Sport and fitness

[wizbang 13]

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lose 10 pounds of ugly fat.....cut off yer bot.

[Ralphie Boy]

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20 pull ups is impressive, Ted! My problem has always been muscle stiffness and spasms. I get stiff upper arms/shoulders/neck from surfing and rock climbing that never seems to go away. This is what prevents me from working out more. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

[Joe (SoCal)]

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For decades I would do 100 push ups ( in a row ) 100 sit ups ( 2 sets of 50 ) 100 dips ( 4 sets of 25 ) 100 pull-ups ( 4 sets of 25 )

Now I take a nap

[CWSmith]

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1. Exercise regularly: Physical activity is essential for maintaining good health and can help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise most days of the week.

Exercise can prevent some forms of cancer? Could you please elaborate? This is new to me.

fart

Yes, a good fart is definitely good for you health. I'm convinced it isn't good to hold that stuff in.

[Bflat]

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Retirement helped my health. I now approach exercise like it's the best job in the world.
1. The pay is great (health and fitness).
2. Flexible schedule
3. Short hours
4. I'm my own boss

[Jack Loudon]

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Exercise can prevent some forms of cancer? Could you please elaborate? This is new to me.

I think Theroman12 just needs a steady stream of 120V 50-60 Hz, in a climate controlled server room.

[CWSmith]

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I think Theroman12 just needs a steady stream of 120V 50-60 Hz, in a climate controlled server room.

Interesting. Right or not, that day is here. A year ago I would have thought we were a generation away from that.

[akers]

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Losing weight fast can be unhealthy, and gradual weight loss is more sustainable and healthier.
Some of the best exercises for weight loss are:Cardiovascular exercises:
Running, walking, cycling, and dancing.
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): It involves short bursts of intense exercise alternated with recovery periods.
Strength Training: Lifting weights, resistance band exercises, and bodyweight exercises.
Yoga or Pilates
It's essential to couple any exercise program with a healthy and balanced diet to achieve weight loss goals. Because what you eat affects your exercise performance and recovery. I can recommend this diet https://betterme.world/articles/16-8...day-meal-plan/ that helped me a lot.

[wizbang 13]

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When someone says "I lost 40 pounds"....
40 minus 40 is zero.
ya dint lose a thing

[TomF]

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Being at or above the 75th percentile in physical strength for your age group reduces one's risk of all-causes mortality and morbidity by about 5X, at or above the 75th percentile in VOmax reduces one's risk of all-causes mortality and morbidity by about 10X.

How you get there? The best exercise is the one that you will do. For me, it's been great that I walk to/from work; it isn't far, but it adds up to about 2 hours of walking/week without any impact on the rest of my life. Another hour or so once/twice week walking with the granddaughter and their dog, and rolling around on the floor playing. It's trivial compared with the years doing extensive karate training, weight training etc., but the "money in the bank" from those years is partly why it's trivial.

I'm back in the gym again after a long layoff, which was induced by various enduring crises in the family. My objectives are far different, coming at it in my early 60s.

• Job #1 now is not getting injured, which includes doing all my stuff through a full range of motion, enhancing flexibility and considering protective stuff for my tendons. Lighter weights at slightly higher rep ranges, to not beat up my joints. Leave 2 reps in the tank.
• Job #2 is retaining functional muscle mass, or building it where it's liable to atrophy - and supplementing my usual diet of multiple-joint exercises with a few isolation exercises to build a bit of armor around weak points.
• It's only when we get to Job #3 that I get to think about strength now. Which is a helluva switch in my thinking, because the gradual, but measurable increments of strength were what used to be a way I kept myself motivated. I never got stupid strong (started too late), but an extra 5 pounds is always an extra 5 pounds, and is objective.

What I recently learned is that while strength and muscle mass decline is frankly inevitable, an 85 year old who's continued to train will have the physical strength and capacity of an untrained 30 year old. Which truly sucks, when I think of how weak I was as a fairly untrained 30 year old compared even to me now, after a layoff.

But OTOH means that at 85 I'll not ever worry about being able to go for a hike, or lug a suitcase or backpack, or climb the stairs, or even help move a couch. Or carry a canoe down to the river to go out with my grandkids.

Herself has MS. Her mobility's declining, and it's only going to keep going that direction. There's no downside to me being well able to pick her up and carry her, ever.

[rbgarr]

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A balanced diet always includes items from the beer and chips group.

[stromborg]

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• Job #1 now is not getting injured, which includes doing all my stuff through a full range of motion, enhancing flexibility and considering protective stuff for my tendons. Lighter weights at slightly higher rep ranges, to not beat up my joints. Leave 2 reps in the tank.
• Job #2 is retaining functional muscle mass, or building it where it's liable to atrophy - and supplementing my usual diet of multiple-joint exercises with a few isolation exercises to build a bit of armor around weak points.
• It's only when we get to Job #3 that I get to think about strength now. Which is a helluva switch in my thinking, because the gradual, but measurable increments of strength were what used to be a way I kept myself motivated. I never got stupid strong (started too late), but an extra 5 pounds is always an extra 5 pounds, and is objective.

Have you looked into doing some kettlebell training?

I have a pair of these, there is a whole subculture around training with them. Lots of ways to get some range of motion, explosive and eccentric load workouts in without taking up a ton of space.

[George Jung]

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TomF nailed it with 'the best is... the one you will do'. I tell folks that if their routine is one they're pursuing 'because it's good for me', but that they hate - they won't stay with it. A lot of folk here seem to be doing it right.

[lupussonic]

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I just came back from a 3 hour bike ride. Not fast, but sustained cardio.

I'm going to do a lot of tree climbing this summer, which can be extreme cardio.

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Almost 30 years of professional climbing and other physical work has stood me well over the years in terms of physical shape, but at 52 I'm not going to take that for granted. Climbing is a brain work out too as you figure out the routes and mechanisms available to you, and being in nature whilst doing it is good for my mental health as a bonus. As long as you don't die you just can't lose.

I've also got my snorkel gear with me along with wet suit, I like long swims of several hours and some distance covered; there are many sizeable lakes around me, and I'm not far from the North Sea despite it being brown and boring...how I long for the Altantic.

I'm eating dahls and rice and green vegetables, we just had asparagus season here in Germany.

Finding it hard to resist the crisp and copious Bavarian beer varieties I find myself surrounded by.

Anyway that's me for the summer.

[Too Little Time]

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I just spent 5 days walking at Yellowstone. 12-14 miles/day. Ate mostly junk food.

Long days of exercise or physical work will keep one healthy enough.