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Do you do enough exercise?
Pumping Iron
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23518037
'Most adults in England are risking their health by failing to get enough exercise, research suggests.
A University of Bristol-led study found 80% failed to meet the government target of taking moderate exercise at least 12 times in a four-week period.
Better-off and better-educated adults were most likely to exercise, while the poorer and least educated were most likely to be inactive.
The study analysed exercise data for more than a million adults in England.'
I do plenty of exercise, swimming, gym and kickboxing.
Why is it that poor and uneducated people are less likely to exercise? The link states that there is a direct correlation between the two, but why is that so? Exercise needn't cost anything.
'Most adults in England are risking their health by failing to get enough exercise, research suggests.
A University of Bristol-led study found 80% failed to meet the government target of taking moderate exercise at least 12 times in a four-week period.
Better-off and better-educated adults were most likely to exercise, while the poorer and least educated were most likely to be inactive.
The study analysed exercise data for more than a million adults in England.'
I do plenty of exercise, swimming, gym and kickboxing.
Why is it that poor and uneducated people are less likely to exercise? The link states that there is a direct correlation between the two, but why is that so? Exercise needn't cost anything.
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I eat more than the recommended 5 fruit and veg a day and I've just worked out that I spend nearly £50 on fruit and vegetables a week just for myself.
I exercise regularly at least 3/4 times a week and I feel great for doing it. It all goes hand in hand though. if people are constantly abusing their bodies with processes foods they will be lacking the energy to do any or much exercise and will not only end up obese themselves but sadly produce a generation of obese children too.
Bad, dreadful lazy, naughty rotten Rhumba that I am.:o
I will I will, tomorrow ish.
The feel good factor after a run, gym work out, swim, cycle or sports event is too good to be missing out on.
I think I lack something because I have never gotten that "endorphin rush" that everyone talks about when they finish excercising.
I am the worlds laziest mofo and absolutely HATE excercising, but I recently found myself out of breath when walking up 2 flights of stairs so I recently joined the gym again.
I join every bloody year but normally end up quitting after 3 months so this time I decided I needed the extra help to keep me motivated so I now pay for a personal trainer to kick me up the backside.
However 4 months in I still hate exercising and I still don't get that "feel good factor", the only difference is I'm £250 quid less off each month for it!!!!!
It really feels like flying.
And chafed
I like you too Roger
Maybe try finding something active that you do really enjoy doing? There are plenty of Grooupon deals around where you can try out different fitness places for next to nothing. I got cheap deals with loads of different places via Groupon and then I found one that I really enjoyed and now I zumba, boxercise and do bootcamps 3 or 4 times a week because they company I go to make it really fun.
I couldn't do the gym, so well done to you for sticking that as long as you did...
Do you not feel healthier now that your 4 months in? If so then surely that must feel pretty good?
Maybe it might help doing something you'd more enjoy? The gym isn't everyone's cup of tea but there are many fitness classes you can go to these days which are aimed to make exercising more fun?
It may be fortunate that your name is not just Iron, perhaps.:D
The worst part I find is the getting up earlier to go to the gym before work. Once I am up and on my way it's fine, I just find the getting up in the first place hard. I did try going after work once but it killed me, I find going before work easier.
So far in the last 5 years or so I have tried
Zumba
Spin classes
Akido
Boxercise
Swimming
Jogging
Rollerblading
Hated them all!
Problem is that I need something near work, I know for a fact that if I go home first or am near home then I'll just end up on the couch with a doobie and its game over for the evening.
Still willing to try everything though, hence paying for someone else to motivate me.
The key thing is to find something you enjoy that just happens to be exercise, rather than exercising for the sake of it. If you don't like going to the gym, then don't go. Certainly don't spend £250 a month trying to force yourself to enjoy it. Take up a sport or get a dog to take for walks instead.
I joined to lose some weight & tone up back in Jan, which I've now done but now just seems like going to the gym is part of my life now - doesnt seem like a chore at all anymore, just part of my routine
Whilst i'm not completely out of shape, i'm still a few stone heavier than i should be.
I admit I am healthier in that I'm not huffing and puffing after running or walking up stairs.
But I still dont have the motivation myself to get myself to the gym, when I'm there I don't work as hard as when I'm tortured by the personal trainer, and I have NEVER walked out thinking "that was great". I normally walk out thinking "oh god I feel so knackered" and then curse my PT when I can't walk the next day due to aching so much!!!
See above post, I try lots of different stuff, in the vain hope I will find something I enjoy.... but so far its been fruitless and just painful
Fair play there!
You clearly seem to not be interested in fitness at all but are still will to try for the sake of health so good on you, if a personal trainer is motivating you then it's good work
Without some exercise the Chair/couch can kill you.
I don't mind walking though and often do a 5-6 mile walk. For a mid-week shop I try to make myself walk to the supermarket rather than drive the 1 mile each way. Walking there also means that you spend less money as you have to carry everything back.
I used to love swimming but got to hate being around other people getting the way. Now unless I can have a pool to myself, I'm not interested.
I used to have dogs and I LOVED taking them for long hikes at the weekend but unfortunately I lost them to my ex and I now live in a small flat and I work full time so don't have the time to dedicate to another dog
But yes that was my usual exercise before and one that I miss dearly.
Funnily enough I went for a walk through some woods with my bf recently and it just felt wrong without a dog
After Christmas the snow put me off and when I did eventually try to go back I realised i had lost a lot of my fitness and managed to injure myself. Since then I have worked out sporadically and have lost some of my motivation. I feel i need to change and fortunately i am moving next week have a gym within walking distance of the new house and as i am not working (by choice and no I don't claim anything) have no reason not to start working on losing that extra stone i have gained this year.
Ever thought about starting a dog walking service? There must be people with dogs who are too lazy or busy to do it themselves. It could be a good way to get exercise and make some money!