What have you found to be either really fun or super effective?

I'm dying to try orange theory, ufc fit and zengo (which is like soul cycle)

Swimming and weights.

Bikram (hot) Yoga

I walk!!! Free and I really like it once I get out there!! I call it my ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!! I can be in a bad mood and just not want to go. But after I get syarted I LOVE IT!!! Everyone has to find their own nook!! Whatever floats our boat!!

Walk 1 hour a day along the beach track

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I am a big fan of physical labor. To me routine exercise at a gym is valuable time wasted. This is especially true because the nearest gym is an hour and a half drive roundtrip. Exercise includes physical labor. If there is no physical labor available, I generally do hill walking. My driveway is very steep and all I need to do is walk out my door.

One of the tasks I worked on during my second and third year post op was building an underground shelter. Tornados struck about 7 years ago, just after I retired. The tornados did a lot of destruction to my property but spared my house. My house is a one story without a basement and there is really no place to take shelter in the event of another tornado. So I decided to build an underground shelter from an intermodal-shipping container into the side of my hill. Of course, if I build a storm shelter, it should also be a root cellar. And if I go to the effort of building a storm shelter/root cellar then why not go through a little extra effort and build it for Come-What-May, including asteroid impacts, nuclear war and nearby supernovas, etc. So during each of those years I moved 100,000 pounds of gravel by hand along with around 60,000 pounds of concrete blocks.

This year my wife wanted me to build a playhouse for the grandkids. I decided to build a log playhouse and also get some of the grandkids involved in the effort. It uses 160 landscaping timbers. With the loft, it extends around 16 feet off the ground. I had RNY gastric bypass surgery over 4 years ago. Without the surgery, I could never perform these tasks, especially since I am approaching 70.

1. Running (it's free and effective as a calorie-torcher)
2. Weightlifting (effectively improves body composition)
3. Cross-country hiking (low-impact and exposes me to beautiful scenery)

I started with walking. I love to walk. Then I started to jog/run. I like that now, too. And now I also do yoga videos.

I've always loved walking, did it pre-op, still doing it post-op. I add a little strength-training in when I can. In September I'll be joining a gym (as I'm travelling during the month of August) and I hope to up both my cardio and weight training there. I doubt there will be any special workouts offered at the gym, as this is Japan.

I've decided to join the gym because I just don't work out enough at home. I live in an apartment so I'm limited to certain types of exercises since I don't want to disturb my neighbours, and the reality is, I don't work out enough when I'm here. The other issue is the weather here can really limit what I do outside, especially in the summer so having a place where I can work out is really helpful. Usually I don't like gyms since I have to go out of my way to get to them, but I found one that is on the way to work, so that gives me a lot of incentive to use it.

Edit: In the past I always preferred to do (or learn) real activities - like dancing, boxing, etc. or doing physical activities as James has suggested, as opposed to straight gym workouts. But there's not much here for me to join (or do) so I'm going to try the gym for a while.

Edited July 30, 20179 yr by biginjapan

4 hours ago, Introversion said:

1. Running (it's free and effective as a calorie-torcher)
2. Weightlifting (effectively improves body composition)
3. Cross-country hiking (low-impact and exposes me to beautiful scenery)

Can I add to this? For weights, normally that involves a gym. Check and see if there are rec centers in your city or even the next city over that may welcome you for cheaper than what a regular gym has. They may have aerobic classes to shift things up a bit. A lot you are doing is leg based. Where I find triathletes have the issues? Swimming. The arms and legs and technique have to be there, not just the legs. I've found weight people have a hard time in the pool because of the aerobic part and runners by having to work the upper body at the same time as the lower body.

Don't rule out your local YMCA. If cost is an issue, most have programs that have a sliding scale based on income. I take classes like TRX, work with a trainer doing weights and agility, use the sauna, pool and hot tub.

My main exercise these days is fencing - I fence foil (as in en garde) about 4-5 hours a week. It is a total body, high intensity work out.

Problem with the Y's here is that they don't remove kids above 4/5 years old in the opposite sex locker rooms. Boys at 5 ft high were in the women's locker rooms.

I am a big fan of biking. I live in an area that isn't conducive to doing it outside so I have a stationary recline bike that I used 2-3 times a week. Usually at least 30 mins. I try to do intervals on it. I also try to get 5,500 steps a day at this point. Will be adding more and more.

11 hours ago, swimbikerun said:

Problem with the Y's here is that they don't remove kids above 4/5 years old in the opposite sex locker rooms. Boys at 5 ft high were in the women's locker rooms.

I hate that. I've had youngish boys in my Y's locker room staring at me changing and it has creeped me out. And their moms' were oblivious and didn't get that it is an issue they need to correct.

I put a stop to it. I complain or get rid of the place and tell all about it.

I do a HIIT workout called Training Mate. It's similar to OTF. Basically 27 minutes of working my ass off + 9 minutes of abs. I can't even go super crazy because I probably have this disease called bronchiolitis obliterans where I hardly tolerate cardio, so I modify.

I lost 35 lbs in 3 months and that was before changing my diet. Plus, I see muscle and feel good. Still fat but good [emoji23]