How Physically Active Are You?

[Nancy2015 2]

I go to the gym or jog on the track twice a week.

I wasn't active as a child - I was a bookworm, and not into sports at all. I became conscious of my appearance (or i should say, unattractiveness) in college, and joined the track team to help me lose weight (it worked). I've been hooked on jogging and exercise ever since. After college I joined a gym and worked out there 6 times a week after work.

I have gym membership now, and we live across the street from a high school, so I jog on their track sometimes I try to get exercise at least twice a week, sometimes I manage to go three times a week, but it's very rare. Work is the biggest obstacle, and my hubby gets in the way as well, because when we happen to have a day off together (doesn't always happen), I'd rather spend time with him than exercise

Edited August 10, 2007 by Jewel12

[*JG* 2]

I have been active all my life....played various sports (volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer) throughout my school years and on a few bar teams since. Currently, I go to the YMCA 3 times a week for a morning aerobics & weights class. I've been in the same class and with the same classmates for over 4 years now. It's inspiring because they ridicule you if you don't show. Sometimes we bike other days of the week. Otherwise, I try to walk every day of the week, whether on my lunch or just for fun.

Andre is not near as active as I am; but I am working on him.

[JenT 0]

I was a body builder in a former life and the routine of daily exercise has always stuck with me. I'm at the gym at 4am almost every day... and I ride and train our 3 horses, so that counts too. Work does cause problems for my workout schedule, especially when I'm traveling (which I've been doing a lot of over the last year). I've done yoga and pilates... loe it!

[garya505 2]

My wife and I bike an hour a day, and rarely miss a day. If it's raining we go to the gym. I use a heart rate monitor and it runs about 110-150 BPM. I'm 55 years old and my wife is 30 years old and 20 weeks pregnant.

[Caladan 19]

I was active as a child in the run-outside-and-play sense, if not in the athletically gifted sense. In college, I was on the fencing team, three hours a day, five days a week. And now I try to stay active by going to the gym. I like weight lifting, abhor the elliptical machine (but do it anyway), and can't wait for my ballet & yoga classes to start back up in the fall. I need a new sport.

[Jenn! 918]

I was a competitive swimmer as a kid all the way through high school and would like to start that up again. I hate going to the gym.

[Queen Jenn 0]

I'm not as active as I should be, but I try to go walking as often as possible.

[chri'stina 190]

I'm not very physically active. I'm actually surprised at how many have answered so far about going to the gym so often.

As a kid I was more active playing outside and was briefly in gymnastics. I can't believe I could at one time do a cartwheel. No way could I now.

As a teenager became less active, I did not like sports or anything involving running around.

Not that long ago I was using the stationary bike a few times a week to lose weight, which helped. After pregnancy I hope to lose more weight and get more active. I can't do anything intense on my feet like walking miles or jumping because of ankle problems, so biking is a good option for me. But I have to force myself to do it, I do not enjoy it.

[chri'stina 190]

I forgot something...I also was in dance for many years even as a teenager so I guess that counts as activity. But I really enjoyed it so it didn't feel like exercise to me. If I could I would still like to take different dance classes but my ankles don't allow it.

[Cry_Tuff 0]

well..i was very active as a teenager...participating as the only girl on an American football team for my junior high school, playing basketball, baseball, volleyball, and competing in weightlifting...

Then i met my ex hub..had 2 kids..and well..everything went down hill..pmpl

I tend to do walking now when i get a chance....and love to do tae bo..again..when i get a chance..lol

Edited August 10, 2007 by ♥C and P♥

[Jamie76 0]

I used to lift weights 3 times a week and then jog twice a week, for a total of 5 days of exercise. Now that I have moved and started my new job, I have absolutely no time or energy to do that. I need to get back to doing something though. I'm starting to get a pouch.

[Kajikit 65]

HATE sports of all kinds... HATE organised formal exercise - it seems so pointless to me... get bored walking for the sake of it... just plain lazy really.

I was a regularly active kid and I loved riding my bike and going swimming, but I always loathed sports/PE sessions at school because I'm fat, short-sighted and uncoordinated and I was constantly picked on because of it. I was ALWAYS the last kid on the bench and it's loathable... I don't even like WATCHING sports, let alone playing them, so there's no way I'd take up any sort of organised sporting activity as an adult.

I've had sporadic bursts of 'exercising for improved fitness' through my life and every time I've had good results while I've kept it up, but I get bored very quickly and it's too easy for me to be distracted out of it and to get out of the habit entirely. I used to walk a lot, but since I moved to Florida I don't walk ANYWHERE - the incredible heat and humidity is my excuse, but really I'm just lazy.

Last year I swam a bit, but I haven't gotten into it this summer because I keep getting hurt. I keep thinking I should join a gym and go to Curves or something, but the logistics just aren't practical - not to mention the cost.

[Elphie 0]

I try to do some walking everyday. My work schedule is my biggest obstacle at times.

[Niphredil 0]

Lessee. At school I was competitive swimmer (regularly came second... I was a sure bet for it) and soccer, played baseball and always looked forward to P.E (well except for the teacher, he was an ###).

Got out of school and moved to where I had to walk 30 mins up and down a hill *each way* to go to 'University'.

and now for the past hmm 5 years, I walk for 45 mins- an hour 5-7 days a week, and once in a while do the Claudia Shieffer workout video.

... and I'm still obese :\

Only time I lost weight was when I was on a diet of water, diet coke and an egg...

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

we need YOGA on the listtttttt

oh yea...i walk A LOT because i live in new york city and dont own a car (personal choice)...i go to the gym (to do some cardio and yoga) about twice a week, but im still a chub...im healthy, but i just carry around a few extra pounds with me, what can i say?

my fiance walks A LOT as well, because he also doesnt have a car...he is in better shape than me, because his job requires a good amount of physical activity...he plays soccer on the weekends too

Edited August 13, 2007 by babybluesusie