No exercise topic on the health board?

What do you guys do for exercise?

Personally, in the past 3 or so years I tried various unenforced programs with little success & no consistancy.

I kept reading great things about rebounders, a.k.a. mini-trampolines... Well I got a good deal on the "2nd best" rebounder on ebay back in the Fall of '08.

Honestly, since I've gotten it, I've probably only skipped a handful of days of not using it.

I find that bouncing while doing various upper body workouts with light weights really lessens the "chore" exercise feeling, and the bouncing and jogging workouts in general just aren't a pain. It works the whole body and oxygenates you good... I plan to save up for the high end German bungie rebounder.

Anyway, now that Spring and Summer are coming around I just need some outdoor activities...perhaps biking & gardening.

I've never been fully dedicated to one particular task, am quite skinny, but I've always loved generally being active. While living in Dreamland I always went camping, hiking, jogging, also played football, walking a lot and so on. Also did yoga for sometime. Working in the house garden also is quite some work.

Now in europe, with this winter I have definitely gotten slower, but with the heat of spring coming back, definitely will go back to doing something... At least running or something... actually, thats a good idea, will go run around a bit now hehe.

I try to run as often as possible. Usually during the night time.
Always at the beach surfing.
The ultimate pull-up bar has greatly improved my upper body strength. Can do 20 pull-ups now. It does damage your door frame though.

Luckily I was born with a high metabolism and have a lot of trouble gaining weight. I'm pretty skinny compared to most Americans.

Got myself a pullup bar a while back as well. I can do 28 pullups now, which is almost twice as many as I could do a few years ago. Other than that, I do most every exercise one can do without weights available (crunches, pushups, etc..), I walk or bike everywhere, I run swim and hike during the summers, and I practice martial arts.

I used to have a very high metabolism, as well, so I never had much weight on. Now, I feel my metabolism slowing down (not too much though), and I'm taking advantage of it to motivate myself to keep a better diet and a more rigorous exercise regimen.

My perfect thread! lol

I've always been a big advocate of lifting and cardio (not to look like a refrigirator box though). I generally lift mon-friday in the a.m. Then during the nights after work I go run a few miles around my neighborhood.

I've always considered the human form marvelous and lifting is most definitely an art form imo.

I have slightly altered my eating schedule, usually try to eat 6-7 small meals a day.

High protein/Average carbs/barely any sugars/ample fiber Thats prettyy much my run of the mill diet plan. In two years time i went from around 160lbs at 5'11 to 208lbs @ 6.9% bodyfat.

If anyone has any qyestions regarding lifting or any sort of weight training im the guy to ask.

I am with DMTtripn2Space, great thread. I myself stay quite active.
For the past three years i have rode a bicycle year-round. In just the past year and a half I have ridden almost every day of the year. During the winter the rides are shorter but in the summer months i find myself riding anywhere from 5 to 30 miles a day!
On top of biking i like to visit the gym twice a week for cardio and some upper body workouts.

I feel keeping active and eating healthy is important to a persons well being. I find myself feeling better now, physically and mentally, then i did before i exercised regularly. i recommend exercise and healthy eating to everyone!

Fitting into a size 5 is impressive and makes my calves look GOOD! ;-)

im still running on those many built up miles that i put in all those years ago...need to start exercising again, makes you a different person. that and i dont want to loose my hummingbirdlike metabolism which ive been punching into a coma like state though it is more resilient than frazier + ali (jokes)

body size /= inshapeness. iunno if i could even finish a 10k...

I dont mean to dig up an old thread but I think this (exercise) is important and worth it.

I used to exercise 6 days a week (3 x weights, 3 x run) like 5 years ago, I did this for 3 years.. I got away from that when I started working nights and smoking chronic constantly.. Not that I blame the weed lol...

Anyways lately I have been feeling really crappy. Staying in side, not accomplishing any studying (with exams looming) and just being overall down. So this morning I randomly decided to go for a walk and when I got back I decided to bust out the weights (which i bought a few years back to avoid the hassle of actually going to the gym, which i dont have time for).

So here is my plan, any advise is greatly appreciated..

Day 1 - Weights - Biceps and Shoulders
Day 2 - Run - 2 k (Starting small so i dont get discouraged though I used to run a lot more )
Day 3 - Weights - Triceps and Chest
Day 4 - Run - 2 k
Day 5 - Back
Day 6 - Run - 2 k
Day 7 - Rest

I would love to hear from anyone with any advice

After much research and experience, I've found this to be the best and safest form of exercise:

https://www.dmt-nexus.me...aspx?g=posts&t=29856

and this is the one I'm going to be buying soon:

http://www.rebounderrevi...com/reviews/cellerciser/

I used to play rugby, then moved onto kung fu, then did almost nothing for 3years and now Im back on track... I do capoeira 2/3 a week, butoh once a week and cycle everywhere.

Did anyone try 5 rhythms? That's like a whole day of intensive training.

Hot yoga. Used to do it daily, but I stopped last fall when my son was born. Now I'm getting back into it, once or twice a week because I'm studying for exams, and hopefully 3 times a week when I'm more free. And lots of walking. Hiking season is finally back.

Weights @home, running and cycling outside. Been thinking about swimming (pool) & practicing Aikido for ages, but so far the though hasn't materialized

I do hot yoga as well, though I haven't been nearly as active with it lately.

I do however do some yoga most day's at home, but it doesn't really count.

I've recently been considering taking up Kung-fu/Qi-Gong in the mornings.

Currently:

Taiji, Qigong especially standing meditation and "Eight Pieces of Brocade"
Surfing
Kiteboarding

Once and Future:
Ashtanga Yoga
Rock climbing



eH

I've been doing Eskrima (Filipino Martial Art) for the past 7 years and highly recommend it if anyone's thinking about taking something new up.

I'm starting Muay Thai and Ashtanga for something different to get into in a couple of weeks

got bit by the iron bug about 8 years ago, and started competing in powerlifting meets. Got a few state records, qualified for nationals but it could not justify the $$$ to fly out and compete. During those years, i just ate lots of meat, fruits, veggies, and nuts and trained instinctively. if i felt good warming up, i tried to set a new personal record. if i did not feel 100%, i would just practice technique with lighter weight. Never did any cardio, my training methods were plenty for cardiovascular health.

in the last year, i decided to get rid of all the extra weight, and focused on developing kickboxing skills as my primary focus while maintaining 90% of my strength. these days i still do heavy powerlifting workouts, but only 1-2 times a week. I do something physical everyday. Most of the time its kettlebells, sandbags, and some type of kickboxing (sparring, heavy bag, pad work, etc... it took a while for my joints to get used to the constant impact of kickboxing, but now that all the connective tissue has adapted i feel much better than my powerlifting days, and am about 20 lbs lighter. I was never fat, but carried a lot of mass for my frame. I feel much healthier at a lower weight. Sandbags especially have been a great tool, most intense workouts of my life have been with an 80lb sandbag i made for less than $30.

Examples of how diverse you can get with sandbags. they truly are the ultimate fitness tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as6VOd89jA4


if i learned one thing over the years, its not so much WHAT you do, but HOW you do it. you have to bring intensity, and exert yourself beyond pain and discomfort. Dont run, sprint. You can always do one more rep, do one more until you feel you might pass out.

Over the years i've gone from someone who was fat looking to get slim, who trained and ran several 1/2 marathons, to someone who has really gotten into weight training. The worste part of gyms to me was the amount of idiots training, and the general judging gym vibes. Returning from a part Ayahuasca inspired trip to Peru, and re-starting in the Gym, i can see it clearer for what it is. If i could help advise people i'd say this: Please don't get too involved in "training". It doesn't pay the bills, and it doesn't get you laid. Work on eating healthy and generally being active instead, eat less, do more, you don't need Gyms..They need you!. Training in Gyms and "taking it seriously" is not only very un natural, but also a self made trap of obsessive compulsive behaviour, and nobody cares about how much you can lift!

I think this is an interesting but absolutist and controversial statement which may very well derail the thread. I hope this does not occur.

eH

I highly doubt such a comment has the ability to completely derail the thread .

While this is an extreme approach, if it works for this person, good for them. Anyone reading should apply ideas at their own discretion. There is risk involved in anything and it is up to each of us to decide for ourselves how we want to live our lives. Some people exercise simply to maintain health, some exercise as a way of life and destroying our own boundaries.

One thing that is never going to work in ANYTHING is taking a subjective formula and expecting it to work similarly for another. But saying one person's approach is invalid in the way you are isn't going support the notion of expansive dialogue.

This is very true.

I tend to use the gym regularly to life weights and do some aerobics. I use my bicycle for general transport, and do lots of walking in my free time. I used to be serious about my gym work, but have since felt differently about that. There's a very fine line to tread between overtaining, and getting the right amount of exercise.