Pilot Fitness

[BushwickBill]

So here I am on the road in a hotel room. After the 5am wake up after two consecutive 3am wake ups I'm not exactly in the mood to get out and go for a run. The local place to eat had a pub menu, not exactly a healthy one either. I got an hour road ride in last night but it was all I could handle after 5 hours sleep and a 12 hour work day plus getting ready for this 4 day stint on the road.

Heres the catch. I used to be a really fit guy until I started working as a profesional pilot. During high school and college I raced road and mountain bikes. Mountain Bikes at the Semi Pro level for a short time. I'm not just into cycling either. I hike and backpack a lot, surf and run a little too.

Now its early calls to work, life in a hotel and a not a lot of weight gain yet but certainly some. It comes off when the airplane is down or I get some time off but here is my question:

Is there some flight department or pilot group that actually cares about fitness?

When I look around at pilots as a group it kind of scares me. Are there any employers out there who understand the value of fit employees? Generally fit people respond to stress well and have more energy than an out of shape individual. Plus fit groups of people don't cost as much in terms of sick time used and health problems later in life. I'm a fairly young guy now but when I see some 50+ years old pilot sleeping in the pilots lounge with a huge stomach it doesn't exactly help me to feel comfortable about my future.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

I have the same thoughts when I go to work too.

I try and run and work out while Im at work but its tough.

When I not working, its easier to excercise

 

[NW_Pilot]

When I am out and about on long trips away from home I I go Female Human Hunting and find me a Female Human Play Gym. Some of them can be a real work out!!!

 

[Medivacer]

Go for a 3 mile jog. Depending on how fit you are now it could take between 20-30 minutes (maybe longer if your really a fat ass. You asked, so at least your concerned so you get one bonus point)

My point being, is that it doesn't take 2 hours everyday to get/stay healthy. Try little things like walking a little further, taking the stairs instead of elevator, try playing with kids for a little bit. I can't think of the website, but I'm sure there are a few out there that give more suggestions that you can do in everyday life that will help.

Good luck.

 

[Boeing747Driver]

I pedal 5000 miles a year on my road bike. I go to work to get some rest.

 

[BcPilot99]

I have the same thoughts when I go to work too.

I try and run and work out while Im at work but its tough.

When I not working, its easier to excercise

Werd!! I try and work out at least an hour or two every day off that I get...You can only do so much on the bike and treadmill at the hotels

 

[BcPilot99]

I pedal 5000 miles a year on my road bike. I go to work to get some rest.

Sweeeeet ride !!! I am looking into getting one of them

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Sweeeeet ride !!! I am looking into getting one of them

Cycling = Less pounding on your joints.

 

[BcPilot99]

Cycling = Less pounding on your joints.

I meant the car

 

[mrvmo]

Bushwick Bill..............Geto Boys!imp: Used to listen to those guys in high school. OHHHHHHHHHHHH Kathy that hoe was hot.............. .

 

[Boeing747Driver]

I meant the car

Oh now your talking.

Here are a few vids from the track

http://www.highperformancestangs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2840

 

[BcPilot99]

Oh now your talking.

Here are a few vids from the track

http://www.highperformancestangs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2840

Nice vids....You got a straight rear end on that thing??

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Nice vids....You got a straight rear end on that thing??

Stock IRS with a Billet Flow Brace.

 

[epic!]

even just doing sit ups and push ups in the hotel room would help.

 

[avbug]

When I am out and about on long trips away from home I I go Female Human Hunting and find me a Female Human Play Gym. Some of them can be a real work out!!!

Wife and kids don't mind, apparently?

Why would I want to be like the rest of the world!! I do have a family wife and child.... Can't live forever! I am enjoying this like other enjoy sex both can be deadly!

Then again, a lot of pilots aren't known for their fidelity. Perhaps you do want to be like the rest of the world, after all...

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Wife and kids don't mind, apparently?



Then again, a lot of pilots aren't known for their fidelity. Perhaps you do want to be like the rest of the world, after all...

Maybe he is Single.

 

[avbug]

Maybe. Or maybe you just missed the quote from him stating he has a wife and child. It was in the same post from which you drew the quote.

 

[The_Russian]

Who are you to judge? It's his life, let him deal with the consequences of his actions. Only the roach would try to point out how flawed everyone else is.

See you in hell.

Ruskie

 

[AC560]

So if a cheat on my wife while on the road is it appropriate to fill out a NASA report?

 

[The_Russian]

Yes it is!

 

[Boeing747Driver]

When I am out and about on long trips away from home I I go Female Human Hunting and find me a Female Human Play Gym. Some of them can be a real work out!!!

I must be blind. I don't see him saying anything about a wife.

I only see it in your post avbug?

Are you making stuff up?

 

[avbug]

Who are you to judge? It's his life, let him deal with the consequences of his actions. Only the roach would try to point out how flawed everyone else is.

Judgement, you say? Wherein has judgement been made. I quoted the poster...you made the judgement by any conclusions you may have drawn.

See you in hell.

Always the woman, never the lady, but quite the professional sweetheart, you are.

I must be blind.

You are. Else you didn't read my post very well, wherein I posted the quote. (Hint for the thickheaded...it's from a different thread http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?p=1305432#post1305432). Your reading comprehension skills may need a little work.

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Judgement, you say? Wherein has judgement been made. I quoted the poster...you made the judgement by any conclusions you may have drawn.



Always the woman, never the lady, but quite the professional sweetheart, you are.



You are. Else you didn't read my post very well, wherein I posted the quote. (Hint for the thickheaded...it's from a different thread). Your reading comprehension skills may need a little work.

Ok get back to reading your bible or little airplane manual.
What a tool.

 

[avbug]

Ok get back to reading your bible or little airplane manual.
What a tool.

Strange way to say you're sorry, that you are indeed blind as a bat, and that yes, you do lack reading comprehension skills, but you gave it your best. Even if it wasn't very good. You're not related to the rusky are you?

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Strange way to say you're sorry, that you are indeed blind as a bat, and that yes, you do lack reading comprehension skills, but you gave it your best. Even if it wasn't very good. You're not related to the rusky are you?

Blah Blah Blah.

I don't go around looking at different posts trying to pin smut on someone.

Learn how to quote correctly then I would have known it came from a different thread.

Get a life.

 

[avbug]

Again, if you find smut in the posts, which were quotes by NW Pilot, then that's your opinion, and your judgement. It was NW Pilot which bragged on the forum, indeed in this thread, about using women abroad as his female jungle gym, for exercise. How you take that, is entirely up to you. No need to go looking...it's right here in the same thread...the same on in which you have posted several times. Seems that you're already here, brightspark.

 

[Boeing747Driver]

Again, if you find smut in the posts, which were quotes by NW Pilot, then that's your opinion, and your judgement. It was NW Pilot which bragged on the forum, indeed in this thread, about using women abroad as his female jungle gym, for exercise. How you take that, is entirely up to you. No need to go looking...it's right here in the same thread...the same on in which you have posted several times. Seems that you're already here, brightspark.

LOL
Some women use men as gym equipment.
It is a two way street.

 

[avbug]

More power to them. For those who find it smut, again, that's a personal judgement. It always takes two to tangle. In this case, one who brags about it, and who has reminded us on several occasions about his family at home...particularly about their importance over flying and his careeer...and who was ready to leave flying not long ago in favor of that family...but who escapes them to use other women as a jungle gym for exercise today.

Judge as you will. Judgement is always a two way street, too.

 

[Metro752]

why can't we all get along

 

[avbug]

Oh, we can,but this is cheap entertainment.