I was feeling under the weather last week but I made sure I got at least some exercise every day. That eager vulture has made a true believer of me. 🙂
What about you? How important is exercise in your life?
Thanks to Looney, bikehikebabe, gaelikaa, Cathy, Ursula, Rummuser and Gail for commenting on last week’s post.
Sorry, I was distracted by the pet Buzzard in the cartoon. It brings back memories of 100+ degree days far back in the East Bay Hills running, sweating, dehydrating, and no longer sweating … just me and the Buzzards. But I have never seen a momma Buzzard with her babies. Guess I will need to keep searching the hills … Too busy to think much about exercise.
.-= Looney´s last blog .. =-.
OMG! How important is exercise to me? I’m not called bikehikebabe for nothing. When my time has come I will be sprawled out on some far away trail with buzzards flying overhead.
Or I might be frozen on some slope. Find me in the spring after the snow melt.
Exercise is very important to me. When my procrastination about it is too “successful,” it’s not long before I can feel the impact of losing ground on fitness. One our favorite activities when we are traveling is hiking — and we both need to improve our fitness before we head out on our next trip in a month or two.
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Duncan House =-.
Exercise, an eight letter word. Isn’t it great once you leave school and are not forced any longer to partake in organised sports? Mind you, I loved 100 m sprints. We had to run in twos. Tip of the day: Always run with someone slightly faster than you. It pulls you along like nothing else and improves your reading on the stop watch.
This is girls only – boys may not only look away but also feel entitled to resent disadvantage: At some point in my teens I realised how useful that time of the month came in to avoid useless expenditure of energy until my feisty sports teacher pointed out how remarkable that my period came on every week in time for her lesson.
Just like I have never been on some starvation diet I don’t “exercise”. I go for long walks, I garden, I run around, I hyperventilate, I shout, I veg out; all of which keeps me in fine fettle and figure without so much as a treadmill in sight. Gym memberships as a birthday present are NOT welcome. Thank you.
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Looney,
Your comment reminds me of 17-mile hikes I took on a couple of Fourth of Julys. The temperature was in the 90’s and on one of them we joked about the buzzards circling overhead on our way back. It’s not just mad dogs and Englishmen who go out in the midday sun. 🙂
bikehikebabe,
Sounds like a great way to go. Much better than wasting away in a nursing home. 🙂
Mike,
It helps to have an incentive like that, isn’t it? Much better than worrying about that eager buzzard.
Ursula,
I hated organized sports/physical education too. I do like my treadmill (non-motorized) and bouncing trampoline. I’m sun-sensitive now so don’t go on nearly as many walks as I used to. I also go to the gym to use their weight machines. You’re young enough not to have to worry about sarcopenia and weak bones, but we oldsters have to be more diligent. The trick for me is to make it as much fun as possible.
exercise is on the back burner right now…so fuel supply has to be kept in check so as not to pile too many pounds (NZ kilos).
i have curtail even my week day walk down from Uni to the train station to conserve as much of the limited energy I have right now…but on saying that I still have a flight of steps to my front/back doors and if I need to be in the laundry there is an internal stair as well!
Having no car, means many walking periods to things…but not dedicated exercise though. Mostly ambling in time so I don’t miss this or that 🙂
.-= Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..postponed Greenery for THIS web =-.
Exercise is very important to me. I need to keep moving or I get quite sluggish and stuck. But I need to find enjoyable forms – sport is pretty much a closed book to me. So it’s my partner and I going for a long walk and talk almost every evening.
The only thing that I think is more important for my health is sleep. A disturbed night or missing a few hours sleep really affects me the next day.
.-= Evan´s last blog ..A Christian Affirmation of Life =-.
If I don’t get my daily dose of 45 minutes of yogabhyas every morning, the day is a plod for me. It is like a daily fix for me. When I used to walk 3.5 Kms every evening till about two months ago, the same sense of a high was there and I still miss it. I have been advised against the walking and had to give it up. Till about eleven years ago, I used to give my elbows a great deal of exercise every noon, evening and night. I don’t however miss that exercise!
.-= Rummuser´s last blog ..Cleric Put In Jail. =-.
Cathy,
Walking is great exercise too, especially stairs. I agree that when we’re feeling under the weather for some reason we need to take it easier and not push too hard.
Evan,
A long walk and talk strikes me as being ideal. I’m happy for you. 🙂
Rumuser,
When I wrote this I thought of your daily walks and assumed you were still doing them. I’m sorry you had to give them up. I have a troublesome foot and have had to find a substitute for the long walks I used to take. I know what you mean about missing them. In your case is it your hips?
Like you my spirits/mental health depends on getting some exercise every day. I think you were wise to drop the “elbow exercise”. 🙂
The vulture was creepy but it made me laugh. I’m glad I exercise always. 🙂
Even if not everyday, exercise is one of the most essential things in my life. As other commenters remarked, keeping active is more difficult after highschool, due to the lack of organized sports. However, I have found volleyball, tennis and hockey as adult sports, and not just as “bar” leagues, but as competitive ventures. If anyone spends some time looking, I’m sure they can find something rewarding for themselves.
.-= Brian´s last blog ..Dear Diary: The Benefits of Keeping a Journal, Part 2 =-.
Brian,
I’m a certified klutz myself so have avoided organized sports. 🙂 Thank goodness that’s the not the only way to have fun and stay fit. I can understand why you would prefer the competition though.
There is nothing funnier to my mind than to see a person driving a car to a gym and going in and using an exercise machine.
gaelikaa,
It sounds as if you don’t understand the purpose of exercise machines. Do you know anyone (besides me) who uses them? Have you ever wondered? bikehikebabe doesn’t use exercise machines but uses weights at home. Why do you think that is?
Later…I went to the gym late this afternoon…after most people were off work. The parking lot was full and the place was swinging from the rafters. Is it possible those people know something?
I probably “should” use the gym more than I do, but I figure a little bit is better than none and my motto is, “If it’s not fun it doesn’t count.” Spending more time there would start to be a drag.