Post-apocalyptic workouts

As several of you know, I've been participating in the Post-apocalyptic Workout. The slackmistress has put out a call for Top Ten things that need to be learned to survive the zombie apocalypse, and seeing how I actually put some thought into my response to her, I'd thought I'd repost them here. This is taking into mind that she's already done Basic First Aid (which I have a shakey, but precursory knowledge), CPR (I gots, want to do a course again for a freshup), and can run for 40 minutes consecutively (good for her, when my ankle heals, maybe I'll try to borrow Janine's Couch to 5K and see if I can in fact start running).

My reply to her:

Hmmm, on my first look through the list I only get nine as the most important for beginnings of survival. Other things are also necessary, of course, but this is my list. I call my method Get Me Away from That method of surviving the apocalypse.

*gather/purify water--because all else will pale in comparison to finding good, untainted water. Knowing how to purify water you find will be imperative. You can go a few days without sufficient food while you run away or go on gathering raids. You cannot live without a steady intake of clean water.

*get faster (outrun zombies)--if you can get away from them, they can't get you ;)

*marathon walking--most zombies (at least the slow ones that make "sense" to me) can't run for long periods of time. A good run to get away followed by an extended ability to walk should be sufficient.

*bike safety & maintenance--a good, no gas way to get away.

*boating--this also goes with the Getting Away. It'll be good to have several options open--on foot, on wheels, on water.

*swimming/holding breath--and this goes with the boating, for safety, of course.

*gun safety & maintenance
*load & fire handgun--these two go together. Because, while in a perfect scenario you'll always be able to get away, but sometimes, you'll probably need to make a hole where you'll be able to get away. Getting a start on the basics as soon as possible is probably a good idea. I wouldn't touch anything larger than a handgun for a while. Master this first, then move up to shotguns and rifles.

*diplomacy--because I've seen that movie. Have you seen that movie? Where everyone dies because they couldn't work out their differences and talk it out? I'm sure there are some books or something about talking to people. This would probably be something you could work on in the background of other training.

And one more . . . I'll go with
*first aid. Specifically basic veterinary first aid. Knowing that your priorities revolve around getting you and your beloved companion out of harm's way, and that you've already tackled basic first aid for humans, I think the veterinary aspect should be next on your list. As well as slowly moving on to advanced first aid to humans, but that would make 11 :P
I noticed that a Damien posted a reply to her as well, and the writing style was very familiar :P And that some things on my list were not on his and vice versa. I thought I'd comment on why.

* starting/building a fire sans matches--because in the beginning, most of your food will probably come out of a can. That doesn't need fire and fire is a very tentative weapon at best, as it is easy to loose control of fire. And it's a way for them to find you.
* gather/purify water--score.
* cooking over campfire--again with the lack of needing hot food.
* orienteering -- yeah, I was thinking that, but it'd fall a little lower on my list
* climate training (Desert/Cold) -- again, I though other things would come first
* storing food -- as you pointed out, in the beginning at least there should be a ready supply of things
* advanced first aid -- score.
* starvation training -- this one is funny to me. I wonder how well people would do if they didn't train in this. Would they just lay down dead? Or would they deal with the gnawing pit in their stomach and do what needs doing?
* load & fire handgun--score.
* swimming/holding breath -- score.

Just some of my thoughts. Feel free to comment back.

My workout ground to a halt for about a month there as I wallowed over my lack of being able to walk (it's still not very happy). I cannot yet actively walk as a form of exercise, so I can't build up my endurance that way. I have begun my upper body workouts again. I can do over 120 crunches. (I've moved up from sets of 15 to sets of 20, I think I might move again to sets of 25 and see how many I can do). Basically I take my 2lb water bottle and do a set of Until I can't anymore, then I do the other arm. Rinse. Repeat. However, medical (ish) question. Is doing a ton of crunches every day a really bad thing? I know that muscles need the recovery time, but then you hear about people doing an insane amount of crunches a day. I was wondering what the medical, muscle erosion side of this was. I'm in a very improve myself move and kind of want to run with it. I probably wouldn't do them every day once I can start my walks again, but until then . . .

Also: There's a listing of Atlanta area hospitals with attached birth rates and c-section %ages. Seemed neat.