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Thanks to you all who offered advice and encouragement. It’s funny how making a public declaration can motivate.
I walked about a mile, give or take, at a very moderate pace this morning on relatively flat gravel roads. I think I’ll save the hills for later.
Thanks again all!
Any one else want to join me?
I walked about a mile, give or take, at a very moderate pace this morning on relatively flat gravel roads. I think I’ll save the hills for later.
Thanks again all!
Any one else want to join me?
Line all you chairs with thumb tacks.
Park the car in the next block. Leave your pipe in the glove box so you have to retrieve it.
Have sex with you girl "rodeo" style. That's where you grab her by the hair from behind as you whisper, "This is how my other girl likes it." and see how long you can stay on.
You're welcome.
Park the car in the next block. Leave your pipe in the glove box so you have to retrieve it.
Have sex with you girl "rodeo" style. That's where you grab her by the hair from behind as you whisper, "This is how my other girl likes it." and see how long you can stay on.
You're welcome.
Yeah but walking with a third leg is awkward.
You're not taking this seriously enough, for a real exercise program you gotta say your mom not other girl.Line all you chairs with thumb tacks.
Park the car in the next block. Leave your pipe in the glove box so you have to retrieve it.
Have sex with you girl "rodeo" style. That's where you grab her by the hair from behind as you whisper, "This is how my other girl likes it." and see how long you can stay on.
You're welcome.
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Are you in the city? Outdoors is pretty safe in general, unless your streets are crowded. COVID might kill us indirectly if we can’t stay healthy. I just started walking today. Come out and join me!
Edger, do yourself a favor get a picture of yourself when you were in good form and use that as your motivation.
That same person back then is still inside you. Not to say you can Add sand back to the hour glass but you can work towards
a very good goal.
Perhaps this may be helpfu.
That same person back then is still inside you. Not to say you can Add sand back to the hour glass but you can work towards
a very good goal.
Perhaps this may be helpfu.
On November 26, 2015, at the age of 68, I purchased an Apple Watch as an open-box item at Best Buy. It records activity, evercise, and the amount of sitting one does throughout the day. I was really amazed at how sedentary I had become. It just kind of sneaks up on you with age -- each day a little less seems normal. Well, for me, the numbers that watch was reporting to me were very motivational. The next day, I got active, and at the end of that day I was surprised how little activity I had actually done when it seemed like a lot.
So, I quickly realized that if I was to be more active, I had to make that the top priority each day. Not an after thought, but the single thing that absolutely had to get done each day. That was a difficult transition, but the watch kept motivating me by keeping me honest. It took several months to feel that I had a new 'habit'. But, of course it is easy to fall off that wagon in spite of how hard it is to get on it. So, my goal each day became being active to the point of being able to do it again the next day. In other words, I never over-did it so that I could do it again tomorrow.
In the Spring of 2016, I bought a bicycle. The watch records all kinds of different exercise types and cycling is one of them. I starting riding. It was HARD. A five mile ride completely did me in. Over time, I ventured out into longer and longer rides. I supplemented my new bicycling hobby with walking on the days I didn't ride.
Eventually, over the course of the year, five mile walks and fifteen mile bike rides became possible and regular. I experienced changes in my body -- even the stuff that my Doctor measures.
To this day, job number one is getting all my exercise, activity, and movement goals each day. I now ride 20-30 miles three or four times a week and walk EVERY day that I don't ride -- trying to get 10,000 steps on those days.
Covid has really lulled me into a new "normal." While I exercise every day, my normal activity level has gone to about zero. So, I'm now wrestling with the fact that meeting my daily activity goals is not enough exercise in the absence of the "normal" things that I've always done. Hell, I'm on my seventh tank of gas in the past nine months and I used to burn a tank a week -- at least. So, I was out there, doing stuff that no longer happens. So, I've had to be even more vigilant about diet and activity.
But, I don't have anything that is more important to do, so....
So, I quickly realized that if I was to be more active, I had to make that the top priority each day. Not an after thought, but the single thing that absolutely had to get done each day. That was a difficult transition, but the watch kept motivating me by keeping me honest. It took several months to feel that I had a new 'habit'. But, of course it is easy to fall off that wagon in spite of how hard it is to get on it. So, my goal each day became being active to the point of being able to do it again the next day. In other words, I never over-did it so that I could do it again tomorrow.
In the Spring of 2016, I bought a bicycle. The watch records all kinds of different exercise types and cycling is one of them. I starting riding. It was HARD. A five mile ride completely did me in. Over time, I ventured out into longer and longer rides. I supplemented my new bicycling hobby with walking on the days I didn't ride.
Eventually, over the course of the year, five mile walks and fifteen mile bike rides became possible and regular. I experienced changes in my body -- even the stuff that my Doctor measures.
To this day, job number one is getting all my exercise, activity, and movement goals each day. I now ride 20-30 miles three or four times a week and walk EVERY day that I don't ride -- trying to get 10,000 steps on those days.
Covid has really lulled me into a new "normal." While I exercise every day, my normal activity level has gone to about zero. So, I'm now wrestling with the fact that meeting my daily activity goals is not enough exercise in the absence of the "normal" things that I've always done. Hell, I'm on my seventh tank of gas in the past nine months and I used to burn a tank a week -- at least. So, I was out there, doing stuff that no longer happens. So, I've had to be even more vigilant about diet and activity.
But, I don't have anything that is more important to do, so....
Thanks. Wise counsel. I really appreciate the time you took to inspire me. Onward and upward!
I try to walk 3 times a week(15 miles) when the weather here in the northeast cooperates.
I walk a jogging path through a county park.
I walk a jogging path through a county park.
Listen to this guy:
he has a second channel which is a pretty good daily incentive.
Works for me!
he has a second channel which is a pretty good daily incentive.
Works for me!
Find a used bike and get some exercise that way. Wear a helmet and choose your routes away from traffic. I started riding again this past May and during the summer, got in a 100 miles per week. I picked up a used trainer for the basement ($50) and use it in the winter months. Cycling is low impact, which might help your hips. You don't need to spend a lot of money on equipment if you look around on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, etc. For me returning to cycling has had a big impact.
Do I smoke my pipe less? Absolutely. During the summer, I have a choice time-wise, of getting in a 30 minute ride or smoking my pipe. It does make my pipe time even more enjoyable.
Keep us posted!
Do I smoke my pipe less? Absolutely. During the summer, I have a choice time-wise, of getting in a 30 minute ride or smoking my pipe. It does make my pipe time even more enjoyable.
Keep us posted!
I let my health lapse for a couple years while I worked through school and during my first office job ever, found my body just didn't feel good. In the meantime, of course, I had aged several years and become middle-aged.
The key for me was not pretending like I was still 20 years old. I started slow and if I injured myself, I let that part heal while continuing to work other parts of my body. Now, I'm doing cardio a few times per week in my living room and interspersing yoga to keep my flexibility and sense of self. My lungs feel great and I no longer feel like a bucket of sludge. I appear to have lost a little bit of weight in the process, as well.
The key for me was not pretending like I was still 20 years old. I started slow and if I injured myself, I let that part heal while continuing to work other parts of my body. Now, I'm doing cardio a few times per week in my living room and interspersing yoga to keep my flexibility and sense of self. My lungs feel great and I no longer feel like a bucket of sludge. I appear to have lost a little bit of weight in the process, as well.
My relationship with my dick motivates me. When it starts to become difficult to see my dick over my stomach, I freak out and start exercising and eating less. I can’t imagine being alive and not being able to see my helmet headed friend.
The year before covid hit, we were going to the YMCA, where I had a routine of walking on the elliptical, lifting, then yoga, and swimming a few miles in the pool. Then hitting the steam room. I had dropped down to all lean, and was wearing the same sized clothes I was wearing back in college. Plus, afterwards I’d get to set and wait on Mrs Cosmic as she finished her exercise class... lots of hot women to watch.
It has been much harder to keep it off at home. We walk and ride bikes, but it’s just harder to keep a routine without the social element of being in a gym. I miss my friends I made there, and having all of the women looking at me to keep me motivated to keep in shape.
I haven’t blown all of that work yet, but these eating holidays don’t help. I’ve had to set back some of those sized 32 pants and fitted shirts. But, as I start to have to lean forward to see the entirety of the yardstick below my belt, I am motivated to walk a few laps around the block.
The year before covid hit, we were going to the YMCA, where I had a routine of walking on the elliptical, lifting, then yoga, and swimming a few miles in the pool. Then hitting the steam room. I had dropped down to all lean, and was wearing the same sized clothes I was wearing back in college. Plus, afterwards I’d get to set and wait on Mrs Cosmic as she finished her exercise class... lots of hot women to watch.
It has been much harder to keep it off at home. We walk and ride bikes, but it’s just harder to keep a routine without the social element of being in a gym. I miss my friends I made there, and having all of the women looking at me to keep me motivated to keep in shape.
I haven’t blown all of that work yet, but these eating holidays don’t help. I’ve had to set back some of those sized 32 pants and fitted shirts. But, as I start to have to lean forward to see the entirety of the yardstick below my belt, I am motivated to walk a few laps around the block.
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