What is your exercise regime?

[barsoomcore]

And let's not get started on Scottish clothing.

Or, in fact, Scots. Er.

 

[danbuter]

I go to the gym four times a week. Mondays and Thursdays, I do preacher curls, benchpress, situps, and stairclimber.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, I do arnolds (dumbbells straight up), reverse sit-ups, pull-downs, dips, and stairclimber.
Yeah, I'm in pretty damn good shape these days .

 

[barsoomcore]

Okay, so I actually went to the Y yesterday and did a little swordfighting practice.

Ran through my Katori Shinto Ryu omote-tachi and omote-bo, and my NakayamaKai kenjutsu, jojutsu and kihon dosa. Yay!

Now I'm very stiff. But yay. Yay me.

 

[DungeonMaster]

Hmm... can't comment on Kenjutsu but I do Haidong Gumdo, an ancient Korean form of sword fighting, and I can guarantee it's more of a workout than any other martial art or sport I've ever done (including fencing).
It's relatively unknown outside of Korea but gaining popularity abroad (in Canada in particular). We use bokken and live blade for training purposes, much like Kenjutsu I beleive, or at least Yagyu style.
30 minutes of Gumdo "basic training" - a series of roughly 1000 sword swings with some brutal stances and displacements - will flatten even a fit person.
The only other combat art I've found that equates to the same workout is wrestling and even then it's a different muscle emphasis and you're not "expected" to wrestle for over long.

 

[ledded]

I imagine that's how all Scottish sports started. I mean, dwarf-tossing? C'mon.

For that matter, I think that's how most Scottish food started. A bunch of drunk guys sitting around the farm at night, daring each other to eat things.

Yeah, I imagine it went something like this:


Seamus: "Eh, Conner, I bet I cood toss tha' stick a bi' farther than yi!"

Conner: "Is that righto, lad? I bet I cood toss this.... tree! Yah, dis fookin tree!"

Seamus: "...blimey Conner, tha's a big fookin tree..."

McGrath: "Er, I'm noot as strong as yi two, but I bet I ca eat this... sheeps stomach stuffed with all manner o' nasty gut bits! Ha! How aboot tha'?!?"

Conner: "Aw JeesusMaryAnJoseph, McGrath... you've got ta be muckin' aboot!"

Donnel: "I can beat tha'. I'll do aaaaaall o' tha'... but wearin' ah fookin' skirt!"

<stunned looks>

McGrath: "Um... will i' 'ave yi' tartan on it, Donnie?"

Donnel: "Of course ya daft barmy pillock! I'm noot some nellie knob-jockey, yi barkit wee minker! Say tha' again an' eh'll gie u a right clout, pal!"

Seamus, to Conner: "Aye, he's a rank nutter, that Donnel, 'i jus' might doo et..."

Conner: "Eh'll drink ta tha!"

 

[der_kluge]

I'm guessing I've got you beat. The second day of GenCon, I got both a kidney stone and tonsilitis. I think I lost about 40 pounds, but with the Vicodin, it was hard to remember. Still made it to the finals in the Eberron open, though.

Oh well, if that's the game you want to play, then GenCon 2001, I got Mono.

My friend who went with me had a horrible time. I guess I did nothing but complain the entire time. Fortunately, it didn't really set in until the last two days or so. By Sunday, it was the worst. I went to a Monte Cook seminar with hives!

 

[ledded]

Hmm... can't comment on Kenjutsu but I do Haidong Gumdo, an ancient Korean form of sword fighting, and I can guarantee it's more of a workout than any other martial art or sport I've ever done (including fencing). .

When I was in Montreal a while back I met some guys who did Haidong Gumdo, and went to watch them practice. I can attest that it's *very* physical, and looked like a ton o' fun.

It's relatively unknown outside of Korea but gaining popularity abroad (in Canada in particular). We use bokken and live blade for training purposes, much like Kenjutsu I beleive, or at least Yagyu style.
30 minutes of Gumdo "basic training" - a series of roughly 1000 sword swings with some brutal stances and displacements - will flatten even a fit person.
The only other combat art I've found that equates to the same workout is wrestling and even then it's a different muscle emphasis and you're not "expected" to wrestle for over long.

It was similar in many respects to how we trained in Shinkendo; quite a bit of sword swinging/movement drills using different bokken and even shinken (live blade). The website for shinkendo has some really cool videos and pictures of the founder and others doing some neat stuff with live blades. I used to love doing the multi-target tameshigiri (test cutting) that you got to do after you had advanced to higher levels after several years of training.

I wrestled for a bit when I was in high school, and it was a great workout too; more muscle/stamina oriented but very good.

 

[barsoomcore]

When I was in Montreal a while back I met some guys who did Haidong Gumdo, and went to watch them practice. I can attest that it's *very* physical, and looked like a ton o' fun.

Plus it's called Haidong Gumdo. Just saying it cheers me up.

Haidong Gumdo.



See?

 

[Desdichado]

ledded, I'm saving that.

 

[Felix]

4 days a week:

5:15 am. Wake up.
5:45 am. At the boathouse.
6:00 am. On the Potomac River rowing.
7:30 am. Off the water.
7:45 am. Run to work downtown DC.
8:15 am. Shower at work.
8:40 am. Breakfast.
9:00 am. Ready to WORK!
...
5:00 pm. Out of work, at happy hour with fellow rowers.
...
7:30 pm. Passed-friggin-out.

Seriously, anyone who wants to exercise needs to get themselves to the nearest public or private boathouse and look into rowing in the mornings. It gets you moving, gives you energy, and rowing buddies are the best drinking buddies you can find.

Which, interestingly enough, segues into another topic that cropped up around here.

I quit smoking about 2 years ago after smoking for 5, and I did it to row better. My quitting technique: The physical addiction is easy to conquer, it's the psycological that's the honker. And the worst psycological hurdle is the smoking-while-drinking bit. So...

Day 1: Quit smoking
Evening 1: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 2: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 3: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 4: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 5: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 6: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 7: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 8: Get Drunk.
Day & Evening 9: Get Drunk.

Heh. And every time you do that, make sure you're with friends that won't let you smoke, and carry a box of toothpicks around to take care of any oral fixation you might have.

A two-week bender will solve your smoking problems.

I can't say it will help with your drinking problems however.