What do you do to keep in shape?
#1
Posted 18 December 2009 - 03:47 PM
Come on and wade way out into the water with me, jump in and take my hand. --Gaelic Storm, Scalliwag
#2
Posted 18 December 2009 - 04:26 PM
#3
Posted 18 December 2009 - 04:58 PM
Being hit while running is not fun. I know, as it once happened to me on a 40 below morning in Fairbanks, Alaska February 25, 1989, the day after my birthday. ....... Once in September 2003, almost swept away by waters in Cabo ... That ended a pair of shoes.
So let me get this straight. You love running - 40 below, being hit by a car, and having your shoes sucked off by hurricane tides? I'm just not sure that's a ringing endorsement for running. Anyone?
Come on and wade way out into the water with me, jump in and take my hand. --Gaelic Storm, Scalliwag
#4
Posted 18 December 2009 - 06:05 PM
#5
Posted 18 December 2009 - 07:40 PM
Power walking releases the endorphines too, and doing that on my shock-absorbing treadmill is much kinder to my knees than pounding the pavement outside. To stay motivated, I have a favorite guilty-pleasure TV program, and I am not allowed to watch it unless I am on the treadmill......
Sticking with it is another story. Since I work around exercise equipment, and I do assist in the showroom when we have a lot of customers in the store, at this time of year I am heartily SICK of demonstrating equipment and have serious problems going home and getting on my own......
But when busy season ends, I manage to get back on track, because DANG IT, nobody has invented that magic fat-melting pill yet!!
#6
Posted 18 December 2009 - 08:42 PM
seeing the aurora farther north away from the city lights... so very jealous
running on slippery icy roads at 4am... so not jealous
seeing the stars again without all the city lights... again, so very jealous
never saw the aurora as some describe it, we were too far south when I was a kid in Alaska, but I do miss seeing the stars like you can when your nearest neighbor is at least a block away if not farther and people turn off their porch lights when everyone has come home in the early evening...
I remember running just to run as a kid, but gave up the idea of running in place of riding a bike or walking and need to get back into the walking habit. Hopefully I will now as I have a two week break from teaching. (I'd show you how happy I am for the break but just got home in the last hour and am too exhausted!)
#7
Posted 19 December 2009 - 08:09 AM
#8
Posted 19 December 2009 - 02:17 PM
What do you do for exercise that you particularly enjoy (keep it clean ) and what do you stick with? What motivates you?
What motivates me, is the fact that You,I & others recognize the fact that we should keep ourselves fit & maintain a healthy life style to some degree.Also,trying to keep the lbs. down.I will raise the flag for swiming, again. I am now smoke free for 10 months.I am up to 3/4 of a mile . I have felt & see the difference in my air useage plus the strengthing of my diaphragm, since I started swiming.I have been advised it's one of the best cardio work outs.I think its only natural ,that we as divers would select a sport of similiarity.Thats my short story.
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#9
Posted 19 December 2009 - 02:45 PM
A few years ago, I moved to an area where everything is paved, no off road trails. But I'm <3 miles from the ocean, and there's a dedicated bike path along the beach. So I bought a road bike and can ride it on side streets almost all the way to the beach, with just a short stint on a major street (no bike lane, but very wide right lane cuz of parking). So now I road bike for the most part and mtb only occassionally.
I have done the MS Ride (100 miles/2 days/Irvine to San Diego) twice and really enjoyed it both times. It also helped motivate me to get out of my office at a reasonable hour several nights a week and do some long rides on weekends to get ready. Now I've been off the bike and allowing work and holidays to get in the way. What I'd like to do is find a charity ride or race every few months so that I always have something I'm training for.
I also found a way to use my data-junkie personality to motivate me. I have a gps for the bike that records each ride, and I get a kick out of downloading it to the computer after every ride, looking at speed/pace/cadence/HR/blah blah blah. That motivates me to ride, as well.
Besides that, I play basketball and occassionally go to the gym to do whatever cardio machine is available and lift some weights. Gotta do more of that, though. The Lbs are winning the war at the moment.
As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man,
I have chalked up many a mile.
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks,
and I've learned much from both of their styles.
#10
Posted 20 December 2009 - 12:54 PM
It was pretty hard to get into the routine at first. I work a ten to twelve hour day at my job so coming home and getting on the treadmill after a day like that was tuff. Now it is just part of my day.
Jim
#11
Posted 20 December 2009 - 06:25 PM
My endurance level is pretty good these days and I have lost about 65 lbs in the last year.
Jim
WOWEE! Good for you! Did you change your eating habits?
Come on and wade way out into the water with me, jump in and take my hand. --Gaelic Storm, Scalliwag
#12
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:19 PM
My endurance level is pretty good these days and I have lost about 65 lbs in the last year.
Jim
WOWEE! Good for you! Did you change your eating habits?
Not too much. I have been eating less as I have become more fit. Not so much from intentionally cutting back. Just not as hungry or as interested in eating.
I eat pretty healthy anyway but the one thing I was not willing to give up is my evening wine before dinner, with dinner and after dinner Lol! So I had to increase my work out enough to compensate for that....
#13
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:35 PM
Wish I liked red wine, but I prefer semi-sweet whites.....[sigh]
#14
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:42 PM
Well, they say red wine is good for the heart......
Wish I liked red wine, but I prefer semi-sweet whites.....
Nobody's made the magic fat melting pill but I bet someone's made a red wine pill. If you take it with your semi-sweet white then it'd be as good as a red.
Of course I have a whole theory of alcohol, salt, and fat. The alcohol breaks down the fat and then the salt raises my blood pressure enough to pump the fat through my system. I know, there's only about 49 things wrong with that theory.
Come on and wade way out into the water with me, jump in and take my hand. --Gaelic Storm, Scalliwag
#15
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:51 PM
Of course I have a whole theory of alcohol, salt, and fat. The alcohol breaks down the fat and then the salt raises my blood pressure enough to pump the fat through my system. I know, there's only about 49 things wrong with that theory.
Makes about as much sense as my rationalizing in the Christmas Cookie calorie thread......
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