WOOF Fitness

[Eastdog]

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You're thinking of the shops and the area around there aren't you? I mean the old city of Footscray council area. It's is a bit bigger than the-it includes Yarraville and Seddon and West Footscray. From the banks of the Maribyrnong to Ashley street to Maribyrnong rd across to Francis st. It'll take us at least a year.

Yeah more relating to my walking

[Remi Moses]

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Two dogs is the Keith Richards of Woof . In can’t believe he’s still alive .
Made a decision 5 years ago to drop weight as I was exercising and still putting on kilos .
Just tinkered the diet . It was bloody hard, but had to be done . Still jog 4 times a week and enter fun runs .
It’s a bit addictive

[comrade]

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Been boxing at a muay thai gym twice a week and have started running to get ready for a half marathon in October.

Muay Thai is an amazing way to keep fit and it's also savage as hell. I'd love to spend a few weeks at a camp in Thailand.

[AndrewP6]

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I played sport for years, but haven't done since 2010. Have gone to gym in more recent years as my main exercise. This summer has been the least I've done in some time though, spending lots of time at hospital with mum. I have a piece of equipment at home called a "KrankCycle",which is a stationary hand cycle, I try to do that to keep fitness up. It's easy to become unfit, especially for people in wheelchairs (we spend a lot of time sitting down!). This month I'm doing the Febfast fund-raiser for disadvantaged youth, so I'm giving up refined/added sugars, hope to lose a few kg's this way.

[Bulldog4life]

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I joined the local Anytime Gym about 6 years ago. I manage to get there 3 times a week usually. 45 minutes on the treadmill and then I do various weight training. Low weights I might add. It does make you feel stronger as you get older. As well as that I also walk a lot. Living only less than a 10 minute walk to the beach is great when walking too. Last September we bought an Old English sheepdog pup. My 2nd one. The first was over 40 years ago. Walking is a must as well as the dog park. So overall I try to keep fit for an old bloke.

[Twodogs]

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I played sport for years, but haven't done since 2010. Have gone to gym in more recent years as my main exercise. This summer has been the least I've done in some time though, spending lots of time at hospital with mum. I have a piece of equipment at home called a "KrankCycle",which is a stationary hand cycle, I try to do that to keep fitness up. It's easy to become unfit, especially for people in wheelchairs (we spend a lot of time sitting down!). This month I'm doing the Febfast fund-raiser for disadvantaged youth, so I'm giving up refined/added sugars, hope to lose a few kg's this way.

It's amazing how much more healthy you feel when you cut as much sugar out if your diet as possible.

[Eastdog]

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Great stuff fellow woofers!

[Bulldog Joe]

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Most of mine is down to a big helping hand from the genetics God. I have never dieted, I've smoked and done drugs most of my life (I've never drunk though, I despise alchohol and alcoholics), I've gone on benders that have lasted weeks (I went around to the milk bar once when I was 16 and didn't turn up again for two weeks. I was in Sydney but I had no idea how I'd gotten there. Mum was furious) but a few weeks ago I had my blood test and the doctor said that it was the best set of results he'd had seen that month and whatever I was doing I had to keep it up.

I think apart from the genetic thing it's the fact that I rarely drink anything but water and I always have a water bottle in arms reach.

I think my fitness is down to the genetic gods and I have absolutely no understanding of the drug scene.

My children marvel at my naivety with respect to recreational drugs.

My drug is actually alcohol but it is restricted to quality red wine and single malt whisky.

For real fitness I run and although I now space my runs more these days it still works for me.

[jazzadogs]

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Great stuff Woofers! Great to hear so many people looking after their health and fitness in whatever way they can find.

The Heart Foundation recommendation of 30min moderate exercise a day is a great starting point, especially for those walking - you should be at a point where you are struggling to hold a conversation. If you can speak in full sentences without losing your breath, you should be pushing a little bit harder.

[Eastdog]

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Would be good to have the like and thank options for the Hyde Street Band Enclosure board. Some very good posts on this thread.

[Daughter of the West]

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I played tennis for 20 years, reasonably seriously as a junior and then back to a three times a week and Uni and then down to two working full time. I combined that with attending the gym on and off, mostly doing weight training and cycle classes.

At the ripe old age of 27 I decided I'd had enough of tennis and needed a new challenge. On driving to a funeral (of all places!) I went past a circus school. Jumped on google as soon as I got home and signed up for an aerials class. Oh my god. It is addictive! I had loved playing on the monkey bars and the like as a child but was never allowed to do gymnastics, so this is me gettin my own back two decades later. I specialise in static trapeze and I'm completely rubbish, but my upper body strength has gone through the roof. And now I have a reason to do strength sessions at the gym - it will help me nail a trick come trapeze night.

Sadly, having a toddler pup means I can't exercise anywhere as much as I would like to, and I make myself do pilates once a week as maintenance, otherwise I seem to spend far too much time at the physio. I've also got a little setup in the garage - plyometric box, chin up bar, suspension trainer and elastic bands. Keeps me going when I can't get to a gym.

[Daughter of the West]

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I played sport for years, but haven't done since 2010. Have gone to gym in more recent years as my main exercise. This summer has been the least I've done in some time though, spending lots of time at hospital with mum. I have a piece of equipment at home called a "KrankCycle",which is a stationary hand cycle, I try to do that to keep fitness up. It's easy to become unfit, especially for people in wheelchairs (we spend a lot of time sitting down!). This month I'm doing the Febfast fund-raiser for disadvantaged youth, so I'm giving up refined/added sugars, hope to lose a few kg's this way.

Would love to sponsor you Andrew, are you happy to post a link?

[AndrewP6]

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Would love to sponsor you Andrew, are you happy to post a link?

That'd be awesome, thanks so much 😁

https://www.febfast.org.au/fundraisers/andrewpower/sugar

[westdog54]

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I was at my fittest about 10-15 years ago when I was at Uni. I'd walk to and from Parliament to uni rather than take a tram, plus I'd walk to and from home/ the station.

I was also playing Touch Footy with Twodogs and our old crew. I wish I'd done some timed 20m sprints back then, my intercept marking was my big weapon.

I have a gym at work which I should use a hell of a lot more than I do. Ill get someone knowledgeable at work to help put together a program of sorts so that its not wasted effort and I don't hurt myself.

[Twodogs]

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I was at my fittest about 10-15 years ago when I was at Uni. I'd walk to and from Parliament to uni rather than take a tram, plus I'd walk to and from home/ the station.

I was also playing Touch Footy with Twodogs and our old crew. I wish I'd done some timed 20m sprints back then, my intercept marking was my big weapon.

I have a gym at work which I should use a hell of a lot more than I do. Ill get someone knowledgeable at work to help put together a program of sorts so that its not wasted effort and I don't hurt myself.

I must admit that I was somewhat fitter back then. Was it really that long ago?

He he, You're hot Ando!