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Tommy: I assume he gets enough exercise on the job. Carrying 60lbs. of gear up and down stairs, etc. I also assume that he thinks he doesn't have to exercise in an extracurricular way because of that. Several of the other guys on the crew are shown using the gym equipment in the firehouse, but never Tommy. (However, something happened in S5, in which somebody on the writing team wrote Tommy a lot of sex scenes, which, ideally, would require the removal of his shirt. Therefore, somebody had to work out more so that he'd actually look like he did strenuous physical labor for a living when said shirt was removed. This was somehow wedged into a passing conversation between Tommy and his chief, in which the chief said he looked good and asked if he'd been working out, which was not weird at all.) So, I don't think it's really out of habit or because he has to, and there's no special meaning to it either, but take away the physicality of Tommy's job -- for example, stick him behind a desk -- and he'd go crazy with restlessness and boredom.

Lou: No.

I'm supposed to be participating in a stair climb tomorrow for the American Lung Association (might not be able to do it, depends on Sears' delivery time, long story). Every time I enter one of these they always have a wave of firefighters, who climb the entire building in all their gear. The ones who do the Climb to the Top for the MS Society take that sixty pounds of gear and go up sixty-six flights of stairs in between 14 and 21 minutes, for what it's worth.

...That is crazy intense.

Felix does daily sword practice. He lives on a dangerous world, after all, and while there's probably no one on his world who could defeat him in single combat, it wouldn't do to let his skills slip.

Kain is much the same way, with the addition of being actively military. (Also he uses a spear rather than a sword.)

Fluttershy, not especially. In fact, from the way her training montage in Hurricane Fluttershy started, I'd imagine she had never done any kind of useful workout.

Cranky walks. Everywhere.

On the other hand, Fluttershy probably expends a fair amount of energy tending to her animals.

Enzo is a Guardian cadet. To begin with, he has physically-oriented classes like combat training and some Game simulations (though not all; it depends on the genre), plus fieldwork these days. The cadets are also strongly encouraged to work out more conventionally in their free time—partly because the more the better, partly to get them in the habit for after they graduate—and Enzo does so. Sometimes he will even find ways to multitask on exercise and studying; this is common among cadets.

Aradia had fairly active hobbies before she died and started using her telekinesis for everything, but I can't really see her working out in a conventional fashion.

Dr Thurlow does a lot of running around as part of their daily routine; sometimes they take courier jobs, in particular. And occasionally they try vigorous exercise before bed so they'll be tired enough to bypass their chronic nightmares. (Literally running away from their problems, to steal a phrase from another Fallen London player on Tumblr.) This sort of works.

Mark doesn't, particularly. He will, but in canon, that won't happen until certain events occur. Viltrumites are very strong, fast, and durable, but even they have to exercise. At one point in the series, Nolan states that he believes that Viltrumites have no known upper limit to their abilities, but none of them have been able to push themselves hard enough to develop past a certain point. Eventually, finding a heavier rock to lift becomes difficult.

That and getting a grip on a gas giant.

Anyway!

Isometrics might let him squeak out a few more ergs of power in training, but other than that it comes down to being temporarily depowered and training at a human level. Which is risky if it's at all possible.

There's a lot of walking to do at Hogwarts and he's a fairly active guy regardless, but Scorpius learned to exercise - mostly the body-weight variety with some lifting - from one of his old Quidditch captains and has made it a part of his daily-ish routine. He also jogs every morning before classes.

Trowa is a professional circus acrobat. So... yes. He practices pretty much every day, either alone or with Cathy or others -- working on new stuff, keeping in practice on old stuff, strength or cardio training, whatever. Most days, he also has one or two shows. (He might not necessarily work out on days when he has both a matinee and an evening show, but Trowa's general goal is to be in good enough shape that two shows is no strain at all, so he keeps in practice to be better than he needs to be. Relatedly, Trowa is a perfectionist.)

When he's on vacation, he does try to work out. Partly to keep in practice, and partly because his body is used to a lot of physical exercise every day and he gets restless being sedentary for more than a day or two.

Thor does sparring and weapons drills and such most days, because they're fun! And because Thor is a physical guy and a warrior down to his bones. And because he was taught very young in good habits of frequent practice.

But mostly because it's fun. I don't even want to think about a Thor restricted to inactivity for long. He would go stir-crazy so fast.

River doesn't have to, per se, because Millicanonically she has biofeedback dreams that keep her in pretty good shape and with combat reflexes. (This is how I justify the fact that she can fight hand-to-hand for a really long fight scene and keep going afterward when we mostly only see her drifting idly around the ship. It's also the kind of thing I think the Academy would be all about.) She'll dance any chance she gets, though. And Serenity's crew plays the occasional free-for-all ball game in the cargo hold, and stuff. River enjoys physical activity, but she's not really organized and habitual about it.

Regan, on the other hand, is so heavily scheduled that she has to be habitual if she wants to have any time for it. A few mornings a week I think she goes to a gym and does... uh... whatever the Core version of a light workout for busy trendy middle-aged people is. Possibly tai chi one day or something, because Fireflyverse seems like it'd do that.

Years ago, she liked horseback riding, and I think was at least an occasional jogger.

Clare doesn't exercise. She walks everywhere she goes, and she fights when a job presents itself, and she trains her yoma-detecting senses. But she doesn't consciously exercise, and she can deal with inactivity fine, too. (Clare is pretty dissociated from her body in a lot of ways, which is a common or possibly inevitable side effect of organization... uh, let's call it training.)

Ben is often shown lifting weights and occasionally doing cardio. I think he lifts weights on a daily basis out of habit and to keep strong. Thanks to Reed, he has equipment that actually is a challenge for him to use. Running and other forms of cardio he does to keep liber and "light" on his feet. Ult. Ben did the same, but it was more of a way for him to have some bit of normalcy in his life. He was also much more religious about the work out, often getting up at Oh God It's Early to start.

Jessica does lots of yoga and such to maintain her flexibility. She also spars a lot in addition to the normal day to day routine of fighting crime and protecting the world.

Val loves extreme sports and so is often doing something. As to regular exercise like lifting weights or jogging, not so much. She also, in theory, spends time in the forge or would if I threaded with her.

Andrea comes from a para-military organization and I have a hard time imagining they didn't include PT in her training. I think she uses her body as it's own resistance rather than lifting weights, though. Given how cars don't always work and how domestic animals get nervous around her, I think she tends to run to where she needs to be as often as she can.

At this point I don't think Hank works out as he's too busy in the lab, though he does take long walks in a nearby forest. This will change once he's at the mansion.

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I am sure Amascut does just to keep her mind active. But physically, I am sure that being a slayer master is demanding enough. Exercise EP's are always a good excuse to EP though

Fairy Fixit gets enough exercise flying around carrying a toolbox thank you very much. Fat fairies of her variety do exist and they still fly around on their tiny insect wings, just not as nimbly. I guess beating those wings constantly isn't necessarily that aerobically demanding, but I imagine she has the metabolism of a hummingbird. There might be something else keeping her in the air, though. Being that she and her kind live in Zanaris, which isn't good at the 3-spacial dimensions + 1-temporal dimension thing, she might only look like a tiny person flitting about on insect wings in 3-space. Then again projections from higher dimensions to lower dimensions don't work smoothly enough that she would look like a tinyperson all the time, either. *shrug*

Evil Chicken doesn't exercise. He/She dies a lot instead.

Sunshine gets a good upper-body workout lifting and moving heavy trays of baked goods in and out of ovens on the job, and has a routine run around the lake at Milliways on the mornings she's there. The run helps her parse out her plan for the day, while the cinnamon roll dough is rising in the kitchen. Training with her magic also counts as exercise, because often a lot of her training time is spent sparring with animate figures controlled by magic. It's all for the sake of hopefully keeping her alive.

Zelgadiss rigorously practices his swordwork every day, but apart from that and the background physical work of traveling everywhere by foot, does not work out.

Yrael laughs at the question, and goes back to sleep.

Jack and Alfred are military and ex-military respectively. Part of their natural routines now, is a certain level of exercise. Primarily, cardio work, but Jack also does a reasonable level of strength work.

Max and Erik are much more sedentary, though neither of them is unhealthy. Walking around campus when you can is a good thing. Also, dealing with students is exhausting in it's own way.

Bean will be military, but for now, exercise means getting out of the way when the police come through. Or the other bullies. So, it's a whenever needed, but as a general rule, conserve energy, type lifestyle.

I just slept in as I'm having a sick day and it feels nice.

Will exercises through how he lives as he's constantly fighting, hunting, sparring as part of what he does.

Charles definitely exercises as well. I know he does some running and in the movie there's a small gym in the mansion. I think he does it because he wants to keep himself at his best and be ready for anything, also physical movement is a way to calm his mind at times. When he's focusing on a lift, he can quiet some louder minds.

Sameth spars and works in a forge as part of his daily life and when he was at school played rugby and cricket. Being active is part of how he lives.

William runs a ranch and spends most of his day in some form of physical work. The idea of exercise for the sake of exercise would confuse him a bit but he does know about it.

Moist keeps in shape, because he needs to be prepared for anything during his life. Though I'm not completely sure what his exercise looks like, its one of those aspects of the Disc, I'm not certain of.

Jane does chores around the house and enjoys walks and rides, but she's from an era when a lady doesn't do physical work so that's how she keeps active. Though she does play cricket quite well.

Demeter is a goddess so doesn't need to keep active, but she constantly works in her garden and during the winter walks.

Tumnus walks a lot and dances, but he's mainly a scholar yet I get the feeling its hard for a faun to get too heavy.

The Pirate King fights, sings and dances because he needs to be the best Pirate King he can be.

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I suspect most of Moist's exercise consists of tap dancing and soft-shoeing, with the occasional running for his life.

Yes, well put. Adrenaline's good for the heart.

Obsessively and with a drive for perfectionism!

What, you expected differently out of an unpowered crime fighter out of Gotham? Even Steph did heavy training. It's how you stay unsquished.

And then, well, family issues. Fun times!

Leela -

eyeeyecaptain - Yes. Primarily she practices Arcturan Kung Fu, which doesn't hold much in the way of religious significance for her (though Master Fnog was a clear play on Mr. Miyagi). Her ability to kick anyone's ass plays into her self image a lot.

Porthos -

srspirate - Uhhhh no. Unless you count sparring. Porthos does enjoy a good duel to the death.

Grace Augustine -

donthidemycigs - Hahaha. ha. haaa.

Renee Walker -

whathastobedone - Yes. She likes to keep herself in top shape, though with her job she doesn't have the luxury of any kind of normal schedule. Often she works out in order to blow off steam.

Ray Carling -

flickedmethevs - RAY EXERCISES ALL THE TIME WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT no I can't, too much laughter.

Lily Bell -

maidenofthewest - No. The wit of her tongue is the only strength she needs to cut a man off at the knees.

Zoë Washburne -

someonetocarryyou - Like Mal and Jayne, Zoë does what needs doing in order to keep all her weapons in top shape. When there are the people for it, you can catch her enjoying some games and sports.

Regina Mills -

happilyneverafter - Brute force is so unnecessary.

Clementine: aerobics on and off, strippercise on and off, pole dancing class on and off, yoga constantly. She has surprisingly lousy arm strength and canonically cannot do chin-ups, and her cardio is eh, but I think she has decent leg strength.

Dixie: Comes from a land that knows no exercise programs, nor diets. Corsets work wonders.

Jules: Dancercise. Is the most competitive dancer in the history of the world. Do not get in her way when she gets going.

Pinkie: See This!

Gaeta used to exercise daily to maintain his military conditioning, even though he wasn't on the front lines. (Because that's the kind of thing Gaeta does. Sigh.) Now, his exercise routine doesn't extend beyond physical therapy and learning to walk again. He hates every minute of it.

Olivia also has a daily exercise routine to stay in shape for the FBI; it usually includes, at a minimum, some strength training and a multi-mile run.

Bolin's a professional athlete, so exercising is basically his livelihood. Cardio, strength training, hours upon hours of pro-bending practice, you name it -- he's in excellent shape and strong like bull.

The Trickster is an immortal being who doesn't need to exercise...which is good, considering all the sugar he inhales. Working out would just get in the way of all his fun, anyway.

Raph's probably one of the few people in Olau NOT in the Guard who exercises regularly. I'd imagine everyone else just does their manual labor thing and doesn't think much about keeping in shape.

I think if Raph couldn't exercise he'd find more people to hit...which is kind of like exercise. You really don't want him to have excess energy.

Splinter has a morning kata routine.

Mike trains with X...which usually means she chases him and he runs for his life.

Like his brother, Mike tends to do get into trouble if he's not suitably worn out, so keeping him from exercising would be bad. But at least it'd be hilarious.

Bumi doesn't exercise nearly as much as he used to, which accounts for his pot belly. Having said that he's still well over the physical requirements the United Forces has for someone in his age bracket.

Aang's trains in waterbending on a daily basis. He feels it important to mention that training is far less fun with Paku than it was/is with Katara.

Elle exercises on a regular basis, due to a combination of how she was brought up (which involved weapons and combat training and an emphasis on practicing all the time, not that she had a lot else to do), paranoia, and ... being around X for more than five minutes. She tends to prefer jogging and acrobatic exercises to weight training, a lot because of her ability and the fact that the training regimens she worked with tended to involve more weapons use than hand-to-hand combat. But regardless, she'll go a little tetchy if she's not practicing something every day.

Asami has to exercise as part of her self-defense classes, which includes strength and endurance training, but puts the strongest emphasis on agility. For someone like her, strength doesn't mean that much if you can't dodge when the other guy blasts fire at your face. And when it comes to self-defense, there is something to be said for being able to run away. Asami's training largely deals with dodging attacks and being familiar enough with a number of weapons to use whatever an opponent is holding against them, so she most frequently trains in ways that emphasize endurance, speed, flexibility, and coordination, and then secondarily strength. But since she was a child she's had several assigned exercises and a master who notices if she ever skimps out at all, so. Any time when she doesn't follow it is noticeable.

Leslie is much more like me and … doesn't really make time to exercise. Or sleep. I like to think she maybe gets as little bit of a workout running around everywhere and doing everything, and she's shown as someone who enjoys some activities that take a certain amount of physical activity, such has hiking. But whenever she actually does something in any way strenuous… it's basically her practicing boxing for about ten seconds before she's out of breath.

Manny is a skeleton and therefore is entitled to not care about this anymore. (I tend to think you remain whatever shape you were in the moment you died, and Manny's definitely sort of average.)

I don't think Marceline exercises, but then again, I don't know that the color red would be too rich with calories. But she's rarely shown even physically walking, and... is a vampire, so. But I'm sure she'd be happy to mock mortals who are exercising!

Henry plays a lot, but he doesn't exercise, not really.

Lois runs. She's got a black belt in... some unspecified martial art, I forget at the moment which I head-canon'd it to be. She exercises regularly, I guess? The exercise drops off as the years progress, but she generally stays in shape. It helps with the running from out-of-control situations (and, well, some vanity too, she's gotta look good).

Tavi is a pseudo-Roman general on a war front, regularly in combat against nine-foot wolf-men, with a possibly-unfortunate tendency to lead from the front of his Legion. It's not so much 'exercise' as 'his life.'

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