What have you done for exercise today?

[Phentex]

Yeah you, getting up to get another cup of coffee. What are you doing to stay alive?

Normally, I'd be walking outdoors but this stupid groundhog hurricane keeps sending bands of rain off and on so I went to the gym.

I warmed up on the rower, then did the circuit, then finished with a few minutes on an elliptical. The only part I enjoyed was walking back to my car.

Just not in the mood today.

Only reason to go...

[GoCubsGo]

1. Zumba class.

I get bored on ellipticals and other machines. I usually Zumba/Aqua Zumba or take a spin class. I also swim laps. Need to get back into weight training and Pilates.

[Phentex]

11. I swam for the first time earlier this month...

I can't remember when I last swam. I did an aerobics class but it was so-so. Then I swam on my own and I loved it! I'm going to try for once a week.

[gratuitous]

2. Bicycle commute to work

Aerobic, low impact, and accomplish something.

[hibbing]

4. Me too

Fall is coming, I've started adding a baselayer this week. My commute is only 11 miles round trip, but it's better than nothing.

Peace

[Phentex]

12. Still haven't gotten the bike out yet...

I'd only attempt a short ride in the neighborhood or on one of the bike trails. Too terrifying anywhere else. It's great that you can ride to work!

[gratuitous]

26. Portland, of course

Most of the commute is on multi-use paths (no motor vehicles), and motorists are used to seeing cyclists on the streets there, so it's not quite so terrifying.

[Phentex]

28. You are lucky!

It makes so much sense. I don't know why it's so hard to do this in other places.

[Lizzie Poppet]

65. Ditto!

Not the commute part (I work at home), but I got in a pretty soggy 20-miler training ride this AM here in good ol' bike-friendly P-Town. #RCTID

[Xyzse]

3. Nothing yet.

I was doing X Trainer from Asylum V2 yesterday. I am going to do Strength from Asylum V1 today.

My heart is thanking me mostly. Even with diet and exercise, I still have to take blood pressure medication.
It really sucks.

[Phentex]

19. Yeah, it does but it may be hereditary...

my husband is fighting it. He is really fit, runs half marathons, eats super foods, low salt, etc and the doctor still doesn't like his blood pressure.

Both his parents took medication. And I think my husband works too much and suffers from a silent stress. But I'm no doctor.

[Xyzse]

53. It is sadly hereditary.

My father passed away at 54 and had his first stroke when he was younger than me.

[sakabatou]

5. Weights

[Phentex]

14. Gotta keep up your strength!

[progressoid]

6. Two trips to the refrigerator.

[Phentex]

13. It counts!

I walked a few aisles at the grocery store.

[progressoid]

20. Going for a walk now!

A real walk.

[Phentex]

23. Hope the weather is good

wherever you are!

[Fla Dem]

7. 45 minutes on bike, 15 minutes on weight equipment. Hate it.

But use the time to listen to Stephanie Miller.

[Phentex]

15. I was listening to music...

I don't normally hate it but I really resented it this morning.

[kentauros]

8. Kneading bread.

And I 'need' to make more because I didn't like how it came out. Just have to get to the store to buy some coconut milk so I can make bread pudding out of the "failed" bread

[Phentex]

16. BTDT...

so frustrating when it doesn't rise. I usually blame the weather or yeast.

[kentauros]

37. It's not that it didn't rise,

but in my last batch of no-knead bread, I had to use bread flour when it normally calls for all-purpose. It made the bread too tough. It does make good croutons, though

I'm going to try the "Almost No Knead" recipe in the Cook's Illustrated Baking Book next. So far, I haven't had a recipe out of that book fail.

[hobbit709]

9. Took my little monsters to the park.

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[Phentex]

17. They look very happy!

I miss my beast so much.

He wasn't walking much in the end but still.

Enjoy your monsters! Woof!

[smirkymonkey]

43. Awww! Did they drive?

They are very cute!

[PassingFair]

10. I usually swim, but the pool is closed.

"Electrical Problems, NO Heat"

Walked the dog. Again.

[Phentex]

18. YAY for the dog!

Sorry bout the pool.

[hermetic]

21. Walked 6 blocks to the grocery store

pulling a wagon. (I don't drive.) Filled it with groceries and pulled it back home. Then I pushed a reel mower through my back yard as it's supposed to rain tomorrow. Now I'm doing some elbow bends with Pipeline Porter. Yum.

I expect to sleep like a log tonight.

[Phentex]

25. that's a good workout...

we used a reel mower for years. We have since gotten rid of most of the grass and use a small electric mower now.

All this rain has brought down a ton of sticks and leaves so I know what I'll be doing as soon as it dries out.

[RebelOne]

34. Walked all around the grocery store.

Kroger is a very large store, so it takes a lot of walking to shop there.

[mvd]

22. Been raining so haven't gotten mine in

Except for around the house stuff. My favorite exercise is walking. If you do it briskly, it is effective.

[Phentex]

24. It goes by especially fast...

when I walk with my neighbor. We blab the whole time.

[mvd]

29. I usually do it with my dog

[mythology]

27. I'm taking a rest day

Yesterday I did a heavy arm/shoulder day weight lifting in the boring gym and then did parkour last night where I managed to put my worse knee in unfortunate contact with a metal pole. Hence the rest day since my knee is still recovering from surgery on the exact area that hit the pole (good job me).

If my knee is up for it tomorrow will be back and triceps in the boring gym and I have gymnastics in the evening (even if it's hard to call it gymnastics when I can only work on handstands and basic rings/high bar stuff).

[Phentex]

31. Gymnastics!

I remember the old days. Now, I can't even do a cartwheel.

Rest is good.

[mythology]

49. That's okay with my knee I haven't done a cartwheel since December 15th before surgery

Someday (231 more days) I will have two mostly functional knees. But it has been difficult to stay motivated when even my doctor said I should take 6 months off to let my knee heal. I even got called and yelled at for my list of questions about what I can do that I gave to the PT. They were mortified when they heard I was doing handstands out of terror that I would land on the wrong leg. I tried to explain that's not a thing that happens, but they didn't understand.

[mythology]

61. At least you get to avoid the rips if you don't do gymnastics

I have an all but healed rip on each hand and then I ripped a different part of my hand on my "one last turn and I'm done on high bar." So I get to vitamin E my hand overnight and figure out the work out for tomorrow. I'm thinking core day, because who doesn't love dragon flags and V ups?

I also did a heavy back and tricep work out day at the boring gym.

[trof]

30. 2 miles of Nordic walking. Every morning. I'm 74.

You do it with sticks like cross country skiing.
Outside, not on a machine.
Gives you some upper body exercise.
Gotta keep movin'.

[Phentex]

32. I would love that!

I hope I am as lucky when I am 74!

[trof]

33. As you get older you may tend to lose some stability.

At least I have.
I'm not nearly as 'balanced'(?) as I used to be.
I just feel...clumsier? in my feet and legs.
The ski poles give you incredible stability.

[IrishEyes]

35. Ballet.

I like to dance. Dance is great way to exercise. It never feels like exercise. It is just fun. There are so many different styles of dance that I don't get bored.

[LoveMyCali]

41. Yup, my favorite form of "exercise"

I belly danced for about an hour and a half tonight. Much more fun than the spin class I plan on attending in the morning.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

36. Ran 2 miles on the treadmill (love the Bee Gees too)

Nothing major. I try to do a little each day. 2 was all I could get in this morning before I had to start getting my 6 year old son ready for school. I do 2 -3 miles in the morning on the treadmill on school days. Weekends I run about 3 miles outside on this nice trail in my neighborhood that follows along the river.

[Skittles]

38. 52 minutes of kettlebell

yes indeed

[rurallib]

40. What kind of exercises do you do with that

really curious

[Skittles]

42. here, see for yourself

I exercise at home to fitness DVDs (I DETEST gyms)

[rurallib]

52. Thanks much

dealing with an arthritic back that is limiting movement.

[Skittles]

54. I am lightly arthritic

I would say a small kettlebell with the very controlled, slower movements (for example, windmill, Turkish getup - the first two exercises shown in that video) could be very beneficial for you....I know yoga is good for arthritis but I find it incredibly boring

[malthaussen]

39. Well, I got out of bed...

... that exhausted me so much, I had to go lie down for a while.

-- Mal

[smirkymonkey]

44. If weather permits, I walk to work here in Boston.

I need to allow an hour, but that allows for a trip to Starbucks (sorry, need the espresso). It's really only a 45 minute walk, but very nice as long as I can get up early enough. It doesn't happen every day, but at least a few days a week.

[Capt.Rocky300]

45. Clenched every muscle in my body for......

2 hours getting a root canal. I would rather have ridden my bike.

[rug]

46. I left clicked furiously for hours.

[Chan790]

47. Hike daily.

I'm up to 3 miles. I'm trying to get to 8 because I'm dating a woman that does 5 daily and often 10+ and I don't want to die on one of her death marches. Again.

[Marie Marie]

48. Laughed my ass off at the clowns during the debate so,

not only is my ass gone, a good belly laugh is great for the abs. I'm spent...

[Rhythm]

50. Work...

I'm the BoH manager of a busy pub, and all but my immediate storage is in the basement...
So by the time I'm through with a shift, I've walked a couple.of miles, climbed up-and-down about 10-stories of stairs, and lifted/pushed/pulled 3 times my weight in goods up and down those stairs.

Who needs a gym?
I have my everyday life!

[hay rick]

51. Stress test...

so I skipped the gym. I usually do 40 minutes of bike and read my kindle. I also do some weights about half the time.

[cwydro]

55. I usually run, but have a bad work injury.

So I'm walking every day for an hour. I'd much rather run, but can't as yet.

Grrr.

[OakCliffDem]

56. I exercise six days a week. (I take Sundays off).

Monday:
Beat around the bush.
Jump to conclusions.
Climb the walls.
Wade through paperwork.

Tuesday:
Drag my heels.
Push my luck.
Make mountains out of mole hills.
Hit the nail on the head.

Wednesday:
Bend over backwards.
Jump on the band wagon.
Balance the books.
Run around in circles.

Thursday:
Toot my own horn.
Climb the ladder of success.
Pull out the stops.
Add fuel to the fire.

Friday:
Open a can of worms.
Put my foot in my mouth.
Start the ball rolling.
Go over the edge.

Saturday: (Overtime)
Pick up the pieces.

[Xipe Totec]

57. Parallel Bars - Both sides of the street. nt

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

58. I do a two hour fitness workout three times a week

that includes a lot of cardio, and various weight machines.

Not bad for a 60 year old man who's been living in a wheelchair for the past six years....

[csziggy]

59. On Wednesday I went on a couple of hikes at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge

The first was around the pond across from the lighthouse and I only hiked about 1/4 miles. The second was from the old headquarters at the firetower and was a one mile hike.

Not really that far but the longest hikes I've been able to handle for a long time.

I took it easy today - my lungs are not happy today. What is nice is that my muscles and joints are just fine.

My husband is forcing me to get out at least two or three times a week to do some kind of walking whether it is an outside hike or - since my breathing is a problem in high humidity - in some big store or one of the malls.

[restorefreedom]

60. insanity dvd

which is aptly named cuz you gotta be insane to want to do it. but it was kinda fun.

[Capt. Obvious]

62. Beer curls

[Ahpook]

63. 10 miles on a bike

And listening to a bit of Iggy.

That's a workout in itself? :}

[kairos12]

64. Walked three miles.

[DFW]

66. Walked and lifted (sorta) weights

I carried 2 heavy suitcases through the streets of Brussels to the Metro, took the Metro to Gare du Midi, schlepped them through the station, down the track, through the train, then changed at Rotterdam, carried them through the station there (it's big), and changed for the train to Utrecht, schlepped them through the train and then, in Utrecht, all the way out to Jaarbeursplein, and FINALLY into a friend's car to take me out to the boonies, near IJsselstein. The rest is boring. Suffice it to say I'm now back in Germany and taking it easy for the rest of the evening!

[sir pball]

67. 7.75 mile run to work..

I was dogging it pretty bad though, on account of the beer and whisky last night...over an hour

[GOLGO 13]

68. Just under 2 hrs at the gym

Did a little over an hour with weights (Chest/Shoulders/Back) Reached a new high with 90lb dumbbells for chest, 75lb dumbbells for shoulders & pulled 150lb for seated pulls for upper back.

I smile when a group of young pups stop their conversation when they see me do skullcrushers with a 100lb dumbbell.

Then 47minutes on elliptical set to my age/weight.

[bigwillq]

69. Nothing today. But worked out Monday-Friday

30-45 minutes per day of cardio, light weights and push ups and sit ups.