The secret to finding happiness.........at the gym.

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  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    1.5 hours each day???


    Why?
    Heisenberg.. is that you?
  • truebrew
    truebrew Posts: 33
    Yes, my cardio is pretty long. I run or do the elliptical between 7 and 8 miles a day. I have a routine. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday is mostly run. Monday and Thursday is all elliptical.

    Today I ran 6.5 miles, did weights, then did 1.5 miles on the elliptical. Long time in the gym today.......but I don't work out on Saturday.....I"m a Seventh day Adventist and that's the Sabbath and my only day I dont' work out. Sunday will be another big day.......7 mile run, weights, then 1 mile on elliptical. I like to sweat .....:)

    Ive been doing this for over 10 years.....in fact......close to 15. Ive gone from Sony walkmans to portable DVDs, , to Ipods, to tablets....I wonder what's next?

    Google glasses with a movie?

    Ahhhh........by golly, you could be right.
  • truebrew
    truebrew Posts: 33
    Why do you do cardio for 1.5 hours a day?????

    I wonder if your putting your full attention into your workouts.. I can barely change songs when working out let alone watch a movie.


    HA! Ditto - I'm so full out on cardio days that I also can barely ff to the next song without falling off the inclined treadmill and on other days it's Nike Training Club app. I don't every hold on, though, to get the most out of it. He's either got the strongest core ever or maybe he holds onto the handlebars.

    Movie dude, I CAN highly recommend the Jaybird Bluebud bluetooth headphones if you need an idea for someone to get you a gift for your next bday ;) They would make your movie watching experience wireless, too ;)

    You know, the bluetooth might be a good idea. Sometimes if the headphone wire is swinging in front of me, My arm will catch it and all hell breaks loose. The tablet gets almost knocked off the little ledge/rack and I have to catch before it ends up on the treadmill and somewhere 10 feet behind me. Thanks!

    And I don't hold on to no bars. LOL.....gimmie a break will ya.....I mean it's not that hard after you been doing it for like 15 years......The sony walkman days.........
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    1.5 hours each day???


    Why?
    Heisenberg.. is that you?

    You're gotdamned right.
  • truebrew
    truebrew Posts: 33
    I'm not a big gym user (I normally go for walks outside etc), but when I was traveling in the US, I was hitting up a lot of the hotel gyms... Most treadmills I used now have racks for tablets/magazines etc, some have screens in them, and one memorable one allowed you to plug your tablet into it, and it would play the movie on the treadmill screen. Certainly very different from when I used to regularly go to the gym a few years ago!

    I generally download podcasts to listen to while I'm working out (and for when I'm driving long distances), keep me interested instead of looking at the clock. Favs are This American Life, Stuff You Should Know and Stuff You Missed in History Class :)

    That's the principle...something, anything to keep from looking at the clock and realize just how much I love to hate what I am doing. I usually have periods where I am on certain subjects, like World War 2 documentaries, Hitler, The Russians, all those old black and white documentaries on Youtube. And North Korea, what a living hell of a place to live. We are coming up on Summer, I usually get interested in the Charles Manson Sharon Tate murders again this time of the year as it heats up. I guess because I remember them......1969, the heat, the times, .......lots of good stuff to watch on the Manson Murders. And it's all at the gym.....my own theater.
  • truebrew
    truebrew Posts: 33
    1.5 hours each day???


    Why?

    Because I really like to eat.

    most valid reason ever.

    Late Friday I was starving last year- cutting on a stupidly low calorie diet for a photoshoot prep...

    And I was so hungry I got off my *kitten* to go do cardio and lift just because I wanted more food. Shameful. LOL

    LOL....yeah, it's pretty simple isn't it? thanks......:)
  • KaleeCat
    KaleeCat Posts: 152 Member
    I watch Netflix on my iPhone unless Full House is on, then I watch that on the tvs my gym provides for each cardio machine. Perhaps I should start bringing my iPad though, bigger screen, woohoo! I find that watching something helps keep me occupied and focused on what I'm doing ( ADD much??) I do at least 60 min of cardio a week plus every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I do weight training on my arms (my legs don't need any more muscle on them if I can help it ;) thanks for the tips!
  • dorisjean77
    dorisjean77 Posts: 1
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  • truebrew
    truebrew Posts: 33
    I watch Netflix on my iPhone unless Full House is on, then I watch that on the tvs my gym provides for each cardio machine. Perhaps I should start bringing my iPad though, bigger screen, woohoo! I find that watching something helps keep me occupied and focused on what I'm doing ( ADD much??) I do at least 60 min of cardio a week plus every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I do weight training on my arms (my legs don't need any more muscle on them if I can help it ;) thanks for the tips!

    Netflix is a data hog for me since I have limited data of only 3 GB per month and our gym doesn't have wifi. That's another reason I got the tablet. I wish the gym had wifi, I'd probably watch Netflix more. Anyways......good luck. Thanks!

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