What do you do to keep fit?

Jai said:
Escher said:
Out of curiosity, how did/do people do in the 'Bleep Test'? I think I was around 13-14 a couple of years ago. Right now I'd probably find it hard to break 10...
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I got 8 last year in Phys.Ed. >.<
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I got 8.5... my friend (he's the guy i would have brought to TOS but he was TOO LAZY to wake up at 7:30...) can consistently get stage 11 to 12 on the Beep test (our class was so bad that because he was always the last guy running, 10 would be a perfect... imagine what his mark was. xD).

To answer the question...
I play tennis three times a week (for about 3-4 hours??), I'm not AWESOME but I'm definitely city-level or provincial-level... I also played badminton through the school year (gotta love varsity XD), but basically as a "noob" because I'm too much of a tennis player to fully adjust to badminton.

I used to play hockey and baseball a lot (house league), but school just overwhelmed me and I didn't find time.
 
panyan said:
i go to gym about three times a week. I do squats (90kg), deadlifts (90kg) and bench press (75-80kg). I also do swimming a few times a week. I play golf and i use my powerball daily for about an hour!

i cant believe after all this im still so heavy! :(

p.s. i do the powerball becuase my trainer said i can lift well over 100kg in the bench if i strengthen my forearms and wrists and i also use it to help cubeing (wishful thinking!)
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I want proof of the heaviness. By the sounds of it you are in decent shape >_>
 
Escher said:
Out of curiosity, how did/do people do in the 'Bleep Test'? I think I was around 13-14 a couple of years ago. Right now I'd probably find it hard to break 10...
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The test must be very different in the UK, unless you are talking about the level you reached.

The version I am thinking of was called the Pace(r) Test, where you run back and forth between 2 lines 20 meters apart before each beep. Each level is a minute long and level one had something like 4-5 beeps. It worked its way up and I think the last level was basically a dead sprint. I don't remember how many levels there were precisely but it ended after 150 beeps I think. I completed the whole thing once, back when I was running still.

Right now I have been riding my bike. I actually leave today for 2 weeks where I will be backpacking in the mountains in New Mexico, and when I get back I would like to start running and lifting again.
 
Vault312 said:
Escher said:
Out of curiosity, how did/do people do in the 'Bleep Test'? I think I was around 13-14 a couple of years ago. Right now I'd probably find it hard to break 10...
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The test must be very different in the UK, unless you are talking about the level you reached.

The version I am thinking of was called the Pace(r) Test, where you run back and forth between 2 lines 20 meters apart before each beep. Each level is a minute long and level one had something like 4-5 beeps. It worked its way up and I think the last level was basically a dead sprint. I don't remember how many levels there were precisely but it ended after 150 beeps I think. I completed the whole thing once, back when I was running still.

Right now I have been riding my bike. I actually leave today for 2 weeks where I will be backpacking in the mountains in New Mexico, and when I get back I would like to start running and lifting again.
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Oh yes, I remember! The Pacer! It was like part of fitness testing in 4th and 5th grade. I was terrible, but I've gotten better at running. I don't know how far I can go now.
 
The way the beep test worked here was that you would run between the lines (I think 10m apart) and each time the beep would get faster and faster. There weren't any levels, you just keep running back and forward until the beep outran you. I have no idea what I used to get up to; very high though.
 
Vault312 said:
Escher said:
Out of curiosity, how did/do people do in the 'Bleep Test'? I think I was around 13-14 a couple of years ago. Right now I'd probably find it hard to break 10...
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The test must be very different in the UK, unless you are talking about the level you reached.

The version I am thinking of was called the Pace(r) Test, where you run back and forth between 2 lines 20 meters apart before each beep. Each level is a minute long and level one had something like 4-5 beeps. It worked its way up and I think the last level was basically a dead sprint. I don't remember how many levels there were precisely but it ended after 150 beeps I think. I completed the whole thing once, back when I was running still.

Right now I have been riding my bike. I actually leave today for 2 weeks where I will be backpacking in the mountains in New Mexico, and when I get back I would like to start running and lifting again.
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I'm talking about the level, illustrated quite nicely here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleep_test#Calculations

as far as i remember the test was exactly as they described.
 
I play ice hockey year round, mountain bike during the summers, ski during the winters, and rock climb year round. I also do some running when I feel like it, and I play most other sports with friends occasionally. I am not really into exercising, so I just play sports to have fun and stay health at the same time. I also try to eat as healthy as I can, and stay hydrated. I have noticed that exercising makes me think much better, and sleep better. It is a great way to clear your mind from stress. If I eat at McDonalds or something similar, I always make sure I work extra hard to get it worked "off".

The problem with people in the US today is that they don't exercise. They don't even get their heart rate beating fast, hardly ever. It can be uncomfortable at times to work out, but I think it is really necessary. I just heard earlier today that by the end of next year, half of the people in the US will be obese. It is truly sad.
 
I'm not really fit, and although not the best for me heath-wise, but what keeps me going is my job, guitar, beer, cigarettes, my cube, and the hopes for a sub-minute successful blindfold solve!!!! hehe :)
 
I should exercise more really. I started doing Wii Fit, it's fun but not as good as going to the gym.

And I totally forgot about that beep test, I did that when I was at school but can't remember how far I got but remember doing pretty well.
 
Oh, and during pushups for your OH cubing warm up really works. That's how I get my pb averages.

20 Push-ups
2 OH-PLL time attacks
session of 30 solves
= PB average of 12.
 
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