How much exercise do you get and what are you going to do about It?

Jonas Hammarberg

Walking my dogs, anywhere between 5 and 10 miles a day (the longer have a tendency to occur during weekends :rolleyes: )

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This has become something I've placed a lot of importance on lately having gone past 40 recently and having been fat and lazy and overweight for much of my 30's and not feeling too great physically and being stressed and tired most of that time. In the last year I've lost over 40 pounds of fat and in the last couple of months alone become in much better shape than I think I have ever been in. For the past couple of years I've excercised pretty regularly. I was in pretty bad shape at the outset, I used to mountain bike a lot then just got lazy for a couple of years and put on a lot of weight. I decided I couldn't go on like that, if I were to chart it, it didn't look like a future I wanted for myself. I started out easy with walking as fast as possible for an hour a day. I felt better and more able to do it and fairly quickly started to actually enjoy it and moved up to adding some pretty steep hills and faster walking and getting back into mountain biking but on pretty tame trails, I did end up losing quite a lot of weight but more through diet than exercise which I've since come to understand was useful for basic bodily maintenance but wasn't really anything more intense than normal people who don't work in front of a computer all day probably get just doing their jobs. Everything changed though a few months ago when I learned about three things which changed my routine and have had a very positive impact on my physical and mental wellbeing. I was reading an article online about how scientists were proving that it's possible to get the benefits of a long period of exercise in just a few minutes and it mentioned Crossfit training in passing. (I can't find that article again but here's a good one in the New York Times: Can you get fit in six minutes a week?[^]) Crossfit is a training method that specializes in very intense training for functional fitness, i.e. stuff people like firefighters need to be able to do, i.e. really intense physically demanding tasks quickly. It's very popular with firefighters and military type people but also with the average person of all ages. The videos I came across showed people doing insane things[

rallets

Qi Gong and Tai Chi every day - at least 1 hour! Mental tecniques (relaxment) every day - 30min Enjoy! :)

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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

When I just have access to a treadmill I will use the treadmill every day for about one to two hours.

I used to really think long endurance style workouts were the way to go and did them a *lot* but after reading a diverse amount on exercise and physiology lately I've come across some pretty consistent stuff that discouraged me from it on two fronts: it's been pretty conclusively proven that high intensity interval training gives the same results indistinguishable from having done the long endurance workout but in only a few minutes and long endurance exercise is *very* hard on the body leading to all sorts of nasty conditions(at least in extreme forms of that type of exercise such as bicycle racers that do 4 or more hour endurance rides regularly throughout the week).

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Hey cool, I just posted before I read your post, I've been dipping my toe in the crossfit waters lately doing the high intensity interval stuff and kettlebells etc. I don't currently have a pull up bar but I'm going to build a freestanding one after coming across some plans on the crossfit message board. I couldn't physically do all the crossfit stuff at the moment but I like everything I've been doing and have stuck with it for a few months now and will add more and more as I'm able. No crossfit gyms around here but that's probably for the best anyway, cheaper to do it yourself as long as you have a convenient wife also willing and you can check each other's form.

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Sissy: http://runningbarefoot.org/[^] Actually in all seriousness you should read up before you buy a pair because a lot of people find that the more heavily padded the shoes the more likely you are to get injured. I'd buy a pair of these [^]if they sold them around here.

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Johann Gerell

I run about 5 times per week.

3 mornings to work, 9 km each.
3 afternoons from work, 9 km each (doh!).
1 long Saturday run, somewhere between 16 and 28 km.
1 Sunday interval exercise, 6x1 km or 10x400m, of course with 2 km warmup and 2 km cooldown.

So, I'm running on average 70-90 km per week.

keencomputer asked:

what are you going to do about It?

Hmmm... a tough one. I'd like to do more intervals, but not more training days per week. What a dilemma, huh? :cool:

-- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel

SteWooHoo

you must have left your sense of humour in the gym.

Steve0 You can't polish a turd.

Snorri Kristjansson

I go riding my motocross bike three times a week for 2-3 hours. It's a great workout and fun :) Also clears my mind.

Vaso Elias

Daily 1-4 hours: yoga, gym, swimming, volleyball, ..I know madness :-) I would strongly recommend to everyone doing some workout and make it a priority ONE so you can enjoy happy and healhty life and spend other thousounds hours behind the PC :-) Vaso.

Russell Jones

I play squash and badminton and go indoor climbing / bouldering once a week. I'm currently getting ready for a marathon in October so I'm also running about 30 miles a week with some stretching to cool down. At weekends I try to do something interesting outdoors like sailing, climbing or skydiving. What am I going to do about it? Try to find a contract job that allows me to get away for a decent length of time once a year and do some exiting stuff without wasting my life away at a desk?

Gary Wheeler

Monday: Run 4-5 miles. Tuesday: Lift weights. Wednesday: Bike to work, 12 miles. Run 6 miles. Bike home, 12 miles. Thursday: Lift weights. Friday: Run 5-7 miles. Saturday/Sunday: Bike (varies). What am I going to do about it? Never stop, I hope.

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destynova

I cycle in and out of work (only 15 mins, and I take it easy) and do weight training once or twice a week (more often would be counterproductive due to recovery time anyway, unless you're really well-built already which I'm not). Also trying to get into swimming on my non-gym days, since the whole complex is about a 4 minute walk from my desk - otherwise I don't do much cardio in the gym... swimming is much more fun. Having a ridiculously conveniently located gym makes it easier to overcome my natural laziness :)

Stefan_Lang

Wow, using an actual boat? I resort to a rowing machine. Less fresh air, but also less weather dependent ;) Also I get myself instant rewards for doing this by watching an episode of some series, 40-45 minutes each. Worked my way through all seasons of Babylon 5 and almost one season of Stargate by now. Ok, now I only need to up my frequency to more than once a week ... :-D

Searril

I play an hour of basketball 6-7 days a week.

Richard Jones

I sure hope so. If that was before breakfast I'd see a doctor. :laugh:

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fly904

Stefan63 wrote:

using an actual boat?

Indeed. I own my own boat and I toddle up and down the Thames in it. Me in my boat :) [^]

Stefan63 wrote:

I resort to a rowing machine. Less fresh air, but also less weather dependent Wink Also I get myself instant rewards for doing this by watching an episode of some series, 40-45 minutes each. Worked my way through all seasons of Babylon 5 and almost one season of Stargate by now.

I do the same as well, I've got my rowing machine less than 2m away. Although I do it for 2 episodes. It's a bit of a pain having to change it over sometimes, but it gives me a break. It's even more annoying when I'm watching 20min episodes.

If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris.

David Veeneman

I run 4.5 mi. every day. I eat smart--a Big Mac a month, and a milkshake a month, but other than that, very little red meat. Lots of fish and veggies. Depressing? Far from it. Once I got used to it, I found that I actually prefer it. I skipped the Big Mac last month. Oh yes--the payoff: I lost fifty pounds in six months (please, no Brit jokes about doing that in a night of cards), and I'm in my best shape in thirty years. I hike the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim twice a year. And I feel great. Not bad for pushing sixty.

David Veeneman www.veeneman.com

Chris Losinger

i'm actually planning on getting a pair of 5fingers - because i am trying to find a way to avoid the constant knee/foot/hip pain running normally causes. i just didn't want to get into the whole explanation of them :)

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ludemade

I go up and down the stairs twice a day. 100 feet at a time (12 flights of about 8 feet). It is enough to notice, but not enough to smell bad after I am done.