Exercise club

I find that with me 'doing it for my son's benefit' Him doing it for 'my benefit' and us both doing it for the dogs benefit, we seem to manage to do it.

Also, we don't set any other target other than to walk. Sometimes if the sun's out we'll go somewhere different and walk further, but the mile around the village is our staple and I've found is always achievable. Although I'm not sure either of us would be so motivated if we weren't doing it primarily for each others benefit, I think it's easier to let yourself down than someone else?

Weirdly enough, marking it off on the calendar every day still feels like a gold star achievement whether we've walked a mile or five

Great idea for a thread

Well I've joined a gym (LA Fitness) because they have indoor swimming lanes so now have no excuses. As can't afford their trainer program doing it on my own so if anyone has suggestions for the myriad of machines for getting overall body in shape (eg lose weight and gain muscle/tone) will take any and all. Also may try to look into at least 1 session to get a sense of machines.

Thinking should do the following about an hour a day.
Yoga class on Sundays as don't have as much time on that day and hopeless on balance due to out of shape core etc etc
Every other day alternate between swimming and biking & treadmill (may add rowing machine and once in better shape eliptical or stair climber).

But do want to add the weight/resistence machines for about 30 minutes thinking maybe everyday...but all I managed yesterday was to walk around with my list from the internet to try to find the right machine--found a few at least.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and wishing everyone positive energy for your exercise routines!

Nadal and Serena are my faves! Honestly, Federer bores me 😬

It costs money to go to the gym though! That's my excuse

Today, 25 minute walk, so far no sugar

Instead of using the elevator, I did Stair-climbing today.

I went on a short walk in the woods (too short to call it a hike). Did better than the previous few days; the other days my thighs hurt b/c they hadn't been stressed in a while. i went and 1 1/2 hour and about the same in miles. I feel pretty good. Too bad I will lose this when i start back to work. That's when I will need the motivation.

I did another round on the treadmill today - 35 minutes this time

29/12 - Day 27:



No lakes just twice around the village, 38 minutes, 2 miles a lovely chat

Im gonna walk 4 times a week. Will update at the end of January.

I shovelled my sidewalk snow off, quite a feat considering Im sick. I impressed myself lol

I'm so impressed with you all.

My exercise today will be housework and I'm going to try to go out for a walk. I'll let you know how I get on

Going for treadmill tomorrow. For 34 minutes

Going to yoga class today...never did this except on Wii...where I fell over so hopefully wont be too embarassing (sp?) in my efforts as now there will be witnesses....

Good luck @Kiwi2016 , let us know how you get on.

I really want to try yoga but I'm also worried about embarrassing myself in front of people. I might try following a dvd or something first. If I enjoy it I'll try to find a class to go to, but I don't think there are many in my area at times that suit me.

Will let you know...and yes the embarrassment part is a bit unnerving...both in terms of falling over but also how out of shape I am etc etc ah well time to jump in the deep end as they say and paddle like mad...lol...

Yesterday was 15,000 snow shoe steps. It was pretty sweet first time doing that. Today I'm doing cross country skiing. I need to stop eating so much desert though :s

Me too. I like nadal and djokovic because they show much more emotions on the court

Day 28 One and a quarter times around the village, which is technically one and a half lol

I think the dog was a bit tipsy after finishing my Bailey's coffee :oops:

This is a fabulous idea. I have been wanting to get back into the habit of taking walks, which is a relatively easy way to start getting some exercise in. And there are some small free weights around here that I could dust off...