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Do you even lift?

walk

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run

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bike

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yoga

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cardio

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weights

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other

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I don't really exercise

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A Boy Named Seo Oct 31 2017 05:55 PM

I think we kinda covered this years ago, but curious where the room is today. I know we have lots of runners here, but after 2 knee surgeries and a torn calf, I've retired from that shit. I just quit the gym where I was spending ~$100/month to half-ass it every few days on the eliptical. Now I'm between hot yoga (great for my shitty limbs) and this weird, culty HIT gym called Orange Theory. Even though it's kinda kooky (the lights are orange, the music is shitty club mix bullshit), I've never had an hour workout that earned less that 880 calories, and I average around 900. Those two things are a nice mix for me. (Also, is anyone else in this cult?) So how do you get your sweat on?

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 06:18 PM Re: Do you even lift?

I can't run with my back, I used to enjoy it. I walk the dog (actually he drags me me most days) for about an hour 5-6 days a week. We have access to a lot of woods and trails so we can mix up our routes and it's never boring. I also get some resistance exercise (isometrics-esque) in my arms since he's strong and a puller. It's usually about 10,000 steps according to my phone thingy. Have a 21-speed bike, ride it a couple of times a month. Should do more. Now I'm getting depressed. The next statement is even more depressing. I have a weight bench in the basement. It has a dozen boxes of Mets' baseball cards on it and the actual weights have 3-4 sweatshirts on it.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 31 2017 06:32 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Dog exercise is my actual #1, I shoulda put that. I like that you're curling 3.5 Mets sweatshirts!

Ceetar Oct 31 2017 06:47 PM Re: Do you even lift?

I carry a squirming 35lb 38in mass in one arm, and a squirming 18lb 27in mass in the other. I'm ridiculously out of shape at this point though, cardiovascularly. I dumped the gym in favor of spending time with the kids, and am only now just coming out of constant extreme exhaustion periods. We bought an elliptical earlier in the year that just barely fits in the basement. (between the slats, not across the slats) I'll start using it more soon. there's a gym at work so I try to at least once a day pop in there for a set on something or other on my way back from the bathroom.

Frayed Knot Oct 31 2017 06:55 PM Re: Do you even lift?

That 'Orange Theory' thing is a chain - started up in just the last few years as far as I know. There's one near me but I've never checked it out. In general, as long as you're applying some version of the 'sit less/move more' maxim then you're probably doing more good than harm. Throwing in some resistance training helps too in that taxing your muscles drives them to demand more sustenance so your body sends more of your calorie intake towards them and less towards manufacturing fat stores. And since we're all descended from thousands of generations of people who had no idea when and where their next meal was coming from -- in order to have dinner you first needed to go out and catch dinner and if you were unsuccessful in catching dinner you just might become dinner -- your body tends to want to hold onto whatever fat it does create for fear that the crazy human in charge is trying to starve it to death so it treats diets alone as an excuse to instead to take energy out of the muscles you're not using leaving you in the seemingly contradictory position of winding up simultaneously scrawny and flabby.

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 06:56 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Ceetar wrote: I carry a squirming 35lb 38in mass in one arm, and a squirming 18lb 27in mass in the other. Don't forget to periodically switch arms or you'll get all lopsided buff-wise.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 31 2017 07:25 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Frayed Knot wrote: That 'Orange Theory' thing is a chain - started up in just the last few years as far as I know. There's one near me but I've never checked it out. Yah, it's a total chain and they sell orange headbands and orange water bottles and greet everyone with a suspicious warmth. I keep waiting to get offered a once in a lifetime chance to get rich on something.

Ceetar Oct 31 2017 07:31 PM Re: Do you even lift?

d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: I carry a squirming 35lb 38in mass in one arm, and a squirming 18lb 27in mass in the other. Don't forget to periodically switch arms or you'll get all lopsided buff-wise. At least I got the incremental weight-raises right. though my left shoulder has been balking a bit lately.

sharpie Oct 31 2017 08:19 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Bike/walk. Thing is that I often do neither during the week. I am a gym member but I never go (my work defrays some of the cost but still is kind of ridiculous that I pay monthly).

Frayed Knot Oct 31 2017 08:40 PM Re: Do you even lift?

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: That 'Orange Theory' thing is a chain - started up in just the last few years as far as I know. There's one near me but I've never checked it out. Yah, it's a total chain and they sell orange headbands and orange water bottles and greet everyone with a suspicious warmth. I keep waiting to get offered a once in a lifetime chance to get rich on something. When the one near me opened they had some guy out by the street jumping around while twirling a hoop all in a full-body electric-orange jumpsuit in order to draw attention to the new locale. Not sure how long he was out there but HE certainly didn't need to join after doing that for a few hours.

Chad Ochoseis Oct 31 2017 10:52 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Lift fanatically. Even entered a meet in September in which I managed to not quite embarrass myself completely; I even managed to outlift a couple of the women. I was sort of the lifting equivalent of the dude with a gut who runs 12-minute miles, but enters a 5K for fun. I won the age 50-54 82.5kg division, by virtue of being the only entrant in that division. I actually have a medal somewhere. I do enjoy it; it's more of a full-body workout than cardio, and there's a nice camaraderie among the morning lifters (most of us don't know each other's names, but we always greet each other silently while we're grunting). It's beautifully simple, with an underlying technical subtlety. I still run occasionally. Started getting into boxing, once or twice a week. I'm never going to get in a ring with anyone, but it's a great cardio workout and good for overall coordination. I bike, though not for exercise. I've been trying to go as close to car-free as I can lately, so I've been spending a good bit of time doing combination bike/subway traveling. Cleveland's public transportation system is both excellent and wildly underutilized, so it's not difficult to take my bike with me on the train.

d'Kong76 Oct 31 2017 11:21 PM Re: Do you even lift?

It's pretty funny there's a Chad Cleveland on that .pdf.

Chad Ochoseis Oct 31 2017 11:25 PM Re: Do you even lift?

I thought so, too.

Fman99 Nov 01 2017 01:31 AM Re: Do you even lift?

Run? Tons! I average 4-5 runs per week, normal weeknight run is 30 minutes, about 3.5 miles, do that about 3x per week, then a long run every weekend, varying from 7-8 miles all the way up to 20 mile training runs, if I have a marathon coming up. Bike? Like! During the spring/summer/fall I bike 2-3 times per week, on my lunch break, or after work on the days I'm not running, also a half hour most days, though I'm making better time (usually a 7-8 mile ride), and the occasional longer ride (an hour/15 miles ish) once or twice per month. It's mostly a nice cross training thing for me, to get a sweat on without burning myself out on running. Also, adult rec league kickball once a week in the summer. Nice little fun change of pace. I'm a cardio junkie. I've tried ten times to work weights/strength training into an exercise routine but I have no passion for it. I've tried resistance bands as well. Thinking of taking an "Orange Theory" trial class, as we got one of late here in town. Yoga? I think that's for chicks. Do you wear tights and blow a lot of gas in your leotard?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2017 02:22 AM Re: Do you even lift?

I made friends with my bike over the summer. Not running much anymore but haven't written it off completely yet.

metsmarathon Nov 01 2017 01:02 PM Re: Do you even lift?

i run. and i do other things. i'll typically be playing at least one game of either softball or volleyball a week, sometimes up to two. i also find that by coaching youth soccer, i end up playing a little bit of soccer each week during scrimmage time, too. i haven't lifted weights consistently in about 8 years, ever since i traded off going to the gym for running during lunchtime. i do miss it though. i'd love to get into bike riding, but don't currently have a bike. though i'll have to change that soon so as to be able to go on bike rides with the boys.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 01 2017 01:56 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Remember Rocky IV, where Rocky goes over to the USSR to fight the roidy Russian dude? Remember that weird, 19th-century horsecarts-and-crates-and-running up mountains Siberian training regimen? Pretty much that, with less snow and no KGB handlers. Isometrics and leg lifts/knapsack curls during my commutes, too. I wish I had time/easy access to adult intramural sports activity. It's not a for at this point.

metirish Nov 01 2017 01:57 PM Re: Do you even lift?

I pay $103 a year for Planet Fitness, I go on any day I do not have my son. Love it, mostly weights and finish with cardio, was 228, now a lean 190

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 01 2017 02:01 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Unfortunately, I've listed the other way of late, owing mostly to preacher-curling beer/tequila with workmates. I'm giving myself two months to get most of the way back down from 205-210 to 180-185 again.

Centerfield Nov 01 2017 10:56 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Thirty minutes of lifting, followed by a short cardio or a short HIIT. I try to do one day of longer cardio or longer HIIT. Ideally I'd like to get into the gym 4-5 times a week. But haven't come anywhere close. Worked out 8 times in October. Aiming to double that for November. There was a time this summer where I was working out pretty regularly and feeling good. Now I'm out an extra belt loop from then.

Frayed Knot Nov 02 2017 02:11 AM Re: Do you even lift?

metirish wrote: I pay $103 a year for Planet Fitness ... Tough to beat that price!

metirish Nov 02 2017 12:20 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Hard to beat indeed, a few years back they had a $99 a year promotion, one time payment , comes to $103 with taxes. One you took it they would let you stay with it , no fees during the year. Yeah, it is great value , and i use it

cooby Nov 02 2017 06:34 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Ouch. The only non exerciser. However I do garden, mow, lug around laundry and care for a two year old. Can I get a point for that?

d'Kong76 Nov 02 2017 06:38 PM Re: Do you even lift?

I moved a couple of boxes off the weight bench this morning. I'll take a day off tomorrow and be right back at it Saturday morning. I made a little spreadsheet to monitor my progress and results.

d'Kong76 Nov 02 2017 06:41 PM Re: Do you even lift?

cooby wrote: Ouch. The only non exerciser. However I do garden, mow, lug around laundry and care for a two year old. Can I get a point for that? Yes! You get multiple points... so long as it's not a riding mower.

cooby Nov 02 2017 06:43 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Lol! Hey it's a start! (In answer to KCs weight bench post) And no it's a push mower and we have a big yard with lots of stuff to mow around

Farmer Ted Nov 02 2017 07:11 PM Re: Do you even lift?

My motto is "You can't pull a muscle if you don't have one." I don't lift.

Frayed Knot Nov 02 2017 07:14 PM Re: Do you even lift?

A friend used to tell me that the reason he didn't lift weights was that they're too heavy.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 03 2017 05:15 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Frayed Knot wrote: A friend used to tell me that the reason he didn't lift weights was that they're too heavy. Makes perfect sense to me. Soon, nobody'll ever have to lift weights or lift a muscle or take a four-step jog. [fimg=555]https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59f22e3b6278396057c91982/master/w_6000,c_limit/171106_r30843web.gif[/fimg] Annals of Science November 6, 2017 Issue A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete What if a drug could give you all the benefits of a workout? By Nicola Twilley https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017 ... e-obsolete excerpt: Couch Potato Mouse had been raised to serve as a proxy for the average American. Its daily exercise was limited to an occasional waddle toward a bowl brimming with pellets of laboratory standard “Western Diet,” which consists almost entirely of fat and sugar and is said to taste like cookie dough. The mouse was lethargic, lolling in a fresh layer of bedding, rolls of fat visible beneath thinning, greasy-looking fur. Lance Armstrong Mouse had been raised under exactly the same conditions, yet, despite its poor diet and lack of exercise, it was lean and taut, its eyes and coat shiny as it snuffled around its cage. The secret to its healthy appearance and youthful energy, Evans explained, lay in a daily dose of GW501516: a drug that confers the beneficial effects of exercise without the need to move a muscle.

d'Kong76 Nov 03 2017 05:31 PM Re: Do you even lift?

Put me down for the camp that doubts a pill will ever replace the path to a better heart, lungs, circulation, mental happiness, joint maintenance, spinal health and bbbyyy that real exercise provides.