Hobbies

[_tom_]

Cheers Dave, the annoying thing is I'm at an almost "normal" weight now but still have a belly and some moobs left :( good job I enjoy cycling!

[Loomer]

I have a ridiculous metabolism, allowing me to eat pretty much anything I want, and only bulk up the tiniest bit. However, I do bike to work a lot, so there's a factor.

Nice to know mountain biking did that to you Tom! Sounds LOADS more fun than some arse-boring treadmill :lol:

[Afghan Dave]

I suggest you buy one of these (to begin with)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/York-Vinyl-Kettlebell-16-kg/dp/B0028RZ742/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1320921140&sr=8-7

and a DVD by Anthony DiLuglio

http://youtu.be/KcPRwuTO4p8


You will be hooked, stronger, more flexible and never pay a gym membership again in your life!

[Philly Q]

In the last year or so my main non-guitar hobby has been fitness/weight training.  It was kinda forced on me: I went to buy a new suit & to my horror had to buy 38" waist trousers with it :oops: , so I had a health check at work & was even more horrified to discover that I had >25% body fat :( .  But I've really enjoyed it this time around - even after 8 months, I look forward to my next workout...

haha Antag I considered 38" trousers an achievement a few months ago! I think at my largest I was something ridiculous like 46" :oops: Now down to a 34" thanks to 2 months of non-stop mountain biking in Canada :D

The annoying thing is, you buy trousers in your "new" size but before you've even worn them you're a size smaller again... you end up with a sort of "gallery" of different-sized jeans (which you hope you'll never need again, even though it's a waste).  :(

Well done though, gents.  :)

[Antag]

So that's what has kept you so busy and away from the forum
Good for you!

Yeah, well there's that plus one other "hobby" that took me away for a while:  Nappy changing :| - my wife gave birth to our third child in June (don't think I mentioned it here, sorry :oops:) :)

Plus I've been flat-out busy at work too...

[_tom_]

Nice to know mountain biking did that to you Tom! Sounds LOADS more fun than some arse-boring treadmill :lol:

Yeah I can't do normal gym-based or routine exercise. It's so boring. I didn't even realise how much exercise I was doing in Canada especially as I was getting the chairlift to the top of the mountain each time.. but it was a 5km ride each way, which is nothing on a road bike but can be a bit of a pig on an overbuilt downhill bike with fat tyres :lol: Combine that with at least 8 downhill runs a day which are actually pretty tiring and I guess it all adds up. I got about 200 runs in total :)

It obviously wasn't all done in the last 2 months, its been a steady thing over at least 3 years. Mostly road biking.

[Antag]

You will be hooked, stronger, more flexible and never pay a gym membership again in your life!

Yeah, that's pretty much what I did (I bought the 300 Workout & Ultimate Kettlebells books).

I've been training in my garage and adding equipment as I've needed it, so it hasn't cost me much at all, but it's been a lot of fun & I feel much better for it...

[MrBump]

So that's what has kept you so busy and away from the forum
Good for you!

Yeah, well there's that plus one other "hobby" that took me away for a while:  Nappy changing :| - my wife gave birth to our third child in June (don't think I mentioned it here, sorry :oops:) :)

Plus I've been flat-out busy at work too...

Congrats!  The most worthwhile hobby ever!

[Sifu Ben]

Martial arts are obviously my main hobby, and computer RPGs, although my son is taking up a lot of time now.

I like the new web site.

Thanks, it's needed doing for about 3 years, now that it's finally done I'm really happy with it.