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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 27, 2018 20:22:21 GMT -5
So, here are my personal records: Push ups (continuous): 26 Chin ups: 8 <-- my weakness Sit-ups: never counted, but I can do more than 50 1-mile run: 6:49 (now, I can do, at best, 8:25) 3-mile run: 21:40 (now, I can do, at best, 26:00) I have no weight-lifting records, but I routinely use 30 lbs (each hand) to start (12+ repetitions), and ramp down (25, 20, 15). I do a lot of medicine ball and kettlebell workouts.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 22:29:03 GMT -5
I admire your ability to manage Hawaii fandom, workouts, Volleytalking, healthy eating, and, most importantly, video games.
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Post by Northern lights on Mar 28, 2018 11:12:05 GMT -5
One of my favourite things is working out. I recall at the age of 20 reading a book. The author attributed his bad mood to not having exercised in over a week. He said "exercise to me is like taking a shower on the inside". I immediately identified with that.
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Post by Sorry Ass Sal on Mar 28, 2018 11:22:32 GMT -5
So, here are my personal records: Push ups (continuous): 26 Chin ups: 8 <-- my weakness Sit-ups: never counted, but I can do more than 50 1-mile run: 6:49 (now, I can do, at best, 8:25) 3-mile run: 21:40 (now, I can do, at best, 26:00) I have no weight-lifting records, but I routinely use 30 lbs (each hand) to start (12+ repetitions), and ramp down (25, 20, 15). I do a lot of medicine ball and kettlebell workouts. Is this you?
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 28, 2018 11:37:32 GMT -5
So, here are my personal records: Push ups (continuous): 26 Chin ups: 8 <-- my weakness Sit-ups: never counted, but I can do more than 50 1-mile run: 6:49 (now, I can do, at best, 8:25) 3-mile run: 21:40 (now, I can do, at best, 26:00) I have no weight-lifting records, but I routinely use 30 lbs (each hand) to start (12+ repetitions), and ramp down (25, 20, 15). I do a lot of medicine ball and kettlebell workouts. Is this you? That's not me, ya doof.
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Post by vbbetterthanbb on Mar 28, 2018 11:48:25 GMT -5
So, here are my personal records … Wow, I would kill for much lesser numbers at your age. Well, since you are such an athletic freak and a video game addict, can I challenge you (or anybody not extremely far from the British Invasion era) for a few games on Kinect Sports instead of real sports? …The author attributed his bad mood to not having exercised in over a week. He said "exercise to me is like taking a shower on the inside”… Agree in more ways than one. Exercise is a key reason that I get to eat whatever I want to eat all these years while maintaining reasonable test results, and, eating puts me in good mood. Sadly, I rate buffets much by their dessert selections!
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 28, 2018 12:51:51 GMT -5
So, here are my personal records … Wow, I would kill for much lesser numbers at your age. Well, since you are such an athletic freak and a video game addict, can I challenge you (or anybody not extremely far from the British Invasion era) for a few games on Kinect Sports instead of real sports? I am hardly an athletic beast.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 28, 2018 12:55:11 GMT -5
I admire your ability to manage Hawaii fandom, workouts, Volleytalking, healthy eating, and, most importantly, video games. Hawaii fandom - easy; doesn't take much time VT'ing - easy; just read and post during video game breaks workouts - hard; but it's a small time commitment of 1 hour per day (40 minute exercise, 10-minute shower, 10-minute cool down) healthy eating - I also eat crap like potato chips (my weakness), french fries (another weakness), hamburgers, and ice cream video games - biggest time commitment of 7-10 hours per day
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 28, 2018 13:09:08 GMT -5
I think I told this story before. I used to make fun of my wife for exercising in front of the TV to some of her favorite exercise videos on youtube (and DVD): fitness blender, Pop Sugar, Marsha short circuits, etc. To me, they seemed so simple because, you know, women were doing them and I just assumed those videos were made primarily so that they could show off their tight workout outfits. LOL! So, she challenged me to do some and I thought, easy as pie. I spent a week doing some of the exercise routines on youtube. Maaaaan, oh, maaaaaan, every part of my body just ached like hell. They were so exhausting. Who knew alternating lunges and plank donkey kicks could kill you? I developed a newfound respect for all those exercise videos because they kicked my arse!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 13:16:55 GMT -5
I think I told this story before. I used to make fun of my wife for exercising in front of the TV to some of her favorite exercise videos on youtube (and DVD): fitness blender, Pop Sugar, Marsha short circuits, etc. To me, they seemed so simple because, you know, women were doing them. LOL! So, she challenged me to do some and I thought, easy as pie. I spent a week doing some of the exercise routines on youtube. Maaaaan, oh, maaaaaan, every part of my body just ached like hell. They were so exhausting. Who knew alternating lunges and plank donkey kicks could kill you? I developed a newfound respect for all those exercise videos because they kicked my arse! You should try Mr. Motivator (aka British Richard Simmons):
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Post by Northern lights on Mar 29, 2018 10:20:13 GMT -5
If you really want to get fit, put Yoga or Pilates into your routine. If you put a Yoga tape in a DVD, then press fast forward, it becomes Pilates.
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Post by azvb on Mar 29, 2018 12:35:08 GMT -5
I feel better when I work out. Yet I don’t do it. Why is that?
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2018 12:48:48 GMT -5
For some time in the 2000s, my wife and I ran every other day together. I always ran faster than her and would have to slow down just so she could catch up. Sometime around 2012, I struggled to maintain my lead over her. During the last lap (for track field) or loop (for our neighborhood), she moved ahead into the lead and I would work really hard to catch up and beat her. In 2013, I couldn't keep pace with her at all. When we ran around in our neighborhood streets, she would be so far ahead that I couldn't even see her. I'd have to quicken my pace to sprint levels in order to even get a glimpse of her in the distance. Around that time, she discovered those exercise videos on youtube. I suppose she needed a challenge and running wasn't cutting it anymore.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2018 12:49:04 GMT -5
I feel better when I work out. Yet I don’t do it. Why is that? Laziness. Get with it!
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Post by vbbetterthanbb on Mar 29, 2018 17:35:06 GMT -5
I feel better when I work out. Yet I don’t do it. Why is that? Laziness. Get with it! Lack of motivation much more likely than laziness. Those who can go to gym alone are motivated. The other 99+% need to have company to motivate each other, and even then ... In HS I could play basketball 7 hours on a Sunday. As an adult I very much looked forward to a weekly basketball game even after my first son. Around my second baby my basketball group felt apart, feeling the age and demands in life. So it was game over for me for a very long time. I tried WII Sports a couple years after it was released, but immediately lost interest for having to hold the controller. Then the much better designed Kinect Sports arrived. It’s still far from real sports, but real exercise nevertheless. An hour of that a day keeps my frozen shoulder away, and I do feel the overall physical difference. Now I laugh at my eldest for having a bigger waistline than mine . Motivation to keep going? Scores! Every time I play I aim to reach certain scores. Better if I could come close to, or even break, any of the world records that Microsoft had published back when Kinect Sports was immensely popular worldwide. I did manage to break a couple -- the less physical games of course, though by now I did okay on even the more physical Kinect Sports choices. Guess what, with an established exercise routine I even dusted off my 25 year old treadmill and now do that pretty much daily! Anybody wants to join me for co-motivation?
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