zombie apocalypse weight loss training and preparation.
Tip of the day: Always be faster than at least one person in your group.
Don't eat that hostess cupcake - stockpile it! You will need lots of calorie-dense antimicrobial foods in your bunker. Also a great reason to practice eating beans all the time - your bunker mates will thank you!
this thread made my day. my tip? when in doubt, RUN LIKE FRIGGIN HELL.
My tip: never be the one sleeping next to the door/ window. Make your significant other sleep on that side. This way, if a zombie gets in, they'll go for them and you have enough time to get away.
Floss, the food between your teeth is packed with Zombie Nutritional Goodness.
Cardio cardio cardio!
Oh I love this!!! Whenever I'm at the gym using the rowing machine I imagine it is preparation for the zombie apocalypse!
Tip: keep in good but mild physical shape; the super buff guys in the movies always end up dieing.
Oh good, I'm not the only one.
"When the virus struck, for obvious reasons, the first ones to go were the fatties."
I'd like to not be one of those first ones. Postapocalyptia is going to have a lot of cool things lying around, things like military and communications equipment, pianos, books, and the odd pet squirrel, all just waiting for someone to come along and make zombie-killing Rube Goldberg machines out of them.
And I can't do that if I'm dead within the first few days.
Original Post by beskiers:
Oh I love this!!! Whenever I'm at the gym using the rowing machine I imagine it is preparation for the zombie apocalypse!
Tip: keep in good but mild physical shape; the super buff guys in the movies always end up dieing.
I work on my personality so the super buff guy will sacrifice himself for me. I need to stay around to remake the human race. ;)
I have noticed a lot of the 'Zombie' rules are the same sort of rules to be applied to bears...
Never hide food (yourself) in a locked car
Climb a tree or see higher ground to avoid being mauled
Don't get me started on menstruation...
I'm trying not to be the super hot girl so that I'm not one of the first eaten, as is typical in zombie apocalypse movies
Tip: Don't trust anyone. If someone is infected, terminate them immediately.
This post has me paranoid. I watched 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later (at the movies, bloody big screen, biggest in New Zealand) and have since been scarred.
For a year after, I was in constant high alert, constantly making mental checks of all possible weapons and safe rooms at my disposal.
3 years later, I still find myself doing it sometimes. Like at work, I have a plan worked out. I can use the twistie arms (I work in retail, twistie arms are a metal rod with a claw on the end that twists onto a clothes stand to give an extra arm to put clothes on) as weapons (the weight and size and everything just sits right for a good weapon), then I just need to get to a reserve which have heavy code bolted doors. Then I can climb into the ceiling and *hopefully* edge along the side beam going along the walls (My architecture friend pointed out to me that I can't actually just live in the ceiling because the ceiling is only held up by strings and I would fall right through if I walked along it... but there are small beams along the sides of the building) and from there I can hopefully get to any reserve... Only down side being we only have food in ONE reserve and only at Christmas and it largely consists of chocolate and biscuits and candy. HMMMM.
Jebus I need to stop thinking about this now and pretend I didn't read this, otherwise I wont be able to sleep.
Tip: Keep up your strength training, you'll never know how many bricks/other heavy objects you'll have to throw off the roof when the zombies amass at your building.
A very good reason to lose weight and be fit. In the event of a mass attack keep hold of a stick at all times in readiness to trip the nearest person to you up!
Carry a hand in a rucksack to temporarily stall a lone zombie.
Stockpile cans of food (preferably low sodium and low cal!) and bottled water.
Learn rudimentary mechanics ~ it's good to know how to start a car
Exercise daily ~ pilates is my choice ~ you need good core strength to avoid the walking dead.
Trust no one (they probably have sticks too!)
As you can see I have a plan!! hehehe
This is the only reason I'm on a diet! ;) I can't run yet, but boy is everyone going to be surprised when I book it out of there when I see a zombie.
My best advice: Pack some heavy artillery and learn some crazy kungfoo/samarai skills. Depending on the type of zombies, they are probably faster than you anyway.
Love this topic, my license plate cover does say Zombie Slayer. I love kickboxing imagining I am highkicking zombies heads. Too fun!!!
Wear tight clothes hopefully bite resistant and good running shoes.
Hah great topic! My friends love talking zombie and have planned quite extensively for the inevitable day. They bought a cottage up north and it's quite well stocked with a ton of land, really they are just having fun with it but it would be perfect in case of zombie attack.
Fortunately for me I'm the useful one so they are all coming to get me when the dead walk and take me to my new fortress in the country. As a stationary and electrical engineer who likes driving/fixing heavy equipment I'm about as good as it's getting in do it yourself zombie and survival inventions.
I never even considered the zombie survival implications of weight loss, much thought must go into this!
As for me, I'm going for the city. Although there will inevitably be a more dense population of the walking dead, there will also be more supplies. I'm thinking that it would be possible to secure 1 building as a base o operations, hang some zip lines, live on the building rooftops. I think the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. My biggest downfall will be livestock and fresh fruits and veggies. But hey, why not convert some of those empty rooftops to sky farms?
Where are you shacking up?
Country, I'd hate the smell of rotting flesh that would be prevalent in the city. Fortifying a small farm wouldn't necessarily be too difficult unless you get a huge wave of zombies. Also depending on position you may be able to get very early warning of approaching masses and be able to escape in your fully decked out zombie killing metal machine. Yeah.
Though you would have to watch out for the zombie sheep. Hmm.
Original Post by doll_eyes:
I have noticed a lot of the 'Zombie' rules are the same sort of rules to be applied to bears...
Never hide food (yourself) in a locked car
Climb a tree or see higher ground to avoid being mauled
Don't get me started on menstruation...
I read somewhere their periods attract bears. Bears can smell the menstruation.
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