Does your s/o train?

NorthCascades

newmeadow wrote: »

I still don't know what everyone is training for. Competitive mud wrestling? A candlepin bowling trophy? The annual jump roping skip off? Amateur pole dancing auditions with a $500 cash prize? I liked it when they just called it exercise instead of dramatizing it with military metaphors.

Military stole "train" from toddlers with the poddy.

cwolfman13

newmeadow wrote: »

I still don't know what everyone is training for. Competitive mud wrestling? A candlepin bowling trophy? The annual jump roping skip off? Amateur pole dancing auditions with a $500 cash prize? I liked it when they just called it exercise instead of dramatizing it with military metaphors.

Training isn't a military term. I was a track and field sprinter and jumper from 2nd grade through my senior year in highschool. I "trained" for my sport. Most athletes, whether they are recreational or competitive will talk about training as they have to train for various events. My wife has a 1/2 marathon in Lisbon coming up...she will "train" for that. I do a few different events every year...I train specifically for those. There's generally a purpose when one is training.

Right now I'm not actively training for anything...just riding and putting in miles and doing some interval and hill work...that will change later this Spring when I start prepping for my events.

JeromeBarry1

My wife started using the treadmill sporadically a few months ago, but she has let surgery and recovery interrupt that. I noticed my 26-yo daughter using the treadmill this weekend, so I suppose she does it more often.

NorthCascades

Do people have to train for a specific event? Or can they train for better fitness?

synchkat

newmeadow wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

newmeadow wrote: »

I still don't know what everyone is training for. Competitive mud wrestling? A candlepin bowling trophy? The annual jump roping skip off? Amateur pole dancing auditions with a $500 cash prize? I liked it when they just called it exercise instead of dramatizing it with military metaphors.

Training isn't a military term. I was a track and field sprinter and jumper from 2nd grade through my senior year in highschool. I "trained" for my sport. Most athletes, whether they are recreational or competitive will talk about training as they have to train for various events. My wife has a 1/2 marathon in Lisbon coming up...she will "train" for that. I do a few different events every year...I train specifically for those. There's generally a purpose when one is training.

I know. Conveying that was the purpose of my original response. I think the term "training" has become colloquial though, as it pertains to fitness activities. I doubt everyone who runs down the street is training for the marathon or, like, everyone who does daily lunges is training for an international fencing competition.

I think you have a good point here. But perhaps they are training for a better life?

I trained all my life as an elite athlete. Now I'd just work out or if I were training for an event as I kind of am now I'd just call it practicing because I know I am not training nearly as hard or carefully as I could or have

synchkat

I'm training for a rumble....you never know when two rival gangs will meet, music willstart up and a choreographed dance battle will break out. For this I train for I must be in tip top condition for the day it happens

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deputy_randolph

Husband and I both competed in same powerlifting competition...I was great, he was alright.

merrysailor88

Yes. My husband used to compete in bodybuilding and still trains pretty intensely. Prior to pregnancy I had been training towards competing too. But now, I just want to feel good about myself again

rainbowbow

Nope, but suprisingly he's the one who rekindled my passion for fitness. He picked me up by bringing me protein bars as snacks at my job and talking about fitness. About a year into our relationship and him being frustrated with his gains he quit.

I carried on and he's gone on and off the wagon several times but doesn't stick to anything for very long.

But - He isn't and has never been overweight. I don't know if that counts for anything.

cwolfman13

newmeadow wrote: »

NorthCascades wrote: »

Do people have to train for a specific event? Or can they train for better fitness?

I think of training as leading up to some showdown or event. It's very serious.

I don't take it all that seriously these days...at this point I'm just a recreational athlete and taking it too seriously takes the fun out of it. I just want to be able to do what I do with some aptitude and not want to die trying so I will train for various events...but it's not nearly to the level of discipline as when I was a sprinter...I'm well passed any prime and had my day.