Who works out?
 

I love working out, I used to hate it, then last summer I got really into running and now I lovvve to work out. I was just wondering who works out? And what kind of workouts do you do?

I usually run or do the eliptical 3-5 times a week, and have recently started to do weight training. I used to do Pilates a lot, but got a little burnt out on it. But I am sure I'll pick it back up sooner or later.

Anyone else?

well, i hate running, most of my running is chasing tucker around trying to catch him to take im out. i do walk a lot though. my dogs go for walks almost every day. i ahve to go on 2 walks because i can't walk my lab and my yorkie together they'd either kill eachother or me!!

just READING that was a work out - :D

makes me want to start again ...does anyone ever go to CURVES for Women ? I have one really close to my house and I'm def getting some curves...problem is they're in places I never had them before.

i really dont work out i use to do crunches but got lazy i go rollerbladeing sometimes i usally go for 5 miles

I hate working out but I did force myself to get a trainer.. i lost some weight.. Now I am having Knee problems (might have torn cartilidge) so once I figure that out I think i will join a gym!! I am in PT now and its quite the workout.. BTW, i am a gym teacher and HATE exercise!!

Does lifting a fork up to your mouth count? :D

I do
 

I go to Tan and Tone 3 times a week to use the robotic tables i have lost a total of 18 inches so its well worth the 35.00 a month

I work out everyday. I wieght train with light weights 4 days a week. Run 2 times, 5 miles each a day, do yoga every day, and I swim 800 meters 3 times a week. Sometimes on the weekends I will go for bike rides also. But I train for marathons and triathalons and I am obsessive about my wieght so I watch everything that goes into my body also.

lol!! my gym teacher never stops!!!!! he just keeps going and going and going i wonder where he gets it all from!!! he's more active than some of the kids!!

lol. thats really funny!!! yes very hard work how do we ever do it?? those darn forks are just so heavy and its not jsut the forks its the 2 ounces of food on them too!!!!!!!! how do we ever survive?

I'm out of shape :( I enjoy working out, but I am a horrible procrastinator. "I'll start back working out tomorrow," I tell myself. Always tomorrow. *sigh*

However, I am a certified professional swimming instructor and have taught all sorts of classes, all ages from newborn parent/tot classes to 60yr old women! My heart really lies in swimming instruction and I wish I lived in a city that brought in better business. I used to work full time for myself as a swimming instructor in Charleston, but since moving to Tennessee, water safety isn't as important to residents here, nor is the average household income as high...which is ok, but I do miss being fought over! :cool:

Until May, I worked out at the college gym on my spouse membership...but my husband graduated in May, and there went my state-of-the-art gym membership, grrr! They also had an olympic sized pool I used to do laps in twice a week!!!! :(:(:(

So these days I'm sadly out of shape. BUT, I'm looking for a good workout video - any suggestions? I want something fairly short to fit in my schedule but something that would have a good cardio workout. (I can do stretches and weights, etc. on my own.)

As odd as it may sound, the stripper work out is really great. It makes you aware of parts of your body you didn't know you had.

Its interesting to hear that you are a swim instructor. I am finding more and more that you and I have in common. Because I too am a swim instructor. I teach the girls high school swim team here in the fall. I used to be on the high school team and in college i was on the team too.


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REALLY?? That's awesome! I miss swim team! A few months ago, I looked into joining an adult swim league here in town but the dues were more than I make in a month, LOL! I miss the competition. Not just with others, but competing in swim meets made me more competitive with myself, and I really miss that motivation.

What were your best strokes? Mine were free and backstroke...I despised backstroke but I was strangely good at it....and won a lot. I just hated getting water in my nose going backwards. :rolleyes:

Swimming is really the best workout. I assistant-coached a high school swim team two years ago and really got to focus on the workout as well as stroke refinement, which is my specialty in teaching. The main coach taught the advanced swimmers, and I worked with the beginners. They made awesome progress and I just loved every minute of it. I'm learning so many things now, at 23, that I wish I knew I'd want to do for a living when I started college. This degree I have now won't get me very far in photography, dog training, computer graphic imaging and swim coaching, haha!!!

Oh and the stripper workout, I heard was great! One of my freinds told me about it and I was like WHAT? lol. I'll have to give it a try.

I DO!i go to curves 6x a week since their closed on sunday and i absolutely loove it! you don't ever have to worry about the "meat market" issue that you get in unisex gyms and it is sucha comfy atmosphere :thumbup:

Cool but does it work ? I went in to check it out and that 30 second then change thing made me wonder - no one was in when I was there so I couldn't talk to anyone - but I really do have one like 3 minutes from my house and that's about all I would travel to work out -

I can barely make it to my treadmill in the spare room -

I have heard alot of really good things about curves. I myself have never been there, I belong to Bally's in my area. They have a separate area just for women if you prefer to work out without men but I dont mind either way.

villette, yes it really does work :thumbup: i have lost about 10 pounds in just 1 month of going to curves and they always weigh you and measure you to check your progress, they have diet plans and shakes, vitamins all kinds of stuff i really do like it!i have alot of fun whenever i go. i weigh about 115 now because i went on vaca for 2 wks to vegas and went to every free buffet i can find :D but i am already loosing again. so you should check it out. you pay 39.99 for 1 yr contract and you can go to any curves worldwide whenever you want so you won't miss out on working out. listen to me i sound like a spokesperson. hehehe but i just love it and know that it does work.

I have an aunt-in-law who does curves and loves it. She has lost weight and says she feels great. She loves how it is set up, and has even made some friends there.

You sold me - thank you - I've been meaning to post that cause I don't know anyone who actually goes - I'm LOW energy and it could be just the place I need - it's been years since I worked out ... unless you count running to the bathroom cause I've been online too long :)

the price sounds right - and I LOVE hearing you lost weight going - I have a wedding with my ex in 5 weeks - I may have just enough time to drop the 10 lbs I want to lose....vain aren't I ? :D :D

What better motivation, then seeing your ex!! :thumbup:

lol....villette you are to funny :lol tears :lol tears

I do all of the above. I am sooo uncoordinated on the elliptical though! I know I am going to fall of one day! My trainer is focusing on doing all core training with minimal weights... the results are coming a littler slower, but I like the way my body is looking leaner and my muscles look longer too! Why wasnt I the one that invented the Big Workout Ball???? Then I could be with my babies all the time!

I do Tae Bo a couple times a week and walk about 5 miles per day. I park really far away from school so I have no choice but to walk.

I know some people who have had results with Curves, but to me, its not worth it because you spend a lot of time sitting around and waiting for someone else to work out while you watch. Also, they donate much of their profits (membership fees) to some political organizations that I would rather DIE than donate to.

i don't understand what you mean about sitting around and watching someone else workout?i have never ever once sat around and watched someone workout. and iv'e been going there for 1 yr now.

I went to Curves with one of my friends as her "visitor" for a few days and we sat in a circle while one person did the exercise and then the next and the next. I got my turn, but most of the time I was sitting there waiting. It just seemed like a waste of time. Maybe this was just the one I went to ???

lol...ya it probably was just that one you went to because i never heard or seen that before. when you first go there they give you a "tour" of the place and show you how to use the machines. but after that you just work out on your own :)

I went to curves when they first opened up here in my area, it was okay, the work out to me was too lite didn't feel like i was working out didn't sweat a bit. but that could be only me. I workout all the time I sit on my computer and watch workout tapes say to myself wow that looks easy, maybe one day I will get my lazy butt to work out I have a tradmill and a bowflex that I haven't even used.. But my goal is too start cuz I have gained a lot of pounds.

I haven't done anything for quite a few years. But this september my husband and I are starting yoga together. The teacher is someone who has skills in Qi Gong (sp?), Tai Chi, classic and modern yoga etc etc - so she mixes what she think is best. We look very much forward to it. We quit smoking 4 years ago both of us and need to get in better shape as we grow older.

I work out 6 days a week. I do weights...upper body Monday, Wednesday, Friday, ....lower body, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. I do tennis twice a week and elliptical twice a week for the aerobic exercise. I also do yoga on Tuesdays and I walk a lot.