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Staying in good shape in the RL means a long EVE career, what do you do to workout?

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ShadowandLight
Trigger Happy Capsuleers
#1 - 2013-07-22 00:21:41 UTC
Here's me today on a chest / leg workout day

http://i.imgur.com/vT1mG4t.jpg

I usually do a fullbody weightlifting workout hitting different exercises currently doing dropsets

(For me a dropset consists of doing a heavy weight, usually 2 sets of x reps, then quickly drop the weight say 25% and do another 2 sets.)

Here's my Sunday routine.

Exercise (Doing 4 sets of each)- Weight

Dips 0
Medium Grip Chin-Ups 0
Triceps Extensions 100
Bench Press 100
Curl free weight 100
deadlift (plates per side) 5/4/3
Seated cable rows 220
Leg Press 500
Cardio (Stair Machine) mins 30

What do you to stay in shape when not playing EVE?
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-07-22 00:26:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
I start with a 2 mile run, then I work out 2 muscle groups. then I run another 2 miles, then work out another 2 muscle groups, then I run another 2 miles, then another 2 muscle groups.

Then I usually get bored and leave

*Edit: I do it every day Cool

Also 1 mile = 1.6km for you metricosexuals

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-07-22 05:57:28 UTC
Usually i do a 20-25km row in the mornings with a 30-35km row on the weekends as time permits. (i cba to convert that because thats what the rowing machine says P Its also made an american company but only has heathen km.) I've been rowing like this for going on 13 years now and ive built up a stamina to pull this off very comfortably in the morning.

Added to this i walk about about 1/2 a mile to the station in the morning and from there its an added 1/4 mile to the office, so its about 1.5miles daily walking commute.

Given that my office isnt too high up and if it isnt boiling hot i prefer to take the stairs, 5 flights is a nice work up and it scares the crap out of people when i enter via the doors not the lift. No one likes the boss coming in unannounced.

As soon as i discover a good surfing area in japan i shall example to that as well. I need ma surf!

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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#4 - 2013-07-22 06:38:17 UTC
Masturbation and lots of it. I learned from the japanese that you can get quite the workout by going into the horse stance and vigorously do your thing for five minutes. Works those inner thigh muscles and gets the heart rate up. Does anyone here ever wonder why they call it the horse stance? I've never seen my horses squat like that, and if I did I'd probably put em down because that'd probably be a sign that their legs are broken.

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Rain6638
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2013-07-22 06:47:11 UTC
i just eat less. the low body fat makes my veins pop, and people often ask where i work out. sure, some of the tone is from my military days (up til 1 year ago), but it just comes down to eating less. leaves more time and energy for other things

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Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#6 - 2013-07-22 07:05:17 UTC
Nothing! ^_^

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Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-07-22 07:17:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Le Badass
Back in the day I started out just running, nothing else, but eventually that got boring.
Then I got into weights and did that for a few years. That didn't really get boring as such, but two things happened:
1: I borked up my shoulder doing bench press - A classic, I know. I was working my way up to 120 kg (240 ish pounds, I guess), but stopped at 115 *sadface* ... Still, not to bad for a chap of 75 kg :-D
2: I saw a ghetto training video on Youtube, which made me see the errors of my purely weight lifting ways. Instead I constructed a ghetto training rack in my garden.

These days I almost only lift my own bodyweight. The exception is for the times when I go for peak load, where I do situps, chinps and pushups with a 30 kg load vest.
Other than ghetto workout, I run (not that long anymore, I don't have the patience), mountainbike and swim.

I hope to get into good enough shape/agility to do some parkour-inspired running some time.

EDIT: Shadowandlight, if you do 0 dips and chinups, why mention them? P

EDIT2: I'd probably stay in shape anyway, but admittedly sometimes the workout is fueled by the guilt of sitting at the screen, droning around New Eden for hours.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2013-07-22 08:09:45 UTC
After 6-8 hours of doing the plank I will do a squatting position for around 15 min.

I also do a 2.5km run 3km bike ride and maby another 10km of rowing on a night.
Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-07-22 09:36:55 UTC
6-8 hours of the plank. You must have one hell of a strong core. Are you a buddhist warrior monk or something? :D
Max Godsnottlingson
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2013-07-22 09:53:09 UTC
Bugger Eve, I'm 55 and lucky to have just retired. I plan on enjoying it. For a long time

Half hour cycle ride to my local swimming pool
An hour swimming
Half an hour cycle ride home

Everyday but Sunday. Sunday is grandkids day, so I work out harder then! Big smile
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#11 - 2013-07-22 16:40:21 UTC
i like swimming (lake in the summer and the rec center a town over from me in the colder months)

i also like yoga and sometimes pilates.

other than that not much routinely. if i'm feeling particularly motivated i might use the exercise bike or the treadmill that good money was spent on.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#12 - 2013-07-22 17:22:17 UTC
i do absaloutly sweet bugger all Bear
Sturmwolke
#13 - 2013-07-22 22:59:17 UTC
Finger Lifts 1000+
Eyeball Stretch 3000+
Head Shake 10
Cheek Ups 30+
Bowel Gas Release 2
Jaw Crunch 1
Tumahub
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-07-23 00:44:45 UTC
Hike/Jog plus some basic strength training like pushups, crunches, and pull-ups. No desire to bulk up, but it keeps me energized throughout the day.
Freakdevil
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-07-23 01:00:31 UTC
1 hour cardio, every other day. Lift weights at least 3-4x per week. Usual Chest / Back routine Shoulders / Legs Tri / Arms

Wish I had more time for the gym as I lost alot of my bulk size over the years Cry
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2013-07-23 01:02:54 UTC
Freakdevil wrote:
1 hour cardio, every other day. Lift weights at least 3-4x per week. Usual Chest / Back routine Shoulders / Legs Tri / Arms

Wish I had more time for the gym as I lost alot of my bulk size over the years Cry


Less time at gym adds bulk Blink

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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#17 - 2013-07-23 09:00:03 UTC
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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#18 - 2013-07-23 11:38:27 UTC
This is my profession and in my professional opinion, body weight work with the utilization of things that mimic the tools of labor and other things that increase the instability of the surface, say like indo disks and boards, you are working on is ideal.

And then fun stuff like Scott Sonnon teaches

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But most of my daily work consists of working with highly disabled individuals that requires me to medium to max assist. I train stroke, cardiac, brain cancer, and other TBI survivors and others with severe disabilities.
Sir Spottington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#19 - 2013-07-23 22:55:58 UTC
i walk to the fridge and back, which is about 10ft from me. I do that alot

sometimes i venture outside, my eyes normally hurt so i go back inside after about 10mins
Something Random
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-07-24 22:50:43 UTC
Im buff - and getting buffer

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