Since we have chosen to use a tool that doesn't allow us to store or build energy and instead relies wholly on our bodies to impart the energy, what do you guys do to stay in shape? General or sling specific?
 
I do my maximum number of pushups 4 days a week and lift 3 days. I'm supposed to do cardio 2 days a week but that tends to fall by the wayside.
 
Sling specific exercises, I'd say the overhead press is probably the closest Sling-centric exercise I do.

I go swimming twice a week.... no wait that's my scuba diving training  
I just sling then  
Greetings,
Mauro.

Well most of the energy I use when slinging comes from my back and hips, so I don't bother with arm exercises. Probably should do something about those jelly rolls though......
 
I'm doing track and field right now, so I'm running a few miles every day.

I just do everyday things,  like pack 5-10 gallons of water for steam bath,  cut/haul wood,  cut and preserve fish for the winter,  do lawn work,  landscaping,  and plus chores while hunting or out and about keep me fit easily.  Noo need for some special regimen or gym,  outdoors is my gym etc..

I'm an old guy so my body will only take so much abuse.  I used to have a great regimen, but that was then.  These days I walk the Huskies.  They're getting older (they're nine, which is sixty-three in human) so our distance has decreased from over a hundred miles a week to probably around forty five or so.  That isn't so good for me.  I also bowl twice a week, up to nine games or more per session.  I sling quite a bit also, usually twice a day while walking the beasts, if that can count as exercise. Prior to my operation last June I was doing a lot of isometrics.  They're great for toning.. I had a good six pack for the first time in my life.  It's about time I got back into them.  I know this is boring but it's what I'm left with.  It's better than nothing.

Mauro, a "six-pack" is American slang for well-defined abdominal muscles.  The "rectus abdominus" has 6 lobes or sections which stand out like a "six-pack" of beer.    Sort of....

Quote from Rat Man on Apr 6^th, 2012, 8:56am:
What was your isometric routine? Admittedly that was my ulterior motive for this thread. I want to expand the type of training I do outside of the gym (possibly replace).  

  There were several isometrics that I did.  The first is something everyone who drives can do.  What do you usually do when sitting at a red light?  Nothing, right?  Instead of that, with everything that you have, try to push your belly button through the back of your seat until the light is green again.  You'll be surprised at how much concentration it takes to pull your gut in with all of your might for that length of time.  I work my entire  abdomen this way, from right above the crotch to my solar plexus.  I also did this while walking the pooches.  It's impossible to do it through the whole walk but I'd do it as much as possible.
   Once home, before my shower I'd stand before the mirror (I'm not all that vain.. it's necessary to make sure you're working the proper muscles) in my birthday suit.  This is difficult to describe because so much of it is mental, but I would, while compacting my abdominal muscles with all of my might, do a series of arm lifts and exercises where I pit one arm against the other.  If you're doing it correctly you should feel it pulling against your middle abdomen when you lift and lower your arms or pit one arm against the other, both pushing and pulling.  Also it should be very difficult to very slowly lift and lower your arms.  You'll know you're doing it right because not only will it be extremely difficult, but your abdominal muscles will be completely compacted and bulging.  I'd also do a series of alternate shoulder and neck rolls and leg squats, working all against my abdominal muscles.  Make up your own routine, depending on how much time you have.  If it feels like it's too easy and you're doing nothing then you're doing it completely wrong.  Slow down and concentrate.  Suck your gut in as hard as you can.  When it's difficult to do and you feel it pulling on the dead center of your abdomen you're probably doing it right.  The more you do it the better you become at isolating the various muscle groups that you're trying to work.  
    This is something that I've worked out for myself on my own and I've never tried to describe it to anyone before.  I hope this makes some sort of sense and it's not too weird.  It's worked for me and never caused me any injury.  Any questions, feel free.  BTW, I am not trained in any sort of physical therapy or exercise instruction though I have, at various times in my life, gotten myself into really great shape.  Do this at your own risk.