Do yo have an exercise regime?

[coltle6920]

I'm not talking about those frequent trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

I used to enjoy walking while golfing.That was good for 2-3miles in an outing.I used to take long rides on my bike but that was over 25yrs ago.Before retiring I had a job that required a lot of footwork.

In my middle sixties and I can still benchpress 300lbs as long as it is only 20lbs at a time. I do still enjoy mowing my own lawn as long as the temperature is moderate.I would go for a walk in my neighborhood but the ankle bracelet severely restricts the distance I can go.

How about you?

 

[arjay]

Havent ridden my bike,golfed or skied in two years,but I still like to hike,snowshoe and kayak and stomp around in rivers scaring fish [emoji4]

 

[finesse_r]

I lug around an extra 70 pounds or so all day long 7 days a week. It is like carrying a bag of cement around all day long. Does that count?

 

[wuluf]

I do a lot of walking in my job. I've found it useful to do 10 minutes of stretching and 100-150 stomach crunches every morning before work. Seems to have helped my back issues and gets my blood moving in the AM...

 

[BC38]

I wouldn't call it a regime, but I walk a lot at work and on Mondays and Thursdays I attend an hour long water aerobics class at the local YMCA pool.
Nice low impact exercise that gets the ole heart rate up and keeps it up for an hour.

 

[GaryS]

Bike an hour one day, use my rowing machine an hour the next. If it's raining, I use my stationary bike. I try not to miss more than one day a week.

We're on vacation now, but everywhere we've stayed has had an exercise bike, so I've been doing just that every day.

 

[Mule Packer]

I don't know if you'd call it a real exercise regime, but after I roll out of bed, get dressed, shave, have breakfast, etc., I head out to the barn and start moving hay bales around, feed horse and mules, and fill water troughs. After feeding farm dog and barn cats. I head out to the hen house, take care of stuff out there...then head out to the vegetable garden, water, weed, and harvest anything that needs harvesting...then weed some more. (Ugh!)

Next, depending on the day, I'll either head out to the orchard or my mini-woodlot and take care of the watering there. This time of year, I'm also thinking about the woodshed that needs filling...so sawing, splitting, stacking will sometimes take up part of the morning, too.

By that time, it's pushing noon, and I'm starting to drag.

So, to be honest, I guess I don't have an exercise regime...but whatever it is I do for the first four hours or more each morning sure as heck has me breathing hard by the time I make it back to the house for dinner.

It must work because I'm only seven pounds heavier than when I was in college...and I'm sixty-six.

 

[Evil Dog]

I used to do 7 sit-ups weekday mornings.... my wife got tired of me hitting the snooze alarm though.

 

[MattO]

I took up running to keep me young...or make me old. I run 3 miles 3 days a week, on top of walking about 4 each day at work.

 

[David LaPell]

My dog does and I am there to encourage her when she decides she wants to exercise at 2 am to go out to pee.

 

[4011]

Jumping to conclusions count?

 

[Skootertrash]

I will be 60 next week and I'm a gym rat. I go to the gym 4-6 days a week. I start out doing high intensity interval cardio for 30 mins then lift for 1 1/2-2 hours. I finish up with another 15-30 mins on the elliptical doing not so high intensely cardio. I also had my right knee replace de in oct 2013

 

[coltle6920]

I don't know if you'd call it a real exercise regime, but after I roll out of bed, get dressed, shave, have breakfast, etc., I head out to the barn and start moving hay bales around, feed horse and mules, and fill water troughs. After feeding farm dog and barn cats. I head out to the hen house, take care of stuff out there...then head out to the vegetable garden, water, weed, and harvest anything that needs harvesting...then weed some more. (Ugh!)

Next, depending on the day, I'll either head out to the orchard or my mini-woodlot and take care of the watering there. This time of year, I'm also thinking about the woodshed that needs filling...so sawing, splitting, stacking will sometimes take up part of the morning, too.

By that time, it's pushing noon, and I'm starting to drag.

So, to be honest, I guess I don't have an exercise regime...but whatever it is I do for the first four hours or more each morning sure as heck as me breathing hard by the time I make it back to the house for dinner.

It must work because I'm only seven pounds heavier than when I was in college...and I'm sixty-six.

You have to make time to exercise.It's obvious that what you do during the day isn't enough if you gained seven pounds.

I'm kidding!!!!

You have my full respect.I don't think I could keep up with you if I was twenty years younger.

 

[coltle6920]

Jumping to conclusions count?

Sure! We do it here all the time.

 

[scooter123]

I started walking mid May when I finally realized I needed to get off the couch. Since then I'm down 16 lbs. and can now walk 5 sub 16 minute miles. For a runner that doesn't sound like much but I'm a 40 year ex smoker (quit 1-25-2012), was 40 lbs overweight, and used to spend the weekend on the couch unless there was some chore that needed doing. Doctor says NO running at all for a minimum of 3 months so my joints and cartilage get toughened up and would prefer I wait a full year. However I seem to be hitting a wall on weight loss and it's getting tougher to get each pound gone.

 

[Watchdog]

I started walking mid May when I finally realized I needed to get off the couch. Since then I'm down 16 lbs. and can now walk 5 sub 16 minute miles. For a runner that doesn't sound like much but I'm a 40 year ex smoker (quit 1-25-2012), was 40 lbs overweight, and used to spend the weekend on the couch unless there was some chore that needed doing. Doctor says NO running at all for a minimum of 3 months so my joints and cartilage get toughened up and would prefer I wait a full year. However I seem to be hitting a wall on weight loss and it's getting tougher to get each pound gone.

It sounds to me as if you're doing the right things on the right timetable. As far as "hitting a wall" on your weight loss, it isn't so much hitting a wall as reaching a plateau. This happens a lot, so don't be discouraged. You don't mention how or if you've modified your diet. If you haven't made a significant dietary change, I'd encourage you to eat more veggies and fruits on a daily basis. Back in the 80s, the thought of eating yogurt made me nauseous. Now, the stuff is part of my diet.

Congratulations on quitting smoking! You can look here to see some of the benefits and ways your body is healing itself.

 

[Arik]

3 days a week gym for an hour. Monday is pushing (bench, lumberjacks, shoulders). Wednesday is legs and back (squats, front squats, leg curls, stiff leg deadlift). Friday is pulling (curls, deadlift, bent row, one arm bent row, triceps). I throw in a few other exercises on those days too. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday I run. Or at least try to. I do sprints. 30 - 40 seconds of full force, full speed running followed by a min of fast jogging or running at a middium intensity. Do this for 30 min.

The problem is running. I despise running so keeping it consistent is a problem. The other 2 bigger problems is smoking and beer drinking.

 

[vigil617]

My M.D. is the self-appointed dictator of the exercise regime that he intends me to be subject to, but I have for many years been waging an unconventional warfare campaign against it, the likes of which have not been seen since the French Resistance of WWII.

Bit by bit, the regime is crumbling.

One day, my friends, I will be free again.

C'est le guerre. Vive la Resistance!

 

[unclebob]

I exercise 3 times a week consisting of 5 miles on the bike and 1 hour of weight lifting moderate weight. I have 6 pack abs. problem is it is in a 12 pack container, probably because I hydrate doing 12 oz. curls.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

Well I walk my dog every day at least a mile... but I'm starting to believe she thinks she's walking ME.