Are you working out regularly?

[yoda313]

So do you have a routine? Do you run? Do you walk? Do you lift weights?

Are you a weekend warrior that does nothing during the week but does too much on the weekend then crash???

I'm trying to build up a little bit. For the last year or so I walk 20 to 30 minutes at lunch during work every weekday. But I thought I'd try a little more. Now I've got an old tv and a spare dvd player hooked up downstairs and I'm going to start using some of the excersise equipment thats laying around. I did 10 minutes yesterday and I'm shooting for the same today. I figure over the next two or three weeks I'll work up to at least 20 minutes and maybe push to 30 if I'm really dedicated.....

[NormaJ]

Does brain working out count?

[Craig Tucker]

I play football 3-4 times a week and go to the gym 2-3 times a week.

[SLK001]

I run 3 days a week and weight train 6 days a week. Mostly to keep in shape and to be able to eat what I want!

[thecoalman]

I lift 12 ounce weights on the weekends. Make sure to get a spotter after a few hours as they have a tendency to slip out of your hands. Don't want to waste any weight....

[normcar]

No, but with the problems I have with my computer lately, I would like to start a computer tossing exercise from a very high cliff or building.

or

Take some batting practice with my computer as the ball.

[dphirschler]

Here is my program. I lift weights at the gym 2-4 days a week depending on how busy home life is. Lately because of the kids' early bedtimes, I have only been able to workout twice a week.

Monday: back/biceps
Tuesday: legs
Thursday: chest/triceps
Friday: shoulders

I work in a (3-5 mile) run about three times a week at Kennesaw Mountain. I look more forward to the runs than I do the weights. But soon it will get dark too early to run and I will be spending more time at the gym.

I was never the type that could stick to a program until now. I believe this works because I am working out close to my office. So I can go work out immediately after work to avoid rush hour traffic. I am more motivated than ever to go to the gym.

And the running happened by accident. I found myself hating the cardio machines at the gym. You just run and run (or ride and ride) and get nowhere. Sure it's air-conditioned, but you want to get off the machine the whole time. So I started going to the mountain to hike. I found that I got a more intense cardio workout and it was more enjoyable too. And if you hike 15 minutes out, you have to hike 15 minutes back. You can't just quit. And then the running came as I got stronger at hiking. I wanted more of a challenge.

And I am in better shape now than I have been in since high school.

One time a few years ago I was hiking and I saw these two 70ish cotton-tops hiking up a very steep part of the trail (so steep that a rope was provided). And they motored on passed me and continued up the trail out of site (I was going down that part). I was so impressed. I want to be like that when I am that old.


Darryl

[Conquest10]

No, I don't. Some of my friends that do seem to be obsessed with it. Always talking about what routines they do on which days and which is the best. Then call off plans because they have to go out and work out. They remind me of that Family Guy character: "I wasn't nervous. When I get nervous I work out and I wasn't working out."

[gadgetguy]

Whenever I'm asked this question I always reply with "Do I look like I work out?"
If they say no, then I say "There's your answer."
If they say yes, then I say "Then why would I bother."

Of course that doesn't really work here, since you can't see me.

[AlecWest]

Oh, boy, does this topic hit MY hot button.

I've had problems with my legs since cancer surgery on one of them when I was younger. Couple that with the fact that I inherited my maternal grandmother's disposition toward low blood sugar and low blood pressure. She and I are the only two people in my family (that I know of) with low blood sugar and low blood pressure.

Recently, my leg problems came back and I went and saw my doctor. He asked me if I exercised regularly. I told him my job was enough exercise. Then he added (as other doctors have), "No, I mean do you exercise regularly at home?"

Jeez Louise! I spend 8 hours every day, on my feet, walking on a concrete floor - and tossing 50-pound products down a conveyer belt pretty much the whole time. By the time I get home, I'm ready to collapse.

I finally got that through to the doctor ... that physical labor is really exercise in disguise. BTW, the doctor told me to stay home from work for a week (grin) and keep "off my feet." This was last week. Fortunately, I work for an employer that lets workers "bank" sick-leave. So, I'll get a full paycheck.

I didn't say it but was tempted to ask the doctor, "By staying off my feet, do you mean I can't exercise either?"

[FulciLives]

I'm in perfect health without workouts since I started dipping in my BACTA TANK once a month

Ummm ...

I assume that this is some vague reference to STAR WARS but I've seen these movies like many times over since I was 5 and saw STAR WARS EPISODE IV in the theatres (back around 1977 or so) ... yet I have no f'ing clue what a BACTA TANK is ...

I am guessing it is the "water tank" thing they stick Luke in for healing purposes in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but I dunno ... I swear I never heard that term ... I'm pretty sure it's never said in the movies.

Anyways I never work out and I eat too much and I am as big as a house. When I was a kid I played hard (for the most part) but still ate too much and was almost as big as a house. I think it's in my genes. Or maybe I do just eat too much. But if I was a fat kid while being very active then there is no way I can loose weight as an adult that barely has any energy after a day at the office sitting in front of a computer LOL

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[oldfart13]

I walk regularly and do excercises for my back. If I didn't do them, I'd be unable to walk without extreme pain. That happened after I ruptured the 2nd disc in my lower lumbar. And yet, with all this talk of excercise and health you have to wonder sometimes. I have lost 2 Olympic level athlete friends in the past few years to brain tumours and have relatives that never excercised a day in their lives live well into their 90s, so it seems to be a toss-up with a lot of factors coming into play, mostly stuff you can't control....

[Marvingj]

2 to 3 times but not consistent.

[träskmannen]

The only sport i do is ball games - pinball, roulette and billiards...

[Conquest10]

I have lost 2 Olympic level athlete friends in the past few years to brain tumours and have relatives that never excercised a day in their lives live well into their 90s, so it seems to be a toss-up with a lot of factors coming into play, mostly stuff you can't control....

Exactly. Lewis Black talks a lot about this. As much as we study health and are obsessed with it, we know nothing about it.

[yoda313]

I am guessing it is the "water tank" thing they stick Luke in for healing purposes in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but I dunno ... I swear I never heard that term ... I'm pretty sure it's never said in the movies.

Yep. Thats not water its BACTA.

You've never played a Star Wars video game or read a Star Wars book?????

And yes its never mentioned by name in the movie. But I'm sure its written in the script as BACTA.

[FulciLives]

I am guessing it is the "water tank" thing they stick Luke in for healing purposes in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but I dunno ... I swear I never heard that term ... I'm pretty sure it's never said in the movies.

Yep. Thats not water its BACTA.

You've never played a Star Wars video game or read a Star Wars book?????

And yes its never mentioned by name in the movie. But I'm sure its written in the script as BACTA.

Don't take this the wrong way yoda because you are A-OK in my book ... but ... I really hate it when I know something very well but someone knows it even better because they are the bigger dork i.e., no I've never read a STAR WARS book nor played a STAR WARS video game LOL

My point being if it ain't in the movie (or movies) then it really doesn't exist ... unless you are a big enough dork to have played the video games or read the books etc. :P

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[yoda313]

My point being if it ain't in the movie (or movies) then it really doesn't exist .

Actually according to Lucas I believe he acknowledges off screen material as being part of the official Star Wars Lore.


And by the way:



I know more than you do :P

(at least about Star Wars )

[FulciLives]

My point being if it ain't in the movie (or movies) then it really doesn't exist .

Actually according to Lucas I believe he acknowledges off screen material as being part of the official Star Wars Lore.


And by the way:



I know more than you do :P

(at least about Star Wars )

DORK



- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[laspis59]

I would like to have the willpower to keep a routine but seem to slack a little and too much sitting at the PC IS bad for my health eg eyes,stress,headaches ect...

I do walking as I am too unfit to jog/run further than 400 meters.I smoke a lot.

I sometimes do pressups,situps,leg thrusts,squats and curls with dumbells to stretch my muscles and relieve anxiety/tension.

[samijubal]

I use a Healthrider every day during the winter, not in summer. It's too hot in summer to think about exercise.

[barfus]

I had some California spinach and I've been doing a lot of walking lately.....

[Capmaster]

Weekend warrior. But only stuff that needs doing. Lawn work, repairs, etc.

Otherwise I "work" my ass "out" of bed in the morning, and work it back in at night

[yoda313]

BUMP!

Hey guess what I've actually been sticking to a diet and a workout and lost quite a bit of weight. I'm not doing anything extroadinary and no special diets - just not eating the heavy stuff. It's amazing that I have this much will power. I'm almost fitting into a size smaller pair of pants.... That's pretty good for a little over two months of working out three-four times a week

I tell you it's not easy though......

[ZAPPER]

I am in shape. Round!

The perfect choice for the poster child for heart attack. Three packs a day, high stress job, over weight and family histor..........