Am I the only crazy one that rides a bike and goes to a gym for a work out?
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Am I the only crazy one that rides a bike and goes to a gym for a work out?
I am into being fit and the bike os cardio and the gym is for weight training.
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Several of us cycle outside and go to the gym. We have a really nice fitness centre here.
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Walking stats this week ...
Monday = 3.1 km
Tuesday = 8.4 km
Wednesday = 4.1 km
Thursday = 9.4 km
Sub-total: 25 km for the week so far
Of that, 11.9 km were inside on the treadmill and 13.1 km were outside in the morning or at lunch. We also cycled outside on Sunday. We're just building up again after taking a bit of a break in the early part of the winter (I was quite ill for a long time), and will start including other gym activities in our routine soon. Rowan has started with that ... he swam 1 km today.
Monday = 3.1 km
Tuesday = 8.4 km
Wednesday = 4.1 km
Thursday = 9.4 km
Sub-total: 25 km for the week so far
Of that, 11.9 km were inside on the treadmill and 13.1 km were outside in the morning or at lunch. We also cycled outside on Sunday. We're just building up again after taking a bit of a break in the early part of the winter (I was quite ill for a long time), and will start including other gym activities in our routine soon. Rowan has started with that ... he swam 1 km today.
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I use my Soloflex, but not on days I bike commute. Nor on days I split firewood or haul logs out of the woods. I also do taekwon do forms for cardio on days I don't ride or run.
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Apparently there are other crazy people like you too! I don't go to the gym. Every morning I do several different exercises and yoga practice that takes an hour or more before I leave the house. Then I ride 40 miles RT on my bicycle. I have a very busy life and can't see the value of going to a gym.
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Ride on, mate. Ride on..........
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"Crazy" like a cross-training fox!
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Yup. Considering my gym doesn't have parking and is in downtown which requires meters, and the most efficient bus only runs every 30 minutes on the weekdays, and hourly on the weekend, it is the best way to travel the 1.5 miles.
I just don't like to go crazy on the deadlifts and squats because my ride home is uphill for most of the way, and gets steeper the closer I get to home.
I just don't like to go crazy on the deadlifts and squats because my ride home is uphill for most of the way, and gets steeper the closer I get to home.
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You don't even need gym membership to workout. You can get strong, fit and jacked up without ever stepping inside a gym.
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It gets us out of the house and active in an evening in a bright, cheerful, climate controlled environment ... especially good when it is dark, cold, windy and rainy outside.
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Yup. Considering my gym doesn't have parking and is in downtown which requires meters, and the most efficient bus only runs every 30 minutes on the weekdays, and hourly on the weekend, it is the best way to travel the 1.5 miles.
I just don't like to go crazy on the deadlifts and squats because my ride home is uphill for most of the way, and gets steeper the closer I get to home.
I just don't like to go crazy on the deadlifts and squats because my ride home is uphill for most of the way, and gets steeper the closer I get to home.
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This might be a good solution for @jade408. She could work her legs at home. I do squats, lunges, and deadlifts while simply holding a couple heavy dumbbells in my hands. I do them while dinner's cooking, eat a big recovery meal right after the workout, then rest and relax at home for the rest of the evening. Once a week is fine, twice is even better.
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Yes, you can do fantastic exercises with your own body weight and a few dumbbells.
This might be a good solution for @jade408. She could work her legs at home. I do squats, lunges, and deadlifts while simply holding a couple heavy dumbbells in my hands. I do them while dinner's cooking, eat a big recovery meal right after the workout, then rest and relax at home for the rest of the evening. Once a week is fine, twice is even better.
This might be a good solution for @jade408. She could work her legs at home. I do squats, lunges, and deadlifts while simply holding a couple heavy dumbbells in my hands. I do them while dinner's cooking, eat a big recovery meal right after the workout, then rest and relax at home for the rest of the evening. Once a week is fine, twice is even better.
i have been low energy for a the past few months and lost all my strength. But hopefully I can step up my exercise game and do both. I just can't read how my body will handle things at the moment. Last weekend I worked out, did hardly any leg work at all, some wood chops and an upper body circuit. My legs were a little tired on my way home. More tired when I biked to dinner. And dead the next day. Totally bizarro. This week I did kettlebell swings with no issues! I wouldn't worry if my ride home was flatter. I need to quad strength! We will see what happens this weekend.
if I think my legs will be tired, I don't bike to the gym.
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Ive got a goal of dead lifting my body weight. So I gotta hit the gym for some. Body weight dead lifts are too easy. I had some ankle and knee issues over the past few weeks, so body weight squats were out.
i have been low energy for a the past few months and lost all my strength. But hopefully I can step up my exercise game and do both. I just can't read how my body will handle things at the moment. Last weekend I worked out, did hardly any leg work at all, some wood chops and an upper body circuit. My legs were a little tired on my way home. More tired when I biked to dinner. And dead the next day. Totally bizarro. This week I did kettlebell swings with no issues! I wouldn't worry if my ride home was flatter. I need to quad strength! We will see what happens this weekend.
if I think my legs will be tired, I don't bike to the gym.
i have been low energy for a the past few months and lost all my strength. But hopefully I can step up my exercise game and do both. I just can't read how my body will handle things at the moment. Last weekend I worked out, did hardly any leg work at all, some wood chops and an upper body circuit. My legs were a little tired on my way home. More tired when I biked to dinner. And dead the next day. Totally bizarro. This week I did kettlebell swings with no issues! I wouldn't worry if my ride home was flatter. I need to quad strength! We will see what happens this weekend.
if I think my legs will be tired, I don't bike to the gym.
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Yes of course, but gyms can offer more variety and motivation ... especially if you get into a really nice fitness centre. We've been to several good ones and are currently going to a really good fitness centre with lots to offer ... swimming, lots of different cardio equipment, weights, fitness classes ...
It gets us out of the house and active in an evening in a bright, cheerful, climate controlled environment ... especially good when it is dark, cold, windy and rainy outside.
It gets us out of the house and active in an evening in a bright, cheerful, climate controlled environment ... especially good when it is dark, cold, windy and rainy outside.
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I also do it all the time. Much more so in the winter. It's only a mile ride on the MUP.
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I have a friend named Jim, and I occasionally ride to his home for a visit. But that doesn't make me crazy.
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