An Understatement In Exercise

[majorminor]

What's your work out routine if any? I'm having a heard time getting excited about working up a sweat these days.

[patrick]

I've recently taken up yoga. It doesn't look like exercise, but then, why am I sore all over afterwards?

[millring]

"I've recently taken up yoga.'

You like the kind where you stir the fruit up from the bottom of the container?

Exercise: I run four or five miles at a time on a schedule of two days on, followed by one day off. That way I get 16-20 miles in per week. A also do three sets of 100 sit-ups and the opposite of sit-ups.

I've run for 30 years now and have a built in running partner (Dar). I think it helps to have Dar -- when I don't feel like it, she guilts me into it. Sometimes I do the same to her. Mostly, we take the long view on it. We don't always enjoy it -- though running on the trails makes it so that we more often than not do enjoy it. But we enjoy the results.

[Village Idiot]

I had a good exercise routine last year, with 20 min. on a treadmill, then sets of curls, sit-ups and push-ups. I quit when it got nice outside, though, and need to get started again. Good New Year's resolution, I guess.

[Deleted]

My philosophy John, is that God gave us the ability to run so that we could get AWAY from things, not to run TO them. I do run (jog) out to the truck when it's cold though.

[Dan McLaughlin]

Back in March of 2004, I started walking. Once I got into it, about 4 miles in about an hour a day. I'd go maybe 6-7 days in a row, then take a day off. That first Winter, I joined the local community center and used the treadmile for a similar distance, but made it there maybe 3-4 times a week during the November through February time when outside walking wasn't fun. Then back to the outside again. Last Summer I stared biking a bit and then when it got colder, walking again, but I've slacked off. I joined the local gym last month and will treadmill again once the weather really turns, although it's going to be in the 40-50 range for the next 10 days, which makes it more fun to walk outside, which I've finally gotten back to over the weekend.

I like biking better, but that will have to wait until April or May again...

[Deleted]

Walking 3-4 miles every morning (weather permitting) and biking a couple of times a week (once again, weather permitting). Plus, I occasionally do actual physical labor at work.

Tom

[sidheguitarmichael]

K and I do yoga together–not as regularly as I might like, but we do get time in each week. Of course, right now we get our exercise by getting up out of bed in the morning and then going to physical therapy. I am told that I am about half way through what will likely be about a 6 week cycle. We also were walking together 4 or so nights a week until we got hit by those guys.

Here's an interesting (at least to me) anecdote from last year:

I resolved to get up on new years day and do 1 sit up and 1 push up.

That's it.

Day 2 was 2 of each. Day 3? Yup, you guessed it. In this fashion, I kept myself from getting sore. I used to do 200 crunches and 200 push ups a day when in college (in addition to lots of Karate), so it wasn't all that hard to work back up to 100 of each by the 100th day. Not all at once, btw... on day 11 I was up to a set of ten of each and then I did one of each later in the day, building eventually to 10 sets of 10. sort of a fun hobby.

I was actually thinking of giving a little bit of yoga a shot today, just to see if my back can handle it yet.
Timely thread.
-MM

[billhammond]

"Here's an interesting (at least to me) anecdote from last year:

I resolved to get up on new years day and do 1 sit up and 1 push up.

That's it.

Day 2 was 2 of each. Day 3? Yup, you guessed it. In this fashion, I kept myself from getting sore. I used to do 200 crunches and 200 push ups a day when in college (in addition to lots of Karate), so it wasn't all that hard to work back up to 100 of each by the 100th day. Not all at once, btw... on day 11 I was up to a set of ten of each and then I did one of each later in the day, building eventually to 10 sets of 10. sort of a fun hobby."



This, my friend, is inspiring.

Starting Jan. 1, I am gonna eat one Mounds bar in the morning and an Almond Joy in the afternoon.

I never could figger out which one I liked better anyhoo; maybe by next year at this time, when I am being moved about by crane, I'll have a better idea.

[roylundelius]

Always the easy way, huh?

[millring]

"maybe by next year at this time, when I am being moved about by crane, I'll have a better idea"



What are you trying to tell us?

[billhammond]

millring said:

"maybe by next year at this time, when I am being moved about by crane, I'll have a better idea"



What are you trying to tell us?

Stork cartoons are NOT funny to bachelors, John!

Quit it out!

[millring]

stork. crane.

You say tomato and I say tomato.

[Deleted]

I've been going to a gym for 5 yrs now and I like that a lot. On warm days though I like to ride my bike and/or go for long walks. These days I eat lunch at my desk early (11:30sih) and use my lunch hour to work out at the gym. I do mostly cardio lately. Rowing machine, run the track, stair mill. I work out about 45 mins.

I don't really understand why people seem to dislike exercise so much. I think if you start off slowly and build up your capacity over time, you will come to enjoy it. It helps if you can find something you geniuenly like to do.

So what don't you like--the actual huffing and puffing part or is it boring or what gives?

I don't always like it but the alternative to feeling out of shape and fat is worse to me!

[sidheguitarmichael]

millring said:

You say tomato and I say tomato.

Carmina, carmina (cahr-mee-nah, car-my-nah)

Burana, burana (bur-an-ah, bur-ah-na)

Let's Carl the whole thing Orff!


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note: actual pronunciation: [karm'-i-na bu-ra'-na]

[kenlarsson]

I hate exercising. Calisthenics, machines, YUCK! That is the most boring, reprehensible activity I can think of. I won't do it. When I was in the Navy I ran, 25 miles or so a week to keep my weight down. That was OK, almost a meditation but my hips have degenerated over the years, at some point they'll probably need to be replaced so I've had to find alternatives. I play guitar everyday and have built up my hand muscles but that's not enough. The doc was bugging me and the best I've come up with is walking my dog. It's not as bad on the hips as running, is mildly aerobic and I can do it without thinking every second about how much it sucks. It's bonding with the beasty.

[jeffmaher]

Huff equipment. Play and sing. That's enough.

[Marshall]

In the Winter (fall & Spring) I play racquetball once a week. I hit the weight room afterwards. On the weekend I just do some curls, flies, pushups, and sit ups in the basement. (Only one set of 20 or so pushups and 30 or so situps). SOme leg lifts too.

I ride my bycycle some in the summer.

There's a treadmill and an exercylce in the basement that my wife uses. I mostly sit on the exercycle and watch TV between exersizes.

[Cornflake]

I ran until age 54, when my body said stop. A year and a half ago I started walking a mile and a little every morning. That's it. In the dark months (now) that routine doesn't work well, but from February through October it does.

[t-bob]

The only exercise I've been getting lately is walking to the mailbox and not finding my Secret Santa gift.