Why you should work out!

farhan said:
Today I got lot of boxing done alhamdulilah they pushed and pushed me to the edge.
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The human body is incredible, I think the mind gives up but the body could keep going, I think most of us could achieve incredible goals well beyond what we think we are capable of. I gave up smoking when I was 32 and took up cycling, within eighteen months I did the 875 miles from Lands End to John O Groats in 102 hours. But just to fool the mind and make this seem easier, when we finished, we turned back and cycled back to Inverness, adding on another 100 miles. We had time the following day to do a 200 k event before catching the train home.

My friends were talking about doing the Paris -Brest- Paris about four months after, this was a 1200 k event to be completed within 80 hours, over 2,000 people come from all over the world to take part. I didn't fancy doing it, until someone said as a joke to ride it on a fixed wheel bike. For those who don't know, the fixed wheel is associated more with sprinting, like the track racing at the Olympics, there is just one gear, and no freewheel, so you have to peddle every inch of the way.

The fixed wheel option suited my sense of humour, but training did not go well, I failed a 600 and 1,000k event, so the most I completed in training was about 600k, half the distance I needed. The time for the ride came, and I decided to ride the odd 120 miles to Paris with my friends to the start of the event, and we would ride home after.

I truthfully do not know how this works, but adding another 250 miles on top of a target that was already twice beyond what I had achieved, somehow made the ride easy. Back in 1983 I was the only person to do the ride on a fixed wheel, I had to turn the peddles round about 220,000 times in 85 hours, and when you include riding to and from the event, I turned the peddles round just under a third of a million times.

My next goal that ended in failure was a penny farthing, I thought of riding the Lands End to John O Groats on one, but for any of you who have ever goner over the handlebars on a penny farthing, you will know that it hurts.

And now to 'One God', a geared bike is like the religions of the world, there are lots of them, and you can chop and change, even freewheel and coast along when you like. The fixed wheel single speed is the One God, there are no alternatives, and you have to make some effort every inch of the way.
 
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farhan said:
He even drinks protein sheikhs :P.



Home is hard for me, whereas gym you have your own crew and personal trainer :). Like a mentor accountability type of person. Does your area have female only gyms there?

Today I got lot of boxing done alhamdulilah they pushed and pushed me to the edge.
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You're learning boxing? Do you spar as well?
 
farhan said:
Home is hard for me, whereas gym you have your own crew and personal trainer . Like a mentor accountability type of person. Does your area have female only gyms there?

Today I got lot of boxing done alhamdulilah they pushed and pushed me to the edge.
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There is one female-only gym, only I actually find going to the gym harder to keep up as a routine. It's a 20-minute drive, and I don't drive so I found it impractical for myself. I prefer doing exercise from home, then I do it everyday inshaAllah. I have one of those fitness watches and I use that as a kind of silent motivator.
 
my brother sent me a link to this video.. I thought it quite relevant.

also an understanding of how peaceful a person should be.

...they seem like nice guys.

https://youtu.be/kukG4ejk7TI


on second thoughts it screams terrorist training camp.. best stick to gym
 
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Huzaifah ibn Adam said:
Try to get firearm training as well. That's the archery of today.
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Scimitar said:
hehe, so do I.

Scimi
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Tbh, I like the old fashioned way with arrows. What about developing some very good archery-technology with arrows that follows the victim? or an arrow that splits up into MORE arrows as it rains upon the enemy? Like a decoy. Or explosive arrows..

Or arrows that that split up into more arrows, and after hitting the target/enemy splits up into tiny sharp fractions and then explodes simultaneously.

As for swords, I'd like to be able to equip myself with as many swords as possible. One in each hand, one grabbed by the mouth.. 3 swords. Some nice combo attack lol.

Instead of having a sword that cuts and slices, what about a sword that shreds?
 
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Serinity said:
Tbh, I like the old fashioned way with arrows. What about developing some very good archery-technology with arrows that follows the victim? or an arrow that splits up into MORE arrows as it rains upon the enemy? Like a decoy. Or explosive arrows..

Or arrows that that split up into more arrows, and after hitting the target/enemy splits up into tiny sharp fractions and then explodes simultaneously.

As for swords, I'd like to be able to equip myself with as many swords as possible. One in each hand, one grabbed by the mouth.. 3 swords. Some nice combo attack lol.

Instead of having a sword that cuts and slices, what about a sword that shreds?
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Yaa Akhi, you've been watching too much, I think! Roronoa Zoro and Green Arrow, to be precise.
 
Firing a gun isn't cowardly. A gun fight between two men requires bravery, as, for one of them to die is a certainty. You have a gun and your opponent(s) have guns. Obviously, someone is going to get killed - either you or them.

Like in the days of the old cowboys, when it was "High Noon"...
 
reminds me of the time I went paintballin with a group of friends.

literally shot in the face within a minute.


...I was ok after that, had a great day..

proper Paki rambo (no racism intended)

weapons have a mind of there own.
 
From the Ahaadeeth we know that the following sports are good:


  1. Running.
  2. Swimming.
  3. Wrestling.
  4. Sword-Fighting.
  5. Archery.
  6. Horse-Riding.

Now in these times, we will expand sword-fighting to include knife fighting; wrestling to include every kind of beneficial martial arts; archery to include guns; horse-riding to include cars, motorbikes, tanks, trucks, etc.
 
Huzaifah ibn Adam said:
From the Ahaadeeth we know that the following sports are good:


  1. Running.
  2. Swimming.
  3. Wrestling.
  4. Sword-Fighting.
  5. Archery.
  6. Horse-Riding.

Now in these times, we will expand sword-fighting to include knife fighting; wrestling to include every kind of beneficial martial arts; archery to include guns; horse-riding to include cars, motorbikes, tanks, trucks, etc.
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I love swordfighting, martial arts, and driving cars..... Haven't driven any car though. :) What about Parkour? Football? Doesn't football go in under running, and Football in under running and some nice moments.
 
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Huzaifah ibn Adam said:
From the Ahaadeeth we know that the following sports are good:


  1. Running.
  2. Swimming.
  3. Wrestling.
  4. Sword-Fighting.
  5. Archery.
  6. Horse-Riding.

Now in these times, we will expand sword-fighting to include knife fighting; wrestling to include every kind of beneficial martial arts; archery to include guns; horse-riding to include cars, motorbikes, tanks, trucks, etc.
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I once saw a guy win a knife fight and he didn't even have a knife!

much respect, although they were far from merciful as a whole..

all praise is due to Allah swt.

who raises and lowers as he wills.


I'd probably end up cut on a paper bag.


...that was a true story though, I've not lived in the nicest of places.
 

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