What about cycling to and from work? By the time you get there you are energised and at the end of the day it wakes you up too.
Startup Fitness: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Working Out
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#32I tell practically everyone I know to try Crossfit. There are two basic difficulties with any exercise regimen, and Crossfit nails both: 1. Figuring out what to do. 2. Actually doing it, consistently, over the long haul. Crossfit will teach you how to do the old-school, badass basics of fitness--stuff that will get you in great shape and is actually fun to do. No gimmicks, no miracles, just stuff that will kick your…
Crossfit seems to be for people who are already pretty strong athletes. Is it really something you can just jump on board with if you're fairly out of shape? I've spent the last few months following the "Starting Strength" plan ( http://startingstrength.com/ ) with the idea of getting in good enough shape to do crossfit.
Doing starting strength to get to crossfit seems a bit...backwards...to me.
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#33Another place to look if you want a structured environment is your local community college. I recently rediscovered my love for playing soccer and was pleasantly surprised to find I could take a twice weekly class as a non-degree-seeking student. We spend most of the class scrimmaging.
They offer all sorts of sports like basketball, swimming, weight lifting, martial arts, dance, etc.
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#35Another place to look if you want a structured environment is your local community college. I recently rediscovered my love for playing soccer and was pleasantly surprised to find I could take a twice weekly class as a non-degree-seeking student. We spend most of the class scrimmaging. They offer all sorts of sports like basketball, swimming, weight lifting, martial arts, dance, etc.
That's a fantastic idea! I didn't realize you could take sports as a class...
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#36Start lifting weights. As someone else suggested, Starting Strength is a good place to begin with. Get someone to coach you so that your progress is kept under control and you don't hurt yourself with bad form.
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#37Another place to look if you want a structured environment is your local community college. I recently rediscovered my love for playing soccer and was pleasantly surprised to find I could take a twice weekly class as a non-degree-seeking student. We spend most of the class scrimmaging. They offer all sorts of sports like basketball, swimming, weight lifting, martial arts, dance, etc.
Awesome idea. Local YMCAs often have similar stuff, too.
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#38Being overweight and having lost 35 lbs this year with plenty to go(I'm still overweight), I would say that you are more likely to work out and be active if you lose weight. That doesn't require much if any exercise, just an intelligent diet. I'm not anti-exercise and I've worked out a lot in the past, but I've found that being skinnier makes being active easier and more fun. Moving sucks if you're carrying an extra…
Good call.
I've lost 25% of my body weight this year (I started on 4 Jan) -- 16 to 12 stone, ~100kg to 75kg. I've run marathons and climbed mountains in the past -- big Himalayan lumps and I've sumitted Denali, for example -- so I know what fit means. Or at least my body does.
Exercise comes naturally after losing weight, It is incredibly hard when you are overweight. At the start of the year I would sweat walking around the supermarket. Now, I run six miles over the local hill for an hour and a half. And it's marvellous. But it isn't easy. It requires single minded, selfish determination.
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#39Having just moved to SF, I knew I had to get back to a gym, so I started looking around and was shocked at how expensive the prices were. Upwards of $100/month for anything decent, which is way out of my budget. I just started P90X, I'm on day 5 and everything cost me $90 and I own the equipment, rather than paying a high monthly gym cost. I probably get better results and spend less time traveling to/from the gym be…
Another suggestion - check out Never Gymless by Ross Enamait. It's a fantastic resource for people who either don't want to go to a gym or just those of us who work really late some days and don't want to miss a workout.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Crossfit seems to be for people who are already pretty strong athletes. Is it really something you can just jump on board with if you're fairly out of shape? I've spent the last few months following the "Starting Strength" plan ( http://startingstrength.com/ ) with the idea of getting in good enough shape to do crossfit.
Doing starting strength to get to crossfit seems a bit...backwards...to me.
It's also a bit ironic that starting strength will teach him the proper mechanics for most compound lifts, and then Crossfit will turn around and teach him how to work as quickly as possible with an often times alarming disregard for form.
If anything, I'd look into barbell complexes as a way to prepare for Crossfit.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_trai...
Check out the Cosgrove Evil 8, it's one of my all time favorites.