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I'm pretty fit on a bike, but the other day I had to run 200yds to a cashpoint to pay for my kebab.
Nearly killed me.
*the run...not the kebab.
Recycling round fit. I started on the bins last June while furloughed. I'd used the first lockdown to do a bit more running. I'd got to a point where I was generally doing one 4.5 mile, one 6-8 mile and one half marathon or more cross country runs a week over the downs and I'd pick routes with lots of up and down. I reckon when I started on the round it felt at the end of the day pretty much the same as having done a half marathon. I typically walk between 25 - 35,000 steps a day and pick up god knows how many tons of glass of the floor. On half our days all the recycling is in boxes and is picked up from the ground. My arms were dropping off by the time we finished today. Since June I've worn out 3 pairs of boots and eaten more than I've ever done. I'm still managing to run but only once a week at the weekend, not yet tried to add any in to the working week!
When I used to be in a run club our fastest runner was a bin man.
The lightest/fittest I've been was when I had a summer job as a postie in Glasgow, doing loads of tenement steps.
The problem with being semi-fit cycling that you have the cardio capacity to do a longish run but the muscular pain afterwards says otherwise.
Try being a runner and then going wakeboarding for an hour. First time I did that I was unable to walk for three days.
@willard I’m a kitesurfer. A couple of years ago on holiday there was no wind so we went to the wake park for a couple of hours. I don’t think my body has ever felt so broken, everything from my waist up just didn’t work for a few days afterwards.
Cycle fitness is very specific. My Son is a keen MTB downhiller and a Tennis player to a high standard. I can beast him on our rowing machine he’ll last about 3-4 mins I’ll do 20plus. I can last about 1 tennis rally with him and I’m done. I think your body becomes very proficient at using the least amount of energy for your chosen sport over time.
Agree with cycling making you cardio fit. Took up running about 3 years ago and was regularly cycling 100 miles a week at the time.
Whilst my lungs and heart were quite happy to run my legs were not. Took about 2 months to become comfortable running.
Anything that involves moving lots of heavy objects exhausts me. I just don't have the strength/weight to move very heavy objects.
Swimming - I can swim but get tired quickly. Mostly because I lack correct technique and as a child, I had no desire to get in a pool with lots of strangers. Still don't want to.
Anything that involves moving lots of heavy objects exhausts me. I just don’t have the strength/weight to move very heavy objects.
I think this is about core. I can do manual labour fairly well, considering I rarely do it and I spend most of my time at a desk. But then in the gym I struggle to lift much weight above my head cos it's all in the arms.