Inactivity, a bigger risk than smoking?

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I've put on two stone in the last three years, have a gym membership that's been dormant since last June, and a bike that's sat outside rusting. I have GOT to get off my arse, especially having just seen this on an NHS website -

Are you doing enough?

* Only three out of 10 people do enough exercise, but eight out of 10 think they do.
* If present habits continue, by 2010 one in four people will not fit in a standard office chair.
* 37% of coronary heart disease deaths are related to inactivity, compared with 19% related to smoking.

Am I the only BoMer with zero willpower? And if so, what exercise do you lot take?

 

Get a pair of freeweights you lazy ***tard! Sit less, stand while you're in front of the computer! Start doing pushups, fingers on the ground, or knuckles, not the palms! At least 10 situps, standups, pushups every day for each beer you pour in your gut!

Or...you could go dancing

 

I do a 45-60 minute exercise routine 6 days a week. Roughly 1/2 is resistance training (i.e. weights), and the other half is on the treadmill. Started about 2½ years ago, but started slacking off early last year, and just got back into it in January, so I've got some lost ground to recover.

 

Past three months I put on the weight I lost after Christmas because of medication. NOT happy!

I know I don't excersize enough and I find it extremely awkward to, I'm in a wheelchair half the time and my joints dislocate with too much stress...

Too much stress being variable on a day to day basis

I want to get back into fencing and the rock climbing at university looks awesome, but I'll never be able to do it. For now I'm just keeping out the wagon for as long as I can and walking around town with my friends while I'm able to

 

Y'know, maybe I just don't pay attention, but I never realized you were semi-restricted to a wheelchair, peeps. Bummer.

 

I play football (EU) once a week, and when I go dancing, I really *dance*. That's it. I'm rather sedentary by nature.

 

I walk about an hour and a half per day, and I do some weightlifting.

 

I take my Husky on a run every day =/ I swear he NEVER runs out of energy.

 

I guess I don't get as much exercise as I should.

I used to train basketball, but I stopped, and since I have a Winnie the Pooh personality (minus the honey part), I rarely work out now.

I run when I'm late... (that happens a lot lately ).

 

I fence twice, maybe 3 times a week and I dance, and I actually NEED to put on weight.

 

I usually play about four hours or so of basketball each week, now that my season's over (before it was about 14 or so). Other than that I have a daily hour and a half workout class that is roughly half weights and the other half is a combination of cardio/light resistance type stuff. And outside of that I run occasionally (was going to be on my school's track squad but decided against it) and do a lot of exercise... I'm in pretty good shape and if anything I'd want to (maybe, I'm not sure) put on 5-10 pounds.

 

I lift weights, fence and walk some longer distances or use the elliptical trainer thingy if it's raining. Also, remember to stretch people!

 

It's only been past three years I've had a wheelchair and only the past few months I've been in it more often than not. I was away for over a week on the chatroom and nobody noticed, so something I probably haven't mentioned on the forum is easily missed

I'm going to get hold of my friend during the week and go for a walk around town to pick up a top and walk along the sea front, whee!

 

I run around after my kids, and we recently bought ann elliptical trainer. I also try to take walks at lunchtime, then eat in front of the computer whenI get back.

Now that the nice weather is coming AND Hubby has invested in a new camera, we'll be taking more nature walks/hikes. Last Sunday we were out for 3 hours!

 

I have not been able to get much excercice since I hurt my back. No matter what I try, it hurts like hell. And it just keeps getting worse. The 30 to 40 lbs I've gained since then hasn't helped either.

I have a ways to go before I don't fit in my chair though...

 

The only time I run is when I'm chasing the ice cream truck.

I walk about 4 miles a day at work and my nephews provide a good opportunity for physical activity. Whether I'm tossing the littler ones or playing catch with the older ones or jumping on the trampoline with all of them, they wear me out on a fairly regular basis.

I'm active enough to be healthy, now I just need to eat less. At 250 lbs. I am about 40 pounds too heavy and have become tired of carrying the extra weight. I think I will do something about it....tomorrow.

 

Hmmm...

I have a membership to the gym at work, and the clubhouse in my community has a small gym...but I've never used either.

I'm on my feet quite a bit at work. I used to walk about 9 miles a shift when I was working in a different area, but now it's down to 2-3 miles a shift. Every day, I take a "performance multivitamin" that when paired with caffine, it raises my heart rate and makes me sweat when I'm just standing around listing to Metallica/Megadeth/Pantera in my bay.

As for *real* exercise, this is a "PG" rated forum...but I can say that an hour or more of sex 3-4 times a week is exelent exercise.

On another note...I used to be in the same boat as Dalveen. I was 6'3" and underweight no matter how much I ate. Now that I've finnally "filled out", I've got to keep an eye on my weight...even though I'm at my "target weight". My family has a hereditary "spare tire" belly (my dad looks like he's pregnant ) which I don't want. I should probably be doing 100-200 sit-ups a day, but I'm too lazy.

 

Gnarf, have you tried swimming at all? I've had a fair amount ot interaction in the past with a few physios at my old work (swimming pool), in helping people who have had various back injuries. Swimming, if done right can be a great form - both just general fitness and increasing the strength in the back to prevent further injury. There's very little resistence while swimming, so it doesn't usually put further strain on injuries.

 

I second that! I was on the swim team and the water polo team back in high school, and during that time, I was the strongest I've ever been. I'll probably be swimming a lot this summer since the community pool is right across from my house.

As for swimming for the injured, my mom goes to the local public pool 3 times a week for her "senior water arobics" class that specializes in old folks with bad joints. If *they* can do it, so can you.