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Hi @Hamilton - Just so you know, your are NOT alone. Maintaining an exercise regimen, over the long run, is one of the thoughest things to hang on to. By hook or by crook, something always steer you away for a day or two; and then end up never getting back into it.
I'll tell you what works for me, and I've been at it now for about a year and, providing good health prevails, I doubt very much that I will ever go off my exercise regimen. My answer is variety, and variety in such a way that I can do something, no matter where I am, or how much spare time I have. Except for walking, I try never to do the same exercise two days in a row. Here's a list of exercise I do:
- Bicycling, 15-30 miles, every second day or so; in the winter, I use the stationary bike.
- I don't walk, I don't jog - I do both, I do intervals, 2.5 min. brisk walk, followed by 2.5 min. jog (slow jog that is, I'm 65).
- I do resistance bands and weights. If I travel, I pack a resistance band or two.
- Rowing machine (don't like it much, so I try to avoid it!
) - Calisthenics, both low and high intensity (push ups, shin ups, pushups...)
And of course, there are days that I have a lot of work to do in the yard; and there are winter days when I have to spend a few hours clearing the snow - even though I have a snow blower, it doesn't do well on steps and decks! So on those days, that's my exercise, I don't do more; and pick up on my schedule later.
I commented earlier about avoiding the rowing machine as much as possible - well, I also avoid treadmills, ellipticals and the likes as much as I can. Why? Because they're boring! So unless I am really stuck, like in a hotel room for more than a day or two, then I'll go to the hotel and tough it out for an hour or two. But there is no way, absolutely now way, I could do this routine day after day. I know many do, that's why commercial gyms are so popular, but it just does NOT work for me.
To me, there is nothing more boring than to do the same exercises, day after day. Varying my exercise not only fools my body into not getting too comfortable into a set routine, but it's helping me on the motivation front as well - it's not boring anymore. If, for whatever reason, I do weights two days in a row, I'll try to work out a different muscle group - same thing with the bands.
Does this help at all or are my comments off the mark?
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I do several different things.
Walk this I do daily dont feel right until I do
Swim
Weights 3 days a week
DVD's Several I use to mix things up.
You need to like what you do and then you will stick with it. dont do the same thing all the time. Its gets boring after a while. Mix it up
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Hi @Hamilton - Just so you know, your are NOT alone. Maintaining an exercise regimen, over the long run, is one of the thoughest things to hang on to. By hook or by crook, something always steer you away for a day or two; and then end up never getting back into it.
I'll tell you what works for me, and I've been at it now for about a year and, providing good health prevails, I doubt very much that I will ever go off my exercise regimen. My answer is variety, and variety in such a way that I can do something, no matter where I am, or how much spare time I have. Except for walking, I try never to do the same exercise two days in a row. Here's a list of exercise I do:
- Bicycling, 15-30 miles, every second day or so; in the winter, I use the stationary bike.
- I don't walk, I don't jog - I do both, I do intervals, 2.5 min. brisk walk, followed by 2.5 min. jog (slow jog that is, I'm 65).
- I do resistance bands and weights. If I travel, I pack a resistance band or two.
- Rowing machine (don't like it much, so I try to avoid it! )
- Calisthenics, both low and high intensity (push ups, shin ups, pushups...)
And of course, there are days that I have a lot of work to do in the yard; and there are winter days when I have to spend a few hours clearing the snow - even though I have a snow blower, it doesn't do well on steps and decks! So on those days, that's my exercise, I don't do more; and pick up on my schedule later.
I commented earlier about avoiding the rowing machine as much as possible - well, I also avoid treadmills, ellipticals and the likes as much as I can. Why? Because they're boring! So unless I am really stuck, like in a hotel room for more than a day or two, then I'll go to the hotel and tough it out for an hour or two. But there is no way, absolutely now way, I could do this routine day after day. I know many do, that's why commercial gyms are so popular, but it just does NOT work for me.
To me, there is nothing more boring than to do the same exercises, day after day. Varying my exercise not only fools my body into not getting too comfortable into a set routine, but it's helping me on the motivation front as well - it's not boring anymore. If, for whatever reason, I do weights two days in a row, I'll try to work out a different muscle group - same thing with the bands.
Does this help at all or are my comments off the mark?
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