Thread: General Fitness Upkeep

Josh - you will stay match fit longer with what you do. At your age you will be burning off the calories like a racehorse

As you age your metabolism slows (take heed young ones) I gave up smoking after 30yrs and put on 10kg. This year I have tried to diet and lost 5kg. No dinner, banana for breakfast, what would have been dinner is now a meal for morning smoko and rest of the day nuts and dried cranberrys followed by fresh fruit on the way home so I'm not hungry when I walk in the door. Just can't seem to lose anymore for some reason. As a result went to the docs last week (and yes my prostate is healthy ) waiting for the blood and fecal test results. I have a half fucked left knee from a fall when hunting in 04 and as a result no longer run (running will fuk your knees anyway) so will be going into the roar 95kg wringing wet. I will be heading up the ridges at a slow pace and work the ridges. No problem as I enjoy hunting like this as it reduces sweating, controlls breathing and see more until something hits the deck and I have to bone it out and carry back down.


Regardless of who is doing what for the roar, different ages and various levels of fitness I hope you all have a great time and return with many good stories.
If you pass me on the way down a ridge struggling under a full load - keep going and have a beer ready at the hut

Sako75 if I pass you on the way down a ridge it will mean I have tripped at the top. If you want to lose that other 5 kilo's then ditch eating Banana's

Bananas WTF??? I like bananas

Few years back I was heading off the ridge with rifle in one hand, stags head in the other, meat pack on my back loaded up from a stag that came in to 8m before deciding that was close enough and daybag on my front. Went arse over tea kettle for a good 10m after one foot found the loose patch spent the next day in camp in quite a bite of pain. Got the head cleaned up pretty good

Originally Posted by sako75

Bananas WTF??? I like bananas

Yep so do I. Used to eat at least a couple a day. Seriously give it a go. Stop eating them for six weeks. Keep every thing else the same (food intake, exercise etc) and just find something else to eat for breakfast. How bad do yo want lose the 5KG?

Bad enough to quit bananas.
Thanks Rushy. Maybe I should have got you to check out my tail pipe

You shouldnt be skipping dinner. By the time you eat breakfast your body has slowed metabalism to a near stand still . You should eat something high fibre low g.i before 7 at night that will see you through to the morning. And some physical activity before breakfast also helps boosting metabolism. Says me tipping the scaLes at 120kgs lol

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Look!! ive resisted from posting my expertise on this but i can wait no longer...................pie's pies pie's carbo load the night before a hunt pies cheese tosties and atleast a dozen piss,..... in the morning get up a half hr early and have a long dump.When your on the starting blocks at the bottem of the hill youll be amped ready to go with all the fuel to burn up those hills.......try before you think im bullshitting ya

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Look!! ive resisted from posting my expertise on this but i can wait no longer...................pie's pies pie's carbo load the night before a hunt pies cheese tosties and atleast a dozen piss,..... in the morning get up a half hr early and have a long dump.When your on the starting blocks at the bottem of the hill youll be amped ready to go with all the fuel to burn up those hills.......try before you think im bullshitting ya

Youv read my training manual then

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Youv read my training manual then

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Im the editor

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Look!! ive resisted from posting my expertise on this but i can wait no longer...................pie's pies pie's carbo load the night before a hunt pies cheese tosties and atleast a dozen piss,..... in the morning get up a half hr early and have a long dump.When your on the starting blocks at the bottem of the hill youll be amped ready to go with all the fuel to burn up those hills.......try before you think im bullshitting ya

That would work

I think I would do better with a good pot of chilli the night before and have a "rocket assist" up the hill!!!!!!!!!!!!! Should make it easy to find me, just follow the scorch marks

Need all the help I can get as I ain't small, my legs are poked and I haven't chased a deer in 14 years.

Originally Posted by Dougie

Wow Josh, that's epic! Do you eat many carbs (rice, potatoes, bread)? Are you a thin, lean guy or do you have a bit of muss? Be honest!

Not really mate. My better half is a secondary PE teacher and trains 6 days a week, crossfit at least 4 of those days. If I don't do anything I feel bloody lazy and usually get peer pressured into it! Haha. But in all honesty, keeping the body fit makes the long days at work so much more bearable.

We don't eat many carbs at all. Maybe spuds once or twice a week. Ill have a bun most days. Used to eat alot of pasta and rice but have gone away from that. Eat more veges and protein.

I'm 86kgs, just on 6 foot tall, normal? sized. I'm more lean than muscled. Not big on outright strength, but will happily walk all day with a pack on, so endurance is my strength.

I find the best thing to get the lungs working is yell out to TimeRider to bring me the remote. Other than that I don't really do any exercise as such. Dougie will verify that this keeps me slow and out of shape.

Other than that Dougie, when I was your age (long, long ago) I used to bike everywhere. I had a motorbike and a van, but I used to bike everywhere; normally about 40km a day. As GravelBen said you have to push down on those peddles to make it work. A good indication is that if you can walk when you get there then you were not pushing hard enough. In those days I was great on the hills and could easily carry two 20kg packs, (happened way too often). Swimming is also good for building stamina and breath control.

As shown by different people on here there are lots of things you can do. The big thing is find out which one that hits the right areas for you you enjoy. If it is a task to do it you probably wont stick at it, if you enjoy it you'll be more likely to continue. Be inventive. Personally I wouldn't have spent 20 minutes of my life in a gymn (other than with a physio standing over me), too many posers on a fashion parade.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

. Personally I wouldn't have spent 20 minutes of my life in a gymn (other than with a physio standing over me), too many posers on a fashion parade.

Yep this is the main reason I gave crossfit a go. Tried the gym at uni, hated it. with crossfit its small groups of everyday people with similar goals, and in its own way it makes everyone equal....you're all f&*ked at the end of a session

Originally Posted by JoshC

Yep this is the main reason I gave crossfit a go. Tried the gym at uni, hated it. with crossfit its small groups of everyday people with similar goals, and in its own way it makes everyone equal....you're all f&*ked at the end of a session

As long as you don't have to cross dress for crossfit!