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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:58 PM Original message |
What was the most strenuous physical activity you've ever done? Me I cross country skied |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I swam on my high-school's state-championship team for two years. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That swimming must have been such a wonderful experience. There is nothing like |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I was in pretty good shape, too. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Probably climbing Wheeler Peak near Taos; well over 13,000 feet. |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. I ran a 26.2 mile marathon once. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. 24 hours of drug-free labor. 10 lb baby. nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
48. Yea, but consider the 5 minutes of hard work your hubby did 9 months earlier! |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Beat me to it |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. When we were young and stupid, my friends and I took a "shortcut" hiking through the Sierra: |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That sounds terrifying. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. We thought we were immortal |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Oh yeah. I used to think I was immortal back then too. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. scary. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. NAUI scuba class in college |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. I snowshoed in the sierras about 10 years ago. Almost killed me. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. trained thoroughbreds retired from the track ... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. I liberated hundreds of battery hens. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. Swimming across a quarry on Memorial day 1977 when the temperature |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. The last martial arts test I took years ago |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Brown Belt in Shotokan 25 years ago |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I was in Kenpo |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Instructor was an ex-Marine who grew up in Detroit |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Ha, we had the same punishment |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Had some hard Kyokushin-kai work outs/sparring |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. Giving birth was the hardest physical activity for me. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wow. Ten pounds. That is one big baby!! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. She was off the weight charts for months! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Your arms must have been in great shape. I am a twin so I only weight 5 pounds or so. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. Shook big rugs. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. Au Sable River |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Canoeing for speed is one of the best full-body workouts. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I did it in 1987, |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. IMO paddling at night is for loon-calling moonlit lakes only. |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. What is a strainer? |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Strainer is a tree with many branches which has fallen across the river |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hiking North rim to South rim Grand Canyon in July 2007 (112 degrees) 1 day down, next day up. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. I went down the Bright Angel |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not so much strenuous as stressful. Tire blow out on a dark country road. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. I can think of a few sex romps that qualify. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Me too |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Climbed the Great Wall of China with a broken foot. I thought is was just sprained. When I got home |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Farming, followed by martial arts. nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oh yeah. I once went to a demonstration on Parliament Hill for farmers. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yep. |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. Free-climbed Bell Rock |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. I once got up to change the channel. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. ... |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Cut up an entire 60' oak tree that fell from my yard into the street. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Demo Tapes for Jazzercise... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. 100 km. bike ride ... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Me too. I used to do "Century Tours" |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Probably a 24 hour relay. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. birthing |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sky-diving and then walking for a mile |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. Training for and riding in Philly to DC AIDS ride. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. 50 mile bike race from Tijuana to Rosarito Beach, |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. Ballet n/t |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
47. 8 day backpack in the Spanish Peaks of Montana |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
50. Probably climbing Mt. Whitney on the way into the JMT |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. It's a toss-up between hiking up a mountain trail and cheering. The mountain trip was |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. worked in a tire warehouse in Florida...fucking brutal, only lasted 3 weeks n/t |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. Halter breaking foals |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I went haying one time. I had your job. That is the definition of hard work. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. At least I never got the job of picking up bales out in the field |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. Working on a tie gang on the railroad. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. Working on a moshav in the Negev Desert |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. Unexpected 14-mile forced march with 100-lb rucksack |
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BarbaRosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. I worked at a welding supply co. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. USMC Basic/Advanced Training. n/t |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
69. I started playing ice hockey as a 38-year-old mother of two. After I joined the women's team, I |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. Packed up our whole house in two days' time... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
73. 48 hours of labor. |
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