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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
What's the fastest way to get into playing shape?
I'm all duffed out from the college life and intramurals are soon coming. Last year me and my team, all 5 of us, played in the A league. Needless to say, have you ever seen 5 stoners trying to run the court for 40 mins?
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Well, in regards to your first question, the answer is contigent upon just how out of shape if you are. If you're a few pounds overweight and in pretty bad cardiovascular shape, like most college guys get when they aren't exercising, I would suggest jogging, riding the stationary bike, swimming, and other stamina building activities. Save the sprints and speed type work until you re-introduce your muscles to exercise as this will prevent avoidable injuries
After a couple of weeks of alternating between these types of activities atleast every other day, I would start doing some sprint work like running suicides and baselines in the gym. Your muscles are going to get tired and fatigued, but they will build back up stronger.
Unfortunately, there is no magical cure to getting back into shape. It's going to take time and physical effort. From experience I would say that if you are willing to work out 5 days a week for 30 minutes to an hour a day on the types of activities I've listed above, you will see huge results in as little as 2-3 weeks. I hope you've left yourself enough time to condition a little.
And yes, I have had the pleasure of seeing 5 stoners go up and down the court before. I was a member of a fraternity in college and our intramural team was quite a sight. Probably not as competitive as yours is but thorougly entertaining.
Hope this helps and don't by shy about posting other questions,
Dostoevsky