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by Cheetah from West St. Louis County

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Why don't you exercise?
Jul 18, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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If you don't exercise, why not? What is your reason -- hey, I'm just curious! 

Is it lack of time?

Too busy?

No energy?

Injuries?

You do what your idol -- Dr. Phil -- does?

Pain?

Don't like to sweat?

No access to exercise equipment? 

Don't like health clubs or fitness centers?

Don't like to exercise for more than a minute? 

Annoyed from all that exercise in the past and yet no results?

You'll miss Hell's Kitchen re-runs?

Don't know what to do?

Too many things to figure out how to do?

Too stressed out?

Face high risk for medical emergencies during exercise? 

Too boring?

Don't want to workout in the same area as persons of the opposite sex?

Don't want to change?

Don't want to workout with persons more physically fit and trim than yourself?

Don't want to workout with co-workers?

Not enough sleep?

More hair on your body than a silverback gorilla?

Prefer playing sports instead?  

Would rather go for a walk?

Don't want to have to hire a personal trainer?

Too fond of the gazillion fat cells adding extra junk in your trunk? 

Don't want to wear spandex?

Don't like having to see oneself in the mirror?

Don't like being flirted with? 

Prefer watching Tony Little exercise machine infomercials?

Don't want to see posers [people who admire their beauty in the mirror]?

Don't like having to "work-in" [use equipment others are using at the same time]?

Don't like limits on cardio equipment?

Muscle-heads [body-builders like Hans and Frans] annoy you?

You're afraid you'll sit on a syringe loaded with steroids?

Don't like the music?

You are afraid you'll look silly?

Too busy eating donuts while watching exercise-TV?

Will see your ex there?

Can't find a parking space close to the front door of the Y?

Fitness center is too far out of the way?

Don't want to waste your gas?

Prefer working out in your living room with a Richard Simmons tape?

Not into yoga?

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ladytbonesteak read my blog view my photos
Jul 18, 2008 | 4:26 PM

ha ha...funny

I love working out....my co-workers think I am crazy. They always tell me that working out is not a bad thing to be hooked on!

I feel great..AND can bench press my own body weight! How many people can use that sentence.
jeanette read my blog view my photos
Jul 18, 2008 | 8:54 PM

Too lazy !
imapayne read my blog view my photos
Jul 19, 2008 | 12:25 PM

DISABLED!!!!!
Cheetah read my blog
Jul 19, 2008 | 12:26 PM

Jeanette: You are not lazy! You are active on your farm -- and active chasing your grandkids around the place. And active in gardening, and whatnot else. All of that is more physically demanding than many exercises that people do in a health club or fitness center!

LadyTBS: You're description reminds me of, um, me. You're right. Nothing, absolutely nothing feels as good as feeling, and more important, actually being, physically fit -- ie, strong, flexible, lean, well-conditioned.

Bench-pressing your own bodyweight is a mark of upper body strength -- and is an excellent achievement! But be aware there are many different categories of "physical fitness" -- not just strength. And developing strength in some muscle groups doesn't mean you'll have strength in others.

And while a [flat] bench press [using a barbell or smith rack] is a standard -- common and popular -- exercise for developing upper body strength and mass, especially the chest, and is perhaps the most popular exercise among males [especially guys
Cheetah read my blog
Jul 19, 2008 | 12:36 PM

...a push-up -- executed in perfect form -- is a better measure of upper body strength, than a bench press.

and pull-ups -- on a set of pull-up bars, using only your body weight [not a pull-up/ dip machine that provides assistance] -- is ab even better measure of upper body strength, than a push-up.

But it must be a pull-up in perfect form and accurate technique -- a pull-up with full arm extension at the start of each rep, including the first one, and full elbow flexion at the top, each trep done in a controlled fashion.

And if you can do a set of pull-ups like this, such as 3 reps [for women] and 5 reps [for men] -- and on the last rep, sustain a pull-up in the mid-point position [elbows flexed] for more than 20 seconds -- without struggling to remain in that position [an isometric contraction] -- it is an even better measure of upper body strength, than any other exercise.

Also, be aware that just because a woman -- whom you may see doing a bench press -- cannot press her own body weight [in weight plates], doesn't mean that she has less fitness than you, nor is less strong [in her upper body] than you!

What many people may not know is that there are > 20 different components of physical fitness -- strength is but one, and there are 8 different types of strength! -- to develop each, requires different tactics and techniques!
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