My love of sci-fi rarely makes it on to this blog.
But as geeky fandom makes it way into the mainstream there are some funny sci fi/fitness interactions.
Here’s some examples:
- There’s the Firefly fan group at Spark people discussing how the Serenity crew stayed so fit when they spent so much time of the space ship, here.
- Geek Fitness describes his Working Out Like An Avenger fitness program.
- Then there’s the Dr. Who Workout, to do while watching marathon episodes of the show. See The “Doctor Who” Workout Is Harder Than It Sounds.
- Geek Into Shape has The Walking Dead WOD. Enjoy!
- The Ultimate Geek Workout has this suggested cool down:
“For a cardio cool-down, awkwardly dance anytime a Daft Punk song comes on.
To tighten your abs, repeatedly sit up in bed at night because some great Doctor Who fan fiction came to you in a dream. Also, aggressively laugh at every reference on The Big Bang Theory.
Live long and perspire.”
- Some people have a specific character as their fitness inspiration. See The Slave Leia Body Challenge: Even geeks need to get into shape. We blogged about it here, Do you want to look like Slave Leia?.
- There’s also the Light Saber workout. “The workouts are a mix of martial arts, fencing and play acting — complete with costumes and lightsabers.” Run by the New York Jedi, of course. It’s not just in New York though. The video below is from a California Star Wars workout class for Jedis in training.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4dexq8Jnvw
Have I missed any?
Me, I like to keep my sci fi watching and exercise separate. I like physical activity best in the great outdoors (rowing, bike riding, cross country skiing).
But when I’m watching Red Dwarf/Stargate/Firefly/Dr Who/Torchwood/Eureka etc, I do like to foam roll tired muscles.