Making the news today....

[sime42]

2 hours ago, Mark J said:

Agreed, boxing training is hard work. I had done some circuit training and thought I was fit. I did some shotokan in the past, but hadn't done hitting things for a while. Was encouranged by a mate to come along to a gym in Newcastle ran by an ex commando PTI who used to train boxing teams. That was a killer - fair play to anyone who does that sort of training day in day out. He would run 5 sessions a day - ran the same speed uphill as he did downhill, absolute menace but I learned alot. 

Lifting heavy things is good for you, too. My mental health dropped off when I stopped throwing trees into the back of a van, it took me a while to realise what I was missing. 

 

 

It's becoming apparent that physical strength is as important as cardiovascular fitness, when it comes to ageing well.

 

I'm on the look for a nice lifting stone. 

 

The Cumbrian man on a mission to revive stone lifting heritage

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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A Cumbria farmer is on a mission to track down England's ancient lifting stones.

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

It’s unbelievable Sime, and fair play to those boys.

Did anyone else see the footage of that hench 14 year old putting all the stones on the barrels this week?

 

I’m very lucky that at 56 I’ve never had any back issues.

The rest of my body is a different story….

 

If I had to lift those stones though, I would just rig a contraption that fired my Beretta straight into my spine with a 36g load, because the result would be the same!

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

It’s unbelievable Sime, and fair play to those boys.

Did anyone else see the footage of that hench 14 year old putting all the stones on the barrels this week?

 

I’m very lucky that at 56 I’ve never had any back issues.

The rest of my body is a different story….

 

If I had to lift those stones though, I would just rig a contraption that fired my Beretta straight into my spine with a 36g load, because the result would be the same!

 

I'm 49 and I've had a bit of a dodgy back for at least 30 years! I don't remember what year, I was round about 16, but I remember exactly what did it. Helping a bloke I was working for lift a big wood burner out the back of a van. It's never been the same since. Fine most of the time but if I do much prolonged lifting it kicks in with the familiar twinge. I fancy the idea of playing with one of those stones, (a smaller one), but the reality might be somewhat different.

 

No, not seen the hench 14 year old. Got a video to stick up?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark J]

[Steven P]

... apart from the ~2 million Indians who died during WW2 of course...