Currently, I'm cycling about 200 miles a week (3 days, all fairly long rides) weather permitting. In addition to that, I'm at the gym M-F...doing 60-90 minutes of cardio (running, elliptical, Stairmaster), 60 minutes of strength training, and 30-45 minutes of abdominal/core work and stretching. I also do a 45-minute spinning class, 2 mornings a week. And I was also swimming 2 days a week for 1 hour at an outdoor pool, but the pool closes for the season this weekend so I'm done with swimming for now. Unless, I can find an indoor pool that I'm comfortable with (I despise swimming in an indoor pool).
Once the colder weather sets in (I'm in Chicago), the cycling outdoors will stop, unless the temps are in the 40's and no ice on the ground. I will then switch over to my winter workout, which is basically my gym routine, 7 days a week.
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08-20-2009, 05:25 PM #1
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Wow, it sounds like you work out several hours daily, with no rest days. Am I reading that correctly?
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08-20-2009, 05:44 PM #3
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Yeah, I guess you could say that. Originally Posted by redrhodie
I love to exercise...crave it, actually. I've been exercising on a nearly daily basis, for almost 20 years now. I have a chronic lower back condition (vertebral slippage at my L5/S1 level) that only seems to respond with daily exercise. The more I keep moving and stay mobile, the less my back hurts...so it's good incentive for me to do something every single day. I do take some days off...if I'm deathly ill, or on Christmas Day (gym closed) for instance. But other than that, I need to do some sort of physical activity everyday, or I'll go nuts. 
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08-20-2009, 06:31 PM #4
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That's quite a bit of exercise. Originally Posted by nscrbug
Yeah, I guess you could say that. I love to exercise...crave it, actually. I've been exercising on a nearly daily basis, for almost 20 years now. I have a chronic lower back condition (vertebral slippage at my L5/S1 level) that only seems to respond with daily exercise. The more I keep moving and stay mobile, the less my back hurts...so it's good incentive for me to do something every single day. I do take some days off...if I'm deathly ill, or on Christmas Day (gym closed) for instance. But other than that, I need to do some sort of physical activity everyday, or I'll go nuts. To train a dog, you must be more interesting than dirt.
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