The Health and Fitness Thread

[sparky]

Originally Posted by amber

It also begs the question, from me - What the heck? No one ever lays in the shower? I do it sometimes when my legs are sore, to elevate them, and have warm water on them at the same time. Because they are SORE. Sheesh.

I never have, but then again my tree trunk friggin legs are rarely if ever sore.
It's just a scandalous visual.

[amber]

Originally Posted by sparky

I never have, but then again my tree trunk friggin legs are rarely if ever sore.
It's just a scandalous visual.

yeah....ok. My legs are a bit tree trunkish, too, but sore all the time anyway. In an "ow, my knee!" sort of way. Or a "****, I have to do yoga, my hamstrings are soooooo tight" kind of way.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by amber

yeah....ok. My legs are a bit tree trunkish, too, but sore all the time anyway. In an "ow, my knee!" sort of way. Or a "****, I have to do yoga, my hamstrings are soooooo tight" kind of way.

Why not just take a warm bath?

[amber]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Why not just take a warm bath?

sometimes I do. But it is a lot more work. The hot water only stays hot for about enough to fill up the tub like, six-seven inches. then, of course, the water cools down. Usually when I do take a bath, I boil a couple buckets worth of water on the stove, and add that to my bath to make my bath bigger and hotter. So, see, how it's kind of a pain?

[skcin]

What's better: free weights or weight machines?

I got used to machines at Curves (which uses hydrolic resistance instead of actual weights - the harder you push/pull, the more resistance) so I've continued using the machines at the gym. I like them a lot. Are they good to use?

Oh, and Amber - I thought you might have only a shower stall (no tub) so I was thinking "my, she must be pretty cramped laying on the floor in her shower."

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by amber

sometimes I do. But it is a lot more work. The hot water only stays hot for about enough to fill up the tub like, six-seven inches. then, of course, the water cools down. Usually when I do take a bath, I boil a couple buckets worth of water on the stove, and add that to my bath to make my bath bigger and hotter. So, see, how it's kind of a pain?

OMG - I used to do that at my mom's house The boiling water thing!! It IS a major pain in the ass

NOW - I've got the greatest hot water heater EVAH! My baths are HOT....I LOVE it

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by skcin

What's better: free weights or weight machines?

I got used to machines at Curves (which uses hydrolic resistance instead of actual weights - the harder you push/pull, the more resistance) so I've continued using the machines at the gym. I like them a lot. Are they good to use?

Oh, and Amber - I thought you might have only a shower stall (no tub) so I was thinking "my, she must be pretty cramped laying on the floor in her shower."

I am partial to free weights - I tried weight machines for my upper body because I got bored w/ free weights - but I don't know if I"m not doing them right or what - I never feel like I'm getting a great workout...

But I think it mostly comes down to preference....

[amber]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

OMG - I used to do that at my mom's house The boiling water thing!! It IS a major pain in the ass

NOW - I've got the greatest hot water heater EVAH! My baths are HOT....I LOVE it

Lucky. My water is hot, but there isn't that much of it. I want the tub super full!!!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Free gym? You're such a princess. I used to have a gym right in my office and I miss it. My gym is crowded and sometimes it smells of bad breath, eww. Diss, I don't think you'd even go there. It just happens to be the most convenient. But I'm going to look into other gyms. I miss my ladies' gym that had fresh flowers in the locker rooms and everything in there was neat as a pin, as it should be.

I don't use the equipment, my dear, too grubby and skanky for moi. I will not exercise in someone else's body soil.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by dissention

I don't use the equipment, my dear, too grubby and skanky for moi. I will not exercise in someone else's body soil.

hmm..somehow this doesn't surprise me a bit

I do think about that as well..there are some skanky ass people that go to gyms lol...and not everyone rubs the equipment down...yuck.

[amber]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

hmm..somehow this doesn't surprise me a bit

I do think about that as well..there are some skanky ass people that go to gyms lol...and not everyone rubs the equipment down...yuck.

Did you guys see that Dateline, or whatever, where that guy picked up that new, weird, fatal bacteria from a medicine ball at his gym? So they went and tested lots of gyms, and kept finding it...yuck.
edit - Did I just say that? Wow, I'm turning into my mom. "Everything is dangerous and potentially fatal!!! Don't leave the house!!!!"

[Sugar]

Originally Posted by David

Get to the gym & remember: instead of high reps with light weights, it's LOW reps with HEAVY weights.

Do two sets with weights so heavy that you hit failure after five to eight reps. Move on to another body part, & then come back to that part one more time.

Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday -- rest on Tuesday, Thursday & the weekend (or do your aerobics) -- & within four months, you will be a metabolic machine that burns whatever calories you throw into it.

Wow. The exact opposite of everything I've ever heard. Maybe that's why it never worked! Thanks, David!

My health thing right now is continuing to cook Japanese. I'm lucky that an Asian market just opened up close to my house, and not only does it have my Asian ingredients, not only is the produce and meat incredibly fresh, but they are VERY reasonably priced!

It means eating more rice than I'm used to, but I'm eating less meat, which is probably a good thing.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

hmm..somehow this doesn't surprise me a bit

I do think about that as well..there are some skanky ass people that go to gyms lol...and not everyone rubs the equipment down...yuck.

I know. I'm always more concerned with washing my hands after I use the equipment than making sure the equipment is wiped. But I wipe the equipment too, just the hand thingy cuz that's the only thing I sweat on. So I wash my hands after cardio and then again after weights if I do those. It is skanky and gives me the willies cuz I know what's on these things ewww.

My gym at my old office was always so clean because people went in every night to disinfect it, I saw them! I don't think that's the case with my current gym. There is another branch of it that is much more spacious, it's just a bit out of the way.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Sugar

Wow. The exact opposite of everything I've ever heard. Maybe that's why it never worked!

My health thing right now is continuing to cook Japanese. I'm lucky that an Asian market just opened up close to my house, and not only does it have my Asian ingredients, not only is the produce and meat incredibly fresh, but they are VERY reasonably priced!

It means eating more rice than I'm used to, but I'm eating less meat, which is probably a good thing.

rice has lots of simple carbs. It's almost like eating sugar. make sure you get enough protein. Or, switch to brown rice, which is a more complex carb, and has more nutrients.

[Sugar]

Originally Posted by amber

rice has lots of simple carbs. It's almost like eating sugar. make sure you get enough protein. Or, switch to brown rice, which is a more complex carb, and has more nutrients.

Oh sure, I'm still eating protein, just not as much. Does that balance out the carbs somehow?

Before my diet was primarily protein. And I'm also doing more with tofu (big in Japan) so that's a new and better type of protein. Although I guess I'm mitigating some of the benefits of it when I fry it. But it's SO good that way with tempura sauce!