Henry Wong wrote:
At this point, I would be happy to just excercise without getting sore. The idea of getting "runners high" (endorphins from excercise), is something that is a distant memory...![]()
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I used to work out 3-4 hours a day: I was running in the 10-15 mile range, training in karate, lifting weights, stair climbing... It was insane.
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marc weber wrote:I used to work out 3-4 hours a day: I was running in the 10-15 mile range, training in karate, lifting weights, stair climbing... It was insane.
Now, I'm pathetic. I last set foot in a gym on February 13, and all I did was stretch.
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Brian Legg wrote:Arvind, your posts have had me literally laughing out loud
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I'm the same way, I get next to no exercise what so ever. I am about 30-40 pounds overweight and I wish I could get rid of the excess fat. My muscle mass is not bad at all and I'm not interested in getting bigger, I would just like to lose some of the fat that covers my muscles. Unfortunately this requires aerobic exercise which speeds up the heart and I have an irregular heart beat. I feel very faint and it scares me so I avoid it. I wish I could lose the fat on my stomach by doing crunches or lifting weights, that I don't mind. Also, 2 kids + a wife + a full time job leave me with no time/energy to do any gyms or swimming. Once my boy turns 3 though I am going to take some martial arts with him, that should be fun and help get me in shape.
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Vishal Pandya wrote:I do exercise regularly everyday for an hour. I want to put on some weight. Can somebody suggest a good protein diet bar?
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Is eating pie a healthy way to put on some weight?
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You need to do more than just weekends. Add a couple of times during the week, and you'll be much better off.Henry Wong wrote:Compared to my youger self, I am also pretty pathetic. Last week, I took a bike ride in the park -- for the first time in years... And I was sore for days. I guess it will take a whole bunch of weekends before I get my muscles used to excercise again.
At this point, I would be happy to just excercise without getting sore. The idea of getting "runners high" (endorphins from excercise), is something that is a distant memory...![]()
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Arvind Mahendra wrote:
Originally posted by Marcel Wentink:
Sports is not always healthy.
THANKYOU! 100% percent agreed on that one.
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Are you referring to exercise or (competitive) sports.Marcel Wentink wrote:
Arvind Mahendra wrote:
Originally posted by Marcel Wentink:
Sports is not always healthy.
THANKYOU! 100% percent agreed on that one.
Well to continue on that, it is been said that sports helps to lower the non-attendance caused by illness. I've overstretched my ankle and cannot walk at the moment, so there goes that argument too.![]()
Ok, I might be not really an average example on this, but the almost presumed fact that sports increases your productivity can be taken with a large grain of salt in my opinion. May-be doing a little compared to doing absolutely nothing helps, but few people do a little. They either do no sports, or are quite fanatic about it.
Marty Fried wrote:I think exercise is always (99.99%) good, but you can overdo anything....Being fanatical about exercise should mean educating yourself a little about what exercise you need and how to do it, then setting a goal/schedule, and sticking to it, not doing it as much as possible; and especially not trying to squeeze it all in on one day a week.
Marcel Wentink wrote: No I think I would have a lot more time and energy to make progress in my career if I would do less sport. No, no, no. What I do is: home-work-home biking, which costs me 2 hours a day, 2 times a week weight exercises, one time cardio like stuff. After a training, my muscles are building up, and my energy goes to building up my endurance. If I would not do that, I would be able to study at least an hour a day computer science more, I would have more energy during my daytime job going to my brain, instead of going to my sore muscles. Look, I strongly encourage sports and discipline, but not, absolutely not to get more health energy to do your job.
If you've done any research at all, and you don't believe moderate exercise is beneficial, then nothing I or anyone here can say will change your mind. I guess the only hard evidence for some people would be to live 2 lives identically, except to exercise during one, and not during the other, and see which one works out the best. Let me know how that works out for you.Marcel Wentink wrote: The only thing I can imagine is that doing a little movement a day, is better then doing nothing, but after that, the 'do it since it's good for your job energy' curve rapidly goes down (at least to me personal experience). I think it's cultural, that if you do sport, you must get more energy. I would like to see any hard proof that your achievements in your thinking day job still go up, if you do more then 1 hours sports a week. I just do not believe that.
You can also get exercise free by being creative - walking up the stairs instead of using an elevator if it's less than 5 floors or so, etc.
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I agree. And when I was younger, it was usually much faster, even going up (up to a point). I won't even go into what happens if you get stuck in one.W. Joe Smith wrote:
You can also get exercise free by being creative - walking up the stairs instead of using an elevator if it's less than 5 floors or so, etc.
I almost always refuse to use elevators, unless we are talking 20+ floors (and that is just for time's sake). Taking the stairs is a great way to get just a little more movement and exercise in your day.
Marty Fried wrote:Are you saying you bike 2 hours/day, plus weight and cardio? If so, you absolutely missed my point about overdoing it.
Marty Fried wrote:If you've done any research at all, and you don't believe moderate exercise is beneficial
Well, if I was in your situation, I would kill two birds with one stone... I'd make at least one of those rides into exercise, thereby saving additional exercise time and reducing the trip time by a little. Of course, this assumes at least one of them is a situation where you can get sweaty and perhaps take a shower afterwards.Marcel Wentink wrote:
Marty Fried wrote:Are you saying you bike 2 hours/day, plus weight and cardio? If so, you absolutely missed my point about overdoing it.
No, no. That's just my way to travel from home to work and back, it's not really 'exercise' pace. The weight and cardio is to exercise. The biking is just slow to burn some calories, but not over 120 beat/minute heart rate. I don't call that real exercise. It's so that doing that I can drink a beer now and then, and watch my diet a little less rigid. Estimated it would burn I think 300-500Kcal, so I can take a loose cut in my diet for days I use the bike to get to work.
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Arvind Mahendra wrote:
marc weber wrote:I used to work out 3-4 hours a day: I was running in the 10-15 mile range, training in karate, lifting weights, stair climbing... It was insane.
Now, I'm pathetic. I last set foot in a gym on February 13, and all I did was stretch.
This sounds like something they make young recruits do at the military. When was this and were you training for something?
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marc weber wrote:
Arvind Mahendra wrote:
marc weber wrote:I used to work out 3-4 hours a day: I was running in the 10-15 mile range, training in karate, lifting weights, stair climbing... It was insane.
Now, I'm pathetic. I last set foot in a gym on February 13, and all I did was stretch.
This sounds like something they make young recruits do at the military. When was this and were you training for something?
This was a long time ago, roughly 1983-1989 when I was in my early 20's. I was seriously considering becoming a kickboxer.
The whole thing was kind of ironic: When I was that intense physically and mentally, I really wasn't very good as a fighter. Later, when I learned to relax and my sparring got better, I didn't have the drive any more. Now I'm just glad I didn't get seriously injured.
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