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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Who else like to exercise and what do you do? I go the gym 3 times a week doing a full body workout, it is the perfect routine as it takes into consideration the protein synthesis recovery time and the body part frequency  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’d love to see that workout plan. "
Yes, it is very easy, it is 12 exercises with 2 excersices per body part, so for example back is deadlift and lat pulldowns, you have then a A and B workout to rotate with so the next day you select a dofferent excersise so instead for lat pulldowns you do bent over rows, whats your favourite gym thing to do?
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I swim, use a static bike and a combination of yoga and pilates at home the rest of the time I use my body to walk about and do other stuff.
I don't get involved in the serious stuff, just do what's needed to keep fit and flexible.
I notice very quickly if for some reason I've had to be sedentary. Mr N even more, he has arthritis and needs to keep moving. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ride is a complete gym bod, and is highly dedicated to his (fine) body..
I’m a little more relaxed and have the saggy bits 
I would love to have the motivation to exercise more.. |
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"Who else like to exercise and what do you do? I go the gym 3 times a week doing a full body workout, it is the perfect routine as it takes into consideration the protein synthesis recovery time and the body part frequency "
Does it improve your social life? |
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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago
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I am a bit of a lazy fucker and if I could have someone standing over me with a whip barking orders then maybe a gym would work.
So I just ride my bike whenever I can and do aerial once a week oh and yoga occasionally these days |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Who else like to exercise and what do you do? I go the gym 3 times a week doing a full body workout, it is the perfect routine as it takes into consideration the protein synthesis recovery time and the body part frequency
Does it improve your social life?"
No,it is good and it is the same as before  |
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"Who else like to exercise and what do you do? I go the gym 3 times a week doing a full body workout, it is the perfect routine as it takes into consideration the protein synthesis recovery time and the body part frequency "
That sort of depends what you're trying to achieve and how long you've been exercising for. If you're muscle building each body part 3 times a week is possibly too much, if you're more fitness training using weights it's probably OK, but you will plateau very quickly on that if you're trying to bulk. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I dislike exercise.
I damaged my sciatic nerve by doing a Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVD back in 2005.
I then redamaged it by getting off a Gym Rowing Machine at a funny angle.
I now have a very weak back.
So now my exercise consists of walking the dogs, taking my kids out for walks in our local nature reserves and forest walks and it’s great for me mentally too. I find it calming.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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So happy to be back in the gym this week after 8 weeks off with various injuries!
Doing swoll training program atm but would luv bulking tips anyone got any?
OP Looking good mate keep up the hard work  |
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I see a personal trainer. I could do it on my own, but I'm recovering from a serious injury (he has additional related qualifications). Leaving to one side the rehab stuff he helps me with, what I do is mostly resistance based, with some sprint type CV stuff. |
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"I dislike exercise.
I damaged my sciatic nerve by doing a Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVD back in 2005.
I then redamaged it by getting off a Gym Rowing Machine at a funny angle.
I now have a very weak back.
So now my exercise consists of walking the dogs, taking my kids out for walks in our local nature reserves and forest walks and it’s great for me mentally too. I find it calming.
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In my opinion the average person just needs to be active. The reason we swim and I do yoga and pilates is because static bike and walking don't use my upper body. I'm very aware that flexibility and balance are extremely important the older one gets. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I lift heavy stuff, low reps, rarely go over 5, lots of sets. Usually 2 hours for a session, 4 times a week all based around squats, deadlifts and bench press |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Don't go to the gym anymore. Well thr occasional zumba class but I need variety so I run, do Gillian workouts, go to dance classes... that sort of thing. I miss the treadmill for interval training. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I run 3 or 4 times a week and complete numerous half and a few full marathons each year.
I also go to the gym once or twice a week even though I don't overly enjoy it because a lifetime of cycling preceeding me getting in to running has left me with a quite unbalanced body, so I do sone fairly generic upper body weight and core exercises to try and keep my body in line.
Oh and I walk a lot and still rode a bike a bit but I class that as normal and being active rather than exercising
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By *ed PlanetCouple
over a year ago
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We’ve got a bit of a soft spot for the les mills workouts at the gym, working to the music beat really helps, the instructor telling us what to do and with others in the class helps to motivate!
Find gym work quite boring and difficult to keep motivated with the old 3 sets of 10 reps! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Don't go to the gym anymore. Well thr occasional zumba class but I need variety so I run, do Gillian workouts, go to dance classes... that sort of thing. I miss the treadmill for interval training. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In recent months my circumstances have changed somewhat and I'm now spending more time exercising. Three evenings a week playing an hour of intense football with some extremely fit and fast players. And either a full 90 minute match on the weekend or getting to the sea for some surf.
I'm not exactly eating the right foods, but I'm feeling the fitness improvement for sure. I've been asked along to Parkrun by some friends so I may give that a go too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I really want to get back into weights. Haven't done any since pregnancy, so 4 years now. (severe spd and all day sickness put an end to working out)
I miss my little muscles I had and being slimmer. Getting harder to restart again though each time. |
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"I really want to get back into weights. Haven't done any since pregnancy, so 4 years now. (severe spd and all day sickness put an end to working out)
I miss my little muscles I had and being slimmer. Getting harder to restart again though each time. "
That is so true, literally harder and harder, this last time the hardest yet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"In recent months my circumstances have changed somewhat and I'm now spending more time exercising. Three evenings a week playing an hour of intense football with some extremely fit and fast players. And either a full 90 minute match on the weekend or getting to the sea for some surf.
I'm not exactly eating the right foods, but I'm feeling the fitness improvement for sure. I've been asked along to Parkrun by some friends so I may give that a go too. "
Park run is ace - do it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"In recent months my circumstances have changed somewhat and I'm now spending more time exercising. Three evenings a week playing an hour of intense football with some extremely fit and fast players. And either a full 90 minute match on the weekend or getting to the sea for some surf.
I'm not exactly eating the right foods, but I'm feeling the fitness improvement for sure. I've been asked along to Parkrun by some friends so I may give that a go too.
Park run is ace - do it! "
I'm more than a bit tempted Dude. I know a fair few that do it. They are super competitive though. Any kind of distance running is so different to the high intensity stop start stuff I'm used to. I might do a couple practice runs on the evenings I don't play  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Never been in a gym since I stopped playing rugby. Even then It wasn't my favourite place to be.
Give me a beach open country my dogs and even sometimes rain... not sure if that qualifies as exercise or just pleasure |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"In recent months my circumstances have changed somewhat and I'm now spending more time exercising. Three evenings a week playing an hour of intense football with some extremely fit and fast players. And either a full 90 minute match on the weekend or getting to the sea for some surf.
I'm not exactly eating the right foods, but I'm feeling the fitness improvement for sure. I've been asked along to Parkrun by some friends so I may give that a go too.
Park run is ace - do it!
I'm more than a bit tempted Dude. I know a fair few that do it. They are super competitive though. Any kind of distance running is so different to the high intensity stop start stuff I'm used to. I might do a couple practice runs on the evenings I don't play "
Honestly you should do it, I can enthuse about parkrun for hours, it is so much more than a 5km run although when i started it was just a 5km rum for me. But it is so many different things to so many different types of people. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Honestly you should do it, I can enthuse about parkrun for hours, it is so much more than a 5km run although when i started it was just a 5km rum for me. But it is so many different things to so many different types of people. "
Your enthusiasm is catching! I'm googling the parkrun site now |
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"In recent months my circumstances have changed somewhat and I'm now spending more time exercising. Three evenings a week playing an hour of intense football with some extremely fit and fast players. And either a full 90 minute match on the weekend or getting to the sea for some surf.
I'm not exactly eating the right foods, but I'm feeling the fitness improvement for sure. I've been asked along to Parkrun by some friends so I may give that a go too.
Park run is ace - do it!
I'm more than a bit tempted Dude. I know a fair few that do it. They are super competitive though. Any kind of distance running is so different to the high intensity stop start stuff I'm used to. I might do a couple practice runs on the evenings I don't play
Honestly you should do it, I can enthuse about parkrun for hours, it is so much more than a 5km run although when i started it was just a 5km rum for me. But it is so many different things to so many different types of people. "
A 5k RUM ! Now you have my attention! I need details |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’ve just got back to the gym after a few months off due to illness, got a new routine set up, interval training on the treadmill, resistance work and some cardio on the cross trainer. Hopefully it will do its job x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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At the gym now. I have been having spells of going to the gym for a good 5 years now and still have literally no idea what to do. I can't stretch my body at all so exercising is always that much worse.
Got to the point where I am weighing 255lbs at 5'8" and 25 years old. How do you even combat that? No idea. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’ve just got back to the gym after a few months off due to illness, got a new routine set up, interval training on the treadmill, resistance work and some cardio on the cross trainer. Hopefully it will do its job x "
I do this routine basically without the treadmill as my shinsplints are intense. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"At the gym now. I have been having spells of going to the gym for a good 5 years now and still have literally no idea what to do. I can't stretch my body at all so exercising is always that much worse.
Got to the point where I am weighing 255lbs at 5'8" and 25 years old. How do you even combat that? No idea."
Is there no instructors there, a good gym there should be someone there who will help you build a routine that you can do and help you build more sets and harder levels into it. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"At the gym now. I have been having spells of going to the gym for a good 5 years now and still have literally no idea what to do. I can't stretch my body at all so exercising is always that much worse.
Got to the point where I am weighing 255lbs at 5'8" and 25 years old. How do you even combat that? No idea.
Is there no instructors there, a good gym there should be someone there who will help you build a routine that you can do and help you build more sets and harder levels into it. X "
They are almost never there. The lads are always helping out the sexy young ladies with leggings so tight you can see up into their colon and they mostly spend their time in the weights area whereas I'm with the cardio and resistance machines.
I never want to bother them and say "excuse me I can't exercise like a normal human being, help". Lol |
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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago
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Since starting back at gym 6 weeks ago I normally do the following
40 mins cardio: split between 35 mins treadmill and bike, (20 & 15 mins), 5 mins rowing machine
20 crunches with 3kg weight
2* ( 30 * reps of 3kg in each hand)
Not to bad - looking better since I started |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"At the gym now. I have been having spells of going to the gym for a good 5 years now and still have literally no idea what to do. I can't stretch my body at all so exercising is always that much worse.
Got to the point where I am weighing 255lbs at 5'8" and 25 years old. How do you even combat that? No idea.
Is there no instructors there, a good gym there should be someone there who will help you build a routine that you can do and help you build more sets and harder levels into it. X
They are almost never there. The lads are always helping out the sexy young ladies with leggings so tight you can see up into their colon and they mostly spend their time in the weights area whereas I'm with the cardio and resistance machines.
I never want to bother them and say "excuse me I can't exercise like a normal human being, help". Lol"
You should ask, they are there to do a job. Do they have times you could book a review of your routine for. That would be good as you could let them know what you want to target and your restrictions. Plus if you have health limits then they have a duty to make sure you’re doing the correct exercises and not causing yourself more harm x |
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I hate exercise, but not doing any has made me so bloody fat (along with all the wine and pizza!) so I’m back to exercising and eating better.
I’m currently doing hiit everyday for 30 minuets. It means I can fit it in around work and the kids, I really don’t have time to go to the gym.
I used to run a lot too, and I did Cardiff half last year, but no time for that now either 
Sassy
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ive been riding my bike to work and to the gym for about 3 weeks now as opposed to driving and i can see a difference in body fat. But i usaully go gym 4 times a week doing legs chest back and shoulders and thowing some extra stuff in there when i feel like. Gym later |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I need to get back on it, sciatica has buggered things up for the past few months and surgery in the next couple of weeks will for another couple. I am really hating feeling so shitty from getting unfit again and putting on weight too. Looking forward to getting myself back on track! |
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"Exercise is genuinely fucking awful and people who enjoy it freak me out a bit."
Got back on my turbo trainer for the first time since May yesterday.
It was horrible, way too warm, my HR hit 191bpm & I sweated myself to a husk doing a virtual climb up the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland.
Not using the damn thing again til it's freezing, going out on the bike even if it's torrential rain! |
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By *ancgent74Man
over a year ago
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I'm normally up at about 5am Monday to Friday to the gym for weights then a 5-10km run before work.
Only been at it since February. Never in a million years did i think id start to enjoy running but it's a good way to start the day and feel myself getting fitter every week. |
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I have 3 rescue horses & a rescue hunting hound that needs at least two hours walking a day. I have an old property & do all the maintenance, gardening & housework myself as well as maintaining the two fields & stables I use for my horses.
If I went to the gym 3 times a week for a workout, I'd feel like I was on holiday  |
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I did have a momentary bout of fitness a couple of years ago but it didn’t last long and everyone said I looked ill! Generally the mere thought of exercising makes me (Mrs) feel physically sick lol
I am in awe of people who are disciplined to exercise regularly though. Wish I could be inspired but I’d rather go out for dinner.. lol |
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"I have 3 rescue horses & a rescue hunting hound that needs at least two hours walking a day. I have an old property & do all the maintenance, gardening & housework myself as well as maintaining the two fields & stables I use for my horses.
If I went to the gym 3 times a week for a workout, I'd feel like I was on holiday "
Enough exercise for me just reading your post!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Exercise is genuinely fucking awful and people who enjoy it freak me out a bit."
My job is very physical. It keeps me fit and toned and I’ve not been to a gym since 1999.
Sorry if that freaks you out. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
I'd love to do a gym course but I have physical limitations:
I've bad Osteoarthritis in both knees so can only walk (with a stick).
That same condition in both hands but not so severe.
Can't do weights due to medical advice (long story!).
Last Gym I was at wanted me to do weights and go on running machine! Would not listen to my medical limits but couldn't accept options I could do.
I gave up trying to argue with them! |
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"I'd love to do a gym course but I have physical limitations:
I've bad Osteoarthritis in both knees so can only walk (with a stick).
That same condition in both hands but not so severe.
Can't do weights due to medical advice (long story!).
Last Gym I was at wanted me to do weights and go on running machine! Would not listen to my medical limits but couldn't accept options I could do.
I gave up trying to argue with them!"
Have you tried swimming or aqua aerobics? |
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We both discovered Triathlon this year and have to confess it is ridiculously addictive. So much so that play time has been significantly reduced. As the Tri season is coming to a close the football season is beginning, different exercise for Mr. Will both continue parkrun and swimming through the winter. |
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"I lift heavy stuff, low reps, rarely go over 5, lots of sets. Usually 2 hours for a session, 4 times a week all based around squats, deadlifts and bench press "
That's a lot. You still making gains? Just trying to build strength? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I lift heavy stuff, low reps, rarely go over 5, lots of sets. Usually 2 hours for a session, 4 times a week all based around squats, deadlifts and bench press
That's a lot. You still making gains? Just trying to build strength? "
I train for strength, strongman and powerlifting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I run mainly at the moment, I’m in training for a marathon so all my energy is going that way. I’m noticing a huge difference in my upper body as I’m losing muscle mass to feed the calories I’m burning. I’m kind of looking forward to finishing this cycle so I can get back to strength training |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I like to mix it up a bit. I swim, do zumba, hula hooping, yoga, and just finishing week 2 of c25k... I'm really not much of a runner as it turns out but I'm persevering |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like to mix it up a bit. I swim, do zumba, hula hooping, yoga, and just finishing week 2 of c25k... I'm really not much of a runner as it turns out but I'm persevering "
Oh and cycling. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I walk the dog every morning and evening for at least half an hour, I swim 2-3 times a week, I SUP 2-3 times a week (replaced with yoga if the weather's bad!), And I go to the gym once a week. |
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im in the gym pretty much 7 days a week right now! ive got a home gym as well as a gym membership. i only go to the gym to train legs though, the rest i do at home. i train so often because i'll only do one exercise per body part each time, but i'll hammer it! i train each body part multiple times a week, with back getting hit the most at 4 times a week, just different exercises each time. its kinda brutal but its made me strong |
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