Have You Exercised Today?

[Jack_Dawson]

And walking from your car to your cube does not count. And yes sex does count - if you were doing any work. Power walks count too. Yelling at the TV dos not count.

[Deja Q]

1. No.

Give me a reason to. :P

[Jack_Dawson]

3. Endorphins

Your brain's natural opiates.

[femmocrat]

7. Taverner's picture !!! n/t

[Deja Q]

50. Something a little deeper than that. n/t

Though I see your point.

[CBHagman]

65. Because we want you to be healthy and around for...

...a long, long time.

:hi:

[flvegan]

2. I went to the gym, so yes.

Arm day. Biceps, triceps and forearms.

[Jack_Dawson]

5. Attakid

Normally I don't do biceps and triceps in the same day. Biceps would fall under my "pull" day and tri's my "push" day but you are probably ripped.

[flvegan]

9. Certainly not

ripped, no. I've had good success with the smaller muscles doing supersets with opposing muscle groups. The bigger muscle groups (like back and chest) I do on days following each other.

The "push" and "pull" days you're using is sound science, though.

[txwhitedove]

4. Yep, sit-ups and a brisk walk.

:hi:

[AirmensMom]

6. No. I was just starting back on my treadmill last week

and then I got sick. I'm better today, but not up to working out yet. And harleydad isn't here right now. :shrug:

[Mutley]

8. I walked about a mile.

I used to do that every day, but it's been so hot lately I've been slacking. It was much nicer this morning, though. :D

[shawmut]

10. No but I joined a gym

Will be hitting the weights tomorrow.

[citizen snips]

11. not yet

but I will later on tonight

[Guava Jelly]

12. I go to the gym tomorrow night.

Tonight i am arm curling a glass of vino

[Jack_Dawson]

13. Red or White?

Too hot for red methinks.

[Guava Jelly]

16. when you are sitting in your boxers in AC it's a whole different game

And I have lost my taste for whites as of late.
drinkind a 2004 Pascual Toro cabernet Argentina
it's ok ..I had better

[GOPisEvil]

14. I exercise every weekday.

30 minutes of cardio. I feel tired when I miss a day.

[WCGreen]

15. Two hours of sweaty, down and dirty......

...

[Placebo]

17. I DON'T exercise.

Exercise is for suckers.

I did smoke a few cigarettes, eat some ice cream, a few cookies, a handful of doritos, and drink some water. :shrug:

[Jack_Dawson]

19. Try it!

You'll like it! Or not.

:toast:

[Arugula Latte]

28. You health nut, you!

;)

[Placebo]

31. I figure the water makes up for the rest.

;) :thumbsup:

[Extend a Hand]

40. I heard that if you

crumble up the cookes and doritos all the calories will leak out so you don't have to exercise. It's not working out for me though. :cry:

[Placebo]

48. That must be true!

I'm gonna try it right now!

[Reciprocity]

18. I try to walk

three times a day for twenty minutes each time, everyday. Not an easy thing to do in this balmy hot East Texas weather. If the heat index is over 100° I try and make up for it in the winter lol.

I have brought my blood pressure down from it's high of 178/111 to 130/80. Sadly I haven't lost an ounce of weight. Go figure!

[Jack_Dawson]

20. Congrats on the BP reduction

178/111?? Good Christ. Are you taking that drug I see on TV all the time? I can't even think of the name. It's where everyone is running around with a number on their chest.

[LostinVA]

24. You may not have lost weight because

You're not doing the cardio long enough or high enough... but GREAT news on your BP. Wow!

[Reciprocity]

36. Thanks for the kind words y'all.

No drugs, just brisk walking. This did not happen over night, but a steady build up over time. My Dr. and I had a heart-to-heart over my BP and how to bring it in inline with the new guidelines. After long debate, She agreed to let me try and bring it down with exercising and a heather diet. I keep a close watch on it along with taking better care of my kidneys. So far so good.

[yellowdogintexas]

57. are your clothes feeling different, like looser. If you are building

muscle, your weight may not change but your body will be firmer.

I live in FW too. I am doing WW and walking, and with 30 pounds off the walking is much much easier.

[Reciprocity]

61. Yes they do feel looser.

I have had a faulty thyroid for most of my life. I'm on the slow side now. My weight is crazy. Five years ago I lost 30 lbs. No diet, no exercise, no complaints. Now it's 5 lbs to the positive or negative, no matter what I do.

Congratulations on your weight loss.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Not today..........but I will tomorrow!

I go to the gym every other day, normally.......

And today wasn't it.......

But tomorrow .......I will work out! And it is paying off!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

I am losing weight, and my BP is good!

[LostinVA]

26. Do you do those little pink weights and hang out at the juice bar?

I'm TEASING.

How are you today, Peggykins?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear LostinVA!

Whew...you almost had me going there!

I am fine, now that my thread is being taken seriously.........

I really enjoy going to the gym, but I won't do it every day.....

It takes too much out of me ......

My body needs a day to recover from it.......

Nice to see you!

:hi:

[LostinVA]

34. That's why I trail run, in all weather but ice

It's easy on my knees and bad ankle, it's interesting, it's helps give me nice quads, and where else can you see foxes, baby groundhogs, huge tree fungi, and lots of deer? I do weight three times a week at the gym. It doesn't have a juice bar, though...

Do you do weights? All women should -- great for the bones...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Oh yes, I do weights.....

I have some green four pound weights for my arms and shoulders...

I have just increased the reps on those: now I do 16 reps, for three sets...

And I work against weights with my legs......

My bone density is excellent, BTW....



:hi:

[LostinVA]

39. Tres bien!

They are some old ladies that go to my gym (in their 80's), an dthey do some weights. Good for them! One of them asked me how to use the leg press machine one day. I put the pin at 30 lbs., and the lady gave me a withering look and said, "Do I look like a weakling?!" Oi. I quickly changed the weight for her...

[CTyankee]

53. Great for you but I got injured lifting weights 3 times a week, 12 reps

each, 2 sets. Repetetive motion my orthopedist said, resulting in a rotator cuff injury to the shoulder and "golfer's elbow."
It's been this way since last October! I've had 2 regimens of physical therapy and no really good results. Now I have sought out an accupuncturist, but nothing really good yet is happening.

I wish I could say my weight lifting was productive, but look what happened to me. I am 66 and I am on the treadmill every day (I can't do anything else except lift weights on machines with my legs, which I do) for 45 minutes @3.6 mph with 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down. I study my Italian lessons while I walk! So my fellow treadmillers are likely to hear the day's lesson "Oggi io e Fulvio andiamo a una partita di calcio" from me (today's was a little soccer story).

I'd like to get back to my aerobics classes, but without straining my affected arm, I can't do them (doctors say no). Just a warning to women who think they can just go and do weight lifting wihtout consequences. BTW, I took a course offered by a local hospital on the correct way to lift weights for seniors -- didn't do me much good.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. I am so sorry to hear that...

I got good tips on weights from the good people at my PT place....

I needed to strengthen my shoulders because of the spurs I have there....

:pals:

[Reciprocity]

41. Wow I do the same , kinda. Trails that is.

My husband has made trails through the woods here at The Woody End and I have seeded them with my own mix of bird seed. Black sunflower, white millet and regular bird seed. The rabbits, squirrels and birds love it. You never know what you may see.

[rocktivity]

67. Gym yesterday and gym tomorrow

but NEVER gym today!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Ariana Celeste]

22. Kind of.

Spent an hour walking around picking up trash in my apt. complex (tis my job). Soon I will be putting my arms to work sweeping the entry to every hallway, and taking down cobwebs. Woot.

:).

[LostinVA]

23. Five mile trail run -- just got back

Am drinking my post-run recovery chocolate milk as we speak...

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

70. As did I!

Running on treadmills or paved roads is for suckers! When I run through the woods I actually have a good time, it feels so primal like I'm running from something, running somewhere, or even after something. I run faster, harder, and longer through the woods challenging myself to sprint up hills, and navigate through the puttles and over the creeks.

I'm actually looking foward to doing another round tommorow morning.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

25. For all the straight men and lesbian ladies here:

[LostinVA]

27. Just for the record: I'm in great health

[Jack_Dawson]

30. Right there with ya

Is that article for real? I wish.

:toast:

[LostinVA]

32. Me too...

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

33. Don't we all?

[LostinVA]

35. My SO just said the study's bull -- only wishful thinking

Grrr...

[Random_Australian]

37. Yep, running, walking pretty freaking quickly for long times, that sort

of thing.

After all, I do not use a car or bus or train or bike, just my legs. :) That is a pretty healthy choice IMO. :)

[Skittles]

42. yes

I exercise every day

[liontamer]

43. yes

1 hr of pilates, and I'll go skating for an hour later today.

[LeftyMom]

44. It's hot. Really really hot.

The only thing I know how to do is ride my bike and the only time that's not likely to put me in the hospital is some godawful dark hour of the morning I have no intention of seeing.

[Blue-Jay]

45. Not really. I walked about a mile during my lunch.

That's not really "exercise", as I was just visiting my favorite used bookstore.

[Burma Jones]

46. Two and a Half miles on the treadmill

10 reps x 2 175 pounds butterfly

10 reps x 2 145 pounds back butterfly

10 reps x 2 180 pounds row pull

a bunch of curls


I do weights every other day

The days I don't do weights I do four miles on the treadmill.

I take Friday and Sunday off.

I get up at 4:30 am to do it


This is what I have to do since I spent my youth in splendid dissipation.....

[miss_american_pie]

47. Of course

I only skip exercising on Thursday. :hi:

[mvd]

49. I walked in my neighborhood

That's mostly my entire exercise routine. Sometimes I'll get on an exercise bike, too.

[progmom]

51. yep

I'm starting up again after way too long of a break. It feels good. :bounce:

[alcibiades_mystery]

52. Went to the gym for an hour

weights today, chest and shoulders.

[MissMillie]

54. Jogged 3.5 miles this morning

it wsa a nice run.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

55. Attended a water aerobics class in which I treaded water for 45 minutes

while doing jogs, jumping jacks, cross country ski motions, kick boxing kicks, and other motions, followed by 15 minutes of upper body work with styrofoam dumbbells.

[yellowdogintexas]

56. yes. i actually went out this morning and walked for about 30 minutes

before getting ready for work.

My hike to the cube from car is actually a good 5 minutes if I am pushing it. I deliberately park at the far side of the lot because I get that little extra bit of walking in AND because there is shade there in the evening.

I bought a pedometer last week, so am now making an effort to increase the amount of walking that I do. I need to walk more for the arthritis and weight loss.

[Pale Blue Dot]

58. I took a half hour brisk walk at lunch.

It felt good.

[driver8]

60. I haven't exercised this year!

That's not entirely true...I did go bowling a couple of times.

[Jack_Dawson]

63. Like I said...

Walking to your cube doesn't count! :toast:

[Maestro]

62. Yes, I ran six and a half miles

and my wife biked 20 miles. Then I ate ice cream.

[bertha katzenengel]

64. Does yoga count?

If so, yes. Now, if I can just remove my left elbow from beneath my right knee . . . ;)

[CBHagman]

66. It does.

What kind do you do?

I have been thinking about signing up for a class, but none of that roasting hot yoga (What is it called? Ashtanga?) for me!

[bertha katzenengel]

68. Yes, Ashtanga -- that's what I do.

But I'm in the Beginning Beginners class. I really, really enjoy it. It is hard with this body, but I keep it up in the name of health and change.

:hi:

[Jack_Dawson]

73. Does everyone leave sweat puddles?

There's no way I could work out at 80+ degrees.

[liontamer]

79. bikram is the hot yoga n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

69. Yes, at a place on the same order as Curves, five to six days a week.

But Monday night is my splurge on dinner night (Monday is my Friday) so I work out a little harder to make up for the spare ribs and mashed potatoes and gooey dessert that I don't allow myself the rest of the week.

[SeattleGirl]

71. Just got back from my walk.

I walk about 20 miles a week, but had not been able to get out the last three night because it was too freakin' hot. This was the first night since last Thursday I could get out.

[huskerlaw]

72. No, but

I spent the last two weeks walking in San Francisco (yay for huge hills), mountain hiking near Lake Tahoe, walking the entire Universal Studios themepark in recordbreaking heat, and (in true SoCal style) traversing a ginormous mall...so I'm not feeling very guilty about taking today off.

[u4ic]

74. Dodging mosquitoes

while picking raspberries.

Puts jazzercise to shame.

[Jack_Dawson]

77. Where'z that?

[u4ic]

78. north-central Alberta

:hi:

[Nicole]

75. Yes, I walked

Too hot to walk outside so I did the mall walk with the old ladies. :)

[fortyfeetunder]

76. Wear a pedometer waking hours

my goal is 10000/day. Now I am usually making it.
My exercise this week in addition to walking is summer cleaning the house and sending a pile of junk to the donation station....