffness wears off I'll be right back at square one
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Kramer wrote: |
Wide arm press ups - press ups with your hands slightly greater than a shoulder widths apart.
Body weight squats - arms crossed, keeping your back straight, flex from the hips, and knees simultaneously to squat down then drive back up to standing.
Lunges - Step one leg forward, and with the other one go down onto your knee, then return back to standing.
Close grip press ups - press ups with your thumbs touching.
Crunches - the first half of a sit up.
Squat jumps - as per squats but when driving up, try and power up and jump as high as possible.
Heel taps - lie on your back, keeping your lower back in contact with the ground, raise and lower your legs by flexing at the hips, so that they go from horizontal to vertical, but try not to let them touch the ground.
Reverse crunches - Lie on your front, and then arch your back so that your shoulders, arms, and upper torso leave the floor, as if you were going to go sky diving.
Burpees, crouch down, put both your hands on the floor, either side of your feet, then jump out with your feet so that you end up in the press up position, jump them back to between your legs, then jump up to standing again.
Hope this is helpful. And as always get someone who knows what they're doing to check your form if doing them for the first time. |
bumping this as I'm travelling a fair bit and knew this simple workout above was buried in snowheads somewhere
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Kramer wrote: |
A simple body weight circuit-
10 wide arm press ups
10 body weight squats
12 right leg lunges, then 12 left leg lunges
10 close grip press ups
20 crunches
10 squat jumps
20 heel taps
20 reverse crunches
10 burpees
You can either do all of them together, then repeat with two minutes rest between each circuit, or break them down into sets of three (squats+squat jumps+lunges, wide grip press ups+burpees+close grip press ups, crunches+reverse crunches+heel taps) with one to two minutes between each set, and repeat each set three times. Alternate with some pure CV days and some front and side planks, and you'll be well away. |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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FAQ
. It seems a completely different exercise called the same thing 
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