What do you do for exercise? What motivates you to do it?

I do a 2 mile walk at a local nature trail almost every morning. I also do Bench Presses and Dead Lifts with free weights. I do 6 Bench Press workouts in a 4 week period and 3 Dead Lift workouts. So that's 9 free weight workouts in a four week period.
 

Trade said:
I do a 2 mile walk at a local nature trail almost every morning. I also do Bench Presses and Dead Lifts with free weights. I do 6 Bench Press workouts in a 4 week period and 3 Dead Lift workouts. So that's 9 free weight workouts in a four week period.
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That is good because muscle strength is so important.

I would have to force myself to do weight lifting of any kind.
 
Camper6 said:
That is good because muscle strength is so important.

I would have to force myself to do weight lifting of any kind.
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It's like any other exercise. It might be hard at the beginning but once you get addicted to it you hate to miss a workout.
 

Never been inside a gym in my life.

Have a barbell set at home and do bench presses, lats, and curls ...low weights...high reps. Also have a Treadmill...hardly ever use it. Ride my bicycle over neighborhood hills without standing up to pedal.

I do it all my way.

Me at left, then Wife, then her Brother. I have a small gut...not a beer belly... not bad for nine squared... I can dig it...

HiDesertHal
 

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Grumpy Ol' Man said:
Home by early afternoon and then it's time to take the dog for a 3 to 4 mile walk. We 'walk', but we don't let grass grow. The last time I timed it, we did 3.7 miles in 47 minutes.
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3.7 Miles in 47 minutes! That's less than 13 minutes a mile! That's amazing! I don't think I've walked that fast sine I was in my 40's. 47 minutes is about how long it takes me to do my 2 mile trail walk these days.
 
Trade said:
3.7 Miles in 47 minutes! That's less than 13 minutes a mile! That's amazing! I don't think I've walked that fast sine I was in my 40's. 47 minutes is about how long it takes me to do my 2 mile trail walk these days.
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Even our 11 year old granddaughter won't walk along. She says we go entirely too fast!! If it's too hot, the dog slows down. I end up having to really coax her to keep up the last half mile or so. We don't doddle around.
 
Trade said:
3.7 Miles in 47 minutes! That's less than 13 minutes a mile! That's amazing! I don't think I've walked that fast sine I was in my 40's. 47 minutes is about how long it takes me to do my 2 mile trail walk these days.
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It's taken a long time to heal enough but I just got back into my predawn walking after taking a tumble and breaking two toes......according to my trucks odometer I'm walking 2.2 miles through the neighborhood and I'm doing it in right at 45 minutes which, to me at least, is doing pretty good.
 
Well this morning I timed our walk at 48 minutes. It's a 2 mile trail according to the Kiosk at the trailhead. On those rare occasions when I walk in the neighborhood I do 2 miles in about 40 minutes. It's a little faster on an asphalt street than an earth trail through the woods, but it's not as nice and it's harder on the body. I'm subject to Achilles tendonitis flare ups so mother earth is my preferred walking surface. Plus I'm going to use my Achilles tendonitis thing as an excuse for being slow.:D
 
I didn't walk this morning. I have not yet recovered from my walk yesterday when I walked almost a block and back. I'll get to it next week.
 
HiDesertHal said:
What do I do for Exercise? I use these:

What's my Motivation? When I feel like it!

HDH
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That's outstanding Hal!

Use it or lose it. And that goes double for us old farts.

At 70, I'm still going strong with the free weights myself. I hope to be still doing it when I am your age.


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You guys are doing great! My daughter clocked me. I walked a brisk 8 miles up and down hills over the course of a day...does that count? ;) Well, we had to stop in between for mint juleps and seafood...and a little outdoor market shopping :eek:nthego::sunshine::shrug:
 
Lara said:
You guys are doing great! My daughter clocked me. I walked a brisk 8 miles up and down hills over the course of a day...does that count? ;) Well, we had to stop in between for mint juleps and seafood...and a little outdoor market shopping :eek:nthego::sunshine::shrug:
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I like your style of exercise.
 
Trade said:
That's outstanding Hal!

Use it or lose it. And that goes double for us old farts.

At 70, I'm still going strong with the free weights myself. I hope to be still doing it when I am your age.


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I use light weights and many quick reps.

For bench presses I use 65 pounds with 20 reps in rapid succession, usng synchronized breathing.

At age 81, I won't use weights that are a strain to lift. My workouts last about 1 minute.

THAT SINGER SEWING MACHINE IS A TREASURE! You should keep it in the house where temp. and humidity are controlled.

HDH
 
HiDesertHal said:
I use light weights and many quick reps.

For bench presses I use 65 pounds with 20 reps in rapid succession, usng synchronized breathing.
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I do just the opposite. My usual bench press workout is a 12 set pyramid at 4 minute intervals as follows:


20 KG (44 lbs.) X10
35 KG (77 lbs.) X 8
50 Kg (110 lbs.) X 6
65 KG (143 lbs) X 4
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 2

Takes me 45 minutes.

I'm currently doing those twice a week on Mondays and Fridays.

This is loosely based on a routine of an old school power lifter named Doug Hepburn

For dead lifts I also do 12 sets, with the first 4 sets at 5 minute intervals and the next 8 sets at 3 minute intervals.

60 KG (132 lbs.) X8
72.5 KG (159 lbs.) X 6
85 Kg (187 lbs.) X 4
97.5 KG (214 lbs) X 2
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3
80 KG (176 lbs.) X 3

Takes me 42 minutes.

These I do once a week on Wednesday.

This workout is loosely based on a routine developed by another powerlifter, Ed Coan.
 
HiDesertHal said:
Well, Trade...when you get to my age, weakness increases exponentially, so if you over-tax yourself, death will be Nature's way of telling you to slow down!

HDH
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True. By the time I reach your age the only thing I may be bench pressing are daises in some cut rate boneyard.

But I'm going to hang in there as long as I can.
 
HiDesertHal said:
just reduce your workload as you age!
HiDesertHal
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Father time isn't giving me a choice in that.

I started lifting weights at age 58 and I peaked at around 63-64. Since then I've been slowly losing strength in spite of working out regularly. But I'm still quite a bit stronger than I was when I started at age 58.
 
Like that dumbbell collection. Have an olympic bar that rarely gets used. I've been building my dumb bell collection. Right now I'm having luck with Ty Bo type workouts using the lighter dumb bells. It helps with cardio and basic strength. Just have to watch my shoulders
 
I walk, but with the bad knee, walking very far does not work good anymore. We have a Silver and Fit membership that comes with our Medicare Advantage, and we go to the fitness center almost every day. I swim and do water exercises, and this works really good for me because I can do more in the water, and I love swimming. I found some excellent water exercises to do for my knee, and it is much more supple now, and youtube has all kinds of tutorials for just about any kind of water exercise that a person wants to learn.
Bobby and I walk down to the little neighborhood store and back almost every day, weather permitting, and we also work out in the yard year around, except we can't do as much when it is either too cold or too hot and humid.
 
To me riding a bike has to be the greatest exercise possible for a senior.

You need a bit of agility to get on the bike. You need balance. And it's not hard on your knees, hips, and ankles as walking or jogging.

And you get to see nature in all its glory. We are so lucky where I live. There are bike baths that run along side rivers. The bike takes me almost everywhere I need to go. I hate taking my car now through traffic. I shop with a carrier on my bike. It's so much more fun.
 

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