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gettin lit and fit

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Alcohol and fitness. There was an old MDM article about heavy drinking sports teams of yesteryear, but do any of you keep fit, athletically speaking or not, with the aid or assistance of alcohol?

I ask because a buddy of mine was telling me to drink a four-loko and do calisthenics. He said he lost weight doing this(he was a fat dude). I don't need to lose any weight really, but He inspired me, and I started doing pushups and sit ups at the onset of a solo drinking session.

Then a buddy asked me to mountain bike with him(he had bike and all). I've done it twice since. I started out each ride totally hungover, and after an hour the hangover was gone, and I was shocked to find I was still as "in shape" as I ever was despite the 70 or so standard drinks I consume each week, and since I haven't exercised on purpose in over a year. I celebrated with at least as many shots as miles I had ridden.

Anyone else? It's probably not good to exercise "really" fucked up(nausea), but otherwise, combining the 2 is fun in any order.
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Fucking genius! You know, the hardest part of working out is getting motivated. My cousin who is a fitness freak says you need a like headed partner. He's got a guy who'll get up at 5 am to work out with him and then at night they go to the bar and pick fights.

Drunken workout partners. You need someone with your same values.

I'd have to pay Ruiner's gym fee. Oh well, good ideas die fast.
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I don't mix the two since I have to drive to the gym. Once I'm home, it's game on - beforehand though? nope.
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I work out hung-over. It is, IMO, the best cure, unless you're so bad off it makes you puke. If you live, and don't puke, it's a tonic. If you die, or puke, you look pretty stupid.
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yep, speeds a hangover up and burns it out.

i, too, drive to the gym, but a beer or two before hand has happened, and i've had a good workout.
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Wingman et al are spot on. A hangover is usually good for so many heartbeats. If I get up and start getting the heartbeats up, i just plow through the hangover faster than I would if I was sitting on the couch.

I can't recall if I told this story b4, so here it might be again.

the morning after a long night of boozing with bourbon, i headed into a spinning class at the local gym. Spinning was what the room was doing as I awoke so it seemed fitting to head in to the gym, climb on a bike and pedal like a man possessed. I threw my shorts, t-shirt and chuck taylors into a bag and headed out the door.

As I walked into the spinning room, there were already a few folks in there warming up. These over-achievers get there early, slide into their lycra spinning suits and velcro on their fancy shoes that click into the pedals. Grey gym shorts, t-shirt and a pair of low top chucks are my standard outfit. Tube socks are pulled up to the knee a la Earl the Pearl Monroe.

I eased into a vacant bike which happened to be right next to a gal who was one of those lycra clad uber-cyclists. As I slowly began to pedal to bide the time before the instructor arrived, hit play on her iPod and began barking orders, I failed to notice that one of the large oscillating fans in the room was directly to my left and Uber-gal was directly to my right.

the instructor arrived at the stroke of 6am and as a group we were off. I broke a sweat early as my heart struggled to find a regular cadence. After about 15 minutes I realized that the bourbon I had poured into my system from the night before was begining to off-gas through my pours as I pedaled. To complicate matters, every time the fan oscillated across my body, Uber-gal would get a snoot full of processed Jim Beam and Bookers.

It wasn't long before she harumphed in disgust, unclipped from her bike and took a position across the room. I think folks upwind of me assumed that I'd had burritos as opposed to bourbon the day before which caused the lady down-wind to move. I just looked at them, grinned/shrugged and gave them my best alfred e. neumann look.

An hour later I was cured of the hangover and ready to start anew.
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The Mrs. and I went kayaking a few weekends ago in Tampa Bay. There's a few tiki bars on the beaches we passed, so we pulled our kayaks up on the sand and had a few rounds before pressing on. Kayaking is hard work, especially with no current helping you, but the promise of drinks every mile or so helps with motivation.
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lit and wait to tomorrow for the fit part work off a hangover the Marine way PT

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Jumped on the treadmill once after 4 or 5 double scotches. When I finished an hour later I felt the most dehydrated I have ever felt in my entire life. These days I don't mix boozing and working out. Like Casino said, after my workout it's an open bar baby.
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BenTheBeast wrote:Jumped on the treadmill once after 4 or 5 double scotches. When I finished an hour later I felt the most dehydrated I have ever felt in my entire life. These days I don't mix boozing and working out. Like Casino said, after my workout it's an open bar baby.
Yeah, 4 doubles is a bit too much if you intend on excercising any more strenuously than fixing another double scotch. Try 2 doubles though. Seems to increase my endurance(or maybe just shuts off the soreness signals in my brain) and of course I'm more likely to do it if I have some inhibitions inhibited.

Then you can greedily have as much as many drinks as you want, because you're "bettering yourself".!
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Stupid should hurt.

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About 25 years ago I read an article about Herschel Walker doing a thousand pushups and situps everyday. I can't do that but I do 700 sitips and 627 pushups everyday.
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BeerMakesMeSmart wrote:About 25 years ago I read an article about Herschel Walker doing a thousand pushups and situps everyday. I can't do that but I do 700 sitips and 627 pushups everyday.
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Working out while drunk

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Ever do it? I imagine for cardio that it's terrible (puking Gatorade and Everclear while running comes to mind).

But I do enjoy lifting some weights while I'm drinking -- I think it makes me stronger.
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My biceps are pumped. And my liver is pumping.
Don't worry. We're in no hurry.

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