Comments on: How Much Exercise Do You Get?

By: Aurora Erratic

Aurora Erratic — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:33 +0000

Since stuff like housecleaning and gardening counts as moderate exercise according to the study, I probably get two to three hours day, between walking my errands, housework, and my fairly active profession. Because I am a gardening fanatic, I get more in the summer. I’m sure I’m over four hours in gardening season!
I hate jogging or those tedious cardio machines at the gym. I like to be accomplishing something or getting somewhere.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:58:36 +0000

I do enough walking to get over 10,000 steos on my pedometer daily, plus 45 minutes on either the elliptical or stationary bike four days a week. Then I try to bike outside a couple of days a week. I think it’s the “right” amount for me.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:54:52 +0000

Just adding…

I work full-time and am in my early 50′s.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:48:38 +0000

Let’s see…

Boxing class (with professional boxers) = 1 hour x 2 a week

Strength/conditioning circuit to complement boxing = 1 hour x 3 a week

Boxing/kickboxing DVD = 1 hour x 2 a week

Interval training on spinning bike = 1 hour x 2 a week

HIIT on spinning bike = 20 mins x 2 a week

Core work = 20 mins x 2 a week

Yoga/stretching = 1 hour a week

Hard uphill hike including some rock climbing = 2 hours a week

So that’s about 13 hours, 20 minutes a week, not including all the walking I do, as I don’t have a car.

As someone commented, that’s almost like a part-time job. On the other hand, I am pretty fit.

By: Froth

Froth — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:27:04 +0000

Phronsie: Oh, I don’t exercise to lose weight or to feel good or to get fit. I don’t delierately ‘exercise’ at all. I just live and study in (old!) York and don’t own a car.

I do get some exercise besides walking round, but that’s not exercise, that’s killing the bad guys with swords!

By: Phronsie

Phronsie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:20:50 +0000

I don’t exercise at all. I love to read, both books and surfing the web, and I occasionally watch DVDs and hardly any tv, and I occasionally hang out with my friends. I take the one stair flight up to my apartment and the one floor up to my office, and that’s about it. I’ve always found exercising for exercise’s sake to be extremely boring and distasteful and dieting to be futile and often farcical. I enjoy my hobbies and my life; being thin might be fun but I’m pretty happy now. I guess I think, who do I want to satisfy, whose standards do I want to rule my life — people who don’t make the time in their life to enjoy the pleasures that suit me? I’m pretty sure skinny bitches have their own grief; do I really want to sweat and cry and hate myself just to adopt their lifestyles and their troubles?

By: Brittney

Brittney — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:56:52 +0000

I’m 19 years old and in college, I’m currently trying to make a better stance on exercising by going with my friends to the gym every other day. So far we went twice, but both times I felt great. I before tried going and felt very out of place among all fo the thin people.
Even though all of these stupid billboards say fat people need to go the gym, the gym gives the vibe that fat people need to stay AWAY!
But… it’s not as loud when friends are there. :)

By: nightgigjo

nightgigjo — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:16:35 +0000

I don’t do any formal exercise. I have, however, moved to a city recently, and live in a very pedestrian-friendly area. I walk virtually everywhere I go, which is sometimes 2-3 miles per day.

This will probably result in no lost weight for me, but within a year I might drop a pant size just because my body’s more toned than it was living the the car-dependent midwest. It happened before when I lived sans car.

Of course, if it doesn’t — if my body stays the same as it is, that’s fine too. I know I’m getting enough moving for my body to be happy about it, and that’s the thing that really matters to me.

The only thing I’d like to add to my (lack of) routine is yoga, because it’s so relaxing. :)

By: julie

julie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:10:57 +0000

I do about 2 hours a day of gym exercise (step, kick-boxing, body sculpt, yoga). I bike or walk everywhere I go, unless I drive to go hiking, which I usually do for three hours. I’m likely to be one of those people who do get 3-4 hours of exercise a day. Maybe if i took up cigarettes, I’d actually lose weight.

By: Ily

Ily — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:16:41 +0000

I used to bike to work– about 7 miles a day, which was most of my exercise. Now that I’m unemployed, I hardly exercise at all. I’ll bike somewhere every so often, rollerskate on a Sunday, and sometimes go for long walks. Really not enough though.