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1. Does any of you people ever exercise physically?
2. What kind of exercise/sport are you into?
3. How long have you been regularly exercising?
4. How often do you exercise?
5. What is your experiences so far? Do you feel better?
I myself have been going to my local gym for 20 years 4-5 days a week. I lift weights and use different machines to keep in good physical shape. This has helped me a lot in my daily life. I feel energetic and can handle stress quite well, and I think I owe it to the fact that I`m exercising.
I used to play alot of basketball for the city, county and the regional teams as well. Dont have alot of time to play any more though :(
Craig
I have been going to my local pub 4-5 days a week for 10 years. I handle stress very well and put that down to my consumption of stella.
Mind you, I do have this rather strange addiction to badminton and that helps me relieve stress.
I share Dino's regime of pub visits, but I am on the San Miguel programme.
JOAT
ps Stress? C'mon folks its not like we have stressful jobs... ;)
Weekends I drink lots of liquids... beer mainly. :)
Definetely time to do more exercise. Maybe if we powered our computers with kinetic (exercise) energy we wouldnt surf WW to death and get stiff in the process ;) ;)
Is that as effective as the Fosters Diet which has been sweeping round all my mates for around 12 years.
I do however couple that with the gym 3-5 times a week which stops me becoming an FB (work it out :)) by dong aerobic and resistance stuff.
Would you like to see my biceps?
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Otherwise i roller-blade and try not getting killed by the traffic, have been quite close a few times.
Taekwondo - 3 hours/week
Ballroom Dancing - 3 hours/week
Weight Training - 2-3 hours/week
Walking - 2 hours/week
5. What is your experiences so far? Do you feel better?
I'm pretty serious about excercise. I've got 15 years of smoking to make up for. Do I feel better? In Oh so many ways!
Nutsandbolts, badminton is great exercise when played properly. Competitive indoor badminton is a better workout than tennis and probably almost as good as racketball. Unfortunately, I don't know of any leagues or facilities in my area and haven't played in years.
I still fence, and I like to sit on the back of a horse, and if you ride seriously, it is exercise for the horse and for the person riding.
Lol - not if you live next to the train staition and work next to the other station
I try to play basketball once a week, go rock climbing every so often, and, in the summer, do a lot of golfing. Walking the golf course is great exercise, probably about 3-4 miles of walking up and down hills with a 20 pound bag on your back. Plus all the foraging in the bushes for lost balls helps as well.
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I also do a lot of walking, partly becauase I like it and partly to stop my legs bulking up weirdly from the riding. If you only ever exercise in one way you only build up strength (and muscle mass) in certain directions. Also brisk walking is just as good for you as running (in most ways) but without the impact problems.
And it's just nice to be able to walk around the buildings where I work, climbing stairs and carrying stuff and whatever, all without getting short of breath or tired like I did when I had an office job for a year and just sat all day without ever exercising at all.
lawman
Are you sure that's effective? ;)
Counts for more excercise than I get in a day. ;)
I actually lost weight while I was in England for pubcon... regardless of the eggs and sausages every morning for a week (it's amazing all Brits don't keel over of heart-attacks at 30!), and beer every evening, etc. I blame it on the public transportation system... I think I walked more during my 3 days in London than I had in the 6 months prior.
Goes to prove my theory that my metabolism didn't go to h*ll when I hit my mid-twenties... my excercise level went there when I got a "good" computer job. Which is a mixed blessing... at least I know I could get in shape quickly if I actually ever did anything but sit!
I'm a tennis addict. I've been getting out a lot this week (it's really hot and sunny in LA). I try to get to the gym 3 times a week as well.
In a month I start water polo for my college team, can't wait!
Dante, I just clicked the mousewheel, then moved the mouse about a quarter of an inch down, then back up...Are you sure that's effective?
You'll get far more out of the regimen if you're using a calibrated resistance mousewheel.
After just a few weeks, people will cower at the mere threat of being poked by your fantastically forceful finger.
Dante you had me going there for a few minutes.
Sorry 2_much, but you'll need to keep at it for more than a few minutes if you want significant results. ;)
When I get away from the monitor (usually when the power goes out every few weeks) my preferred exercise is the daily practice of Tibetan and Hatha Yoga. I also go dancing on a regular basis.
Do I feel better - two hundred percent. More lucid and able to focus for longer periods of time. I love my morning routine of being up at 6AM and out by 6:30. A few cars, a couple of other runners, but mostly the hillsides, forests, and neighborhood streets are all mine. And there are the gems.
This past Monday I was up at 5:30 to watch the Leonid Meteor shower (if you missed it - you've MISSED it cause it won't be back until 2099!). Lovely show for about 25 minutes. I counted somewhere between 40 and 50 shooting stars. Then I went for my run and passed a house with white candles in the windows. The street was quiet and the sky was just beginning to lighten with the rising sun. And I had the whole moment to myself. It's one of the reasons I get out there. Puts the rest of the day into perspective.
It also gets me a table immediately when I stand in line at restaurants.
