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Favorite way to workout?

Started by Nero, July 18, 2008, 04:44:46 PM

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Your favorite way to workout?

Machinery - treadmills, stair contraptions, stationary bikes, etc
Outdoorsy - biking, skiing, hiking, swimming, etc
Neighborhoodly - walking, jogging, running, biking, rollerblading, etc
Indoorsy -  aerobics, free dance, dance with weights,  etc
Bench pressingy, heavy weight lifting, etc
Tediously and Pointlessly - stomach crunches, butt crunches, workout videos with women in leotards,
Lazily - I don't like working out enough to have a favorite method.

Nero

Your favorite way to work out?

I like to just throw some music on and dance and lift weights intermittently.
What about you?
Nero was the Forum Admin here at Susan's Place for several years up to the time of his death.
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trapthavok

I like machinery cause I feel like I'm actually gaining something from using it. Including the weightlifting machinery (cause I don't know enough to do free weightlifting)  :laugh:
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sd

I ride 30 miles 3 times a week.
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jenny_

I usually just do things like pilates/yoga.
Anything that doesn't require too much moving!  ;D
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Christo

QuoteBench pressingy, heavy weight lifting, etc

yep. that's it babe :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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J.T.

right now my fav way to work out is DDR, but that gets boring.  my ideal workout is going on a long walk through parks w/o any other peeps.  just nature and myself.  that's a rare treat.
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Elwood

What about just plain work?

I like working on a construction site and driving nails into wood.

My second favorite thing to do is well, other kinds of work like landscaping and painting and...
I guess I was born to be a builder. I plan on joining stage craft in the fall so I can build tables and chairs and stuff...

Also I like to lift weights once in a while. I prefer free weights but my dad also has a work out machine I use. I keep trying to get back into running.
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Kendall

I don't work out daily, only 2 times a week

Indoors:
Kung fu Longfist style
Wushu Sword
little belly dance
throw in aerobic dvd (Cindy Crawford, Sports Illustrated, Cosmo, Taebo)
Tai Chi

If Outdoors I want to go back to cycling.
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Mnemosyne

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tekla

I like walking and riding my bike, its all you need as long as you do it religiously.  Remember, according to the newest research walking a mile is the same amount of work-out as running a mile, it just that the running is over with faster. 

I do a gym on my days off, and when I work that's enough, though I still try to walk the five miles anyway.
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Ender

Outdoors anything, but especially hiking, mountain biking, and plain old long bike rides.

Free weights, most definitely.  Running and rowing machines are good.  Actual rowing is even better.

And working in the woods--cutting, hauling, splitting, hauling again, tossing in the basement, then piling massive amounts of firewood.  I'm drenched in sweat by the end of it and smell like a tree.  It's good work.
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barbie

Jogging.

Also to save gasoline. I sometimes run from my office to home, which is about 6 kim (about 4 miles) and takes about 40 mins. In summer, I feel I lose weight too much and run just every 2 or 3 days. I prefer running in the evening, because my face is tanned too much after running in the morning. Also, people's attention to me is far less in the evening.

Some guys worry about my security, joking that some men could stalk me in the dark. Fortunately, it is very safe in my area and no problem even in running alone at midnight.

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Sephirah

I like walking, and try to walk between 30-35 miles per week. Also, I really enjoy swimming, and it feels great after you swim a mile and feel the good kind of achey all over. :)
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DarthKitty

Elliptical trainer all the way.  Nothing like a machine built for the soul purpose of torturing you in the most efficient method possible.  I'm sure they would've loved it during the Spanish Inquisition :P
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cindybc

I walk about two miles per day and also do diferent types of exercises at home to trim down the bread basket.  "Wowzers!!!" we does have us a few handsome looking gentlemen here this morning.

CIndy
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DarthKitty

Quote from: cindybc on August 09, 2008, 04:30:41 AM
I walk about two miles per day and also do diferent types of exercises at home to trim down the bread basket.  "Wowzers!!!" we does have us a few handsome looking gentlemen here this morning.

CIndy

Dang, no kidding.  Makes me feel like going "Me Jane, You Tarzan *CLONK!*" :P
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Arch

I'm extremely limited because of injuries, allergies, and the dire predictions of my childhood dermatologists that I would probably get skin cancer (hasn't happened yet, knock wood) in adult life because of my insanely delicate skin. Sigh. Not very manly.

I still have my barbells, but I can't use them anymore. I actually enjoyed doing reps, as long as I had a tape to watch.

In my living room, I have a stationary bike (recumbent so I don't have to further destroy my hands). Apart from that, I like nighttime walks around the neighborhood. I had to give up canyon hiking when I messed up my ankle a few years ago. Too bad--I live across the street from an awesome canyon wherein dwell many varieties of interesting and beautiful flora and fauna. On the other hand, I don't miss the industrial-strength sunscreen that I had to wear while I hiked. It always stung my eyes and made them water. And I could never wear shorts while hiking, no matter how much sunscreen I put on my legs. I get contact dermatitis and other unpleasant effects when I come in direct contact with greenery. And during "pollen season," the canyon could get unpleasant in still other ways. At the time, I thought it was all worth it because hiking is fairly strenuous exercise, and there was always something pretty to look at.

But now I am a bike-riding vampire who lurks around the neighborhood after dark. It's better than no exercise at all, and I don't have to worry about bursting into flames or instantly desiccating and exploding into charcoal-colored organic powder.
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Constance

Biking is my favorite workout. But, I also live close enough to the office that I walk to work. My daily commute gives me nearly 2 miles round trip.

My wife and I usually go for a 2.2 mile walk around the neighborhood most evenings, too.

Pica Pica

i walk to get places, climb stairs when i could use lifts - tend to move a lot on my tours, tensing the old legs to maintain balance...but who am i kidding? I am lazy and fat, and that is much more the result of being sedentary than any huge food intake.
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VeryGnawty

I like to practice le parkour and calisthenics.
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