Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?

[jon-nyc]

I should add more detail.

I work out at NYSC, the ‘New York Sports Club’. It’s a regional chain that includes the Boston Sports Club, the Philadelphia Sports Club, etc. it’s decent. There are things I don’t like about it but the fact that it’s 500m from my house wins out.

I split pretty evenly between free weights and machines. A typical workout is 40-60m.

[AndyD]

From what I understand, rowing machines give an excellent workout. I've tried the various machines and didn't like any! Nor gyms. Nor running. Skipping is OK.

The only way I've found to lose weight is by eating less, cutting out snacks, and cutting down on potatoes and bread.
So over the last three weeks I lost 10lb. Another 2 stone would be ideal

My daily exercise is walking dogs, and going up and down stairs 5-10times until breathless. Not enough tbh.

But I do juggle, 5 balls for maybe 5 minutes,
And bash my home made makiwara (leather punchbag for striking, with motorbike tyres for jo & bokken).

Gets the cardio up but it's really for tanren-uchi rather than fitness

[Mik]

OK, Andy wins for strangest exercise routines.

[jon-nyc]

@AndyD said in Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?:

Gets the cardio up but it's really for tanren-uchi rather than fitness

We need a new thread: ‘what do you do for tanren-uchi?’

[AndyD]

Tanren-uchi
Literally translates as
forge the spirit-strike

Repetitive striking, forging your body and spirit.
Motorbike tyres (softer than car tyres) replace traditional bundles of bamboo:

Link to video

[AndyD]

Juggling has been proven to enhance brain activity as well as reflexes.
Clubs hurt fingers and feet so are not suitable for piano players. Wanna see my balls Jon?

[jon-nyc]

I’ll give it a miss, thanks.

[kluurs]

@AndyD said in Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?:
Wanna see my balls Jon?

If Jon had a nickel for every time someone asked him that.

[AndyD]

I have a cousin who has to be one of the most highly trained medics in the country, about to retire.
For exercise he chose a rowing machine. Also cycled to work.

Isn't swimming meant to be the near perfect way to health, exercising all parts of the body while being partly supported?

[taiwan_girl]

@AndyD said in Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?:

I have a cousin who has to be one of the most highly trained medics in the country, about to retire.
For exercise he chose a rowing machine. Also cycled to work.

Isn't swimming meant to be the near perfect way to health, exercising all parts of the body while being partly supported?

Rowing machine FTW!!!

I have also hear that swimming and rowing are the two best all-body workouts for exercising that you can do.

[Horace]

It’s important for resistance training to be full body. But for cardio, whatever gets your heart going is fine. For someone who does no resistance training, I guess a full body cardio would be more important, just to get some work for all the muscles.

[Horace]

I signed up with a high priced gym today, just to get away from the crowds of the low price one. 105/month rather than 15, but it'll be worth it.

They have a bodyfat tester called Styku which takes a 3D image of your body and correlates it with a training set of Dexa scans, using machine learning. It's supposed to be pretty accurate. I get a free scan on oct 8, then another free one 45 days later. The club is running some sort of contest to see who can get fit in 45 days. The regular price for the scans is $60.

[jon-nyc]

Mine is $50 a month. Even planet fitness is $30/mo here.

[89th]

I’d like to get a rowing machine. Maybe in a year or two. My biggest issue is finding the time and then fighting off the snack/drink demons at 10pm when I finally get a minute to myself!

My neighbor has a rowing machine he said to try before you buy as it’s a great workout but can also make your butt sore if you don’t have the correct posture.

Love swimming, it’s such a great workout and the waterproof headphones makes it fun to listen to music while swimming.

[kluurs]

Back when I was a regular at a club in Chicago, they had a former Olympic rower who taught the classes on the rowing machine. She got me to move from doing heavy pulls to lighter tension and faster pulls with better form.