how much exercise

It always astounds me when I see people who drive to a gym and then go and spend an hour walking on a walking machine ... why didn't they save themselves the petrol money, the journey time and the gym subscription fee and just go for a walk?

How much exercise do you get? Is it part of your daily life or do you do it special like?

Are you fit? Do you walk / cycle to work or school, or part of the way? Could you?

 

I used to swim loads and work out in the gym. I was quite fit when I went hiking in the Andes, but am not so any more. Still have a bit of muscle and still walk briskly every day for about fifteen minutes, but I could do a lot more....

 

For reference here is David Bellamy, his lithe and fetching physique is the UN's Internationally Recognised Fitness Reference Point.

 

i do lots.. until i lost my keys I cycled to uni 5 days a week which takes abotu 25 - 30 minutes one way..
I also go to the gym for an hour 3-4 times a week..
its my new healthy regime i started about a month or two ago.. and i feel so much better because of it!

 

When I'm in a marching season I get loads and loads of exercise. Being out in the sun 8-10 hours a day (and sometimes more) during the summer when it's a million degrees out really whips you into shape quickly. Right now, during my off season time I do weight training for marching percussion during the winter, which takes a lot of upper body strength. Since it's cold out and I'm not doing as much outdoors as I usually do, I go to my school's weight room a lot after school and work out there. I'm not really in the greatest shape right now, I have a long way to go, but I'm working on it and getting there slowly...

 

Im a shadow of the fellow I was , this I put down to a lack of hard work , I keep talking about anvils and never buying one .

Personally Im not a person for fancy "city folks"gyms although strangely I do have a multi gym thing in the house , but I believe in getting fit by chopping down trees , digging, or whomping hot iron , or walking for days with a bergen.

anyway I may suddenly change, I dont think you need to spend ages getting fit if you use the right method , a couple of weeks digging out a mine would put me into terrific shape I know

 

Id say even ropey as I am now Im fitter than David Bellamy

 

I am very lazy!! but come January I'll be back to my majoretteing ways and getting fit again!!

 

In the international standard for measuring fitness I'd say I'm about 1.7 Bellamy.

If you're fitter than David Bellamy (and he's not as unfit as he looks, for a codger he's doing OK) then you count in multiples of Bellamy. If you're less fit you may be say a three-quarter Bellamy or a half Bellamy (also known as a Bell).

What's your Bellamy?

 

I'm a bellend

 

Tell me, are there any Bellamy-approved fitness techniques that people should work on? I currently walk everywhere (no car) and try to do press ups in the morning (bad right wrist means I have to give this a break every month or so)

 

I think just walking around instead of driving everywhere gets you loads of Bellamy. I've taken to Bellamying about 3-4 miles instead of getting on the bus, saves me a couple of quid and I get fit at the same time. I usually Bellamy everybellamy by bike but I Bellamied my knee so had to Bellamy it a Bellamy. But Bellamy I try and Bellamy about Bellamy Bellamies in a Bellamy.

 

Get an occaisional stroll to the shop or school, say 3 miles there and back, beyond that everything needs a drive. We do the odd bike ride in the summer. Not enough though.

 

every couple of sundays " i go out with the ramblers to the lakes "wales "peak district " yorkshire etc etc "they have 3 graded walks (a= av 15 miles ) ( b= av 12 miles ) (c= av 7 to 8 miles ) i like doing c walks" as apart from a bit of exercise i enjoy the sightseeing and taking photies .

 

People you need to estimate your Bellamy!

 

You certainly are....

 

I have a huge unmanagable beard with woodlice living in it, does that count..?