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Gym Junkies and Couch Potatoes Unite
Assuming all of you fitness fanatics are fit as fiddles, are you fussy about finding a partner who is equally as fit? Be it a physical connection or more of a meeting of fitness-wise minds, do you feel that someone needs to be at the same level of fitness as you to be able to see eye-to-eye? Do you think it is difficult for opposites, in this sense, to attract?
Are you the active, health-conscious type who simply cannot tolerate a couch potato? Is there no hope for such a pairing to occur? Have you ever dated someone who was the complete fitness opposite to you, or have you always dated your gym-junkie equivalent?
Posted by September 5, 2008 2:44 PM
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I hope you all know that you can do loads of ecercise whilst sitting on the couch. You can do leg lifts...body lifts...and many others...all without the expense of the gym and the taxing energy expenditure of putting down the remote...and odn't forget there are the exercise programs on tv...or you can just dance wildly to the music channels as you channel surf...realistically an adventurous couch potato could be a whole lot fitter an dmore relaxed than a gym junkie.
Posted by: istj54 at September 21, 2008 8:54 AM
Yes, they are definitely an "interesting" looking couple - and they do seem to be enjoying each other's company don't they ???
MT, You're idea of exercise is just so spot on :) - heading up to NSW to join you in a marathon asap....
and armourie, your comment about the amount of product some fitness fanatics use, is so hilarious...
qg
Posted by: qualitygal1 at September 17, 2008 7:12 PM
The guy's got his hands on the orange cushion not on her. Popcorn eating girl with defensive body language looks a post op trannie with bigger shoulders and pecs than his.
I'd be looking a bit pissed too if someone had set me up on a date with a freak.
Haha.
Cheers Marcus
Posted by: laughsandtalks at September 13, 2008 8:03 PM
This picture freaks me out everytime I look at it. I want to say to the guy - get your hand off me (I mean her). And what's with the "Abraham Lincolin - 4 score and ten" beard? Once again - Crazy.
Posted by: glitteringblue at September 13, 2008 7:00 PM
Active yes xx
Healthy... yes xx
Couch spud = some times but not all the time xx
Pairing from the apple tree is always an option but how will I see Mr Wonderful from my loungeroom window??????
Or should I just lay it on the line to the window cleaner!!!!!!!! LOL
dated more opposites in my life than a magent and compass coming together and it is will the fondest and funniest memories xxxxxx
I do not do gym junkies cause they will use more products than me and share my mirror for more of thier time that I feel should be balanced between the whole boy, girl hook up if it is to be xxxxxxxxxxx
MT never Fear I am here girlfriend and I love being single, sexy and savvy which does not imply loose, easy or free (just in case people where going into thier own funny little blogger space NAKED - For Mr Marcus the freakish spunk this is!!) xxxx
Peace out funkey Mounkey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted by: amourmoi08 at September 12, 2008 9:45 AM
Hi Glitter........I love it when you call me "Muse"!
Sexy frock.....no,still looking.BUT i did buy 4 watches.I couldn't resist.......a shop was closing down and had Esprit watches down to $30......gave one to my Mum,will give one to a friend for her upcoming birthday and have kept 2 for myself.
How do I stay in shape? I don't drink alchohol on a regular basis,i drink heaps of Greentea,I don't eat in between meals and I have sex on a regular basis........although,I am in the process of breaking up with my boyfriend.........so I will have to start walking to the shops instead of driving around the corner and head down to the pool for a swim now that it is getting warmer.
Posted by: musicteacher at September 8, 2008 11:27 PM
Hi Muse how are you? Did you buy a sexy frock for "social September" on your shopping trip the other day?
Yes 5 years is a long time, but true we weren't married, so I don't get to "officially" hurt and complain about it . . . just being cynical, sorry I'll snap out of the poor me in a sec. . .
Muse, if you are a lazy lump, how do you really stay shape and looking hot in the frock???
Posted by: glitteringblue at September 8, 2008 10:57 PM
Hi Glitter.........5 years is a long time..........longer than many marriages!
I am definately a couch potato.......a lazy lump...........but give me a stack of cash and I can walk a marathon!!!.......shopping.
Posted by: musicteacher at September 8, 2008 8:31 PM
Anyone want a cuppa? . . .I've just put the kettle on. They're fighting it out on the other blogs . . . . yaaawn . . . stretch . . .
Night@3.05pm - I agree, a meeting of minds over the long haul would be good.
I was with my last boyfriend for 5 years and he didn't share my passion for getting "out there" and doing active stuff (beyond his morning surf) - and I started to lose that connection you have when you do stuff together.
It was a real and significant part of myself that I couldn't share with him. He wasn't doing it to be "difficult", but just didn't enjoy sport like I do, or have the extra energy for it. You wouldn't think such a little thing could come between two people. I just wanted to "play" with him like you would with any of your friends and loved ones.
Guess it takes meeting on lots of levels to have a long term successful relationship. In the end, I got bored and left to go on an adventure . . . he's still surfing the same break : )
Posted by: glitteringblue at September 6, 2008 7:44 PM
I think you can get around minor differences, but, athlough i'm not a fitness fanatic, i would find it difficult to be with someone who couldn't occasionally hope on a bike for a short ride or take a stroll around the lake. I think with somebody more of a fitness fanatic than me, I'd probably have a go at keeping up. I think over a long term relationship, there would probably need to be some meeting of the minds.
Posted by: nightfalltech at September 6, 2008 3:05 PM
qualitygal1 at 3:23 AM" I get intimidated by members of the fitness fanatics group. I feel I wouldn't be good enough for that kind of person"
Very interesting point. Some people are intimidated by other things, and I suspect that great physical beauty would be at the top of the list.
I believe it's about 2 things: self-esteem, and wanting your partner to be your match/equal in a number of things.
To be practical (if anyone ever can) I think with physical fitness, a mismatch doesn't matter if he only uses his to excel at judo or football. You only get to watch anyway.
But if he wants a jogging partner or someone to swim lengths with, it's much better company for you both, if you can keep up.
Posted by: timewarp1 at September 6, 2008 10:27 AM
Posted by: qualitygal1 at September 6, 2008 3:23 AM.
Hey gal I didn't see ya up the back of the class at group sports.. I was the tiny one with the little voice who was overloked because they thought I wasn't tough enough... hey passion is bigga than muscle... dance ya heart away... I dream of doing a very slow sensual tango with a man.... yep like you say..... whoooo eeee :-0.... What's got into me... must be the walk this morning, my mind does drift when I walk & makes me feel 10 feet tall... :) x x x
Posted by: softfeather at September 6, 2008 9:40 AM
me, a nice walk, a salsa or rock'n'roll class, that's enough aerobic work. I get intimidated by members of the fitness fanatics group. I feel I wouldn't be good enough for that kind of person, and would lurve to know if I am right or wrong.
Oh and I was always the unco at the back of the class - the one who never got picked in team games, sob, sob, gnash gnash.
But suddenly I discovered salsa and found my feet knew where they were going...whoooo eeee :-0
Posted by: qualitygal1 at September 6, 2008 3:23 AM
That pics been on another blog. I remember everyone making comments about the couple. lol.
Jen
Posted by: jenniferhi at September 5, 2008 11:54 PM
Me too Glitteringblue - Id go mental without my fresh air! Rollerblades would definately get bogged here!
Posted by: willow29 at September 5, 2008 8:42 PM
I don't think exercise IS torture - I bloody love it and can't get enough of it. Do between 30mins to 2.5 hrs a day - includes the fun stuff like kayaking and rollerblading (love m'blades). I guess I am lucky that I enjoy it, and will always carve out time in my day for it, even if I have to get up in the dark.
I think calmer temperaments can get away with less physical exercise - If I didn't do it - I'd be dangerous to myself and others (father's Italian/mother's Irish).
Willow, I love horseriding - you are SO lucky. People don't realise how physically demanding it can be. I don't know how you'd go with rollerblades on the farm though.
Posted by: glitteringblue at September 5, 2008 8:00 PM
I agree with Sincrolad - extremes of anything just cant be good! I personally dislike organised fitness but I walk miles a day with the dog and ride my horse whenever I can. Keeping fit shouldnt have to be torture, it should be fun :)
Plus who could be a couch potato on a farm?
Posted by: willow29 at September 5, 2008 7:25 PM
Do we ever get to the age where it is alright not to toture our bodies trying to keep fit ? Or is it more important to just move it or lose it?
I want to find a happy medium between the old fogeys "Movement to Music" class at Senior Citizens and the "Body Pump" at the Gym.
Seriously tho I don't think I'll ever be a total couch potato and being around one would annoy me!
Posted by: waternymph47 at September 5, 2008 6:01 PM
I have a metabolism that's very responsive to the amount of exercise I get.
When I was 9, Dad's mother would say to mine "Lucy, why don't you feed that boy? He's like a skinned rabbit!"
The next year I discovered reading, and replaced 2 hours a day helping my dog to try to run down rabbits, with 2 hours a day of extra reading. I've been more or less
overweight ever since.
I just posted on the previous fitness blog the scientific reason why we need to do enough exercise every second day to get our blood pumping and make us breathe deeply.
At 72, I play tennis two nights a week, but have trouble fitting the other 2 exercise sessions into my busy life. Mainly because I find exercising alone to be so boring.
I'm hoping to find someone who'll walk with me regularly while we talk, and dance with me now and then. Not to mention working up a sweat together, indoors. Jogging alone on my mini-trampoline is so boring that I rarely do it.
Over to you ...
Posted by: timewarp1 at September 5, 2008 5:31 PM
Any extreme type is hard to function with, be it lounge potatoe or calorie counter type.
One does not have to have the same level of interest in things, but at least an reasonable understanding helps you mesh better.
....& Dont forget the issue of mental health, its equally important-- and very much intertwined/related to physical health.
Anyone who is a slave to their body,business, or partner is a fool :):)
Posted by: sincrolad at September 5, 2008 5:13 PM
couchies are just as nice as fitness people.
its abit like a line from a song..............................."theres a fine line between pleasure and pain.....................
Posted by: unknownauthor at September 5, 2008 3:26 PM
Posted by: laughsandtalks at September 13, 2008 8:03 PM: "I'd be looking a bit pissed too if someone had set me up on a date with a freak"
hmm...yes and so are the days of rsvp........lol
Posted by: kisskat at September 24, 2008 5:39 PM