The Benefits - Exercise

• SGpork

  24 Jun 05, 00:08

  Originally posted by kops21:

  thought you are already trained on a few occasions in the heat around 3-4pm?
  
  the heat dont really bother me, as lots of water and 100plus along the way.

  err nah
  
  i always run only ..when the sun sets.. or late at night..
  
  where i get cats n dog to run with me..
• SGpork

  24 Jun 05, 00:11

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  everytime i try to exercise, i end up almost crippling myself
  
  oh well... try again.. maybe exercise i like.. like i'm going bowling for the department bowling league tonight... i like bowling
  
  one of these days, we should all go bowling together.. it's fun!

  u want to see 10 throw 8 drain ?
  
  
• kops21

  25 Jun 05, 01:03

  Originally posted by SGpork:

  err nah
  
  i always run only ..when the sun sets.. or late at night..
  
  where i get cats n dog to run with me..

  si meh .....
• Wanda

  13 Jul 05, 17:03

  Originally posted by SGpork:

  err nah
  
  i always run only ..when the sun sets.. or late at night..
  
  where i get cats n dog to run with me..

  You can get cats to run with you?
• the Bear

  13 Jul 05, 17:04

  you can get cats to do anything?
  
  

  Originally posted by Wanda:
  
  You can get cats to run with you?

• Wanda

  13 Jul 05, 17:09

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  you can get cats to do anything?
  

  No, it's more like the cats can get us to do many things.
  Ok, the benefit of exercise would be....so that we can continue to exercise when we're old?
• the Bear

  13 Jul 05, 17:10

  i guess... right now, i'd be happy if i can get back into shape to be able to exercise without crippling myself again
  
  

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  No, it's more like the cats can get us to do many things.
  Ok, the benefit of exercise would be....so that we can continue to exercise when we're old?

• Rhonda

  13 Jul 05, 17:10

  Originally posted by Wanda:
  
  You can get cat[b]s to run with you? [/b]

  You can! Run before a big cat and they'll surely run after you... for their supper!
• Wanda

  13 Jul 05, 17:16

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i guess... right now, i'd be happy if i can get back into shape to be able to exercise without crippling myself again
  

  Is it your back ache? Seriously, you must try pilates. It's done wonders for my chronic lower back ache, after 3+ mths. My instructor said it the was the only exercise that could cure her back injury which she had since 12 yrs old.
• Wanda

  13 Jul 05, 17:17

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  You can! Run before a big cat and they'll surely run after you... for their supper!

  Haa...that's a good one! Reminds me to visit the zoo.
• the Bear

  13 Jul 05, 17:20

  right now, there's a lot of swollen tissue there causing a pinched nerve which is driving me nuts...
  
  before that were 2 episodes of slipped disc.. same disc
  
  first time, the butchers in the hospital cut me up... the 2nd time, the chiropractors did wonders..
  
  now under the care of the chiropractors... may go see a chinese physician for help with the swelling
  
  

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Is it your back ache? Seriously, you must try pilates. It's done wonders for my chronic lower back ache, after 3+ mths. My instructor said it the was the only exercise that could cure her back injury which she had since 12 yrs old.

• the Bear

  13 Jul 05, 17:22

  ahh.. join us when we go visit the zoo again
  
  

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Haa...that's a good one! Reminds me to visit the zoo.

• spencer99

  14 Jul 05, 08:26

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  No, it's more like the cats can get us to do many things.
  Ok, the benefit of exercise would be....so that we can continue to exercise when we're old?

  this is very well put....
  
  I want to excerise all the way until post-retirement!
  
• Rhonda

  14 Jul 05, 08:54

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Is it your back ache? Seriously, you must try pilates. It's done wonders for my chronic lower back ache, after 3+ mths. My instructor said it the was the only exercise that could cure her back injury which she had since 12 yrs old.

  Yo, Wanda! I've been telling the Bear that Pilates is good for his back but he keeps giving excuses.
  
  I attend Pilates regularly, well, before my recent knee injury anyways, and it did help to keep my backache at bay. You know how all nurses suffer from backache - occupational hazard, but it was Pilates that helped me to strengthen my back muscles and lessened the pain, if not made it disappear altogether on lucky days!
  
  Maybe, I should draaaaaag the Bear to a Pilates class with me! hahaha!
• Wanda

  14 Jul 05, 09:18

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Maybe, I should draaaaaag the Bear to a Pilates class with me! hahaha!

  Oh dear me, now you tell me being a nurse will get more backache! Definitely agree with you that Pilates helps, speaking from experience. I wonder where can men join Pilates classes? Find one suitable for the bear lor, and perhaps for my hubby also.
• rainee

  14 Jul 05, 09:19

  I have been exercising everyday for almost a month now...and lost nearly 4 lbs!
• spencer99

  14 Jul 05, 14:20

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Oh dear me, now you tell me being a nurse will get more backache! Definitely agree with you that Pilates helps, speaking from experience. I wonder where can men join Pilates classes? Find one suitable for the bear lor, and perhaps for my hubby also.

  The downtown gyms have pilates classes...
  
  I think there are also yoga/pilates studios.... do a search on the net.
  
• the Bear

  14 Jul 05, 14:36

  well, the simple reason why i do not go for any pilates classes are that they are on a fixed day of the week...
  
  i do shift work.. with an insane schedule... there is no way i am going to sign up for a class, and attend 1/4 of the classes only
  
  i'll leave the classes until i get transferred to an office hours gig
• Wanda

  14 Jul 05, 14:58

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  well, the simple reason why i do not go for any pilates classes are that they are on a fixed day of the week...
  
  i do shift work.. with an insane schedule... there is no way i am going to sign up for a class, and attend 1/4 of the classes only
  
  

  No excuses...you can sign up for those "unlimited" package whereby you can drop in for exercise class anytime during the day or night, but they do cost more. So, to get value for your money, you must go for min. 3x a week, and if you can't find enough pilates class to meet your schedule, then you'll have to include others like lo impact, sculpting, KB, etc. Then you'll become a super fit and strong bear. Good eh?
• the Bear

  14 Jul 05, 15:02

  well, i can't afford those
  
  was looking at the CC version of the classes... once a week on wednesdays... cheap and very near my place
  
  actually, i've had a bad history with exercise until i'm kinda phobic these days....
  
  i exercised and trained for my IPPT and it resulted in a slipped disc...
  
  i bought a bicycle for exercise and rode it about 10 times before the 2nd slipped disc...
  
  i went power-walking and ended up with a pinched nerve on an unrelated injury....
  
  before that were a bunch of niggling things that happened to me each time i went on an exercise regime which i stuck to faithfully for a couple of weeks before an injury unrelated (except for the IPPT one) hit me badly
  
  i'm jinxed...
  
  maybe when i'm all healed up, i'll go back to power-walking.. walking very very fast for about 5 to 6km is invigorating
  
• spencer99

  14 Jul 05, 23:20

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  well, i can't afford those
  
  was looking at the CC version of the classes... once a week on wednesdays... cheap and very near my place
  
  actually, i've had a bad history with exercise until i'm kinda phobic these days....
  
  i exercised and trained for my IPPT and it resulted in a slipped disc...
  
  i bought a bicycle for exercise and rode it about 10 times before the 2nd slipped disc...
  
  i went power-walking and ended up with a pinched nerve on an unrelated injury....
  
  before that were a bunch of niggling things that happened to me each time i went on an exercise regime which i stuck to faithfully for a couple of weeks before an injury unrelated (except for the IPPT one) hit me badly
  
  i'm jinxed...
  
  maybe when i'm all healed up, i'll go back to power-walking.. walking very very fast for about 5 to 6km is invigorating
  

  I wanted to encourage u to ex, but looking at your medical history... i don't really know.... man...
  
• Wanda

  15 Jul 05, 09:21

  Originally posted by spencer99:

  I wanted to encourage u to ex, but looking at your medical history... i don't really know.... man...
  

  Bear can still exercise, e.g. can start with walking, then go for longer walks which can be just as beneficial. A couple of books I've read suggest that the "no pain, no gain" type of exercise is not nec good for most people. To burn fat, a "slow burn" approach can be more effective. Some treadmills in the gyms have built-in programmes which recommends exercising within a certain (lower) target heart rate if your goal is fat-burning, while a faster heart rate target is meant to give a good cardio workout (for the heart). However, if anyone is new to exercising, please start gradually, do NOT over exert, or do too much too soon - it's always a bad idea.
  
• the Bear

  15 Jul 05, 11:48

  actually, i'm in pretty okay shape..
  
  round is a shape!
  
  just kidding.
  
  but seriously... i think i'm just jinxed and accident prone... i could hurt myself in a padded cell
  
  some people are like that... i guess i'm one of them