Getting fit with SwordsMaster

**Vladimir** · 11-03-2006, 21:40

Smoothies are great for blending with supplements but don't forget to mention the other nutritional values. Personally I like to blend in as many kinds of berries as I can for the antioxidants.

**SwordsMaster** · 11-06-2006, 15:40

True, don't forget some milk, honey and a little almonds for that extra substance.

**Strike For The South** · 12-04-2006, 06:22

Well My maxes are pretty much the same. We are still playing but I plan to bulk up here are my goals for next season.

Bench:315
Squat:550
Power CLean:275
40yrd: 5 flat

I need to bluk and get faster. Anyone know any good supplememtns?

**Beirut** · 04-17-2007, 02:37

This thread has been quiet for a while. Guess a lot of us have been in winter mode. (Evidenced by the ten pounds of uselessness I've accumulated over the winter.)

My newest form of SwordsMasterian fitness is a 2 1/2 mile walk (verified with Google Earth) each night with 50lbs of steel weights in a backpack. The walk is mostly uphill and downhill, about a 1/4 of it is flat. It's really not that hard a walk, either because I'm an excellent walker (I am) or 50lbs just isn't that much. Mind you, the last 1/2 mile is all uphill and I admit to breathing a bit hard coming into my driveway. It was windy and rainy and snowy and very dark. Very enjoyable. Must be my Norwegian roots coming out.

I don't do any sports at all, can't stand group activities unless it's me and lots of women, but walking is wonderful, and the extra weight does make you control your breathing and stride more than you normally would. It takes a conscious effort to relax while walking with the weight on your back and not to stress up, but I think that's the brass ring in this kind of exercise.

Now, after a nice long shower, I'm drinking an excellent dark 9% Trois Pistoles beer and it tastes really, really good.

**naut** · 04-17-2007, 02:54

I do an 8km run every 2-3 days, which includes about 100-150 stairs (GAH!). Mainly to build up endurance for Football/Soccer.

**Beirut** · 04-17-2007, 02:58

Originally Posted by Rythmic

I do an 8km run every 2-3 days, which includes about 100-150 stairs (GAH!).

I wish I could run but the asthma limits me to a trot.

**naut** · 04-17-2007, 03:07

But 50lbs of weight in a backpack! (

) That more than compensates, that's double my school bag.

**Andres** · 04-17-2007, 10:08

Originally Posted by Beirut

I wish I could run but the asthma limits me to a trot.

Must be a nasty degree of asthma you have there.

A few years ago I had a serious asthma crisis (the only one I ever had, luckily), but since my new medication (Seretide Diskus, two inhalations a day, contains a very very low dose of cortizone), everything is fine.

I started to sport last year in February. Combined with limiting myself to healthy food, I lost 25 kg (50 pounds) in a year

Now I eat pretty much anything I want, the weight stays stable

Some powertraining (mainly weightlifting) twice a week (takes about 40 or 50 minutes) and at least one cardio session once a week (1 hour swimming, 45 minutes indoor cycling, 45 minutes running, cycling outside, varies alot, depending on the weather outside and the mood I'm in).