Favorite way to burn calories?
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kshama2001 wrote: »Today my favorite exercise is snowshoeing. My OH and cat came along.
It burns the most calories of any form of exercise I do and is really exhilarating. I don't do it for that long though - I have to work up to it. Show showing is so easy yet so hard, lol. It's great for my bad knee yet usually hard on my hips as I naturally walk toes out (duck foot) but have to be straight or the shoes would get tangled.
And of course it is weather dependent. I think last winter I was only able to go once
I love how bold and confident your cat looks, in the photo! 😸 Got those nice big snow-paws, too.2 -
Yeah, that cat is amazing (and adorable).
I love the thought of trying to get my younger cat (see avatar) to do that.
He acts like he wants to go outside, so I tried to get him lease acclimated so I could take him out on the back porch. Granted, I didn't keep with it long enough, but the second the little harness thing went on, he'd collapse on the floor and act as if he couldn't move, and cry pathetically until it was removed.
He also dislikes the cold and loves heat. He spends hours sitting on vents during the winter (where the hot air comes out), and when my downstairs furnace was being fixed and I was working downstairs in my living room (with a space heater), he would run down to eat or go to the bathroom, but otherwise was upstairs (where the furnace was fine -- I have 2-level heating with one furnace for the basement and first floor, the other for the upstairs).
He had a habit of dashing out the front door which used to worry me until he went dashing out one cold day after there'd been a bunch of snow that had gotten blown even onto my covered front porch. He dashed out into the snow, stopped immediately, and then ran back inside, and has not seemed nearly so interested since (although he still is fascinated by the back porch, as I have glass sliding doors he can look out and see birds and squirrels and so on).
My older cat, who has super thick fur and big paws, might have been more receptive back in the day.2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Today my favorite exercise is snowshoeing. My OH and cat came along.
It burns the most calories of any form of exercise I do and is really exhilarating. I don't do it for that long though - I have to work up to it. Show showing is so easy yet so hard, lol. It's great for my bad knee yet usually hard on my hips as I naturally walk toes out (duck foot) but have to be straight or the shoes would get tangled.
And of course it is weather dependent. I think last winter I was only able to go once
I walk my cat too and she's also a ginger cat 🐈 My neighbors think it's weird but kitty loves her walkies!
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I started lifting at 40, mostly doing Alwyn Cosgrove workouts. I am now doing his Strong program, hoping third time’s the charm as I have yet to get to the last stage. This time around I am doing it with a girlfriend through WhatsApp so we motivate each other.
Apart from that I started running at 46. Between the Canadian weather and potholes I got a treadmill 3 years ago and still love it.
Then there is Zumba! That just makes tine fly by but with Covid I can’t do classes with my regular instructor and have yet to find an online one I really like.
I also love fencing though I had to drop that because of health issues.
Oh and I am a Scubadiver too 😉 looking forward to the end of the pandemic so I can go somewhere warm again!3 -
Yeah, that cat is amazing (and adorable).
I love the thought of trying to get my younger cat (see avatar) to do that.
He acts like he wants to go outside, so I tried to get him lease acclimated so I could take him out on the back porch. Granted, I didn't keep with it long enough, but the second the little harness thing went on, he'd collapse on the floor and act as if he couldn't move, and cry pathetically until it was removed.
He also dislikes the cold and loves heat. He spends hours sitting on vents during the winter (where the hot air comes out), and when my downstairs furnace was being fixed and I was working downstairs in my living room (with a space heater), he would run down to eat or go to the bathroom, but otherwise was upstairs (where the furnace was fine -- I have 2-level heating with one furnace for the basement and first floor, the other for the upstairs).
He had a habit of dashing out the front door which used to worry me until he went dashing out one cold day after there'd been a bunch of snow that had gotten blown even onto my covered front porch. He dashed out into the snow, stopped immediately, and then ran back inside, and has not seemed nearly so interested since (although he still is fascinated by the back porch, as I have glass sliding doors he can look out and see birds and squirrels and so on).
My older cat, who has super thick fur and big paws, might have been more receptive back in the day.
Thanks all who said nice things about my cat
BTW, the harness is NOT escape-proof, despite claims. When the leash is taut, he had no problem backing out of it. My OH added a loop of velcro and a connector, and he hasn't backed out since. (He probably still could, but it would take him longer, and we'd have more time to get him. We'd never leave him unattended.)
Here he is, just in from his walk, still wearing the harness, beginning his shift on Neighborhood Watch:
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kshama2001 wrote: »Today my favorite exercise is snowshoeing. My OH and cat came along.
It burns the most calories of any form of exercise I do and is really exhilarating. I don't do it for that long though - I have to work up to it. Show showing is so easy yet so hard, lol. It's great for my bad knee yet usually hard on my hips as I naturally walk toes out (duck foot) but have to be straight or the shoes would get tangled.
And of course it is weather dependent. I think last winter I was only able to go once
I walk my cat too and she's also a ginger cat 🐈 My neighbors think it's weird but kitty loves her walkies!
Unusual to find fellow cat walkers.
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@AnnPT77 Very impressive! That brings back memories for me, I rowed in high school. It was so hard! I remember the blisters. It was grade 9, I was maybe 110lbs, if that. I rowed in bow position in an 8 and in a 4. But both with coxswain. I’ve never done a quad like your picture. A friend of mine did rowed a single scull.
We have a canoe and get out on it a few times a year. It is not my favourite thing to do.
I prefer biking, hiking, walking the dogs or exercising with weights.
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I was an open water endurance swimmer (2-5 mile swims) for about 12 years but retired at 53 due to hip impingement. Losing that passion has been a real grief for me but I hope to some day get back to it. I want to be racing when I am 80! Currently I cycle but not with much tension or "spin" speed. I also workout on the bosu ball and do some upper body. I am inconsistent and would like to get excited about training again.3
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I walk as much as I can. If it’s snowing I do the Silver Sneakers video on You Tube and others. I am starting over since my sister died in November and I was in mourning. I am ready to get this weight off!3
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The cat photos gave me immense pleasure! Thanks for sharing them.
Carol
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