How do you like to exercise?

[VespertineIconoclast]

I'm pretty plain. I like to walk in the evenings just before sunset especially in the fall when the air has a little bit of a bite to it. To change it up, I may jog a little.... Also, I like weight-training -- not with gym equipment but with regular old dumbbells.

Holidays tend to throw off my schedule, but I don't mind that much since I get to see family and friends that I don't normally see.... So, what do you like to do? :hi:

[cwydro]

1. Rnnning

and more running. Also walking and swimming with my furfaces.

[VespertineIconoclast]

2. Furfaces = dogs, right?

What breed? I do enjoy a good swim during the summer when opportunities arise. :)

[wain]

96. I love to run and miss it when I can't

Right now all I can do is walk as I am healing from planta fasciitis in the left foot. I had this six years ago and it takes a long time to heal. I tend to overdo running and than pay for it - last year was as stress fracture on the right shin.

I'm thinking about getting a bike.

x(

[Mojambo]

3. I like those step machines at the health club

Of course I haven't been to the gym since I let my membership lapse a couple of years ago.

I was thinking of getting it going again in January.

[VespertineIconoclast]

9. No better time than now to re-join...

;) It will get you back into the groove of things before Christmas and New Years hit....

[Mojambo]

19. I know, I know...

It's just that as a retail worker I'm not sure now is the right time to put my body through that kind of trauma.

I might though.

[LeftyMom]

4. fork-lifting, napping, walking to the car

And I wear a size six anyhow. A fast metabolism is a beautiful thing.

[VespertineIconoclast]

13. LOL!

I eat healthy most of the time, but when I splurge - I SPLURGE! So, I got to keep up the regimen. ;)

[graywarrior]

5. Horizontal bop.

[Connonym]

10. that's the only way to exercise

[VespertineIconoclast]

14. ...

:spank:

:P

[YankeyMCC]

6. Recombinant excersize bike

Walk in the mornings a few times a week
Weight training a few times a week
I bike ride for most of my in town errands (even in the winter and rain)
Hike up 4,000 foot mountains whenever I get a chance :)

[VespertineIconoclast]

16. Good exercise AND environmentally-friendly.

:thumbsup: Hiking up a mountain -- incredible! Did you take pics? I bet the view was spectacular!

[YankeyMCC]

32. Not A mountain

Several in the Whites Mtns of New Hampshire and Maine (plus a few smaller ones)

There are some pix here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25085949@N00/

[VespertineIconoclast]

42. The view is wonderful!

Thanks for the pics. :)

[MissMillie]

97. A little of everything

jogging, walking, elliptical machine, StairMaster, Concept2 rower, and weight training

[Courtesy Flush]

7. Kayak! Scenery, danger, and exercise all in one! n/t

[VespertineIconoclast]

17. Kayaking is very fast-paced!

I can imagine that it's very exciting. Where do you normally go?

[Courtesy Flush]

35. LOL, you watch too much TV

I paddle along a sleepy bayou. Sometimes I paddle fast, sometimes slow. Not all kayakers go in whitewater.

[VespertineIconoclast]

44. I probably do watch too much tv!

;)

All you kayakers are adrenaline-junkies, didn't you know? :P

[InvisibleTouch]

8. As little as possible, thanks. :) n/t

[VespertineIconoclast]

18. Ha ha ha!

:7

[undeterred]

11. without moving a muscle

I just visualize it.

[VespertineIconoclast]

20. Mind over matter...

;)

[skygazer]

12. Do what now?

What is this word... "exercise." It sounds unpleasant. :scared:

[VespertineIconoclast]

22. It's not so bad....

;) Just give it another try....

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. My biggies are fitness walking and strength training...

:hi: Those two things have kept me in great shape! I will sometimes switch to the elliptical machine for cardio if the weather is bad, but I prefer walking so fast it's almost running. (I don't run for anyone unless I'm running away from somebody who's chasing me... :P) I walk like that for 40 minutes six times a week, and I do my strength training at my gym three times a week. And because of all that, I'm a lot stronger than I look. :)

[VespertineIconoclast]

23. I love the feeling when I push myself to the next level!

Your walking routine sounds quite intense -- a real workout. When I strength-train, I like to do so slowly so I can feel the burn in my muscles. I'm stronger than I look too. ;)

[trof]

21. Try Nordic walking. Miz t. and I do 3 miles a day.

It's like cross country skiing.
google it.

[VespertineIconoclast]

24. Good exercise...

a great way to make sure that your arms are getting a good work-out with your legs.... :thumbsup:

[trof]

25. Yep, upper body exercise , AND...

Miz t. read that it burns "22%" MORE calories than just plain walking.
I tend to question statistics like that.
"22% hunh? Not 20%, or maybe 24%, but RIGHT AT 22%?"
:eyes:

[VespertineIconoclast]

59. People like to see numbers...

so they give you numbers - even if the numbers are arbitrary. :shrug:

[Maestro]

26. I bike or run.

I try to do some sort of exercise at least three times a week but sometimes life really gets in the way.

[VespertineIconoclast]

29. Even though I don't bike as often as I used to....

Bicycling is fun. Yeah, real life can suck sometimes especially when you are trying to workout regularly.

[Maestro]

104. Post 103 was intended for you.

I didn't mean to respond to myself. Sheesh. ;)

[Maestro]

103. Well I have run 8 miles

since I last posted but work starts up again tomorrow and it is expected to be very cold this coming weekend. If I exercise it will be on the trainer, but I hate spinning wheels and going nowhere. Yuck!

[flamingyouth]

27. Yoga, Pilates and walking.

Before I got sick I went to the gym a lot more. I just got some cool pink boxing gloves, though, and we're getting a heavy bag for our basement for those days when the stress gets to be a little much.

[VespertineIconoclast]

33. Nothing like taking out a bit of stress with a punching bag.

;) I'm sorry to read that you were sick -- I hope that you are doing well now. With the yoga and pilates, you must be pretty flexible and limber. :)

[flamingyouth]

37. Thanks - I'm still pretty flexible

But I was recently diagnosed with cancer. It's still in the early stages so my prognosis is good. But my energy level is sometimes quite low. And sometimes I feel like hitting things. :D

[VespertineIconoclast]

46. I'm glad that you got an early prognosis!

The therapy can be very energy-draining, but keep doing what you're doing and hit things when you feel like it! :D

[YellowRubberDuckie]

28. I really need to find a friend to work out with here in Oklahoma City.

I love working out...just not alone. I'd rather play a sport or do Tae Bo. I really want to lose weight, but I have no motivation for working out.
Duckie

[VespertineIconoclast]

34. Getting back into exercising can be difficult....

Maybe you can get one of your old workout buddies to get back into the groove of things with you.... :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

36. That would be my husband...

But he gets a lot of exercise at work and he's exhausted by the time he gets home. No old workout buddies.
Duckie

[LostinVA]

30. Running, boxing heavy bag drills, and weights

Trailrunning, specifically.

[VespertineIconoclast]

38. The places you've seen....

Trial running allows you to soak up the scenery out there in the great outdoors. :thumbsup:

[LostinVA]

41. So much better than road running and the treadmill

Not only is it better for my news... but, today, I had a fox cross my path.... flushed deer... I've seen baby groundhogs and bunnies, beautiful scenery, watched the woods come to life and go to sleep again... followed an animal's tracks for the snow, crossed streams... I love it. Even the occasional snake and my one "dry" viper bite doesn't stop me.

[Nicole]

31. Walking and swimming

I only wish I could swim year round, without resorting to an indoor pool.

[VespertineIconoclast]

40. I also enjoy outdoor swimming.

Indoor swimming does make me feel a little closed in.... ;)

[Nicole]

86. Same for me.

Indoors just doesn't feel the same.

[Left Is Write]

39. I mix around stuff. I have a nice elliptical at home...

About 30 cardio and cardio/strength mix DVDs, three strictly strength-training (intermediate to advanced) DVDs, and a couple of stretching programs. I also have at home a weight bench, dumbbells, a barbell, and a jump rope.

At the gym, I only the equipment I don't have at home: treadmill, stepmill, weight machines, stability ball, etc.

I try not to do the same thing two days in a row. It keeps me from getting bored (sometimes I get into a rut, though, and do something like the elliptical three days in a week, but I do try to keep the variety).

When the weather is right for it, I enjoy walking outdoors.

[VespertineIconoclast]

47. Variety is the spice to life....

Boredom = death to exercise with me. I like to switch the routes I use from time to time.

[Perky]

43. I am an avid runner and I do some weight training

I used to play basketball until I blew out my knee

[VespertineIconoclast]

49. When you get into the zone with running...

there is nothing really like that feeling. :)

[Left Is Write]

53. It looks like you do more than "some" weight training.

:D

[Perky]

54. I get by I gues lol

[SoCalDem]

45. N.A.A.

(not at all ) :evilgrin:

[VespertineIconoclast]

50. Nice acronym!

:7

I like your sig line. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

48. As little as possible.

:D

[VespertineIconoclast]

51. Not even a little, teeny, tiny amount....

:P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

52. Does opening the fridge count?

:P

[VespertineIconoclast]

56. But of course!

You were moving weren't ya? :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. Just my hand.

My seat is next to the fridge, so I don't have to get up. :P

[VespertineIconoclast]

60. Of course it still counts!

;)

And as an added bonus you get my 300th post! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

61. Cool!

Congrats! :toast:

[VespertineIconoclast]

63. Thanks!

:7

[tinfoilinfor2005]

55. I hire someone.

But they took the holiday off, so I'm feeling pretty sluggish today.

:rofl:

[VespertineIconoclast]

58. LOL!

:rofl:

[WindRavenX]

62. the no pants dance

:)

[VespertineIconoclast]

65. Whatever could you mean....?

:P

:spank:

:D

[Pushed To The Left]

64. Isometrics and bodyweight exercises

Isometrics have been very helpful for grappling strength. The advantage to doing isometrics and bodyweight exercises is that they can be done anywhere. I was doing them in the hotel room when I was in Michigan for my sister's wedding!

[VespertineIconoclast]

67. Isometrics are a great form of exercise!

It's also quite useful with martial arts too.

[marzipanni]

93. A form of isometrics during the past 6 years...

my muscles tensed up a lot, but have started to relax a bit since the election.
Now I'm dancing, and skipping more, like I used to.

[bikebloke]

66. Bike

And it's my car, so commuting, hauling groceries and errands double as exercise. As I shuffle around in the mornings before work, I'll do push ups. Listening to music or watching a film (DVD...I can see myself getting tossed out of a theatre), I'll do leg lifts. The gym scene doesn't appeal to me. I do my exertions in private. That's why I wear a burqa on the bike. :-)

[VespertineIconoclast]

68. I'm not much of a gym goer myself either....

I find that listening to music is the way to go for me while I'm exercising -- something fast and up-beat to match my breathing and speed. :)

[SPKrazy]

69. Cycling-For Real or At The Gym, Elliptical Machines, Stair Masters

weight machines, swimming.

Love to exercise. Go nearly every day if possible.

Have gone every day this week except the day of driving to get where I'm at for Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving itself, and tomorrow driving back.

Probably gained a pound or two, but it will disappear as soon as I'm back in my routine.

B-)

[VespertineIconoclast]

70. Quite a regimen ya got there....

Keeping on track with my workout is also very important to me.

[SPKrazy]

71. Well After Years Of Being A Couch Potato

I've got catching up to do

I don't feel good if I don't exercise now

I guess that's good.

:shrug:

I think it is

Keeps the stress at bay

[VespertineIconoclast]

74. Exercising is an excellent way to feel good.

:thumbsup: I wish more people took the opportunity to give exercise a try for all its' positive effects....

[Skittles]

72. at home with tapes, aerobics, free weights, almost every day for an hour

and holidays do NOT mess with my schedule

[VespertineIconoclast]

73. It's good that you don't let holidays effect your schedule.

Wish I could say the same -- I usually have to play organizer to the big get-togethers.... But, I make up for it by getting back to my schedule as soon as my responsibilities are met. :)

[Skittles]

77. I don't get into the holiday nonsense

there's a lot of advantages to that :)

[VespertineIconoclast]

78. Very smart!

I need to take an example from you and take a step back during the holidays sometimes. ;)

[Dastard Stepchild]

75. 4 days in the gym per week...

and then light activity on the other days.... taking the dog for a long walk, riding my bike. My mother just bought me ice skates today, so I am all about to ice skate on the weekends. I am trying to track down a co-ed or ladies hockey team, but no luck thus far.

[VespertineIconoclast]

76. Best of luck finding that hockey team!

I've never been ice skating, but I did in-line skate some time ago.... The experience was fun, but when I fell I fell HARD!

[flvegan]

79. Fiendishly with acute obsession.

I'm a gym rat, though.

6 days a week on the iron, 3 on the cardio.

[VespertineIconoclast]

80. Nothing wrong with that....

As long as you're feeling great while doing -- keep at it! :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

81. Skateboarding.

Plus I do a lot of walking, to and from school and all over campus and whatnot.

[VespertineIconoclast]

82. Skateboarding looks fun...

but I have not been able to acquire the needed skills to do it properly. Me = no balance on a skate board. ;) I enjoy sitting on the sidelines watching others do it though....

[ghostsofgiants]

84. I've been skateboarding since I was 13. (I'm 21 now.)

I love it. I used to play hockey when I was a kid (I quit when I was 11 or 12), but I just really hated competitive sports in general. Then one day my friend was like "Hey, I'm gonna go watch my friend Adam skateboard wanna come?" Since that day I've been in love with it. The whole unstructured and uncompetitive nature of it really drew me in, I think. (Sure there are skateboard competitions, but they're far from the basis of it.) You don't have to worry about winning or losing, or coaches telling you what to do. It's just you and your friends having fun.

If it wasn't for that I'd have spent even more time holed up in my room on my computer than I already did (and do, haha).

[VespertineIconoclast]

87. If I know anything about skateboarding...

you don't become as good as you are without having some pretty big wipe outs in the past. I understand that one of the appealing things about skateboarding is the ability to create something completely new and original -- but, sometimes it takes a few bruises to pull of the new move, but the elation you must feel at completing it must be phenomenonal! :) Keep at and keep on having fun! :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

88. I think one of the most exciting things ever was the first time I landed a kickflip.

But really, how can this NOT be fun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ke1eG86Qj0

[VespertineIconoclast]

89. Great video!

Jason looked so relaxed while doing all those tricks -- like he was born to do it.... Thanks for sharing! :)

[ghostsofgiants]

90. He's my favourite pro to watch. Eccentric as hell when he's not skating, but so damn good.

It cuts it out in that clip, but there's a conversation between him and the owner of Alien Workshop skateboards about his part in the video, and Chris (the boss) is telling him that he needs to get on a normal schedule where he knows what day of the week it is, haha. Pretty amusing.

That section right there is my favourite segment of my favourite skateboard video ever. It's what i always watch when I want t really get in the mood to skate.

[VespertineIconoclast]

91. "Geniuses" in any particular field are usually a bit different from the rest.

I guess it's the eccentricity that gives them that added something to put them head and shoulders above the rest. :)

That clip definitely has a good feel about it -- and I liked the music too.

[ghostsofgiants]

92. "Polyethylene Parts 1 and 2" by Radiohead. Great song.

From more eccentric folks, haha.

[VespertineIconoclast]

102. Thanks so much!

:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. I love to walk...

Unfortunately, I've developed plantar fascitis; and I haven't been able to walk as I used to. :(

[VespertineIconoclast]

85. As long as you're able to get out there sometimes...

that is what matters. :) I'm sorry to read about your condition though.

[chknltl]

94. The dog walks me.

Every day somewhere between 4-5pm., my dog comes up to me and invites me out for a walk. She is the smartest dog in my whole house, (being that she is the only dog in the house helps). She makes sure that I get out and walk a few blocks each day. She wants me to get out even more but I am a stubborn hippy and yearn for safety and comfort of my sofa all to quickly. Like most dogs...she puts up with this but on occasion when the weather is pleasant her patience wears thin and she cons me into a more vigorous exercise by taking me down to the river where we walk for hours. That's a damn fine dog I got... lucky me huh!

[VespertineIconoclast]

98. Yes, very lucky you!

You have a great exercising buddy who won't take "no" for an answer. :D

[SKKY]

95. I run, a lot...

...well perhaps to some it's not a lot, but with me and my schedule, fitting in 20-30 miles a week is like putting 10 pounds of shit into a 5 pound bag. But, I need to run. It's my therapy.

[VespertineIconoclast]

Getting into a running rhythm is therapeutic to me too.

It's when everything gets down to the science of breath, the beat of your steps, and the swing of your step. :thumbsup:

[LostinVA]

99. I know exactly what you mean

During this time of year, I can't trail run every day like I usually do -- it gets dark too early. I can only hit the outside on the weekends. I loathe the treadmill. Yesterday, my run was great... it is indeed therapy.

[SKKY]

107. I'm running a half-marathon on the 18th in Seville...

...(I live in Spain), then a full marathon in February. After that, and I have absolutely no idea why, but I'm going to do one of those "ultra" endurance races in May. 102 km, 61 miles. :wtf: am I thinking? We don't get many chances to run trails here in southern Spain, just lots and lots of roads. What kind of music do you listen to when you run?

[NC_Nurse]

100. I don't. Period.

Everything hurts - bad knees, bad back, you name it.
I used to love to dance. :-(
Let the violins commence! :nopity:

[VespertineIconoclast]

101. I'm sorry about your pain....

:( But when you could dance, what kind of dancing did you do? :)

[Deja Q]

105. The same way I date

I don't :P

[VespertineIconoclast]

106. Ha ha ha!

:rofl: