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Keeping Fit

Burnwinter

I seem to have cracked the code to distance swimming lately, coasted through my first continuous hundred laps yesterday at a bit over a minute a lap. I do 60 laps most days at the moment.

This was only five kilometres at a fairly slow pace and it's not an amazing achievement, but I'm pretty stoked. Didn't wear me out much, it's more that as I go further some interesting (read: I didn't know I had them) muscles start to indicate they're not quite in shape yet.

Reckon I might eventually be able to push toward ten kilometres if I keep on this track. I am a mostly self taught swimmer and do some stuff they say you're not supposed to, such as bilateral breathing.

Daz

Burnwinter that's darn impressive; good on ya bud.

jones

Burnwinter depends on who you ask I guess, 5km swimming sounds ridiculously long to me. Triathletes do less than that don't they.

Smashed my collarbone falling off my bike three months ago and now starting to get back to some bag work. Hope the titanium plate on my shoulder doesn't fall out

Burnwinter

Daz If I could train for a marathon (an act which would definitely injure me I'd say—I used to fuck up my spine jogging ten clicks ten years ago, that's why I swim), I reckon I could hypothetically finish a full "iron man" 😉

My mum reckons my grandfather could swim ten miles, so perhaps the Rottnest Island solo swim is something I could have a crack at in my "master's" era.

Daz

jones that sounds nasty jones. Were you riding on the road or off road?

Burnwinter

jones Are you Wolverine, because that'd be a great insight into why your posts are that way

Burnwinter

jones 5km swimming sounds ridiculously long to me. Triathletes do less than that don't they.

Yeah it's a long way for a normie. I'm definitely not a particularly fit man, though, for example I'm still carrying a few extra kilos from when I quit smoking. I'd call this a psychological breakthrough if anything: turns out if you get the economy of breathing and buoyancy correct, and just slow it all down, you can go far further than you'd think. Even after the five kilometres I wasn't gassed, so much as feeling like I'd reached my objective.

jones

Daz riding a mountain bike but funnily enough I don't do offroad. To be honest I used to ride my bike like a lunatic, writing emails on the way etc but this was really an innocuous accident, was a long day in the office then gym and guess my concentration wasn't 100% there on the way home.

First bone break/surgery in 15 or so years and went well so not complaining. Was back on weights in the gym quickly but hitting the heavy bag feels very different.

jones

Burnwinter nah I just carry a little more testosterone in me than the average North Australian man 🙂

I hear you about the economy of breathing, when I used to weigh a lot more than I do now (still at 95kg now) 8-10km roadwork early in the morning was standard because I was used to it, now it would be a different story. Never was much of a swimmer though is probably why 5km seems insane to me.

Burnwinter

jones nah I just carry a little more testosterone in me than the average North Australian man

Burnwinter

One thing about swimming a long way at the pool that's pretty funny is that some relatively fit guy will get in my lane, push the tempo, lap me once in eight laps then take a break as I go round, then pace me for a bit, then have a break as I go round, then disappear as I keep going round.

The anonymous and undeclared culture of "pool duels" has to crack you up, you can really feel it when the person in the next lane is thinking hard about exceeding you, because you so regularly pass and re-pass each other. There are some swimmers out there who are absurdly good as well, so there's no point getting cocky.

Burnwinter

😆 Nah man … but yeah, I tend to brag about certain things (for example my uncanny ability spot spelling errors), but although I deceive women by maintaining a vast beard that is a work of art for the ages, I can't lay claim to oozing testosterone.

QuincyAbeyie

Burnwinter for example my uncanny ability spot spelling errors

Uncanny indeed.

jones

Burnwinter I don't brag about my test levels either, don't even know what they are I just gave the most obvious explanation. Life's too short to half-arse your workouts or posting style on online football forums

Burnwinter

QuincyAbeyie 😂 In my defence: that wasn't a spelling error.

Burnwinter

jones Life's too short to half-arse your workouts or posting style on online football forums

Amen. On this we're in absolute agreement, my friend.

HomeSteak

So all year I said fuck running(that much,) I mean I still run 1000km per year, but I don't do ultras and marathons anymore. But last weekend I hit another 40km race, it was a charity stuff, the company sponsored me per km, so I had to get some money in for a good cause. It was not bad at all, 6:32 pace per km, little pain the next day, I was able to workout on monday.
I have been boxing for 4-5 years now, and I changed the gym this year, and there are 2-3 guys that go to local tournaments and stuff and I have to say I beat them up in sparing every single time, so I guess now I have to try and see how I do in an amateur fight. Maybe, if I'm stupid enough, I will go and try to see how I do in a proper fight in 2024.

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