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benjuro wrote:Not to derail this one, but maybe we start another thread soon, share Kung fu movie recommendations...

Dude?

Do all the exercises from the 36th Chamber and check back...

sonidero wrote:Do all the exercises from the 36th Chamber and check back...

I like your style.

benjuro wrote:Also, I'm a huge Kung fu fan...Ip Man is awesome, as is Donnie Yen. Friends and I used to get together for "Samurai Sunday," watch a flick and hang out but you know how shit gets when dudes get married and start having kids. I still watch one almost every sat morning before my wife gets up...have Ip Man 2 at home now.
Not to derail this one, but maybe we start another thread soon, share Kung fu movie recommendations...

first recommendation: Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey's a good one.

People've been uploading full length Kung Fu films on YouTube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rhqqKHncEA[/youtube]

If only because this track contains a sample:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgioBL8EO_0[/youtube]

Iron Monkey is a good one. I like everything from the traditional b&w samurai flicks...you know, tons of slow espionage buildup before the one fight scene at the end...to the cheesy ridiculously-dubbed low budget fight-with-cardboard-props-every-30-seconds oldies...to the newer digital effect cross-breeds.
My first rec would be the remake of 13 Assassins, mostly because I just watched it recently-for the 2nd time. Not a ton of Kung fu but lots of fight scenes and swordplay.
No exercise since Sunday, I just quit the job I started two weeks ago, but I don't start work again til Friday, so I'll get a good workout in tomorrow...along with Ip Man 2 hopefully!

Went on an 8 mile road bike ride with my wife today. Hit some gnarly hills too, was a nice workout

I went on an 8 mile bike ride ride (round trip) to get some guitar strings this morning but the store was closed.

I got a DUI so I can't drive for a year, but I figure getting around on a bike will be a good way to get back in shape. I used to ride a bike or walk to get everywhere and driving made me super lazy.

Officer Bukowski wrote:I went on an 8 mile bike ride ride (round trip) to get some guitar strings this morning but the store was closed.

I got a DUI so I can't drive for a year, but I figure getting around on a bike will be a good way to get back in shape. I used to ride a bike or walk to get everywhere and driving made me super lazy.

Bikes rule!!

sucks that the store was closed,


I have a 5k race tomorrow
I won't be racing though it will be more of a survival test

Man, good luck on the 5k!

Just went on a 13-mile bike ride with my friend, but 2 miles out from the truck his pedal...hub thing self-destructed and with no tools on us it wasn't repairable. So he stood on his crappy crooked pedals, chain dragging behind while I rode alongside and pushed his back, both of us cackling like idiots. It was an adventure.
I kinda want to fix up my old mountain bike or something; right now I'm on a 50-pound industrial bike and he's on a BMX one
It'd just be a little easier for long rides. I can pedal my ass off all day but the bike's only gonna go so fast, although I do really love riding it.

I forget if I posted in this a while back or not.

It is nice to see that so many people here are just as motivated towards exercise as they are towards music and such! I tend to be obsessive over every little thing I do (all or nothing!) but maybe I can share some info with you doods.

I run 5-6 miles three times a week, and have started incorporating body weight resistance training into the other days. Getting one of those multi-use pullup bars that have like eight grips or whatever on them is a great idea. The kind that doesn't need to be screwed into your door frame. I think the term is "cantilever." Anyways. I thought that using it to do pushups was kind of stupid and/or redundant, but if you put your feet up on a chair and use it, you can get a really deep range of motion that can really kick your ass.

I used to think that there would be no way in hell I could ever run more than maybe three miles, but if you just do it (run farther than last time) and bear with it for a few weeks, you'd be surprised how easily you can go from three to four miles, to five, and to six or seven! As for shoes, if you don't have a specialty store that can monitor your feet while you run, then you can always try out stability, or motion-control type running shoes. Stability offers more support and "alignment" and motion-control offers the most. I used to have problems with my ankles and knees after running, but once I got some stability shoes, things are much better!

Gunslinger's right--I was shocked how quickly I was up to 3 miles, after not having done anything for months.

Hbomb, good luck today bro, let us know how it went!!!

I started riding my bike to the train station to go to work. It makes me feel really good for some reason.

benjuro wrote:Gunslinger's right--I was shocked how quickly I was up to 3 miles, after not having done anything for months.

Hbomb, good luck today bro, let us know how it went!!!

Really hilly course but I ran 26 minutes. Which is about 4 minutes faster than I have run in years wicked stoked to get out and run again!

Congrats man that's awesome!
I'm going to try 3.5 miles today...and going to have to get off the treadmill and go run in the street soon.