« What Annoys Me! | Main | Are You a Ninger? »

What Do I Do to Keep Fit Meme

Donald Taylor tagged me and I am going to talk four other unsuspecting souls into  telling the world what they do to keep fit.

I do five different things things: the first is run: you can see the blog entry about this; four time a week usually but never less than three times over the last 6 months. I have my Nike + plugged into my iPod so I get challenged to run more, faster and further and it works!

Two is Pilates. I try to do that on the days I don't run. A series of personal stretches etc worked out by an excellent teacher -Julia Skene-Wenzel- for me only. AS I am probably severely remedial when it comes to Pilates I like the benefits, and the lack of humiliation, of one on one.

Three: I walk up escalators, rarely letting them carry me to the surface and if I don't walk I do stretching exercises by dropping my foot below the  rising step and stretching the calf and achilles. Even more powerful if you stand on one leg and put the whole body weight into the stretch.  Brilliant stretch and the goal is to hold it to the very top.

Walk: Long walks every weekend that it is possible. Got to know London well by exploring its nooks and crannies. A five mile walk is so easy yet you can cover a huge chunk of London in that distance.

Five: cycle. Love riding my bike, even in London but specially out of London. Did the C2C last year which was hard, very hard, but fantastic. 160 miles from Whitehaven on the west coast to Gateshead on the east.

What does it add up to? Someone who wants to be a lot fitter but hangs in there as best he can. I reckon I spend at least 4 hours a week trying to stay fit.  Max 6. This does not sound a lot but the key is doing a little a lot.

My four tagees are:  Nic Price, Red Sultana , Ali Wright and Martin Jack.  I will be very happy to read the results.  We need some women in this meme! The only problem now is to actually tell them

Posted on Friday, 23 March, 2007 at 01:39 PM by Registered CommenterNigel Paine | Comments1 Comment | References17 References

References (17)

References allow you to track sources for this article, as well as articles that were written in response to this article.
  • Response
  • Response
    Response: Fit Meme
    Sadly the short answer is nothing and the result is I’m not fit.
  • Response
    Response: fitness
    Suite fitness history.
  • Response
    Response: pilates
    pilates worldwide information.
  • Response
    Response: teacher
  • Response
    Response: fitness
    Great fitness treatmants.
  • Response
    Response: work from home
    work from home opinion.
  • Response
    Response: ipod
    ipod web's best info.
  • Response
    Response: Rapid Weight Loss
    cool article
  • Response
    Response: Mentoring for Free
  • Response
    Response: carisoprodol
    I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
  • Response
    Response: ohbjgnif
    xqiuaafh [URL=http://cqexvmbf.com]bgwvbfpa[/URL] bthpilkd http://buiysajr.com zmgijunn nypkdgpr
  • Response
    Response: reductil
    Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
  • Response
    Response: finasteride
    O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
  • Response
    Response: Ftness Help
    Complete line of Fitness tools.
  • Response
    Nobody can do everything. As your business grows you will need to outsource some of the work. You could hire employees but those ongoing costs can eat up a lot of capital. What if you need a certain task this employee does not know how to do? Do it yourself or ...
  • Response
    Response: ankle tattoos
    ankle tattoos

Reader Comments (1)

Hey Nigel, thank you for making me feel guilty about my completely fitness-free regime. I am a bad person. CB
28-March-2007 | Unregistered CommenterCellobella

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
All HTML will be escaped. Hyperlinks will be created for URLs automatically.