Cardio? I jog. My neighbor is trying to give me a treadmill, but I don't want it. I am considering getting an exercise bike for between sets, though. It would have to be free. And I would have to find a place to put it and still be able to park a car in there.

Funny story: there was a neighborhood garage sale and a guy was selling a bowflex for $250. Afew houses down, that squat rack was free. The rest of the stuff I've acquired over the last few years. That power station was free. The corner gym was free. The bench was under $50. In the "fitness industry" somebody is always trying to sell you some expensive bullshit, but no amount of money is a substitute for getting your ass out there and training hard even when you don't feel like it.

Yeah, we got our treadmill for $100 off craigslist. Silly thing was a year old, minimally used, and cost the original owner $950. Freaking ridiculous.

This week I have been awesome. And the last few weeks before that too......

Monday: half an hour core and leg strengthening with the PT, then 2 hours at the gym -half hour eliptical, half hour rowing machine (600 cals), rest in the weights room

Tuesday: 45 minute walk in the morning, and hour figure skating after lunch

Wednesday 1.25 hours figure skating

Thursday: 45 minute walk (also biked to friend's house half mile away), mowed lawn at vigorous pace, half hour strengthening with PT

Friday: 2 hours at the gyme -half hour rowing, half hour eliptical (600 cals again, rest of time in the weights room

...and I've been cutting down further on the butter and the cheese :(

Great job mon.
I've been cutting down on beer and lattes. :(

Whet the hell is wrong with you two? You've eliminated 4 of the best things on earth and two of the major food groups!

ah. I may have been replacing the cheese and butter with extra of my cholesterol-free and sodium-free BEER :lol:

Nice work out area. I have recently headed back to the gym.

Thanks. I'm not doing gyms anymore, too much hassle/expense. I can now work out exactly when and at what pace I feel is right; doing sets in between domestic chores or other activities; spend time educating my kids about fitness and hard work; have access to a full kitchen and all my other stuff before during and after working out; etc. the benefits are endless. I'm not a gym socializer. To me, it's a solitary activity that happens inside my own mind--the challenge and the accomplishment comes from within. I've never used spotters or workout partners, so this is perfect for me.

Oh, by the way, good for you. I'm glad to hear you're getting back in the gym. Keep it up!

Flint,

You're turning into a workout dork. take a step back and look at yourself.

I'm working out more because my buddy needed a work-out buddy. We laugh so much while we work out we get really filthy and really envious looks. And complete strangers join in our conversations. And laughter. Solitary confinement in the gym is a little... weird. Unless you're a grunter -then please, do confine yourself. There were two grunters and one farter we encountered this morning. Oh and the no-nuts guy was there again.

ugh! a guy farted on jinx and I on the treadmill the other day. rude fucker.

jinx swears that she was going to punch him if he floated another one.

I'd rather be obsessed with working out than sitting on the couch watching TV. When I step back and take a look at myself I see a nice v-shape, and the vascularity I had in my 20s just beginning to show through a thin layer of middle-aged blubber. I am Out of Shape in Shape Guy from the 50's.

is your hat tighter?

*snort*