How do you stay fit??

I go to the gym 3 times a week, sail a laser at least 4 times a week, work as a glassy at the sailing club bar, Train for triathlon, which at the moment means running at least 15kms a week and doing 2 seessions a week on the bike, no swimming at the moment because it's too cold.....Oh and i Don't drink!

That's a bit too much fitness, i've tried the weight's thing, 100 reps each arm with something heavy, my prefered weight is a bottle of wild turkey and cola, if you are more advanced you could do this with a long neck of beer, some take this workout to serious and go for a full bottle of spirits, this particular exercise is performed while extensively exercising my neck and eye's while pushing out my chest for anything up to 15 minutes. After watching the scantley dress hot girls walk past i slowly drop my head fowards to my chest as i realize i'm too old for them, then quickly raise it again as more aproach, this is repeated for about 4 to 5 hours, the final step to my routine is a steady 4km walk after i reach into my pocket and see there is nothing in there for the taxi after paying $10 a bottle all night, thanks to the brilliant new grog tax. You should not repeat this extreme work out more than twice a week as it is not good for your wallet, or sunday morning surf..

Ride a bike to work.

Riding 45min to work beats the hell out of sitting in traffic for 45 min. Also beats the hell out of 45min on a train or tram having some sickly, snotty bloke sneaze cr@p all over you.

Good technique and gear helps to. For example I used to get stuffed when learning to water start, pretty good now and little effort required. Being overpowered and underpowered (excessive pumping) doesn't help, so rigging the right gear helps heaps.

Cold Melbourne water also seems to bugger me. Although this maybe partly mental.

Take up running. After 4 years of uni and drunken weekends, I decided to get back into my teenage passion of windsurfing. The problem was I weighed 114kgs. I'm now 91kgs and the last time I was windsurfing, I was out for 5 hours without a break.

If you can stick to twelve weeks of running, 3 times you'll be hooked. It sounds crap and I would have never thought I would have stuck to it but by going a bit further or faster each week it becomes very addictive. After various diets, gyms, footy etc I have found running the cheapest and most rewarding way of becoming and staying fit.

if your going to the pub dont catch a taxi home. just run home. works pretty good especially for footballers. just make sure you pick a pub close enuf to get home before the sun comes up. Other wise remember to take your sunnies with you.

Surfing and stand up paddling

Tornado is not old enough to drink and at his age he should be commended for concentrating his efforts on a healthy lifestyle and I hope he stick withs it.
More to life than grog mate.

I get a cardio workout from double shot coffees.


...it's not good for me is it?

So called "Optimal Diet" (try at Google)+swimming 30-40 minutes min 3 times/week.
Bicycle is good for windsurfers too (similar groups of mussles).

hey oceanblue was there much wind today for windsurfing what gear were ya sailing with ? over here at frankston it did not seem like there was much wind

I tried eating really fast, cos doing things fast must use more energy right? But this wasn't giving me enough of a workout, so now I eat three times as much to maximise the benefit.

Ocean Blue 64 ! - I was born 1965 :) Mate - see U at Lake Coomewarre !