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Nope. don't work out

EDIT: My thread now!

*holds above Soyut's head*

Four times a week and sometimes five. Besides the obvious health benefits it makes me feel better overall. I also do a lot of outdoor activities so I need to keep in decent shape.

I'm not fat, and I spend a lot of time outside, but I am somewhat lazy, and my job involves sitting in front of a computer all day, so you're about 50% right in my case. :p

I tend to think of internet posters as a bunch of fat lazy slobs who spend all day in front of the computer and never go outside or get exercise. I decided to make this poll to test my hypothesis. Am I right? Please, have no shame and be honest.

I myself just started a rigorous exercise regiment. I hit the gym 3 times a week in the morning with my personal trainer(aka roommate who tells me what to do) and I run 3 miles 1-2 times a week depending on the weather. I know some fitness buffs who would laugh at that plan, but its kind of intense for me. I just want to be more physically attractive I guess. You know, for the ladies.;)

I exercise usually 3-4 times a week, but I don't work out.

define Excercise.

I walk everywhere I go. but I don't have an exercise regiment.
I carry heavy items almost every day, but I don't do weightlifting.

I go to the gym at least twice a week or if I'm bored and all my flatmates are at lectures. It good to have a gym next to the campus.

ugh, :rolleyes: I never get any credit.

*gives you a sympathetic pat on the shoulder*

In answer to the OP (the original OP, not you, Trotskylvania :p): Does going for a walk every other day count?

Have a plan involving going several times a week. Haven't been in too long but am off tomorrow.

As someone who befits that other stereotype of the common Internet addict - a pasty-skinned stick - weight training is the priority, but I'm ever so tempted to focus more on cardio, as lung capacity is a bit of a limiting factor in my singing (which, OK, it's just a hobby for me, but it's an important one).

I don't exercise at all, and I eat nothing but junk food, but yet I still manage to stay underweight. I'm just blessed I guess.

Nope. don't work out

EDIT: My thread now!

*holds above Soyut's head*

ugh, :rolleyes: I never get any credit.

I work out three times a week, with cardio and a specific muscle group for that day.

*gives you a sympathetic pat on the shoulder*

In answer to the OP (the original OP, not you, Trotskylvania :p): Does going for a walk every other day count?

you know, walking is not a sport, unless it is competitive, but for the purposes of this poll I guess it counts. But only if you do a lot of walking.

you know, walking is not a sport, unless it is competitive, but for the purposes of this poll I guess it counts. But only if you do a lot of walking.
it's my main mode of transportation. :p

i'm on my feet all day at work and frequently running up and down stairs but nothing besides that. i am very much out of shape. i do have a fair amount of natural muscle mass though.

does chasing around my children count? if so, yes.

If not, then I also have one of those exercise balls and I do the crunches and stuff with that.

If that also doesn't count....prolly notsomuch.

oh! sex! I do that!

I'm on my feet working all day at my job, and I ride my bike almost every day along with that. I also run as much as possible, as it's fun and it's good cardio.

I'm quite fit, being 5'11" and 140 pounds... That said, while I like being really trim, I wouldn't mind getting some extra muscle mass. My legs are really powerful thanks to the bicycle, but my upper body is a whole other story. I'll probably buy some weights or a home gym once I get the money to do so.

I'm on my feet working all day at my job, and I ride my bike almost every day along with that. I also run as much as possible, as it's fun and it's good cardio.

I'm quite fit, being 5'11" and 140 pounds... That said, while I like being really trim, I wouldn't mind getting some extra muscle mass. My legs are really powerful thanks to the bicycle, but my upper body is a whole other story. I'll probably buy some weights or a home gym once I get the money to do so.

Hey no teasing, lets see some pictures eh?

Hey no teasing, lets see some pictures eh?

http://a886.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_33d86a024cd1811c983172c629fde3dd.jpg

This one was taken at the end of December...

http://a433.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_c51c059e885c8ab7b96139864b4a0d40.jpg

...And this one was taken earlier today.


And yes, my legs have much more muscle mass than my arms.

Hey no teasing, lets see some pictures eh?

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/Tasya1986/BodyBuilder.jpg

Gym 3x a week for weight training, currently 6'2", 180 lbs muscle...usually at the gym for an hour or so...tho, recently, it's so crowded that it takes even longer.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/Tasya1986/BodyBuilder.jpg

Wow. That's pathetic.

are you sure we don't know each other?

:confused:

also, Rush is coming to town, if I win tix on the radio you want them? (I was totally close today caller 8 and 10 they were lookin' for 9 :()

Nah, I can afford my own tickets, to both the upcoming Megadeth show and the Rush one.

http://a886.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_33d86a024cd1811c983172c629fde3dd.jpg[/img]

This one was taken at the end of December...

http://a433.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_c51c059e885c8ab7b96139864b4a0d40.jpg[/img]

...And this one was taken earlier today.


And yes, my legs have much more muscle mass than my arms.

are you sure we don't know each other?

:confused:

also, Rush is coming to town, if I win tix on the radio you want them? (I was totally close today caller 8 and 10 they were lookin' for 9 :()

Nah, I can afford my own tickets, to both the upcoming Megadeth show and the Rush one.

k, I'll stop trying to win them then. ;)

*waits to call again for them*

define Excercise.

I walk everywhere I go. but I don't have an exercise regiment.
I carry heavy items almost every day, but I don't do weightlifting.

The walking is great. How do you lift the items? Is it in the same way one would do reps? Is your heart rate elevated when you work lifting items?

And yes, my legs have much more muscle mass than my arms.

yeah same here, 6-1, 150 lbs and due to ballet and cross country, my legs are way bigger than my arms.

I don't do anything solely as exercise, but I do walk almost everywhere. I also play a lot of golf, and carry my bag, which is probably a reasonably good workout.

I feel ok, so I guess it's working. :)

I work out...I lower hand to table...pick up a pint of lager...and raise it to my mouth ;)

I take the bike everywhere I need to go, so I usually spend at least half an hour on my bike every day. I also do a lot of standing, walking and lifting, both light and heavy, at work. Despite this, I'm completely out of shape when it comes to anything but pedaling my bike. I last about 10 seconds if I try to jog, my arms are like sticks and I'm pasty most everywhere else. I also voted for never seeing the sun, but that's only because I work nights and spend all day sleeping.

I don't go to the gym, tried it, didn't like it. I do quite a lot of walking in the city, and living where I do, it's mostly either up or down various hills. I don't lift weights and haven't done since college, but I'm able to carry more weight in my ruck than most of my friends, including some who do work out at the gym.

The best thing to happen to me weight-wise those has to be moving out of my parents house. When you can't snack at will, it's amazing how quickly the weight drops off ;)

I walk at least 30 min almost every day, kendo 4 times a week, and a lazy fifth practice on sundays. Kyudo on Saturdays, but that's not really exercise. Still... there's room for improvement to my fitness level XP

I try to run when it's warm but usually the motivation escapes me. The 10km run in April though is an annual thing for me.

I don't workout if you mean lifting weights and the like, no. However I walk or bicycle everywhere and I play football with my mates a couple times a week.

20 mins of elliptical or other cardio and 30+ mins of yoga three times a week on average. Took me from 220 to 196 in two years. Not in the best shape of my life, but I feel the best overall. It isn't hard. Plus, once I can afford the lightweight road bike I want, I'll ride everywhere when the snow melts.

I tend to think of internet posters as a bunch of fat lazy slobs who spend all day in front of the computer and never go outside or get exercise. I decided to make this poll to test my hypothesis. Am I right? Please, have no shame and be honest.

I myself just started a rigorous exercise regiment. I hit the gym 3 times a week in the morning with my personal trainer(aka roommate who tells me what to do) and I run 3 miles 1-2 times a week depending on the weather. I know some fitness buffs who would laugh at that plan, but its kind of intense for me. I just want to be more physically attractive I guess. You know, for the ladies.;)

6 miles a day, 70 sit ups, and 45 push ups. During the off season that is. Otherwise, I'm rowing, since crew is the best sport ever invented.

I worked out 3 times a week over the summer and got a lot stronger at the nearest apartment gym with a few buddies, but then he moved and summer gave way to school.

I do lots of pushups now, and various other non-weight exercises.

I also just signed up for Wing Tsun twice a week.

WTF is working out?

I used to do some leg and arm exercises, but after spending some time on a college campus that is on a steep hill and being forced to carry a billion things everywhere I don't need any special weight lifting.

I always play sports. This year I tried soccer, but for some reason the team meets at midnight and I can't tolerate that. I did basketball for a while but the coach was fired and I got tired of stupid drills. Now I'm going skiing/snowboarding every weekend. I will never, ever get tired of that, but unfortunately I can't do it in the summer.

I used to do some leg and arm exercises, but after spending some time on a college campus that is on a steep hill and being forced to carry a billion things everywhere I don't need any special weight lifting.

I always play sports. This year I tried soccer, but for some reason the team meets at midnight and I can't tolerate that. I did basketball for a while but the coach was fired and I got tired of stupid drills. Now I'm going skiing/snowboarding every weekend. I will never, ever get tired of that, but unfortunately I can't do it in the summer.

Might I suggest that said Soccer team is run by Vampires?

Might I suggest that said Soccer team is run by Vampires?It's worse. Art students.

It's worse. Art students.

Hmm... Sounds like my kind of people, actually.

Well, scratch that. Everybody's my kind of people, save for the vapid and the assholes.

I exercise almost every day, but I get a good hard workout in 3-4 times a week. The reg says I have to, but I actually like it. I'm trying to get into a tactical unit so there's added motivation there. For ladies, the trick is exercising to target strength and endurance instead of muscle growth. You'll get some muscle growth, but not so much that you scare people.

I walk pretty much everywhere I go, and there are a lot of stairs in my world.
The problem I have is the wellness center is across campus from my dorm. My workout would consist of walking to the wellness center, looking at it, and walking back home. I'm such a bad person. ;)

I've been aiming for 45 minutes to an hour (depending on which route I choose) of vigorous walking per day; by and large, I've been able to more than exceed that goal barring special factors that might interrupt my normal walking time. That, of course, is in addition to any walking to and from my classes, which adds on a healthy amount in and of itself. I'm definitely getting a good amount of exercise; it's no strenuous regimen, but more than enough to ensure good endurance, regular cardiovascular exercise, and weight control.

When the weather warms up, I'll probably increase it a little because I enjoy walking on warm evenings, but what I'm doing now by is more than enough. Anything extra will be simply because I like it. Am I in shape? I don't know, but I do know I'm more than capable of maintaining a pretty vigorous pace for a long time, so I'd have to say I am, at least from an endurance standpoint.

Hmm... Sounds like my kind of people, actually.

Well, scratch that. Everybody's my kind of people, save for the vapid and the assholes.Well I'm an art student also, but I'm different because lack of sleep effects my energy level. I haven't had time to become a sleepless zombie yet.

Some art students can be vapid, because there's a lot of vapid art around these days.

Not really. I'm on my feet at work and do some walking (sometimes uphill) and occasionally jog slowly, I don't do much else.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/Tasya1986/BodyBuilder.jpgYes Virginia, there is a such thing as too much muscle mass.

You know, for the ladies.;)

ballet*cough*
;)

I don't work out or anything and I spend most of the time that I'm not at school or sleeping or doing homework on a computer, but I'm not fat. I'm underweight. I am out of shape though, but then I always have been. I had to have physical therapy and occupational therapy when I was a child because I'm weak, or something like that.

I don't look very hard, but I've yet to find a form of routine exercise that I don't find incredibly boring. I used to walk around my area by then I ran out of places to walk, the only time I've been out walking in the last few months was on Wednesday when I walked about 19 kilometres to a train station on the other side of the northern suburbs, and that was fun.

I cycle or walk everywhere, and play sport 2-3 times a week, but have never been to a gym.

I work out. Between working out, having an athletic figure and having good genes...I think I have a pretty good body. Most of my muscles get cut really easily (that means it's sort of hard for me to get BIG but for me to work out the muscles so that they are defined, it's easy). For instance...I'm really working on getting a bigger chest, but I have a 6 pack without doing much.

Also, I walk alot because I don't want to drive aroud campus. I also play sports (though not this year...I wanted to do well in my first year of classes). Basketball and water polo...I'll play again next year. I also go wakeboarding, water skiing and knee boarding, and when my friends get in the mood, in the spring we're gonna hit the beaches and go surfing.

The walking is great. How do you lift the items? Is it in the same way one would do reps? Is your heart rate elevated when you work lifting items?
Carrying printers, computers and/or monitors from one area of the hospital to the other.

sometimes I take stairs while doing this, so yeah, my heart rate is going...

Most of my muscles get cut really easily (that means it's sort of hard for me to get BIG but for me to work out the muscles so that they are defined, it's easy). For instance...I'm really working on getting a bigger chest, but I have a 6 pack without doing much.

It's the opposite for me. I have a big chest and plenty of muscle mass in general, but it's incredibly hard to get definition. It seems like no matter how active I am and how many hundreds of abdominal workouts I do, the 6-pack ain't happening.

I tend to think of internet posters as a bunch of fat lazy slobs who spend all day in front of the computer and never go outside or get exercise. I decided to make this poll to test my hypothesis. Am I right? Please, have no shame and be honest.

I myself just started a rigorous exercise regiment. I hit the gym 3 times a week in the morning with my personal trainer(aka roommate who tells me what to do) and I run 3 miles 1-2 times a week depending on the weather. I know some fitness buffs who would laugh at that plan, but its kind of intense for me. I just want to be more physically attractive I guess. You know, for the ladies.;)

I am 6'2" and weigh about 130 lbs...

I'm hardly even here half the time... and if the wind blows... I'm outta here.

:D

I have a 6 pack without doing much.

Lol, I've almost always hada six-pack... I don't have any fat covering my stomache muscles.

During the summer when I was working nights I spent a lot of time at the swimming pool and usually managed about 8 km per day. Since starting back to university though i've put the same amount of effort into drinking and eating rubbish so all of the muscle I built up over the summer has now completely gone

It's the opposite for me. I have a big chest and plenty of muscle mass in general, but it's incredibly hard to get definition. It seems like no matter how active I am and how many hundreds of abdominal workouts I do, the 6-pack ain't happening.

Tabata drills. Those are a good start.

Tabata drills. Those are a good start.

Ok. What are Tabata drills? Something Kazumi Tabata came up with that I'm unaware of?

Ok. What are Tabata drills? Something Kazumi Tabata came up with that I'm unaware of?

Si. 20 seconds of intense effort followed by 10 seconds of rest for a total of 4 minutes. I put my troops through two hours of them this week. >=)

Some ab variations to try are pathfinder exits (kickouts, balance on your tailbone and kick out with both feet, don't touch the ground. Repeat on each cheek), twist crunches, etc. Anything that works the obliques will help with definition.

Si. 20 seconds of intense effort followed by 10 seconds of rest for a total of 4 minutes. I put my troops through two hours of them this week. >=)

Some ab variations to try are pathfinder exits (kickouts, balance on your tailbone and kick out with both feet, don't touch the ground. Repeat on each cheek), twist crunches, etc. Anything that works the obliques will help with definition.

I trust you, so I'll give it try. Thanks.

Exercise?

Err I cycle to college, walk around the nearby Tesco at lunch and masturbate, all of which must contribute something.

Could do with losing some weight, really. Gotten a bit out of shape without a girlfriend nagging me :(

Um... I walk. A hell of a lot, and fast. Does that count?

If i had time to workout then i would.
Used to do a bit of running, about 4 miles once a week and football and Tae Kwon Do.
I walk alot more now.
The body without a fit mind is nothing.
I wouldn't say i'm muscly, about average, i drink rarely, don't smoke.
I didn't answer your poll because it didn't have an other option.

Im active every day, but not going to the gym, just playing sports with friends is all.

*cough*
;)

what are you coughing about? Chicks dig ballet. At least they do in Atlanta Georgia. And may I remind you that the greatest sex symbol of our time, Mikhail Barishnikov, was a ballet dancer. He is the only man who has ever made me question my sexuality.

what are you coughing about? Chicks dig ballet. At least they do in Atlanta Georgia. And may I remind you that the greatest sex symbol of our time, Mikhail Barishnikov, was a ballet dancer. He is the only man who has ever made me question my sexuality.Heh, I was just kidding. I'm well aware that there are heterosexual male ballet dancers in theory

Heh, I was just kidding. I'm well aware that there are heterosexual male ballet dancers in theory

Right. Next you're going to tell us that there are girls on the interwebs. :rolleyes:

I tend to think of internet posters as a bunch of fat lazy slobs who spend all day in front of the computer and never go outside or get exercise. I decided to make this poll to test my hypothesis. Am I right? Please, have no shame and be honest.

I myself just started a rigorous exercise regiment. I hit the gym 3 times a week in the morning with my personal trainer(aka roommate who tells me what to do) and I run 3 miles 1-2 times a week depending on the weather. I know some fitness buffs who would laugh at that plan, but its kind of intense for me. I just want to be more physically attractive I guess. You know, for the ladies.;)

I occasionally become active. I used to go to the gym almost every day, and about 3 years ago I was an athlete, but now... I eat.

I went to the gym the day before yesterday, and I can still lift more than half the guys I know & I ran 10km an hour for ten minutes, which isn't bad. I want to go to the gym much much more, though.

Right. Next you're going to tell us that there are girls on the interwebs. :rolleyes:

There are heterosexual male ballet dancers...
And there are girls on the interwebs...
Girls, like me, who used to DO ballet.