FAO Anyone who knows anything about fitness!

[Danjackson10]

Im looking to build my fitness up and loose a few pounds before the new football season! Anyone got some advise on the sort of training i should focus on?

[magicroundabout]

something i have been doing all pre season is circuit training at the local gym once a week.
best thing about it is it is working every single muscle group in your body for an hour solid.

add this to football training twice a week and i've noticed the difference. loosing the old beer fat off me stomach quite quickly too.

[Danjackson10]

sounds good, think ill look into that

[magicroundabout]

honestly it is.
if you go with someone too you can work off each other and keep pushing each other.

had to do a fitness assesment last week (first time i'd been for 4 weeks cos of holiday) which we'll do again in 6 weeks to compare.

had to see how many sit ups/push ups/bench lifts/squats etc we could do for a minute of each. i was half dead when i finished.

[Danjackson10]

cheers magic!

[McLovin]

Is it possible to get fit(ter) without giving up beer?

[Bushey Boy]

Im playing 5 a side once a week and then running twice, seems enough to me

[Batch]

I find you have to eat healthily in combination with the excercise too. Must be old age, to quote Rimmer

"You've reached that age, Listy. When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age -- 24, 25 -- your muscles give up they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, you're suddenly a fat bastard"

[Bushey Boy]

yeah im mid 20s now and bloody hell it hits you!

[DV]

If you want to get specifically fit for football, than dont bother with endurance running, you know 4/5 mile jogs every evening because its pointless...

Football isnt about enduring running at all, its stop/start/stop/start lots of little springs all the time.

Just set up a 5 point shuttle run and keep doing that, it will get your body used to the stopping and starting....works wonders.

[Danjackson10]

I find you have to eat healthily in combination with the excercise too. Must be old age, to quote Rimmer

"You've reached that age, Listy. When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age -- 24, 25 -- your muscles give up they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, you're suddenly a fat bastard"

so true!

[Danjackson10]

If you want to get specifically fit for football, than dont bother with endurance running, you know 4/5 mile jogs every evening because its pointless...

Football isnt about enduring running at all, its stop/start/stop/start lots of little springs all the time.

Just set up a 5 point shuttle run and keep doing that, it will get your body used to the stopping and starting....works wonders.

cheers dv!

[DV]

it should say sprints not springs..... :?

Like  I said lots of shuttle runs gets the muscles used to how football is played.

No good being able to jog constantly for 4 miles if you cant sprint

[oxford_fan]

or you could go on the 4mile run but change your pace during; alternating between 20 seconds sprinting, 40 seconds jogging. that way you'll get the stamina and pace/power.

[STFC4LIFE]

My mums a fitness instructer and teaches Circuit training. pilates and so on.
Circuit training is what I would advise tbh like above will work neally every muscle.