Poll
Question:
How often do you work out?
Option 1: Three times a week or more
votes: 12
Option 2: Two times a week
votes: 7
Option 3: Once a week
votes: 1
Option 4: Less than once a week
votes: 2
Option 5: Almost never
votes: 12
Inspired by the fat thread.
By work-out, consider at least an hour of running, aerobics, weight lifting and/or similar sports.
I do it twice a week - I'd like to do it more often but simply have hard time finding time. Probably may pick up outdoor running once the weather gets better, so I could do it in the morning before work.
Never or at least not regularly according to your criteria.
But I do run 45-50 minutes three times a week and occasionally do other sports (such as snowboarding, football, beachvolleyball etc.)
It really depends on how the old lungs are doing but generally 3 or more times/week.
I have to laugh at all the folks who say that its too hard for them to work out. If a guy with lung disease can do it...
Twice a week (Wednesday night and Saturday morning).
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 11:50:05 AM
Inspired by the fat thread.
By work-out, consider at least an hour of running, aerobics, weight lifting and/or similar sports.
I do it twice a week - I'd like to do it more often but simply have hard time finding time. Probably may pick up outdoor running once the weather gets better, so I could do it in the morning before work.
Why an hour? That's arbitrary.
By your standards, I work out three times a week.
Used to be about four to six times a week.
Now I have no time so just one time a week :(
Fortunately this is only temporary.
Usually, three times a week - twice at the gym and once on the weekend (this winter, cross country skiing).
Edit: I'm proud to say I worked myself up to doing the 10K "hard" course at the ski place I go to - Hardwood Hills. :) There is still one hill I can't get down without wiping out though - the "waterfall". It is very steep and has three big bumps on the hill, and the first two I can do just fine but the third always throws me. :(
Twice a week. Been keeping that up pretty regularly.
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 11:51:41 AM
Never or at least not regularly according to your criteria.
But I do run 45-50 minutes three times a week and occasionally do other sports (such as snowboarding, football, beachvolleyball etc.)
This.
I run 30-40 minutes three times a week and do a circuit-training routine for 30 minutes twice a week.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I do what is essentially a boxing workout:
10-min warmup, including deep stretches, jumping jacks, and jump rope
2 3-min "rounds" of pushups, crunches, and jumping jacks as fast as possible
1 3-min "round" of shadowboxing
1 3-min "round" of medicine ball work and wall sits
I follow all of that with Olympic-style weightlifting on the Stronglifts 5x5 plan.
The other 4 days a week I do pushups, pullups, crunches, and a bit of jump rope in the morning. Takes about 15 min.
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
Quote from: DGuller on March 19, 2013, 12:51:55 PM
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
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Quote from: DGuller on March 19, 2013, 12:51:55 PM
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
You don't find that you think better after you've worked out? Interesting.
Recently never, I have thought about starting to ride a bike as my joints arent up for anything above no-impact and I hate swimming.
I do spend the entire day on my feet and walk at least a couple of miles a day.
Never an hour. :wacko:
Usually fewer than 10 minutes about two or three times a week.
In return for less exercise, I eat vegetables and very little "bad" food.
Quote from: merithyn on March 19, 2013, 12:54:21 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 19, 2013, 12:51:55 PM
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
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Languish is many things, but mind-numbing is not one of them.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 19, 2013, 12:51:55 PM
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
You don't find that you think better after you've worked out? Interesting.
I don't find that at all. In fact, due to expending my energy by exercising, I'm actually thinking less clearly afterwards. There may be some benefits in the long term, if a higher level of general fitness gives you more energy, but that's hard to measure.
Interesting. I find that whatever the biochemical reaction of exercising is - increase in dopamine, what have you - I tend to feel more focused, sharp, and calm afterward.
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 11:51:41 AM
Never or at least not regularly according to your criteria.
But I do run 45-50 minutes three times a week and occasionally do other sports (such as snowboarding, football, beachvolleyball etc.)
50 minutes fits within the "one hour" criteria, imo. It wasn't supposed to be exactly 60 minutes or more - but I wanted to exclude 30 minutes or so that is probably not enough.
Ok.
Anyway, I have no scientific basis for this, but I would expect that if you do some sports for 30 minutes every other day or even every day that's better than doing a single or even two units of 60 minutes per week.
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 01:41:43 PM
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 11:51:41 AM
Never or at least not regularly according to your criteria.
But I do run 45-50 minutes three times a week and occasionally do other sports (such as snowboarding, football, beachvolleyball etc.)
50 minutes fits within the "one hour" criteria, imo. It wasn't supposed to be exactly 60 minutes or more - but I wanted to exclude 30 minutes or so that is probably not enough.
30 minutes of high-intensity interval training is quite enough.
Is Marti going Richard Simmons on us?
This thread is making me want to go play basketball.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:59:45 PM
30 minutes of high-intensity interval training is quite enough.
I guess that 30 minutes of high-intensity training might keep you fit and healthy, but Marty is mainly interested in burning fat so longer stretches of activity may be more helpful for him as 30 minutes may not be enough to burn much fat.
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 02:04:46 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:59:45 PM
30 minutes of high-intensity interval training is quite enough.
I guess that 30 minutes of high-intensity training might keep you fit and healthy, but Marty is mainly interested in burning fat so longer stretches of activity may be more helpful for him as 30 minutes may not be enough to burn much fat.
People are quite mistaken about the role of exercise in weight loss.
You don't exercise to burn fat. It happens to be a side effect that you burn calories by expending energy, but unless you're running marathons you will never fucking run far enough to run off that cheeseburger and fries.
The purpose of exercise in weight loss is twofold: the development of lean muscle mass, which *replaces* the fat you're shedding by eating properly (thus increasing your gains overall, making you stronger and more healthy, and making you look better than if you just dieted without exercise), and the stimulation of the metabolism, which allows you to use the calories you ingest more efficiently.
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 02:04:46 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:59:45 PM
30 minutes of high-intensity interval training is quite enough.
I guess that 30 minutes of high-intensity training might keep you fit and healthy, but Marty is mainly interested in burning fat so longer stretches of activity may be more helpful for him as 30 minutes may not be enough to burn much fat.
Like most things, it depends. 30 minutes of HIIT is going to burn way more calories than biking for a hour.
20min warm up on treadmill
25 mins of weights rotating upper and lower body by days.
15-20 cool down on treadmill or stationary bike.
Do that 5 times a week.
That is my winter in Alaska workout.
Planning to try skijoring next winter so my dog can benefit as well.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 19, 2013, 12:51:55 PM
I find exercising to be mind-numbing, and I very rarely do things I find mind-numbing.
You don't find that you think better after you've worked out? Interesting.
There maybe be something to that, perhaps.
Certainly whilst I'm out on a bike, I find I do quite a bit of thinking, seems to provide quite a bit of lateral and unexpected inputs into the process. :cool:
Quote from: Malthus on March 19, 2013, 12:12:52 PM
Usually, three times a week - twice at the gym and once on the weekend (this winter, cross country skiing).
Edit: I'm proud to say I worked myself up to doing the 10K "hard" course at the ski place I go to - Hardwood Hills. :) There is still one hill I can't get down without wiping out though - the "waterfall". It is very steep and has three big bumps on the hill, and the first two I can do just fine but the third always throws me. :(
That sounds impressive and rather cool. :cool:
Never, in the winter. When spring finally comes I'll go out a few days a week for 2-3 hours on my bike.
Not "Almost never".
I'm just a plain "Never". :)
3 times a week. The actual exercise part is never an hour or shit like that. It can be as short as 6 minutes, depends on the intensity.
Quote from: Zanza on March 19, 2013, 02:04:46 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 01:59:45 PM
30 minutes of high-intensity interval training is quite enough.
I guess that 30 minutes of high-intensity training might keep you fit and healthy, but Marty is mainly interested in burning fat so longer stretches of activity may be more helpful for him as 30 minutes may not be enough to burn much fat.
I'm actually more into weight lifting/circuit training to build some muscle. 30 minutes is not enough as cardio warm-up takes 10-15 minutes alone.
As I said, I should probably do it three times a week but it is hard, especially in winter.
I'm gonna probably add one or two 30 minutes of running per week once the weather allows for outdoor running.
I guess I chose 60 minutes because that's the time I spend with my trainer so thought this is a good measure.
And seriously, despite the Languish meme I am not fat. My BMI is 24, I have a bit of a muffin-top style fat on around my waist but mainly because I don't have a lot of muscle to hold it in. :lol:
I am working on my chest and my arms, though as I have been skinny for the most of my life, and now with a bit of fat around my belly, my skinny arms make me look ridiculous.
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 03:52:47 PM
I'm actually more into weight lifting/circuit training to build some muscle. 30 minutes is not enough as cardio warm-up takes 10-15 minutes alone.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
And seriously, despite the Languish meme I am not fat.
Oh come on now. We had a perfectly good thread going on. We dont need to descend into the realm in Incan torpedo boats.
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 03:52:47 PM
I'm actually more into weight lifting/circuit training to build some muscle. 30 minutes is not enough as cardio warm-up takes 10-15 minutes alone.
I think you'll find that weightlifting works better than cardio, paradoxically.
Plus - getting stronger is never, ever a bad thing.
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
And seriously, despite the Languish meme I am not fat.
Yeah that is gonna stop these assholes, oh wait you are one of those said assholes.
Pretty much never.
Quote from: mongers on March 19, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Pretty much never.
You don't ride your bike for longer than 60 minutes?
Quote from: mongers on March 19, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Pretty much never.
I think we have caught you in a lie
Whenever I feel like it. Usually 2-3 times a week.
Quote from: katmai on March 19, 2013, 04:28:21 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
And seriously, despite the Languish meme I am not fat.
Yeah that is gonna stop these assholes, oh wait you are one of those said assholes.
Languish ... the place where memes crawl up their own assholes to die, only to gain an unhappy eternal afterlife. :P
Quote from: Malthus on March 19, 2013, 04:55:45 PM
Languish ... the place where memes crawl up their own assholes to die, only to gain an unhappy eternal afterlife. :P
Big talk for a guy who paid $1200 for a stroller.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 19, 2013, 04:44:25 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 19, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Pretty much never.
You don't ride your bike for longer than 60 minutes?
Often, but it's just getting places, doing stuff and transport.
I don't work out as such, probably the last game of squash or badminton I had was 15+ years ago, most of my friends seem to have given up. :(
Voted less than once a week, as these days at most I play the odd futsal game with my buddies once every couple of weeks or so. I used to hit the gym a couple of times per week plus a bi-weekly or so futsal game in the spring and summer (weather permitting) for the last couple of years or so, but my gym buddy bailed on me this year after moving to a new flat far away from the gym and I suck at self-motivation to go on my own on a regular schedule. I really need to snatch a new buddy to exercise with, but all my friends who are not couch potatos are into squash, and I really suck at it.
What I've recently started out doing is volunteer beach cleaning, and at least all that picking up stuff from the ground for a couple of hours really adds up.
I never do purpose less work out.
Shoveling snow or dirt is a work out enough.
Quote from: Martinus on March 19, 2013, 11:50:05 AM
Inspired by the fat thread.
By work-out, consider at least an hour of running, aerobics, weight lifting and/or similar sports.
Misvoted horribly. Oops. Man, that's a long time.
An hour? Almost never. When I go to the gym I aim for 45 minutes
I don't go to the gym, that place is full of dancing girls and guys in bunny suits.
I do bike, starting each year in April (or so), about 100 miles each week. That is four times per week of about 2 hours.
I don't work out much anymore. I used to do a lot, from kick boxing, martial arts, aerobics and some weights, and more, such as running or softball games. I've lately been getting back to doing some though, some light weights and such, trying to get to a better physical condition again.
Quote from: PDH on March 28, 2013, 07:13:40 AM
I don't go to the gym, that place is full of dancing girls and guys in bunny suits.
I do bike, starting each year in April (or so), about 100 miles each week. That is four times per week of about 2 hours.
:cool:
Quote from: KRonn on March 28, 2013, 07:53:08 AM
I don't work out much anymore. I used to do a lot, from kick boxing, martial arts, aerobics and some weights, and more, such as running or softball games. I've lately been getting back to doing some though, some light weights and such, trying to get to a better physical condition again.
Good going, KRonn, at our age i think it's sink or swim, unfortunately most of my friends seem to have given up, gone the beer/pipe and slippers route.
Three times a week, sometimes four if my program allows for double days. However I've found that my body responds best with a full day of rest before each workout. Intersped with some high-intensity cardio when I'm in bulking mode.