How much exercise do you get?

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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 1:04 am

During the school year I would walk down the stairs to my car and exert enough rotational force on the key to cause the car to start.

But now, not nearly as much. Wink

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 1:38 am

^^

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 1:50 am

I just realized I made myself sound a lot lazier than I actually was. I had to walk back up the stairs when I got home too! Wink

Seriously though, I don't care enough to do anything resembling exercise. I couldn't gain weight if I tried, and I can lift a 17" CRT. That's good enough for me.

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:11 am

^^^^17" CRT? It's all LCD these days, baby. The only place I'd carry a CRT monitor is to the curb with a "Free!" sign on it. Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:13 am

At my last job, I got a lot of exercise walking around the college. My current position is a desk job, so I get no exercise...

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:18 am

El Pistolero wrote:

17" CRT?

My desktop still has a CRT Wink

Also, depressurizing and disassembling them is quite fun. You know, if you're into ripping random electronics apart for fun. Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:49 am

^^^^Indeed I am, but never a cathode ray tube. Sounds fun! Do you get paid for this?

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:54 am

Nope, just as a hobby. The trick is to discharge it by running a wire from under the suction cup on the side of the tube to the ground pin on the PSU, then throwing a blanket over it and hammering a nail into the tip at the back of it to depressurize it. Then you get a bunch of free random parts for whatever electronic project you happen to be working on this week, and they tend to be fairly easy to desolder since the board is likely ancient Wink

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:09 am

^^^^Thanks for the tip! I can't say I'm not one who's not unwilling to dismiss the value of something before I know its true worth!

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:36 am

^^ A quadruple negative. It's a sign of the apocalypse. Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kg5NdwH8zE&fmt=18

Master Baiter Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 188

I run 3-4 miles through a hilly neighborhood 2-3 times a week. If the weather sucks, i'll head to the gym and hit the treadmill for a half hour and do some lifting for another 20-30 minutes.

I also play pickup hockey at the rink about a mile or so from my house. It's mostly people 10+ years younger, but if I can keep up with them or even outskate them, I must be doing something right.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Not enough, my wii fit says I'm unbalanced!

I'd been hoping for years that by the others in the house doing martial arts training, cycling and going to the gym I'd absorb fitness off them by some sort of osmosis.
Seems that plan doesn't work.

My elder son has lost nearly 2 stones by cycling and walking to work rather than busing it

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:03 pm

As soon as I wake, I get in the floor to exercise for 15mins.

I walk 30mins. 5 times a week.

Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:22 pm

^^^ see im ussually the opposite, as soon as I wake, I get up off the floor, this can sometimes take 15 minutes to accomplish though, depends how much I drunk the prior night.

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 7:49 pm

So I'm not the only one here who has no sex life. Confused

If you are still single and think you need a change, PM me, please, and we'll see what we can do. Cool

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:20 pm

^^ A Mr. Mark West should soon contact you. He works as an engineer for some oil company, is very handsome and wants to fly to your country as soon as his job in Nigeria is done.
He might need some help paying his hotel bill or flight though.

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:44 pm

Physical education - twice a week - 45 minutes each lesson.
Im lazy bastard, i know and im proud of it. Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:46 pm

Sounds like a perfect match, Bankster. If I'm honest, I must confess I've had that sort of men in my life during the last 2 years. Being a polygamist like me, my sex life is still very quiet. What have I done wrong?

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:48 pm

N.O.R.A wrote:

What have I done wrong?

Its not something you have made wrong. Its something they have made wrong. Wink

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:20 am

My sex life is rather noisy. Razz

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

What, with all the booing and hissing....

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:29 pm

Mortal wrote:

Physical education - twice a week - 45 minutes each lesson.

I used to get two hours of that a week. I really hated it, my teachers used to say I would be dead by 28. They were wrong, as were many others.

I remember I refused to do football one period and my teacher, I quote, said he would to go his car, get his Russian Kalashnikov and shoot me.

Personally I thought that was just a bit extreme.

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:43 pm

Sycamore wrote:

Mortal wrote:

Physical education - twice a week - 45 minutes each lesson.

I used to get two hours of that a week. I really hated it, my teachers used to say I would be dead by 28. They were wrong, as were many others.

I remember I refused to do football one period and my teacher, I quote, said he would to go his car, get his Russian Kalashnikov and shoot me.

Personally I thought that was just a bit extreme.

I've hated PE for last four years. Our current teacher is pretty good, but because of my allergy i have excuses and stuff. Running outside during hot day full of flowers and eventually grass mowers makes my body really unhappy.

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:29 pm

^^^

Shame on you, JMR!

beating

Don't knock it until.................................. Surprised

For all or you over 50:

Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side.

With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax.

Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags.

Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.)

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag

Laughing

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:46 pm

^^

My exercise routine consists of walking to and from the bus stop, and the occasional jig around the living room if I like what the radio is playing.

Guns n Roses Sweet Child o Mine is guaranteed to have me in a sweat. Smile

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