Fitness Thread

Quote: farmer_jack

Quote: Lemony_Zester

At gymnastics, we could do things like necksprings- well, they were on the syllabus and you'd need a strong neck for that, but they got banned by our teacher as they were too dangerous.

What's a neckspring?! Sounds ominous

Well, from what I gathered from the how-to diagrams, it was basically a handspring over a vault, only you used the back of your neck, and not your hands. Say if you were going to forward roll and you'd tuck your chin to your chest, you spring off your neck in that position.

I think, anyway.

I can't find anything on it now in BAGA, so maybe it was officially banned and not just by our teacher.

You'd be supported by your coach(es) until you could do it properly, but there's always a risk of f*cking it up, as there is with anything. It's not theoretically any more dangerous than somersaulting on the beam- or floor, because if you do it right, it won't damage. F*ck it up, and, well, it'd hurt a lot at best!

Have you got bad knees, Scott?

It is an excellent frisbee, not a "frikkin" frisbee!

How dare you sully the frisbee!

Ours lights up in the dark!

Currently: 6' 3" or so and 16 and a half to 17 stone (its been a while since I weighed myself, mostly out of fear of breaking scales.)

Ideally, I want to drop 3/4 stone and get back to around 13 stone again. That was a good weight, not so skinny I looked stupid, not so heavy I had more bulk than muscle/bone.

Not too arsed about toning myself or anything, since I need to dorp the weight first.

Anyone got any diet tips for a tight budget? I'm kinda clueless. Excercise is no big deal, since I have a bike and the motivation to use it. Plus free and ready access to an exercise bike - all going well jobs wise gym membership will also follow.

I'm 6ft or so and 12 stone 7lb, and am not too ashamed of myself when I'm all naked. It can fluctuate though. Was pretty much 12 and half all the way through last semester of uni, but dipped below 12 stone after traveling around Britain, France and Italy for a few weeks, doing large amounts of walking and consuming only baguettes, water, fruit and the occasional gelato. Got over 13 soon after in July when sitting at home with f*ck all to do, but has come down a bit after being particularly busy and stressed this past month. I've tried to do 100-200 sit-ups a day as well as various weight things over the past 6 years or so, and it seems to be paying off. I've still yet to take up running properly though. Was meant to seriously give it a go this month, but have just been far too busy and then far too tired when I'm not busy, which has been a bit rubbish. Will definitely try give it another go though when uni starts up again. Any ideas on how to make sure I stick to such plans? My will power tends to come and go as it pleases. As it is, I'm doing okay, managing a good few miles walking each day, though I'm thinking about getting a bike as well.