when in your life were you fittest/healthiest?

Singapore
June 11, 2007 2:03am CST
Just wondering if you can remember a time in your life when you were the fittest. For instance, when you jogged the most regularly. Or could run the furthest distance (how far?). Or could swim everyday for a certain number of laps. For me, the fittest point in my life was when i went for a 21 day outward bound school course. We did distance running every evening and speed running every morning. It got to a point at the end when i could run 11km in about 1 hour. I often look back and wish i were that fit again. the nearest i got was to running 10k in 2004 in 1 hr 15 mins. hoping to do another 10k sometime soon. for most singaporean men it is probably their national service days. but maybe for some it was in school when they were in the school team for some competitive sport? anyone represented their country?
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15 responses
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
Yea LOL... I was fittest during my NS time. Fit enough to be in the competitive team for the Army Half Marathon. But those were the days. Now I need to make sure I won't faint while running lol. Just kidding lah. :P
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• Singapore
11 Jun 07
WOW. Your fren den is impressive.. :P
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• Singapore
11 Jun 07
fwah - that's impressive. i have a friend who has run the marathon 5 or 6 times. and he runs 5k every morning before going to work. it all takes lots of discipline...
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• Singapore
12 Jun 07
to me, he's just simply siao. hahaha.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
well i think when i was around 26 or 27 years old and i have to work abroad. i am in a band singing nightly and dancing as well, imagining singing 15 songs that we are required to dance as well. it was not easy but you have to be physically fit to do it.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
yes it is and no matter how plenty i eat, i burn all of that during practise and during the actual show.
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• Singapore
11 Jun 07
yup, dancing is great exercise!
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
11 Jun 07
i hope you can do the 10k run again soon. i know you can do it squaretile. just a little push and encouragement is all you need. anyway, the fittest and healthiest time i had ever been was early last year when i enrolled myself in a 3 month course in the gym. not to lose weight but to gain weight. i do have ischemia (some kind of heart disease). and even if people see me already as a sexy and slim person, deep inside, i suffer from my disease. and so, i go to the gym everyday and focus more on the cardiovascular exercises. during those days, i felt really good and healthy. and i am gonna get back to jogging as soon as i am able to migrate to sweden which is just like more than a couple of weeks from today. jogging is good for the heart, too!... anne
• Singapore
12 Jun 07
thanks for the encouragement! Yup, the run is in december. wow migrating to sweden sounds exciting! hope to continue seeing you on mylot and keep us updated!
• Canada
11 Jun 07
I was probably fittest in my second to last year in High school. I was on the School basketball team and I also swam every year in the School Gala. Up till 2002, I thought nothing of swimming 50 laps in the swimming pool. These days things have changed. I quit smoking 9 months ago, and I piled the weight on. Just a few weeks back, I made a conscious effort to change my entire lifestyle, watching what I eat and exercising on a daily basis. I'm slowly starting to lose the spare tyre round my middle, and I'm feeling far better, and even sleeping better on a night. I don't think I'll ever be as fit as I was in High school, but I can do my best to look good and be healthy.
• Singapore
12 Jun 07
50 laps is amazing. mylotters seem to be an athletic lot! congrats on quitting smoking. IMHO it's a great great decision. Keep on keeping on, with regards to the entire lifestyle change!
@lewisfan (12)
• China
12 Jun 07
i like healthy than fit !beacause i have been enjoying running everyday. Healthiest is the wealthiest.even if you are health ,you could do anything! To take more exersize!(tag)
• Singapore
12 Jun 07
yes how true that is. We all take our health for granted and only miss it when it's gone. Those who are sick would rather have health than all the riches the world affords.
• United Arab Emirates
12 Jun 07
I think the last time I was fit and fine was few years ago. I used to go for jogging, doing exercise etc. Don't really remember how fast things have change. I am trying to be fit again.
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• Singapore
12 Jun 07
don't give up - just keep telling yourself you can do it!
• United States
12 Jun 07
I was at my fittest back in 1994-95.that is when I was my early twenties.
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@twilight021 (2059)
• United States
11 Jun 07
My last year of college I was on the rowing team (crew team). I was the coxswain, rather than a rower..the coxswain stters, motivates and pretty much acts as the coach in the boat while the coach is on the shore. Even though you don't row, I still worked out withthe team. So everyday there was running and weights. I was very fit and since conzswains have a minimu weight that they can be, I worked hard to be right at the minimum to make things easier for me crew. It was a lot of hard work....I'm not nearly that fit now, as I have an office job and spend a lot of time sitting.
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
yeah in singapore there's something similar called dragon boat racing. the cox also beats a drum to keep the rowers in sync. i had a friend who was into canoeing and he was super fit then.
@Haisum (35)
• Pakistan
12 Jun 07
when i was a child
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I was at my fittest when I was in college. I was in my last year of college and I was student teaching. I would bring very healthy lunches with me to school. When I got done teaching, I would go to the gym everyday before heading home. Unfortunately, that gym closed down and my fitness has gone to pot.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
11 Jun 07
going to the gym is really the best way to put your body to work. it's so inspiring to see others work out , too. plus, eating healthy food at the same time really helps a lot. that's how i do it, too last year. and i am planning in doing exercises regularly, too soon... anne
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
12 Jun 07
I know that the gym is the best, but we don't have on in our area anymore. I can't jog since I have gotten older my knees are always aching. I have started walking though.
• Singapore
12 Jun 07
sunshine, now now, a gym closing down shouldn't stop you! is jogging near your home a good option? any parks nearby?
@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
11 Jun 07
When I was around 30, I still had weight from when I had my last baby who was then around five. I decided to start eating right, walking and doing strength training and weight lifting. I lost the weight, over 30 pounds in three months. I was walking eight to ten miles a day, and excersizing and eating right. It worked so well, I quit. LOL Actually, I then had to get a job to support myself and my kids so I didn't have time anymore, although for the most part I did keep the weight off.
• Singapore
12 Jun 07
wow three months is fast! My pregnant friends tell me that one of the worst parts is water retention. they had swollen ankles and couldn't fit into their nice shoes!
• United States
11 Jun 07
One summer I was living on my college campus and swimming laps 3 days a week and lifting weights in between days. By the end of the summer I was swimming more than 20 laps in an hour. Part of why I'm not fast is that I just can't do the end of the lane turns. I'm going to have to get lessons from someone. I didn't even realize what good shape I was in until we were moving out, and my roommate could barely manage to carry her mini-fridge downstairs and I had no problem. Also I went hiking with my mom who runs 2 miles (in a hilly area) every day, and she was having to keep up with me. My husband was in great shape just before entering military training and during basic. Since then, he works so many hours that he doesn't have time to work out. And for some reason, even though every other squadron has a mandatory workout time during their day, his doesn't.
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• Singapore
11 Jun 07
wow. i love hiking. pity i can't do it more in my country.
• India
12 Jun 07
when i was teenager, i was fittest
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@emckee (465)
• United States
11 Jun 07
Haha! I've actually been thinking about this lately. I think I was most fit my senior year in high school. After school I would go to my job working in a warehouse. A warehouse with no air conditioning! It would get to a max of 120 degrees in there. You couldn't even get your pants off to go tinkle! LOL Plus my mom would make me mow the lawn (push mower, not self propelled) before I could go anywhere on the weekends. Our lawn was about 3 acres then. I wish I still looked that good (and tan.)
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
haha - i guess sometimes extreme fitness is just for a certain period on our lives, never to be revisited. (:
• Singapore
11 Jun 07
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