IP 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Hi. Just wondering if many people on here take part in any other kind of fitness training in the winter months? I still try to get down the gym a couple of times a week for a workout, then leave the rest to the slopes. Link to post Share on other sites
fantastic 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Sod that! The activity is more than enough punishment for my body! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 I run, although my muscles are very uncooperative in the cold. Massive effort of will required to put my bobble hat on and trot out. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Massive effort just to put a bobble hat on i`d say Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Cross country skiing and indoor climbing for me this season. Provided I've got enough energy after the downhill stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 There will be a little prepatory exercise before the season starts but once it starts I'll want to keep myself from burnout and not do anything but ski. (and work dammit). Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 inline at least twice a week and run daily depending on my moods. in the summer kayak. some sit up to keep the back and stomach up to the task again depending on my mood. Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheTin 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 With jared on that one. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 im lucky my office is 30 minutes away by bike or skate so I can keep some fittness just by going to work. unless you can get at it everyday though a little bit of extra training is needed if you want to stay in shape. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 sorry this goes a little off the topic, but i have to vent. last year i went to the gym a few times a week not just to stay in shape for boarding, but also to use the showers bc the crappy one in my apt is totally useless during the winter. i would onsen when the gym was closed or i was lazy, but thats more expensive. so i went to the gym on sunday to get ready for the season and as i was getting my stuff together for my nice warm shower the woman next to me was like- excuse me, but you can't use shampoo in the shower. whaaaaat??? i'm not allowed to wash my hair after a workout? !?!?! that's crazy!! everytime last year i could carry my onsen kit as i paid for the training room and no one said anything. this gym is a little strange- no water is allowed in the training room, you can only swim for 50 minutes at a time, no shampoo in the showers. but it's also super cheap and close to my apt. arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I hear you Nekobi! The shampoo rule is apparently to keep the homeless from showering? what good is a shower without soap? Swim caps, nazi swim staff that jump on you if you do anything wrong yet let baba chans walk across your lane as you are steaming in racing ian thorpe to the finish line etc etc. 50 mins sucks to because the wait builds up the lactic acid and is actually not a good thing to do in the middle of a workout! nuts eh! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 In my experience, you get the most stupid rules in public sports facilities. I joined two private gyms as a member and never experienced any stupid stuff at all. I first encountered the "everyone out the pool for ten minutes every hour rule" at a public swimming pool in Kawanishi near Osaka. I have only come across the "no drinking rule" at the training room of a public gym in Omachi. Maybe the bureaucrats that come up with such nonsense are ex-members of some high school sports team where they have a "no drinks for first years" rule (first years get a bad deal in many club activities). They still have to run laps like everyone else, and in summers hotter than this one it's not uncommon to have kids being hospitalized due to heat exhaustion. My only complaint about the private gyms I went to is that they were all always far too hot. If you're doing aerobic exercise for fitness on equipment with heart rate monitoring, the cooler you can keep, the harder you have to work to raise your pulse to the set level in the machine. If it is close to 30C in the gym, your pulse will climb naturally without you doing anything. In cycling mags, they always urge you to set up one or two big fans in front of your exercise bike. If you just want to sweat off weight, you should go in a sauna. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Just to add to the general whinge about gyms in this place.....you'd think that with all the old fellas standing around on the roads waving red batons, they would be able to find one male to tidy the mens change room. Is it a law in this country that mens' changes rooms must be patrolled by a Japanese grandmother on a regular basis? Also had a pool nazi once try to tell me that swimming with a wedding ring on is dangerous and that I had to take it off before I could get in the water. ...and don't even mention tattoos! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I always shampoo after swimming. No problem at the Shibuya sports center. You can claim and tell people "I have atopic dry skin, so I have to use soap!" My friend told me, she can't go to gym nor swimming pool because of her tattoos. But there many tattoo girls at my swimming pool, and they are not cute in swim suit. Is swimming good fitness training for skiing? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I always say it, but I'm going to try and be as fit as possible this winter. It's just so difficult though. After a day on the hills I'm just so hungry, then thirsty, then hungry again. There's no escaping it! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Yeah, scouser, we're tired of hearing your empty fitness resolutions. Every year, it's the same story. "Right, this year..." "This year, for sure..." Jeez. (Just how fat are you anyway?) Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Not fat, honest! Just want to be a bit fitter! Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 No fitness training for me, just on the slopes. Link to post Share on other sites
pjem 0 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'm starting a keep fit routine now to get me ready for action. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Cheese is good for you. (And delicious too!) Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Same or less for me! The action in the cold more than makes up for it. Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Exercise bike in the house. Link to post Share on other sites
nori-chan 0 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 I think I will wait longer before too much exercies Link to post Share on other sites
neversummer 0 Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 3-4 times a week with a good gym/cardio workout, especially on the legs (running, cycling or weights) and stomach/back should have you ready for the season..even if you start now. Link to post Share on other sites
cigs'n'booze 0 Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 I want to be fitter but don't want to give up on any of my cigs and booze Any tips for someone in my situation? Link to post Share on other sites
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