Efficient physical exercises

@hakima said
No sand...but we do have Spice...

Sand and spice makes me think...Cuba.👍

@great-big-stees said
Sand and spice makes me think...Cuba.👍

They have melange in Cuba?

Please book me a flight...direct...from Arrakis.

@wolfe63 said
They have melange in Cuba?

Please book me a flight...direct...from Arrakis.

Or it could be Tacoma...

Wait! GBS did that. He had to go to Cuba to recover 😂

@hakima said
Or it could be Tacoma...

Wait! GBS did that. He had to go to Cuba to recover 😂

I wish GBS had gone to Mexico instead. Then we could have made some kind of joke about the worm in the tequila. 😉

@hakima said
Or it could be Tacoma...

Wait! GBS did that. He had to go to Cuba to recover 😂

Indeed I did but it took me a couple of months to get over the trip to Tacoma before I was able to get there. 😀

@kevin-eleven said
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"

In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.

Wall-sitting seems to be another efficient exercise that engages a lot of muscle tissue in time under tension.

For those who actually do any kind of physical exercise, what do you like to do and which ones do you find to be efficient (short time needed for good results)?

Defecate regular if you can. Much advice on the telly. Managed 7 seconds with the plank in my bedroom.

@kevin-eleven said
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"

In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.

Wall-sitting seems to be another efficient exercise that engages a lot of muscle tissue in time under tension.

For those who actually do any kind of physical exercise, what do you like to do and which ones do you find to be efficient (short time needed for good results)?

Pull-ups for the upper body.

Stairs for the legs.

Edit: At my old building (on a mountain too steep for a road - parking at the bottom) I climbed ~2000 stairs per day on average. Being young in an area full of retirees, I was the designated grocery carrier for older people living higher up. My new building is also on a mountain, but it has a funicular. I have to do most of my leg work at the gym now.

@ashiitaka said
Pull-ups for the upper body.

Stairs for the legs.

Edit: At my old building (on a mountain too steep for a road - parking at the bottom) I climbed ~2000 stairs per day on average. Being young in an area full of retirees, I was the designated grocery carrier for older people living higher up. My new building is also on a mountain, but it has a funicular. I have to do most of my leg work at the gym now.

Thank you, Ash! Today I learned a new word: "funicular". Nice of you to help with the groceries. I live in a flat area with no hills or stairs nearby, but I do have a wooden chair in the carport I could and have used for stepping exercises.

@lemondrop said
are you trying to build muscle or lose fat?

Sorry for the delay. I chose to ignore or defer until a few people had answered my question as posed before going off on that tangent.

I would say I only want to maintain a healthy level of tone and circulation of the various things that circulate, as well as flexibility.

I might benefit from losing some body fat, but I'm in my 60s now and I have seen my parents turn into skin and bones in their 80s, so I'm comfortable with keeping some extra in reserve in case of prolonged illness or eventual wasting away.

If you'd like to offer some general tips without involving me personally, please feel free.

Or if you'd like to share what works for you, that would be even better. 🙂

@kevin-eleven said
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"

In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.

Wall-sitting seems to be another efficient exercise that engages a lot of muscle tissue in time under tension.

For those who actually do any kind of physical exercise, what do you like to do and which ones do you find to be efficient (short time needed for good results)?

Lifting weights!!!!!
ALL else is for pussies!!!!!!

@chaney3 said
Lifting weights!!!!!
ALL else is for pussies!!!!!!

I also have lifted weight and weight lifted for a while you must have missed that part.

Lifting heavy weight is not good for people in Martial Arts as they don't want to bulk up it slows them down. Talk to someone who is really into Martial Arts and they will tell you a lot you don't know about.

Stop with the name calling already!

-VR

@chaney3 said
Lifting weights!!!!!
ALL else is for pussies!!!!!!

Have you ever tried chopping wood and carrying water?

@very-rusty said
I also have lifted weight and weight lifted for a while you must have missed that part.

Lifting heavy weight is not good for people in Martial Arts as they don't want to bulk up it slows them down. Talk to someone who is really into Martial Arts and they will tell you a lot you don't know about.

Stop with the name calling already!

-VR

Good point. And sometime in the past year or two I learned that a lot of the load-bearing in weight-lifting is actually handled by the fascia, not the muscle tissue itself.

@kevin-eleven said
Have you ever tried chopping wood and carrying water?

That will give you both strength and endurance, something I've done and my brother has a 3 acre lot and cuts down wood using a chain saw cuts it in blocks and splits it, that is part of his work out he does. Gives him strength and endurance without bulking up.

-VR

@suzianne said
I love cinnamon tea! I read Dune way back when I was working as a telephone interviewer to help pay for college. The series gets more complicated from there real fast though.

Edit to stay on topic: Once I bought a Peleton bike to get off the roads where I was almost killed twice, I decided I still needed outdoors time. Now I often drive over to ASU stadium (only like 5 miles away) and run up and down the stairs. Huge cardio workout.

Great for cardio but running down the stairs not so good for your joints. Running up the stairs though is great for cardio and easier on the joints.

Your body will tell you I was correct as you get older.

-VR