The Benefits - Exercise
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haha.. no need to guess lah!! it's obvious rite!
guys buys girls mag for only 1 reason-> chio babe on the cover.
hisoka hasn't say which the sport he got injured yet leh.. table tennis? -
Oi! I don't buy 'Shape' for the chio babe, ok!Originally posted by k4korny:haha.. no need to guess lah!! it's obvious rite!
guys buys girls mag for only 1 reason-> chio babe on the cover.
hisoka hasn't say which the sport she got injured yet leh.. table tennis?
I'm straight! 
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Hmm... you know, the chio babes on the covers of 'Shape' mag every month aren't really good exercise models... they don't really have defined muscles at all. They're more of the slim category.
Wish they would get REAL exercise models! I was soooo pleased to see one of my BodyBalance / BodyPump instructress as an exercise model inside the inaugural issue! Kewl!
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Reminds me of our nafa tests back in school. Luv doing standing broad jumps & hate dat flex-arm-hang round most.Originally posted by Rhonda:I know too well firsthand, the true benefits of exercise.
Right after college, I slowly became a couch potato as I dived head-on into establishing my career. All that overtime, all that social eating, and all that additional weight!
What first encouraged me to reverse the cycle was, let's see, more than 10 years out of college, in my last year in nursing school in Nanyang Poly. Damn SUAY!! My batch was the first batch that had to do the IPPT!!!
I didn't know the range of my cursing vocabulary until then!
I tried to weasel my way out of it. First, I asked the coach if there was an 'age limit' to IPPT. But DRATS!!! He said that there were different ranges for different age groups! Doubly SUAY man!!!
Next, I conjured up imaginary ills and made excuses to the coach, hoping I could be excused from IPPT totally. Drats... have to produce valid certification from a GP to be excused.
There goes all my hopes.
I really had to drrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaag my feet to the IPPT. Worse, half the nursing school population appeared to be there at the same time!! That means, if you do the Standing Broad Jump and landed SPLAT! like some malformed duck, EVERYONE would be talking about it!!! If you attempted Sit And Reach and aiyoh...
cannot even touch your toes, people will giggle and laugh at you! If you did the Shuttle Run and skid and fall on your fat arse, oh glory, you will be the poster child of clumsiness and the new mascot for the unfit the next day! DREADFUL!!! 
BUT...
Though I didn't train for it, I did pretty ok. Failed overall but there were much younger peeps who did much worse than me. Hey, I failed my 2.5km run by just a wee 3 mins! Not too bad for someone who had been a couch po-tah-to for donkey years! At least, I didn't give up 1/4 way through, like a few young 'uns did!
That made me think... I'm not THAT unfit afterall!! My general fitness level is pretty good. I ought to take advantage of that and start working on getting fit again.
So, there you go! There were times when I failed and wandered far far far away from my goal, but slow and steady wins the race!
Now, I'm injured and all exercise plans have to be shelved until full recovery, and I'm really upset that I have to miss all my exercise classes.
Exercise changed me from a sluggish, drowsy person to a livelier, more energetic, confident and a tad less moody than I used to be. (Yes, excess fat does predispose one to depression and moodiness.) I cannot imagine NOT exercising now... well, not for too long a period anyways! I love that 'I'm on Top of the World' feeling after every workout, that flush in the cheeks, that 'We are the Champions' kind of ooomph!
The benefits of exercise? You bet!!
I ought to b ashamed, have gone frm fit to fat. It's been donkey yrs since after school, can't even jog a proper 400m without having to stop & rest.. much less a 2.4km!
To think i was playing for the school's netball C' team. Tsk tsk.. Im such a disgrace.
Still kept my skirt though.. cannot fit already lah! For memory's keepsake! -
wat's more some of their figures were obviously touched up with photoshop to make them look better.
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Hmm, ai ai bought FHM but he claimed it is not just for the chio bus inside, but for the articles also...Originally posted by k4korny:haha.. no need to guess lah!! it's obvious rite!
guys buys girls mag for only 1 reason-> chio babe on the cover.
hisoka hasn't say which the sport he got injured yet leh.. table tennis?
Damn why am I feeling a bit of jealousy? Being stupid as usual of cos... -
Actually, touch-ups are a given for all mag covers these days!Originally posted by k4korny:wat's more some of their figures were obviously touched up with photoshop to make them look better.
But, I don't see where they were 'obvious'. I cannot tell the difference.
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cammy in netball skirt
(twin crimson geysers spurt from an ursine nose)
still.. looking back 15kg ago, i was in pretty good shape.. i wonder if i should start exercising like maniac to get back into a shape that is not roundOriginally posted by Camellias4me:Reminds me of our nafa tests back in school. Luv doing standing broad jumps & hate dat flex-arm-hang round most.
I ought to b ashamed, have gone frm fit to fat. It's been donkey yrs since after school, can't even jog a proper 400m without having to stop & rest.. much less a 2.4km!
To think i was playing for the school's netball C' team. Tsk tsk.. Im such a disgrace.
Still kept my skirt though.. cannot fit already lah! For memory's keepsake! -
ya rite.. I bought Playboy from overseas for the articles in it too!Originally posted by rainee:Hmm, ai ai bought FHM but he claimed it is not just for the chio bus inside, but for the articles also...
Damn why am I feeling a bit of jealousy? Being stupid as usual of cos... -
Actually, there's something fun about flipping through such mags with your guy.Originally posted by rainee:Hmm, ai ai bought FHM but he claimed it is not just for the chio bus inside, but for the articles also...
Damn why am I feeling a bit of jealousy? Being stupid as usual of cos... You can both comment about what you like and what you don't and it will be totally fun! I don't think I'll feel threatened at all because well, I expect my guy to be mature enough to understand that beauty is really from within and if he's so shallow as to try and make me feel insecure and criticise me physically then, he cmi as my boyfriend! Out! *Stamps 'REJECTED!' on his butt!
rainee, must be confident in yourself! -
sure or not? Or is this supposed to be a sarcastic remark?Originally posted by k4korny:yup.. I bought Playboy from overseas for the articles in it too! 
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Ahem! The 'photog articles' and that famous 'Page Six' article, riiiiiiight?Originally posted by k4korny:yup.. I bought Playboy from overseas for the articles in it too! -
lol Rhonda read Playboy mag before?Originally posted by Rhonda:Ahem! The 'photog articles' and that famous 'Page Six' article, riiiiiiight? -
Its for Men mah.. or wld u rather he bought FEMALE instead?Originally posted by rainee:Hmm, ai ai bought FHM but he claimed it is not just for the chio bus inside, but for the articles also...
Damn why am I feeling a bit of jealousy? Being stupid as usual of cos...
I buy FHM too.. for admiring purposes. -
well... I study photography.Originally posted by Rhonda:Ahem! The 'photog articles' and that famous 'Page Six' article, riiiiiiight?
hahaa... like real !! But seriously, usually FHM and playboy got good ( as in intellectual, not otherwise) articles lah.. maybe cos they noe that sometimes girls will be reading it with their bf too.. so.. u noe.. they have to gey gey put some intellectual articles to let the poor guy xia tai.. -
Originally posted by rainee:lol Rhonda read Playboy mag before?
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lol ok, I will give him the benefit of the doubt thenOriginally posted by Camellias4me:Its for Men mah.. or wld u rather he bought FEMALE instead?
I buy FHM too.. for admiring purposes. -
I never read FHM before, I have browsed through Playboy thoughOriginally posted by k4korny:well... I study photography.
hahaa... like real !! But seriously, usually FHM and playboy got good ( as in intellectual, not otherwise) articles lah.. maybe cos they noe that sometimes girls will be reading it with their bf too.. so.. u noe.. they have to gey gey put some intellectual articles to let the poor guy xia tai.. -
Originally posted by k4korny:well... I study photography.
hahaa... like real !! But seriously, usually FHM and playboy got good ( as in intellectual, not otherwise) articles lah.. maybe cos they noe that sometimes girls will be reading it with their bf too.. so.. u noe.. they have to gey gey put some intellectual articles to let the poor guy xia tai..
Seriously, on my way back from the US, I spent a lotta time in the transit lounge of La Guardia Airport in NYC wondering if I should spend my last few US$'s buying Penthouse and Playboy and what-not. They even had Playgirl there! And various editions of Penthouse too, for instance, there were issues of Penthouse erotic stories.
In the end, I thought, better not risk it. What if the customs checkpoint staff back home decided to check my luggage and unearthed my finds? Worse, what if they call up the New Paper and then there'll be this headline, 'Nurse attempts to smuggle pornographic magazines!'
So in the end, I only lugged back my all-time fave's, the very innocent 'Woman's Day', 'Good Housekeeping', 'Ladies' Home Journal', and 'Bon Appetit'. -
i browsed through FHM a bit... the gags are quite funny...
never had a go at playboy tho'
back to exercising.. people buy them exercise mags.. i've never even attempted to browse through them -
Hiaks...sorry for going out of point...maybe I should start a new thread on this issue...hmm...Originally posted by the Bear:i browsed through FHM a bit... the gags are quite funny...
never had a go at playboy tho'
back to exercising.. people buy them exercise mags.. i've never even attempted to browse through them -
with exercise, there's also proper rest and sleep (some things totally alien to me)
i know rainee's at a place where it's day.. what are the excuses of the rest? -
lol I would love to rest but I am at work now...Originally posted by the Bear:with exercise, there's also proper rest and sleep (some things totally alien to me)
i know rainee's at a place where it's day.. what are the excuses of the rest? -
ditto...
just handled a total mess at work... i hate school holidays
Originally posted by rainee:lol I would love to rest but I am at work now... -
fun?Originally posted by Rhonda:Actually, there's something fun about flipping through such mags with your guy. You can both comment about what you like and what you don't and it will be totally fun!
rainee, must be confident in yourself!
imagine that i have a "reaction" when looking at one of the pictures, and my gf notices it.. then she'll scream "Why are u fantasising about other women?? U dun luuv me anymoree..!!!!" goodness.
so to pre-empt such attacks, i have to be guai guai and imagine all the girls there look like patricia mok.. if i'm looking at the mag with her. Sad leh!
anyway, it's 2 diff parts of a guy's brain lah.. looking at a chio bu doesn't make me love me gf lesser.
ok. out of point. back to the topic of exercising.