How Sedentary Are You?

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debodun

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On a scale of 10 to 1 (10 = have a regular exercise/aerobic routine and am very fit for my age, 1 = I consider turning over in bed as exercise), how do you see your fitness vs. sedentary lifestyle?
 

Probably an 8. I exercise at a gym (Planet Fitness Club) and ride my bicycle every week. Plus I mow my own yard, and also my brother's, who disabled. I also walk my dog every day for about a half mile (I know that's not much, but he has Cushings disease, and has to go slow.)
 
I would say probably about a 4 or a 5. I try to walk as much as possible by not taking my car from one place to another when the distances are relatively short. I manage to get a fair amount of walking in that way. Plus, on weekends I'll find a city park or somewhere to go and walk around for a few hours or so just to fight the boredom. I could do a lot better, though. In the summer there's always the yard that needs to be tended to.
 

Very sedentary, my biggest exercise is walking up and down the three flights of stairs where I live or pushing a shopping cart around the local mega stores. I need to run more errands on foot in my neighborhood. I've worked all my life so I can have a dependable automobile and now I need to walk, first world problem LOL!!!
 
I think about an 8. I don't do exercises or go to a gym but once my feet hit the floor in the morning I only sit down for lunch,dinner and a couple of hours after dinner. This time of years matters also. Summer I'm outside doing yard work. If the weather is nice I park my car at the mall as far away from the entrance as possible. Still hang clothes out on the line and always find something that needs doing or redoing much to my husbands dismay.
 
I have three different stairs at my house, front door, back door and up from the garage. If it isn't winter-time, then I'm up and down those stairs all day long.
I have a couple of acres and it all gets mowed. I also do a lot of hand-weeding in the flower areas.
The mailbox is down at end of my lane and it's a nice little short walk.
I guess I'm about a 5 on the scale.
 
I'm comfortable at about minus twelve.... go through about 3 recliners a year and still have my 9 year old pair of sneakers. Been rode hard and put away wet, as we say in west Texas. Used to be a power lifter, golf 7 days/week, and remote hiker, so I have earned every second of this sedinantarious life style.... LOOK, a new word!
 
I'd say about an 8, I no longer go to a gym but I do take long walks every day and do a lot of yard work, housework (well maybe no so much of that :playful:), chores, etc. I do some hiking too when we go out to the woods.
 
I'm probably an 8. I have a regular exercise routine, yoga, walking and light weights. My knees are starting to give me trouble though. So it's more yoga now instead of cardio.
 
hauntedtexan said:
I'm comfortable at about minus twelve.... go through about 3 recliners a year and still have my 9 year old pair of sneakers. Been rode hard and put away wet, as we say in west Texas. Used to be a power lifter, golf 7 days/week, and remote hiker, so I have earned every second of this sedinantarious life style.... LOOK, a new word!
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Sounds good to me.
 
A strong 8 or 9. Every day the weather permits, I'm outdoors several hours doing chores and yardwork, etc. In the Winter, I have a Bowflex gym in the basement, and use it frequently. I'm 5'9", stay between 155 and 160 lbs, and rarely visit the doctor for anything other than the annual Medicare Wellness exams. My wife also tries to take good care of herself, and our annual medical "out of pocket" expenses are usually less than $1000/year...and most of that is vision or dental, copays, etc. Knock Wood...we hope to stay this way for many more years.
 
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Probably about an 8 or 9 I take Taekwondo 3 times a week and TaiChi once. Just recently bought a bike, but haven't been able to ride it much because of the rain. Hope to do more when it finally lets up. In the nice weather - warm & dry I walk.
 
I get to the gym at least twice a week for a minimum of an hour, split between aerobics and weight training. I've also resumed working out at home on our recumbent bike and using weights at home. Trying to keep active around the yard too and not stay glued to the couch.
 
This week, I upped it to a nine. LOTS of yard work... lifting/mowing (both riding mower and push mower)/hauling/on knees pulling weeds/up and down the stairs. Have been sleeping like the dead at night time. I'm feeling it all today, though, plus, my foot is a little painful. Yesterday, was cleaning up next to old falling down fence and stepped on a board that... ooops.. stuck to my foot.. Yep, had to pull it away from foot to remove the nail that was embedded in my foot. I was wearing some old, and cheap, croc-like shoes. They did nothing to slow the nail from making me yell, Ohhhhhh Dammit!!

Today, I finished up with my list and am now kicking back and gonna do nothing tomorrow.. well, the laundry, but the only thing I don't like about it is putting away the folded clothes.

Even Trav (dog) is tired.. It was a long rainy season and he got used to the sofa - he doesn't like getting wet. This past week, it was pull some weeds, toss the ball, pull some weeds, toss the ball, run the fence line and bark at neighbors- repeat as needed.
 
Callie said:
This week, I upped it to a nine. LOTS of yard work... lifting/mowing (both riding mower and push mower)/hauling/on knees pulling weeds/up and down the stairs. Have been sleeping like the dead at night time. I'm feeling it all today, though, plus, my foot is a little painful. Yesterday, was cleaning up next to old falling down fence and stepped on a board that... ooops.. stuck to my foot.. Yep, had to pull it away from foot to remove the nail that was embedded in my foot. I was wearing some old, and cheap, croc-like shoes. They did nothing to slow the nail from making me yell, Ohhhhhh Dammit!!

Today, I finished up with my list and am now kicking back and gonna do nothing tomorrow.. well, the laundry, but the only thing I don't like about it is putting away the folded clothes.

Even Trav (dog) is tired.. It was a long rainy season and he got used to the sofa - he doesn't like getting wet. This past week, it was pull some weeds, toss the ball, pull some weeds, toss the ball, run the fence line and bark at neighbors- repeat as needed.
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I hope you got a tetanus shot, Callie. Rusty nail punctures are nothing to mess with.
 
Buterfly, I was going to call my doctor today, but I forgot. Thanks for the reminder. They are all closed now, but will call again in the morning.
 
I will not assign a number to my fitness/sedentary lifestyle, becaue it can't be done!

I ride my Bike occasionally, I Pump Iron in my Home Gym occasionally (Light Weights & Many Reps), I do Pushups and Floor Touches regularly, and I never worry about interrupting my "routine" at all!

("Oh gosh...I missed my 10 AM workout...")

Phooey!

HiDesertHal [Almost 81, 6' 2", 205 lbs., 36" waist, Small Gut.]
 
It used to be much higher, but now I'm down to about a 1 or 2.

@ MY age, it's a wonder I can move at all......except for my bowels.
 

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