Farmers and fitness

[ironhoof]

Slightly offbeat request!
Any farmers on here who have a fitness regime/do regular exercise outside working hours? Would be interested to know how you shoehorn fitness into your day, and if it has helped with problems such as back pain niggles or improved concentration/energy levels at work. It's for a magazine article so you need to be happy to be quoted. You can PM if you'd rather not comment publicly !

 

[Man_in_black]

Christ,after a day chasing sheep, shouting at things/people, lifting this, carry that then the last thing I need is a work out! I need a cup of tea an eccles cake and a dark room!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Slightly offbeat request!
Any farmers on here who have a fitness regime/do regular exercise outside working hours? Would be interested to know how you shoehorn fitness into your day, and if it has helped with problems such as back pain niggles or improved concentration/energy levels at work. It's for a magazine article so you need to be happy to be quoted. You can PM if you'd rather not comment publicly !

I've lost 3 stone in weight and feel 10 years younger. I may not look it though . Sitting in the farm office all day eating then going home to watch tv and eat was slowly killing me , stress lack of exercise and eating to much

 

[Derrick Hughes]

This

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Christ,after a day chasing sheep, shouting at things/people, lifting this, carry that then the last thing I need is a work out! I need a cup of tea an eccles cake and a dark room!

Sounds like you need to de stress

 

[Brisel]

I have 2100 acres of crops to walk and 2 terriers to tow me around them! I have a slipped disc and lots of walking has really helped with that. 10,000 steps a day recorded by my iPhone is rarely a problem.

 

[Filthyfarmer]

My lad plays for the local rugby club and they sent round a fairly rigorous daily training program the other day to complete and tick boxes.

He sent the message back, Been Shearing all day........................

 

[neilo]

Christ,after a day chasing sheep, shouting at things/people, lifting this, carry that then the last thing I need is a work out! I need a cup of tea an eccles cake and a dark room!

I think the question must have been aimed at our arable farming colleagues.....?

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

I think the question must have been aimed at our arable farming colleagues.....?

Two weeks skiing not count?

 

[The Seeker]

I’d love to have time , always feel odd when our with friends who all talk about going to the gym and how many whatever they can lift or run. I do like mountain biking but with 2 young kids there’s no time at The end of the day . I was thinking about how nice it was when I was at collage when Wednesday afternoons dedicated to sports - perhaps I should implement it here

 

[DrWazzock]

I get plenty of agility exercise but not enough stamina exercises. So I can swarm up a grain bin but break into a sweat if I have to run very far. I noticed the same thing happened to the old folks. They remained agile and strong as an ox but couldn’t run very far.
Need to do more stamina building exercise, biking etc.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

As I tell my employees when we/they are doing anything particularly physical, which is most days- "I'm told that there are people that pay to go to the gym".

 

[ColinV6]

My wife has been doing this Joe wickes thing that’s all the rage at the moment.

She was just about to start it one night when I got home so I joined in. I have always clashed myself as pretty fit in a strength way but very unfit when it comes to running and stamina.

20 minutes later I was absolutely exhausted. I kept doing it for a few days and it genuinely got easier and I did feel better, but as usual I got bored and stopped.

 

[deleted user 837354]

The majority of this forum if covering the 10,000 steps a day need only do some very very simple stretch exercises first thing in the morning and they will stay fit enough.

When I was back working on a dairy farm I would cover 10,000 steps by around 10am easily most days and it wasn't a particularly labour intensive farm. I bet a lot of livestock farmers here do way more steps and calories than that.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

The majority of this forum if covering the 10,000 steps a day need only do some very very simple stretch exercises first thing in the morning and they will stay fit enough.

When I was back working on a dairy farm I would cover 10,000 steps by around 10am easily most days and it wasn't a particularly labour intensive farm. I bet a lot of livestock farmers here do way more steps and calories than that.

Yes I do, often over 20000 steps a day.
Unfortunately, my phone counts bumps while driving a tractor or loader as steps, so half of those are while bumping around on the forklift.

 

[Man_in_black]

I think the question must have been aimed at our arable farming colleagues.....?

You shouldn't jest Mr. Oughton,our arable cousins have to possess a very unique physique - strong thumbs. Hands on steering wheel all day & then having to come home and count out those £ notes all night!!

 

[The Seeker]

This is me today having dagged and dosed 2 fields of ewes and lambs

 

[thesilentone]

Walking does not count, unless you're heart is over 100 beats a minute, you are not really exercising.

 

[Blaithin]

I have always clashed myself as pretty fit in a strength way but very unfit when it comes to running and stamina.

That probably describes most farmers I know. They’re strong. They’re capable. They aren’t exactly in shape.

Poor eating habits. Stress. Lack of energy outside of work. Most farmers are victims of it all.

I’d hate to see how truly out of shape I would be if I didn’t have farm chores to keep me where I am, but I’m under no delusion that I’m near peak form or health ?

 

[lazy farmer]

Walking does not count, unless you're heart is over 100 beats a minute, you are not really exercising.

I sort of agree with that but off the back of wandering about I can easily do a 10k run. So there must be some gain from it ?