Health and Fitness

[Wayno]

What are you guys up to in terms of looking after your physical (and mental) health? I know some of you go to the gym, grapple, run etc. Let's congregate and discuss what you do / would like to do.

I used to love the treadmill but it currently fills me with existential dread for some reason. Needing the cardio and discovering (despite my complexion saying otherwise) I'm dependent on the sun for feeling some sort of happiness in any area of life, I've started walking. Yesterday being my 38th Birthday I went for a 38k walk.




When the weather gets better I'm going to join a local hiking / walking group.

[Null]

I go swimming about five times a week in an effort to improve my mental and physical health. I've been doing it for about 8 months now. It's been pretty good.

Eventually, I want to do some running/walking/gym work when I feel confident enough.

[Jassassino]

Similarly, I go to the gym about five times a week, usually on my lunch break Monday - Friday, give or take a couple of days every now and then if work is particularly busy.

Aside from that, I think I have a nice fitness routine rolling. Usually Fencing on Monday, self practice on Karate, Judo and weapons throughout the week whenever I can fit it in, a 10km run with a running group on Wednesday and a longer distance on the weekend, and I'll soon be starting kung fu back up on Thursday and Capoiera Fridays.

Feel like I definitely spread my body and myself too far and too thin sometimes, but I feel quite motivated with it all, ideally as a profession I'd like to choreograph fight scenes and supervise them on screen and stage - massive pipe-dream, I totally get that lol, but I have to/want to aim for something.

[tr0nic]

Just started running again this week starting on Tuesday. Been almost five years since I was running consistently. I'm 26 now and my metabolism has started slowing down and the minor gut I've cultivated shocked me back into it.

Starting easy with a little under 2 miles a day, feels great. I always hated distance running because my dad was on the cross country team in high school in the 70's, when distance running became this big health craze, and always tried to push me into it. A lot of his high school/childhood friends are ultra marathon runners. Just to spite him I joined the track team and did sprinting when I got to HS. All of a sudden though, gut or no gut, I've found that I actually really enjoy it when I go at my own pace and allow myself to walk when I feel like I'm not going to make it. Funny how that works. Weather's getting nice, combined with the running my general mental health has improved a bunch.

The area I live in isn't the best and there are very few quality gyms, so I mainly do prison workouts in my living room. Lots and lots and lots of push ups.

[Wayno]

I went bouldering for the first time yesterday and it's something I'd really like to incorporate in to my fitness regimen. Unfortunately I'm still dealing with a dropped shoulder blade / rotator cuff issue which I've just gone back to physio for and don't want worsen it. I might go again and just avoid anything with an overhang.

Anyone else ever been?

[TomRL101]

Squatted four plates, deadlifted five, and then started doing rolling fasts to lose 34lbs in about a month and a half. 16-26lbs left to go I think. Preserved all my muscle mass so far. Every isolation movement has remained the same or improved.
2025 has been an incredible year. Like Wayno though, I need a lot of sunlight or I completely shut down. My energy and motivation completely disappear. The real battle has only just begun. Doing everything I can to fight this this winter.

Turns out insulin control is the only way to lose significant weight and keep it off with ease(And fasting is the quickest way to fix your insulin sensitivity). Telling people to drop calories but keep carbs and often extremely unhealthy foods in the diet is what's killing the west. I'm not qualified. Don't listen to me unless you want to die. Consult your doctor and all that.

My best fast was four days but I'm aiming to destroy that soon. Something much more radical is in store. Thank you for letting me brag about it all.

[Jassassino]

I went bouldering for the first time yesterday and it's something I'd really like to incorporate in to my fitness regimen. Unfortunately I'm still dealing with a dropped shoulder blade / rotator cuff issue which I've just gone back to physio for and don't want worsen it. I might go again and just avoid anything with an overhang.

Anyone else ever been?

Oh shit, can't believe I missed this.

Love bouldering, been a good amount of times but I'm yet to get a membership anywhere because, despite the fact that I'd love to do it everyday, climbing centers in London are really overpriced (I guess it's just a fashionable thing to do right now). If I got another pay rise this year, I definitely think it's one of the first things I'd get.

Nearing that part of the marathon training where I'm doing long distance every week and cannot fucking wait to just get it all done lmao. I do love running, but I'll be happy to do it more casually in December (until January when I'll restart in prep for Brighton marathon that is in April... lmao)

[Wayno]

Oh shit, can't believe I missed this (I guess it's just a fashionable thing to do right now).

According to dating apps Padel and Hyrox are the choice of the health of fitness fashionistas these days.

I'm going to have to join you in running outdoors instead of the treadmill soon, Jass. My gym has 4 treadmills and they're all various states of fucked . How are the Pegasus holding up?

[Jassassino]

Edit: Hahahaha holy fuck I hate the quote function on this forum sometimes.

Oh shit, can't believe I missed this (I guess it's just a fashionable thing to do right now).

According to dating apps Padel and Hyrox are the choice of the health of fitness fashionistas these days.

What the hell is this?!

Oh shit, can't believe I missed this (I guess it's just a fashionable thing to do right now).

According to dating apps Padel and Hyrox are the choice of the health of fitness fashionistas these days.

I'm going to have to join you in running outdoors instead of the treadmill soon, Jass. My gym has 4 treadmills and they're all various states of fucked . How are the Pegasus holding up?

I got a hole in each foot where my little toe is, so I'm now rocking a new pair of Sauconys. 😪 This shit is too expensive. Worked out great for such a while though, definitely outlived its lifespan.

Also, hilariously enough, I'm doing a lot of pace work atm so I've just began this month running on the treadmill everyday except one day a week where I go for a group run at 5:40 per km pace. I've lowkey been loving watching YT video essays on what's meant to be a 12km training run.

[st3ve]

Used to be relatively fit but I've gotten pretty out of shape recently. I'm starting the couch to 5k program this weekend, hopefully I'll be a little fitter before christmas.