[Anonymouse]

There are more fun ways of keeping fit and toning muscles:

Archery - don't laugh; you'd be surprised. When shooting outdoors, you end up walking a fair distance to and from the target. A couple of years after I started, after a summer of regular practice I discovered some of my T-shirts no longer fit...because I'd gone from a 36" to a 38" chest. Carrying targets (bosses, to use the technical term) single-handed helped, as these are about 4' wide and weigh up to 44kg. I draw about 40lbs with my bow and frequently shoot a York round. This breaks down as:

6 sighter arrows at 100 yards, then 6 dozen scoring arrows, 6 at a time - thus you walk 200 yards there and back for every 6 arrows - total distance = 2600 yards.

4 dozen at 80 yards - comes to 1280 yards.

2 dozen at 60 yards - 240 yards, with a grand total of 4120 yards. 150 arrows gives you a drawn weight of 6000lbs, or nearly 3 tons, and you walk over two miles. It mounts up.

Swimming

Riding a proper bike rather than one of those damn exercise things - at least you go somewhere!

And if you have a partner, there's always sex!