Do you work out? Post your routine and thoughts about fitness!

[el gigantor]

Right now I stick to a bare-bones bodyweight protocol Mon Wed Fri. It’s about as basic as you can get.

Push ups, pull ups, dips, lunges, squats. I’m a sucker for punishment so I throw a few planks in at the end too. I’m considering adding burpees and/or long distance running at some point.

Freeform kettlebell work Tues Thurs. I basically throw the bell around for an hour, focusing on movements and exercises I’m finding most difficult at the time.

I trained with weights when I played varsity basketball decades ago, but I’m finding what I’m doing now so much more enjoyable. I have a long way to go for my fitness to feel dialled-in, but I’m getting there.

 

[knarfeng]

2 hrs 3X a week to maintain upper body strength. And I walk ~2 miles every day around the neighborhood.

My doctor once told me, "The human body works OK up till the age of about 40. After that it needs more maintenance."

 

[GCG199]

I bike commute as much as I can during the spring, summer and fall.

I seriously lack motivation during the winter though.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Morning, out of bed 50 pushups and at night before bed another set of 50. During the week circuit sets with 25 lb dumbells, curls, overhead press, triceps extensions upright flys...one right after the other without setting the dumbells down, this usually 3 times a week, 2 sets. Sporadically when I happen to be in the basement I will curl 45 lb dumbells 15 to 20 times as I think you need to lift heavy so your body gets use to lifting heavy.
This spring I'll start back walking a few miles every day, I've dropped off doing that and I can feel that I need to get back to that again.
G2

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

5 days a week. Push/pull stuff three days, shoulder/back/biceps one day and legs one day a week. Need to add one more leg day. I do more bicep work throughout the week since they recover quickly but that one day I really hit them hard. Each session 1-1.5 hrs.

Leg day is awful already but it’s also kinda depressing for me. I’ve got an ankle with a bunch of metal and scar tissue in it from a car wreck. Has half or less the range of motion of my other ankle so squats and deadlifts are just about impossible. It also seizes up randomly and when it gives it will make your eyes water. Because of that I’ve been extremely hesitant to do much weight the times I’ve fooled around with squats and deadlifts.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Morning, out of bed 50 pushups and at night before bed another set of 50. During the week circuit sets with 25 lb dumbells, curls, overhead press, triceps extensions upright flys...one right after the other without setting the dumbells down, this usually 3 times a week, 2 sets. Sporadically when I happen to be in the basement I will curl 45 lb dumbells 15 to 20 times as I think you need to lift heavy so your body gets use to lifting heavy.
This spring I'll start back walking a few miles every day, I've dropped off doing that and I can feel that I need to get back to that again.
G2

Agree completely with you on lifting heavy. I got out of it for a while and I could really tell a difference.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Yes, lifting heavy, while 45 lb dumbbells are probably light to some and others they feel glued to the floor, but for me I can feel a difference from when I haven't done it for a while to when I do some each week.
Now, I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on tv, approach ANY of these posts with the knowledge that you can overdo, so please take everything with a grain of salt pending on your state of health.
Everything isn't for Everybody, but EVERYONE needs to move more than most do now a days.

Sit instead of laying
Stand instead of sitting
Walk instead of standing
Run instead of walking
Rest when you feel tired...

G2

 

[Triton]

I lift weights at least two times a week, standard back and bi / chest and tri. I also run at least15 miles a week. Just finished my second half Marathon.

 

[Sitcomdad83]

5-6 days a week I workout. I do either a pt centered workout or various isometrics,plyometrics, calisthenics and kettlebell and medium weight work. The other workout is a skillset focused one where I blend a skill (boxing, taekwondo, firearms) with physical exercises(deadlift then handgun drill like a bill drill then deadlift again and repeat for 5-7 minutes). At 43 I have to be smarter and more focused to avoid injury and further aggravating old injuries.