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

[Axtremus]

I run/jog/walk around in my neighborhood and work out in my home.

[Horace]

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

I run/jog/walk around in my neighborhood and work out in my home.

Are you sure that's not too personal to post here, Ax?

[kluurs]

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

Three days a week I do 3 sets each on 13 machines, full body workout. First set is the most weight I can do, about 10% down from one rep max, for three or four reps. Next is about 30 lbs down from that for 8-12, next 30 more lbs down for 15-20. All sets to within one or two reps of failure. Strength, mass and endurance in one workout.

I did the single rep max lift when I was younger, but I messed up my shoulders not doing enough of a warm-up. Now, I don't do any weight I can't do a minimum of 10 reps - less risk to the joint involved. For most of my lifting life, I did full body 3-4x a week. Now I've moved to Monday (Pilates, bicep/tricep, tempo run), Tuesday (Pilates, back, chest, shoulders, erg-rower), Wednesday (Pilates, bicep/tricep, track workout), Thursday (Pilates, leg), Friday (full body), Saturday (long run), Sunday (rest).

[LuFins Dad]

Just renewed a membership at the local community center. Beautiful indoor pool and even an indoor waterpark for Finley… Plus they have classes and childcare. I can bring Finley in in the morning , drop him off for an hour while I spend a little time on weights and cardio, then 30 minutes in the pool. Dry off but stay in my swimming stuff, retrieve Finley and let him play in the pool for a while.

[89th]

LD that is awesome. Love swimming, child care is the main reason why I don’t work out as much as I should.

When I do, it’s usually a jog around the neighborhood or indoor treadmill (12 degree incline if walking, otherwise slow run). I do have weights at home but haven’t been in a good routine yet. At the start of this year I did follow a day calisthenics program for about 25 min a day which really helped me get moving and stretching.

[taiwan_girl]

I do a lot of walking and have an indoor rowing machine that I use a lot.

[jon-nyc]

I go to the gym every day schedule permitting.

3 day rotation - push, pull, legs.

In the summer I bike for cardio. This winter I’m thinking about getting an indoor setup for my bike. If not I’ll bike at the gym, it k don’t like the bikes there. Your posture in these bikes is closer to a recumbent bike than a road bike.

[xenon]

I have a basic gym in my basement: rack, bench, dumbbell set and barbell set. And there's a janky, but functional, gym at work that I go to in the mornings. At this stage in my life, with young kids, I find it hard to work in another commute to a gym on top of everything else.

Jon's rotation is pretty similar to mine, except my legs are split into squat days and deadlift days.

I bike to work a few days a week and have a peloton at home for hiit classes.

[Mik]

Nice setup.

[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.