 Poster: A snowHead
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I know that we've had a thread on this already, but hey it's summer, we've got nothing better to talk about. Anyone been? What's it like? Is it very social?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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.... aside from the fitness business of the same name, if you are called up, it helps if you are at peak fitness .....
..... long desert walks will be the norm ... looking for someone called Osama .... 
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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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There are classes in Plymouth - I was curious - do you need to be reasonably fit before you go?!
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Kramer, as you might expect from me....I hated every minute of it 
I found it pretty social and in London they run social events.
The groups are split into unfit (me!) and those with greater fitness levels. It is relentless running and circuit training working with others in the group. I did work hard enough to improve my stamina on running but I never could do a press up.
I think you would do very well.
beanie1 asked about this a while back - maybe a search?
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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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What is it?
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richmond, it's an earnest attempt to kill you, for which you pay. Serving or former military fitness instructors make you run/jump/press-up etc your way round your local park. Expect to find yourself leopard crawling uphill to an enemy mortar emplacement or carrying a woulded comrade in a piggyback. I enjoyed it - the cool-down stretch at the end was my fave bit, and I certainly did get fitter. Am trying to persuade myself to start again...
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I use to enjoy it but it is hard work and TBH if you only go once a week it will not be worth while it's a big gain if done often but once it a while will just tire you out.
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Dwarf Vader, I was doing it once a week or even fortnight, and it still helped.
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Kramer, in a recent thread about BASI courses you said you didn't like the idea of too regimented instruction. Surely military PT guys are going to beast you to hell and back...?
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vetski, as long as you did other training 
The benifit from this heavy type of training if done a few times a week is very quick and large, however it could also lead to injuries.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Dwarf Vader, yup, there was other exercise too. Also an injury - a partial dislocation of the shoulder after tripping over a kerb and slamming down onto an exposed tree root. Very painful. However, I'm so hard that I finished my session (sit-ups rather than press-ups when requied, naturally). I won't do winter evening sessions any more though!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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vetski, I jacked it when they said we had to run in the park in the dark and I could strap a light to my head if i was a wuss 
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I'm thinking of incorporating one session a week into my routine. Mainly for the social side (the spinning class isn't particularly friendly), and also because when training I do seem to respond well to this sort of beasting.
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You know it makes sense.
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So I guess that what I'm really asking, is are there many fit girls who do it? 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I didn't mind running in the dark till I hurt myself, they were very careful to make sure no-one was ever alone in case the were any dodgy folk about. The real bogger was that I was going skiing a week later. Pole planting was agony, though it did at least teach me not to drag my arm!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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vetski, I notice that both those are in the past tense. 
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Kramer, notwithstanding the lovely vetski and the less lovely me, yes - fit girls certainly do do it, get yerself signed up my boy
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Kramer, the problem from our perspective is the lack of fit guys. So get out there and let us know if there are any.
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vetski, But you know one already X
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Dwarf Vader, you are gorgeous, of course, but you're a long way away...
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Just got back from my first session. Quite good fun, but I think I need to be in a tougher group to be pushed properly.
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Kramer, there's a mob in Hereford who might push you.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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laundryman, my previous personal trainer was an ex-para. He said that you could always tell that mob on the Fan Dance, because they'd tab past you whilst chain smoking...
They divide you into three groups, and if you're new then they put you in the beginner's group, where there were quite a few people who were cheating and not doing the right number of reps.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Kramer, you must have nicer chaps than I did...we didn't HAVE a beginners group. I didn't always do the right number of reps, but more cos I couldn't that cos I wouldn't! The virtuous glow afterwards is nice, though.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Kramer wrote: |
| there were quite a few people who were cheating and not doing the right number of reps. |
I see this in my circuit class as well, it winds me up, but ultimately they are cheating themselves.....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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kitenski, well they were all quite podgy girls. Hmm, I wonder why they're not losing weight then...
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Poster: A snowHead
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I went along to a couple of sessions last autumn, really enjoyed the first, but on the second I strained a stomach muscle!! That put me out for a few weeks, and then I moved to London. Unfortunately where I currently live / work there are no sessions nearby, but I would definitely go back.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My abs are killing me today.
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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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| Kramer wrote: |
| My abs are killing me today. |
| Kramer wrote: |
| well they were all quite podgy girls. |
coincidence? I think not
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So why do so many women go, has it got something to do with men in military uniform?
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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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Kramer, thinks that's why i strained a muscle, mine were killing me too after my first session and i went back again too soon. I was only scrambling along the ground!
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bloody hell, i thought body pump was hard enough but this sounds painful!
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Had to sit out for five minutes on monday as I was getting chest pains. Fortunately it was only a pulled muscle.
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CLASSES: New @ Sheffield, Graves Park Thursday @ 19:00
Hmmm....
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