Exercising

[PaulS]

They say you add a min. to your life for every min. you exercise.

Of course, you've already wasted that min. exercising.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by PaulS

They say you add a min. to your life for every min. you exercise.

Of course, you've already wasted that min. exercising.

That's a good one.

I run on the treadmill at least 5 to 6 days per week. If I'm not feeling up to it, I'll do a mile or so just to get the heart pumping. When I feel like doing it, I do about 3 miles or so. I watch tv while doing it, so it goes by pretty fast. I also find that a good way to keep motivated is to plan vacations every few months where you are going to be shirtless. That keeps me going even when I feel lazy.

[JohnnySaxatilis]

ya doin the p90x thing at first was freakin brutal.... I was sore the entire first week all day. But its getting better now. I suck less at the workouts, and I say suck less becuase i still SUCK at the workouts. But now I have better form and cardio/strength/balance, and i dont ache all day 6 days a week. ha. they focus on a different muslce group each day which mixes it up and keeps it challenging. And its like anything else wether it be fishing or a freakin video game or working out or trying something new. It takes time and effort to see results and get good at it. Like i forget who said it earlier "you gotta get over the hump"

Keep at it man Good Luck!

[5/0]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

ya doin the p90x thing at first was freakin brutal.... I was sore the entire first week all day. But its getting better now. I suck less at the workouts, and I say suck less becuase i still SUCK at the workouts. But now I have better form and cardio/strength/balance, and i dont ache all day 6 days a week. ha. they focus on a different muslce group each day which mixes it up and keeps it challenging. And its like anything else wether it be fishing or a freakin video game or working out or trying something new. It takes time and effort to see results and get good at it. Like i forget who said it earlier "you gotta get over the hump"

Keep at it man Good Luck!

Im preping for that,my start date is March

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by 5/0

Im preping for that,my start date is March

P.S. yoga is painful. the resistance training is cake compared to that crazy shiz

[5/0]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

P.S. yoga is painful. the resistance training is cake compared to that crazy shiz

I bought it last year and did it for 3 weeks (I had a work ingery)so I stopped,I do remember the pain of YOGA,who woulda thunk it.

Johnny;
Are you going to calculate your BMI,weight and also Pics of before and after?

[Raven]

i have enough of a workout JUST to deal with the friggan snow

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by 5/0

I bought it last year and did it for 3 weeks (I had a work ingery)so I stopped,I do remember the pain of YOGA,who woulda thunk it.

Johnny;
Are you going to calculate your BMI,weight and also Pics of before and after?

Nah I havent done any of that really. Im just doing the workouts and drinkin the shake post workout. Im trying to eat better but its expensive especially for a 25 yr old college student. I can tell im not getting the results i should becuase of the diet i have. But its not like i need to lose any weight really. Im 6'1'' 185 before the program, so..... The picture at the end is what concerns me

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by 5/0

Im preping for that,my start date is March

Ditto...I got a stack of P90X DVD's for Christmas and I looked at that and said, jezzzz I need to be in decent shape before I even attempt that! There is no way most 54 year old's can do that.
So... I am trying to workout to get into some shape to do P90X but right now, I think I would rather just eat doughnuts and post on SB.com

Seriously though, when you read thru any of these successful exercise plans, you find out that they are really lifestyle changes with severe diet modifications. The problem is I like what I eat! I eat fairly healthy but my portion size is probably too much.
I just want to stay in better shape so I don't hurt myself when casting or fighting a fish... Or have a heart attack while coming thru Muskeget channel on a rough day!

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

The problem is I like what I eat! I eat fairly healthy but my portion size is probably too much.

Yep , a bowl of Spaghetti to me is what a nutritionist would say is the right amount for a family of 6 ! I honestly think the time to beat an overweight life is when you are children. That's when you develop the over portion size habits and develop the taste for stuff that is bad for you and a hard eating style to change. In my day ,the sign of a good healthy growing boy was that you had a big appetite and ate a lot! If you were a skinny , picky eater , you were considered unhealhy and people would ask "What's wrong with him"? Now we know differently.

I have made some healthy changes though. Now when I have spaghetti and sausages , I have a few glasses of red wine with it. That red wine is supposed to be good for you!

On a serious note , there is no doubt in my min whatsoever that eating too much and exercising too little is the single biggest health problem in the USA today and also in the whole developed world. If a magic wand swing could cure those issues for old and young alike , people would probably live and extra 20 to 30 years longer.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Ditto... The problem is I like what I eat! I eat fairly healthy but my portion size is probably too much.

SM, you will find after several weeks you will actually be less hungry
and want to eat healthier.
Gotta admit it's harder to start a weight loss or execise program in the winter
as you naturally want to eat more in cold weather.

[Raven]

the important thing to remember is that the "i'm full signal "
that says:
it's time to stop eating comes LATE it is always a delayed message

Knowing that... you can reduce your portion of Sketti
down to half of what you "percieve" to be adequate .

Then, twenty to 25 minutes after you've Stopped eating
your meal ............ see........ what the old tummy says.

if it says: hey! i'm still hungry, then eat again....
the problem is... you be come accustomed to being told
by the feeling "oh lordy i feel like a stuffed whale stranded on the beach as that signal ,
having to unbutton your pants for comfort before THE metal button shoots across the room.

the other thing to do is to have that BIG spagetti meal at lunch time
along with the sausage so you have many more hours of digestion to
deal with it before bedtime.... you'll burn up more of the
fat intake that way , you'll sleep better because digesting a heavy meal
and sleeping are not compatable they are in CONflict

the easiest trick in the book is to use a smaller plate because your
eyes still see it as a FULL plate.....

now i like health food and Gourmet cooking very much but when i see
these chef's put this tiny FANCY portion in the middle of a huge plate
and then dribble this special decorative sauce around it in an artsy fartsy design,,,,
i just wanna SCREAM.

for dinner eat something LIGHT AND YOU SLEEP MUCH MUCH BETTER

[JackK]

Originally Posted by PaulS

They say you add a min. to your life for every min. you exercise.

Of course, you've already wasted that min. exercising.

I like that

Since the end of the fishing season, I realized that I've been getting almost zero exercise. Been doing a daily routine of pushups, situps, squats & stretches, and feel like a million bucks thanks to it.

Not a big fan of going to the gym, I feel like I have enough weight on me that the above body resistance exercises work well enough. Now all I need to do is get a pull-up bar, and hit the treadmill at work after hours. Bring it on, spring.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by JackK

I like that

Since the end of the fishing season, I realized that I've been getting almost zero exercise. Been doing a daily routine of pushups, situps, squats & stretches, and feel like a million bucks thanks to it.

Not a big fan of going to the gym, I feel like I have enough weight on me that the above body resistance exercises work well enough. Now all I need to do is get a pull-up bar, and hit the treadmill at work after hours. Bring it on, spring.

Being an IT guy, the only body parts that are in shape are my fingers and my mouse finger can crush beer cans

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Being an IT guy, the only body parts that are in shape are my fingers and my mouse finger can crush beer cans

Let your fingers do the walking?

[Saltheart]

Start out slow , really slow. Add a minute or two a day. In 2 months you are over an hour and no wiped out feeling after , no achey joints or worse , no pulls etc that make you stop.

I like to vary the exercises too. I have a tread mill , rowing machine , wind bike and stair stepper. i start out after a long layoff at about 3 minutes tread mill , 5 bike , 3 rowing and 1 stair stepper. I add a minute a week to each. In 14 weeks (3 months) you will be in better shape than anyone you know. You'll be doing 17 treadmill , 19 bike , 17 rower and maybe 7 stair stepper(stair stepper is a killer , you just add maybe 30 seconds a week on that). That's an hour total. You also increase the speed of all the exercises and also add an incline to the treadmill. I went from 3 minutes flat to 22 minutes at 4.5 MPH at an 11 degree incline. Its incredible how hard a workout that is , you could never just jump on and do it without the feeling horrible afterwards. Sounds sissy to start so low but biggest reason people quit is soreness afterwards and or an injury.