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Exercise is good for you.
Wow! Shaun that is a lot of exercise!I go to the gym 3-4 times a week and do just over an hour each time (a lot of cardio as am trying to lose weight so treadmill, rowing machine, the hand bike thingy, recliner bike and then have some weights too) On one of my trips a week I add a half hour swim too.
I am gonna try to start up going to Zumba again once a week as I really do find that a lot of fun.
Have to say I am loving the gym at the moment despite finding it tough going
That's excellent, Emma. Keep up the good work :)
I don't exercise Shaun! But I wore a pedometer to work recently and over the whole day I totalled nearly 23,000 steps. That of course doesn't include 80-odd shelves that I had to lift off then dismantle their trolleys. Over the last two months my biceps have gone from something resembling a knot in a piece of string to well, a muscle. Plus once I've pushed watering buggies containing 80 litres of water ie more than 100kg weights all around the town I don't think I need much more exercise really! Though I do like going out for a good walk. Never been in a gym (except once by accident when I was looking for the toilet!)
Does an hour of pilates a week count? I know I don't do enough although I do spend a lot of the day on my feet rushing around the lab and walk at least 10 minutes to and from my local metro stop.
I really do want to get fit though, I just lack the motivation to keep at it. It would help though, particularly with one of my jobs which is a mixture of sitting around for a while followed by some running, some walking, some carrying people, shifting people and bags around.
Rosemary and Claire, any exercise is better than none, but I find that as I have a stressful job, the exercise helps. I've now ordered a punch bag, which should arrive in the next few days. This will provide stress relief and exercise in one fail swoop - or punch or kick ;)I also find as a writer that exercising allows me to relax and resolve plot issues.
Oops.I seem to have ended up in the wrong thread.
I walk to work and home again about 25 mins each way. Plus I walk the dog. I used to do an hour of yoga a week but they stopped the classes so am trying to do a wee bit at home but its not the same. Used to go swimming a couple times a week too (I get for free with Uni!) but that stopped when hubby took ill, we're hoping to start up again. I want to start going for runs again, I did it for a while when out in the country and quite enjoyed it. Mean to start up a new class as well cause I get free off peak membership at the sports village through Uni.
Walking is good. I like hiking and going to places that I've never visited before. It's quite surprising how many public rights of way and bridleways there are all over the country, usually right on your doorstep or close by that you probably drive past without ever noticing. It's these places that I like to investigate as they can take you on some lovely walks that you might not otherwise have discovered. It's also the little things, like taking the stairs rather than the escalator or the lift.
We normally go to the gym 2 or 3 times a week - half an hour on the exercise bike with my kindle and I can read quite a bit. Quick swim, and that's about it. Garden a bit, wander round NT places, but at my age, I do what I feel like.
My sessions down the gym are great stress relievers.
I do 40 minutes of yoga on the Wii fit a day, does that count? Haha
I walk practically everywhere. I do a strength workout 3-4 times a week. Lately I've been working cardio into my workouts too. I aim to do something active every day.I used to swim most days but I got out of the habit due to hectic semester and am currently working on my shoulders so I can go back (I have a few issues with my muscles so I kinda have to work up to it)
I had a lot of exercise over the weekend. Now my arthritic feet hurt and the knee I twisted earlier in the year aches.I do find that people who take a lot of exercise often do themselves damage.
Be careful out there!
I walk to the station from home, then from the station to work, then from work back to the station, then I run home from the station, then I try to do a 5km run on the weekends and take the inlaws dog for a walk.I then supplement that with a few weights sessions during the week.
Not really enough but it is all I have time for.
Love your pic Lindsay :o)Sounds like plenty exercise to me
I don't do exercise as such, but would love to get a pedometer to see just How much walking I do, especially today when I've walked uo and down stairs at least twice as many times as I needed to
I meant to take my pedometer to Disney but completely forgot
Nothing.I have a Samsung Smart telly and there's an exercise channel on it that has some mini exercises that look interesting, but I'm still working on getting a range of movement back in my arm.
I did do belly dancing and am planning on starting that back up.
My problem is I don't like sweating.
And all the fit people in work seem to have colds and aches and are forever being ill, but me, I rarely get ill.
Well, if we're talking about what we USED to do.. I used to do fencing once a week, netball once a week, aerobics once a week, pilates once a week, and horse riding twice a week! All for an hour/ hour and a half each time! Now i'm working on getting movement back into my knee, and trying to find some classes to go to as my local ones closed!
I'm doing LOTS of walking. And it shows :)
Shaun is working tonight so I'm just gonna drop this here pound of bacon in here while he's out. :D
You looking super sexy now instead of just sexy, Lorraine?
Patti (Number 69) wrote: "Shaun is working tonight so I'm just gonna drop this here pound of bacon in here while he's out. :D"Caught you just before I leave the house. Swapped it for some nice fruit.
Its good to see so many people enjoy (or at least do) some exercise.
I do 20-30 mins of weights followed by Body Attack aerobics twice a week. If I'm not hungover on Sunday, then I sometimes do a Body Balance (yoga/pilates) class. Occasionally, in addition to weights, I'll have a session on the punchbag.At home, I have an aerobic hula hoop which I don't use often enough!
Shaun wrote: "Patti (Number 69) wrote: "Shaun is working tonight so I'm just gonna drop this here pound of bacon in here while he's out. :D"Caught you just before I leave the house. Swapped it for some nice fr..."
Damn. Foiled.
Actually, I do exercise. Ish. 20 minutes walk to the bus to school. 35-40 minutes walk from the bus home. Chase kids all day.
We'll be doing some trekking in Vietnam and hopefully a lot of swimming if the weather co-operates.
Always fancied trying yoga, Weenie. Proud of you, Patti.
I walk a couple of miles a day every day pretty much as a minimum. Not the manual work I used to do, but I did spend a day pushing ewes into a race for the shearers without ill effect (except next morning when I got out of bed I stretched like an old dog ;-)
Yoga would be good for your core muscles Shaun if they are being neglected, also for relaxing.
Is it too early in the day for me to talk about Shaun's core muscles and just how non-neglected they look?Probably.
I walk whenever I can. Weather permitting I'm walking during my lunch break from work. I'm trying to lose weight at the moment so I've also dug out the wii and have been doing some of the stuff on that.I'm losing weight because I need to, and getting fit so that I can take part in something like a 10k run next year - as long as I can complete the course by walking!!!
Over the last few weeks there were three different walks/runs here all for cancer charities or the hospice and my nephew and I have said that we aim to do one of them next year to raise money in memory of my dad.
Well I figured they wouldn't be but that's what Yoga is good for. It actually gave me some arm muscles though, I can now see my lateral head of tricep when I tense my arm which even one of the anatomy demonstrators couldn't feel when I was at uni (this sounds wrong), he had lovely arms and I got to feel them...*Drools*
I had wonderful definition in my arms back when I worked in a factory.
I know I was a lot fitter when I had kids and dog, didn't drive and no bus service - it's a mile and half into town, uphill coming back, pushing the double buggy. And a mile and a half to playschool/school and back, three times a day. Definitely a lot fitter then. And younger. Sigh...
Patti (Number 69) wrote: "I had wonderful definition in my arms back when I worked in a factory."My little sister did a lot of sailing when she was a student and had impressive shoulder muscles :-)
I'd love to sail. Haven't in years. The Great Lakes are wonderful for sailing.I've sort of looked at buying a boat in Baku but they are stupid prices. So are slip fees.
I'll just need to make friends with someone who owns one. ;)
Darren wrote: "I quite often walk past a gym."Try jogging past it and see if it helps.
My new kickbag arrived this afternoon :)
Gingerlily (The One and Only) wrote: "Darren wrote: "I quite often walk past a gym."Try jogging past it and see if it helps."
On avoid it by taking the long way round
One of my fave books was Short walks to country pubs
Blimey, Shaun! I get out of bed every morning, does that count?
Shaun wrote: "My new kickbag arrived this afternoon :)"No. I'm still here.
Send more money.
I really think exercise is important too. That's why I have the kitchen and writing space on different floors. Every time I fetch munchies and beverage I use the stairs twice! Wow, that's so inefficient, I should stockpile.
Ha! Our flat in Baku has two stories. I keep a basket for stuff that needs to be carried up at the bottom of the stairs so I can make fewer trips.:D
I have been exercising regularly since Y2K, so far I found that Stronglifts is the best practical training routine for working men. I tried a lot of things though.
Yes, core muscle exercises can be very effective, Tarek.
A pal of mine thinks she may have a prolapsed uterus (the nurse wasn't sure) so don't neglect those pubococcygeal (PC) muscles ladies!
My average exercise routine now looks something like the following:
Tae Kwon Do 2 or 3 times a week. Each session lasts between one and one and a half hours. Great cardio workout.
Jog 2 times a week. I generally don't have a specific aim. I was going to train for a marathon, but complications from a sprained ankle last year look to have put paid to that. I am running in the JCB Mud Run this coming Saturday though, as I love running in obstacle/mud races.
Gym 2 times a week. Mainly just use it for general keep fit and toning, using various weight machines and the stationary bikes and rowing machines.
Swim once every couple of weeks. I would like to go more, but it's hard when I work shifts, and I'm a rubbish swimmer.
So who else exercises, and if so, what do you do?