[JediSurfer]

Has anyone tried Pilates? My Mum does it weekly and is supposed to be great for building up strength between the muscles and bones.

[BriOnH]

running on my treadmill mostly these days and lifting free weights. Do forms on Sundays and have been meaning to take advantage of my schools pool cause I love to swim.

Does sex count as exercise? Rephrase; is it ok to post sex as exercise? Cause it is! Sweet sweet exercise lol.

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by Scratch

I've made some fairly significant gains in strength over the past 8 months and spread out over the day on Friday was able to do 100 pull ups with no significant fatigue the next day.

As a follow up to this, Monday evening without having done any early in the morning, I did 150 pulls ups over a number of sets during the evening after work.

I also tested my pulling ability with just my right arm, started from a point with the right arm slightly bent and was nearly able to pull myself and my chin all the way up over the bar. So I'm getting very close to my first one arm chin up, just need a bit more of pull at the top and the ability to start it from a dead straight armed hang at the bottom. I've worked very hard for this and it's exciting to be getting this close to doing it.

[JediSurfer]

I really need to back into my exercise regime. I am sooo out of shape at the moment. Think I'll start with a small 5 mile walk tomorrow afternoon see how it goes. Its gonna be real hard work getting back to where I was 4 months ago.

Good news on the pull ups Scratch. Man they are hard work.

Sex is proberbly the most fun you will have exercising apart from surfing.

[Donaldopato]

I started swimming again and love it. Many have commented on my weight loss. My condo has an indoor lap pool so why not take advantage of it??

[Evermont]

I have a home gym, some free weights and bench which I hit hard every 2nd day. My neighborhood is pretty nice for walking with some challenging hills and great sunset views over Lake Champlain and the Adirondack mountains beyond. I try to walk everyday, 1.5 miles at least but 3-4 miles is ideal. When the weather is bad I can walk inside the massive complex where I work, miles of perfectly flat and straight halls but then there's stairs too - wohoo! I carry 3 lb dumbbells when I walk, or 10-20 pounds in a backpack. When I get to an uphill I walk as fast as possible, sometimes jog. I always crank my MP3 player while exercising.

Whenever it works out I'll skip my usual exercise for something really good, like 18 holes of golf on a ridiculously hilly course (never use a cart), or hike one of the many glorious hiking trails within an hours drive, paddle my canoe through the hundreds of spectacular waterways nearby, snowboarding nearly non-stop for 8 hours might be my favorite workout of all, the quads burn like they're on fire! Speaking of which, I like to swing a splitting maul for hours at a time - turn a huge pile of free pine logs into a huge pile of firewood. I like to keep a fire going while I work just 'cause I like the way it smells.

Obviously I agree with others here about variation, it's important not to dread your exercise. Better still, find ways to make it the best part of your days if you can.

[Stealthman80]

I go the the gym 3-4 days a week, 35 min total cardio, plus weight training, total about 1hour 20min, slowing increasing over the past 18 months

[ozbuc]

I now walk 4.5 miles and do strength training for 40 minutes 5 days a week.

[QiGongMan]

I do Qi Gong everyday combined with running. Well...maybe I slack on the weekends
That seems to be the perfect combination for me!

[calmali]

I try to play racquetball once week, run a mile or so three times a week and walk my dogs in a hilly area every other day.

I'm a newly diagnosed T2 and I find that exercise along with metformin really helps me control my BG levels.

[dodo]

SNOWSHOEING!

There are few trails behind our house so my husband and I are going to get snowshoes this weekend and try them on right away! I'm sooooooo excited!

[bsr2002]

I sometimes use a stepper for 20 minutes and then some light weights