How fit is the .ORG?

[Craterus]

Number of sit-ups non-stop: I've done 500 before but then I got bored.

[The Stranger]

sit ups also 500, push-ups 75. can lift 100 kg. i'm 175 cm and 65 kg

[Beirut]

Asthmatic.

Yeah brother!

Do you do the "pocket slap", where you slap every pocket on you to make sure you're Ventolin is in one of them before you leave the house?

I sound like a drum machine whenever I head out the door.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Yeah sorry i meant pounds, around the 240 mark. In kilos my max is 110kg. Alot of the machines at my gym have kg and ib weights. Made a bit of a mistake there. My bad. Sorry!

[The Wizard]

Now to answer a question that has been bugging me all my life:

How much kg is a pound?

And for that matter: how much kg is a stone?

Damn island barbarians...



~Wiz

[ah_dut]

Now to answer a question that has been bugging me all my life:

How much kg is a pound?

And for that matter: how much kg is a stone?

Damn island barbarians...



~Wiz

2.2 pounds in a kg, 14 lbs in a stone iirc, I am not good with imperial

I guess this is what happens when I do not update the weight loss thread.

Nah, weight is not the sole measure here...I am very light but not particularly fit

[The Wizard]

And I'm not particularly light but fit. Even though I got to lose some winter fat that I didn't sleep off.



~Wiz

[ah_dut]

Well, i'm age 14, weigh 7 and a half stone, i'm 5'3". I can run forever if i want, just as long as i run at a slow steady speed. I can do 100m in 17-18 seconds and i a fat little git. I spend most of my time on my computer, and the only exercise i get is walking around my school (i reckon that's about 1mile a day) and walking the dog, which is about a mile. I am fairly strong, as i can just about pick up heavy things or drag them, and take them far distances if i want. Fit or not fit?

I thought economist readers were all slim, middle class people

Do some excercise mate, I was like you, except I was skinny...then I learned to enjoy weights and rowing

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Body fat - just enough, and all Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk!

B&Js Gobfather > NY Super Fudge Chunk (but both are good)

Anyway
Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)
Weight - 210-220
Bench press - Not sure
Press Ups - Not sure
Sit ups - 24 in a minute when I'm tired (2 hrs sleep night before up since 5), and stuffed full of nachos.
Mile - 15 mins same condition as sit ups
Pull ups - prob none

[John86]

Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)

Haha

[ah_dut]

B&Js Gobfather > NY Super Fudge Chunk (but both are good)

Anyway
Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)
Weight - 210-220
Bench press - Not sure
Press Ups - Not sure
Sit ups - 24 in a minute when I'm tired (2 hrs sleep night before up since 5), and stuffed full of nachos.
Mile - 15 mins same condition as sit ups
Pull ups - prob none

My friend, you're the epitome of fitness Where shall we arrange a bleep test and cross country along with rugby training?

Or better yet, a nacho eating contest...I have never won one against anyone in my class and against you I think that trend may continue

So which convinience store makes you shorter?

[Kaiser of Arabia]

7/11s tend to be more on the 5'10 side while Wawas are usually around 5'11

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year, and I might join Varsity Track next year (javalin)

[Orda Khan]

Personal bests
Bench press........145 kilo
Squat.................170 kilo
Deadlift ..............200kilo

100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days

.....Orda

[ah_dut]

Personal bests
Bench press........145 kilo
Squat.................170 kilo
Deadlift ..............200kilo

100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days

.....Orda

So how long ago was that? Yesterday? My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?

7/11s tend to be more on the 5'10 side while Wawas are usually around 5'11

Ahh, I see my friend

Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year, and I might join Varsity Track next year (javalin)

Why would they want you for the 1500m? I got the idea from a previous post you're not the next Paula Radcliffe

I like Jav, but hey...I thought you were more a shotput person

[John86]

100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days

.....Orda

My 40yd time is 5.46, would that be around 11.6 seconds in 100m? anyone know?

[John86]

Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year)

Football(American that is) is the way to go Kaiser.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

So how long ago was that? Yesterday? My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?


Ahh, I see my friend


Why would they want you for the 1500m? I got the idea from a previous post you're not the next Paula Radcliffe

I like Jav, but hey...I thought you were more a shotput person

they want me for both actually

[Papewaio]

Yeah brother!

Do you do the "pocket slap", where you slap every pocket on you to make sure you're Ventolin is in one of them before you leave the house?

I sound like a drum machine whenever I head out the door.

One of the triggers for my asthma is stress...

One of my stress triggers is not finding my inhaler...

So no inhaler, get stressed, have a mild asthma attack

[SwordsMaster]

My 40yd time is 5.46, would that be around 11.6 seconds in 100m? anyone know?

I would say about 13 s, but thats off the top my head.

[ah_dut]

110 yds is about 100m, you may speed up in the middle to flat out (most peopledon't apart from sprinters, real sprinters in my experiance) so I'd give you a time of around 12.8-9 seconds? that's slower than a boy in my class...British superiority!

they want me for both actually

why Jav? I'd always thought of that as a non brute force sport as I am quite good at it...you may have got the point I weigh very little and despite being able to bench my weight etc, I am not going to be challenging for Shotput anytime soon, I am 3rd best in my year at Javelin which is plain weird...I like it

[Kaiser of Arabia]

They specifically asked me for javalin first, then later for shotput.

[Orda Khan]

So how long ago was that? Yesterday? My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?

Before you were a twinkle in your father's eye

Deadlift is where you grab hold of the barbell from the floor and stand upright with it. It is one of the three powerlifts

.......Orda

[ah_dut]

Before you were a twinkle in your father's eye

Deadlift is where you grab hold of the barbell from the floor and stand upright with it. It is one of the three powerlifts

.......Orda

Thanks for the description...then I can deadlift about 2kg

[DemonArchangel]

I have this obssesive fear of squatting, so i just use the leg press machine.

[ah_dut]

I have this obssesive fear of squatting, so i just use the leg press machine.

Why? I swear they're about the same...I can do much more on the leg press though, it depends...our school has really low limits on the machines I mean only 85kg on the squat? I can do like 3x30 of that and i am not particularly strong

[Orda Khan]

I have this obssesive fear of squatting.

Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.

The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep. I can offer two suggestions that will overcome this.

A sensible training partner to spot your exercises ( remember the Bench press is equally dangerous )

Perform your Squats in a Power Rack. Should you be unable to ascend from bottom position there is no danger because bars are set to your lowest point and these will take the weight of the barbell. You can walk away in complete safety. The Power Rack is invaluable if circumstances dictate that you train alone.
Above all free weights are far more beneficial than any machine because you must use muscles to stabilise the exercise and your body will move according to your leverages.

You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine

.........Orda

[ah_dut]

Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.

The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep.

I dunno, I do mine on a machine as well as a cage thing because I can't actually life 85kg...seriously, I can squat it but have no chance of lifting it

You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine

Been there done that with a rack and an 80kg barbell...it's a miracle I survived

[SwordsMaster]

Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.

The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep. I can offer two suggestions that will overcome this.

A sensible training partner to spot your exercises ( remember the Bench press is equally dangerous )

Perform your Squats in a Power Rack. Should you be unable to ascend from bottom position there is no danger because bars are set to your lowest point and these will take the weight of the barbell. You can walk away in complete safety. The Power Rack is invaluable if circumstances dictate that you train alone.
Above all free weights are far more beneficial than any machine because you must use muscles to stabilise the exercise and your body will move according to your leverages.

You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine

.........Orda

Thats about right. I have to add that machines are better for isolation exercises, such as one leg at a time, on your toes, etc... I usually squat about 80 kg and then get on the machine and do sets of 45kg each leg separately as when you squal you are always using one leg more than the other and want to level them up.

[Fragony]

On the bench 70 kg, not my strongest point, but I can do 50 pushups without much effort.

lenghth 1.86
weight 85 kilo

Overall I am in pretty good condition.