Trialbyfire Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Running up the stairs will give you a good workout. Running down the stairs is murder on your knees. True but I haven't had any problems and have been doing this for a little over 6 months. I do wear a pair of decent running shoe for the job, ASICS GT-2140's. Keep in mind that I grew up mogul skiing and have taken kick boxing, albeit neither in any competitive way, so my knees have taken a lot of punishment in the past and haven't ever had problems with them. I'll be careful and if I feel the slightest of issues, will stop. I do appreciate the warning.
lino Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I train twice a week for soccer and play our matches on sundays. I go surfing every morning and do weight training 4 days a week.
LoveNeverFails Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 5 days a week cardio...3 days a week weight training.
FleshNBones Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 30-120 minutes of high-intensity cardio (swimming, elliptical, biking, or tennis), 3-7 times a weekCardio is low to moderate intensity at best.
Jake Barnes Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I try to go to the gym at some point most days (4 or 5). I'll usually do 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer with the effort about a quarter the way up the effort scale (that's as technical and as energetic as I get about that piece of equipment). 30 minutes on the bike (that's when I make a lot of headway through whichever book I'm reading) and 20 to 30 minutes on the treadmill at 6km per hour. Time on the elliptical trainer and the treadmill doubles as my tv viewing time. If there's something really absorbing on, I might spend as much as two hours in the gym. I'm not interested in using weights. I'll follow the gym session with swimming a couple of times a week...usually doing maybe 30 minutes, but at a steady pace rather than racing up and down the pool. I used to cycle as much as 50 miles per week. Now it's more like 50 miles per month since I upped my gym visits. I don't exactly race along, and if I get to a steep hill I'll climb off and push the bike rather than exert myself. Probably fair to say that my approach is of the tortoise rather than the hare, but I got my fitness assessed last December and the gym instructor said it was really good. Oh wow no wonder
Ruby Slippers Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Cardio is low to moderate intensity at best. Depends on your goals. High-intensity cardio is great for blasting calories and boosting cardiovascular health. I have figured out the balance that works for my body. I was a competitive athlete and exercised intensely at least 4 hours daily in high school, so low to moderate cardio doesn't do too much to keep me in shape.
Lizzie60 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I don't run.. I don't jog.. I don't jump... I walk a little but I f*** a lot.. This type of exercise is not only good for the body.. it's good for the mind... and soul..
Jake Barnes Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I don't run.. I don't jog.. I don't jump... I walk a little but I f*** a lot.. This type of exercise is not only good for the body.. it's good for the mind... and soul.. are you basically like a cream filled bismarck lizzie
Lizzie60 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 are you basically like a cream filled bismarck lizzie sorry I don't get it.. what is a 'bismarck' care to explain?
Jake Barnes Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 sorry I don't get it.. what is a 'bismarck' care to explain? its like a jelly donut. it has a hole at the end where it gets injected, but instead of injecting it with jelly people inject it with cream
oasis Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I do 3 days in the gym, 2 hours each day. At the gym, I workout with heavy weights. I do squats with a bar and 90 1bs added to the bar. Flys, pulls and 300 situps. On Saturdays and Sundays, I do a power walk in the park for 1 hr. And I walk to work daily. It is a 20 minute walk back and forth.
Lovelybird Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 I jog each day for 1.2 mile, and 60 sit-ups, at the first time I only did 20 sit-ups, what an improvement ! Also one has to pay attention what he eat and drink, very important
alphamale Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 Anyone want to discuss their exercie regimine for the fun of it yeah, i try to walk 30-40 minutes 3 or 4 times per week. during the summer its more like 5 or 6 times per week. i don't lift weights or any of that heavy duty stuff anymore. too old and i've got a bad back and bad knee... walking really is the best exercise.
hotgurl Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 I run 4 to 10 miles whenever I feel like it. 3 to 4 times a week. Usually on trails. I'll be doing a lot more mountain biking this year. I'm wishing a case of tendonitis would clear up so I could lift weights. oh I have chronic and acute tendonitis. I can't do sqauts etc.. Last year UI couldn't run because of it. I am trying this year to see how it is. Does running bother your tendonitis?
2sure Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 I do 45 min a day on the tread mill. I alternate running hard with walking briskly. On alternate days I do weights or ab exercises. So - its an hour a day. I'm not "defined" but I'm healthy, and at a weight I like.
You'reasian Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 I usually work out twice a day. Morning includes a great deal of running either sprints, medium pace-medium distance or a long distance jog. Sometimes, I'll add in a crossfit routine afterwards. Evening includes sports-related activities, swimming, P-90X etc.
triks Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Hiking on weekends, and walking 3km home after work a few times a week.
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