Escapist, what is your level of athleticism?

[Fijiman]

Well to put it simply, if/when the zombie apocalypse happens I better hope that the zombie hoards are the slow shambling type instead of the running type. I should also probably work out more often.

 

[Danny Dowling]

Well to put it simply, if/when the zombie apocalypse happens I better hope that the zombie hoards are the slow shambling type instead of the running type. I should also probably work out more often.

same for the time being, i just had something akin to a double hernia op on both groins on saturday and has some mesh put in both sides, can barely walk properly atm lol

 

[Zen Bard]

I'd say it's above average.

I started working out in college (a long time ago) and dabbling in martial arts with some judo, tae kwon do and tai chi (not to be confused with chai tea).

About ten years ago I trained heavily in muay thai. That was a crash course in fitness as some of my sparring partners are now professional MMA fighters.

Then a few years ago, I got into parrkour but messed up my hip so I had to put the brakes on that.

Most recently, I joined a kung fu school...both as a way to rehabilitate my hip and because it's something I always wanted to do.

Not bad for a skinny former science nerd who was always picked last in gym. (Basically, I AM Peter Parker...except for that whole radioactive spider and super power bit)

I hear you on the parrkour. I messed myself up worse trying that than I ever did getting into the ring with people. I was an amateur boxer in the Army and trained in several disciplines of martial arts. None of that came anywhere close to beating the crap out of me like messing up while attempting parrkour.

Which discipline of Kung Fu are you studying?

I saw you mentioned the boxing in a previous post. So you did it with the Army? Geez. That's brutal! One time a couple of Rangers came to check out our muay thai school. Those guys were tough! They may not have been fast, but they had stamina and could take a punch (or three!)

The thing about parkour is that, like martial arts, you have to commit. So if you're going to do a vault over an object, you have to go for it. If you hesitate for even a fraction of a second, you'll get injured. That's what happened to me. I'd either snag my leg during a vault or face plant on a precision. Concrete hurts way more than someone else's fists.

Right now, I'm studying wuyi shaolin "White Leopard" style.

 

[jklinders]

I'm strong but I'm not fit. i carry a lot of extra weight around but I have little difficulty working a 8-10 shift on my feet workinga physical job without stopping or breaks if I need to. I'm a very weird combination of high strength and stamina but terrible cardio.

I need to get out walking more and lose at minimum about 40 lbs.

 

[thundra]

I'm not athletic person, I hate exercise and all kinds of sports I rather write short stories and draw.

 

[blackrave]

You're average gladiator
No, not those show-offs from that one movie, but historically accurate average gladiator.

 

[thundra]

I'm a sloth. Most of my exercise is walking.
All of my fun happens sitting down.

I know what are you sitting down on.

Spoiler

On the chair

 

[WindKnight]

I'm notably overweight, but have been taking 3 mile walks in the evening and doing morning exercises every days.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

Below average, though I could have been a professional Football (soccer) player at one time.

 

[waj9876]

I can run really fast in short bursts, but I have horrid stamina.

 

[keniakittykat]

I'd say above average for my body type and gender.
Seeing how I'm a barely 5ft tall woman who can pick up items as heavy as 130lbs and who an sprint quite fast. I'm also very flexible and agile.

I'm no athlete by any standards, but all things considered I think I'm pretty in-shape. (Even if my ass would tell you otherwise.)

 

[Hieronymusgoa]

I was terrible in every sports stuff at school. I started working out in university and can now bench press my weight ( I thought that's actually good but if I read here that some press twice their weight? Woah). I am considered muscular but I am not sure if hitting the gym 4x a week is being athletic. I think of track and field stuff when I hear athletic. Actual sports I see a lot of youtube fitness guys trying to call themselves "athletes" for working out a lot and sure as hell they look athletic. Still for me working out is I don't know...different from classic athleticism.

I eat quite healthy, don't drink....that surely helps with staying in shape when you've hit 30

 

[LobsterFeng]

I accidentally kicked a fat kid when I was playing soccer in the 4th grade and he landed on my ankle and broke it. It ruined my career. Seriously I haven't been able to run the same since. Anyway, I can play most sports but I've never been good enough for a team.

 

[Gorrath]

I'd say it's above average.

I started working out in college (a long time ago) and dabbling in martial arts with some judo, tae kwon do and tai chi (not to be confused with chai tea).

About ten years ago I trained heavily in muay thai. That was a crash course in fitness as some of my sparring partners are now professional MMA fighters.

Then a few years ago, I got into parrkour but messed up my hip so I had to put the brakes on that.

Most recently, I joined a kung fu school...both as a way to rehabilitate my hip and because it's something I always wanted to do.

Not bad for a skinny former science nerd who was always picked last in gym. (Basically, I AM Peter Parker...except for that whole radioactive spider and super power bit)

I hear you on the parrkour. I messed myself up worse trying that than I ever did getting into the ring with people. I was an amateur boxer in the Army and trained in several disciplines of martial arts. None of that came anywhere close to beating the crap out of me like messing up while attempting parrkour.

Which discipline of Kung Fu are you studying?

I saw you mentioned the boxing in a previous post. So you did it with the Army? Geez. That's brutal! One time a couple of Rangers came to check out our muay thai school. Those guys were tough! They may not have been fast, but they had stamina and could take a punch (or three!)

The thing about parkour is that, like martial arts, you have to commit. So if you're going to do a vault over an object, you have to go for it. If you hesitate for even a fraction of a second, you'll get injured. That's what happened to me. I'd either snag my leg during a vault or face plant on a precision. Concrete hurts way more than someone else's fists.

Right now, I'm studying wuyi shaolin "White Leopard" style.

I wasn't half bad really. I was first runner up in the regional tournament after getting beat the hell down by a guy who must have outweighed me by a good fifty pounds and who was a hell of a lot more skilled than me. I ended my "career" with 17 wins by decision and one loss by decision. Never knocked anyone out and never got knocked out because I tended to fight in a very technical manner. The fight I lost I spent the whole fight trying to get out alive. It became quite clear how over matched I was when his jab cleared my arms and tagged me and it felt like I had been hit by a semi. I started to play for points but it just wasn't going to happen. Still made a good show of it but I looked like hamburger after it was all said and done. If there was one thing I could do really well, it was take a punch.

I did Muay Thai with a few friends as well and really enjoyed it because it was a very strike-heavy discipline. I also studied Wing Chun and found it immensely pleasurable to do. It's what got me into Zen.

And yeah, my issues with parkour were always commitment issues. You can't half ass any move you decide to make or else it's all "face, meet concrete." After a few weeks I decided I should stick to something less brutal, like getting my head punched in.

 

[darkcalling]

I'm pretty much every "nerd" stereotype when it comes to fitness. Picked last in gym. Hated any class related to it in any way. Gym was torture and any health class was a waste of time that never taught me anything I didn't already know. I'm not what I would consider obese (though a health class probably would) but I'm in terrible shape and don't care enough to do anything about it.

 

[Skin]

I look athletic since I do weight training, but if you asked me to run a couple of kilometers straight, I would probably drop dead.

 

[Kargathia]

I hated PE and most flavours of group sports with a passion, which directly led to me not being terribly athletic.

That changed somewhat when I started practicing martial arts - turns out I love punching people. I'm still not going to run a marathon, and there's a bit of flab on my stomach (only excarbated by the muscles underneath), but I'd say I'm doing pretty well. Coordination, flexibility, and posture are all way better than they were a few years back.

I'm a man of martial arts myself. 3rd Dan ITF Taekwondo and 1st Dan WTF Taekwondo. What do you do?

Judo, Koryu Uchinadi Karate ("oldschool" style, more focused on efficiency than looking pretty), MMA, and some Kickboxing.
Scaling it down a bit lately, as I'm finding it harder to combine training 4-5 times a week with a full-time education.

Blue belt judo, Orange belt karate - just advanced enough to realise how much I still suck at it =)

 

[JaceArveduin]

I don't have a clue anymore, to be honest. I doubt I could run much, but I did stack about 30 ton today and it didn't kill me...

 

[gunny1993]

I got out of breath writing this post .... gona go lie down .... eat some cheatos


Also lol at all at all the people doing weight training to "get in shape", muscles are definitely more important than the heart, totally.

 

[Sherokain]

Above average I would say I'm an excellent climber decent enough runner but I've slipped in the past few months probably.