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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / September 2006Treadmill
We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). I set up a steel angle to be a bracket for the laptop, so that we can combine walking on it with actually doing stuff on the computer. I set it to 10% incline and a friendly pace. That's actually very nice and does not feel like a waste of time and is not boring. i > We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). > > I set up a steel angle to be a bracket for the laptop, so that we can > combine walking on it with actually doing stuff on the computer. I set > it to 10% incline and a friendly pace. That's actually very nice and > does not feel like a waste of time and is not boring. Whatever works for you. It's good that you are looking for ways to keep your family active. Personally, if I'm not achieving a sweat, it's not really exercise. I laugh when I see the women reading their novels while doing the stairclimber in the gym. How do they do that? With the heavy breathing and sweat in my eyes, I sure couldn't! >> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > doing the stairclimber in the gym. How do they do that? With the heavy > breathing and sweat in my eyes, I sure couldn't! Admittedly, I sweat very easily (helps during hot days), but walking at 10% incline does make me sweat after a little while. I walk at a modest pace, so I can read the computer screen, but because the the incline, I still spend enough energy to sweat. i >> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > doing the stairclimber in the gym. How do they do that? With the heavy > breathing and sweat in my eyes, I sure couldn't! It sure beats reading on the couch.. The time you spent looking at people and judging them, you aren't working out much either.. Will~ >>> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > It sure beats reading on the couch.. That's the way I see it, also, maybe it is not the heaviest exercise, but it is better than just sitting in front of the computer... i >>> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Will~ If you are referring to ME judging someone, up yours. My comment was very light hearted, and I DO think it's funny to see people trying to read a book or magazine on the stairclimber, because I don't know how they can focus on the words. But I shouldn't have had to justify my comment. I did congratulate him on finding ways to keep physically active. >>>> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). >>>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > But I shouldn't have had to justify my comment. I did congratulate him on > finding ways to keep physically active. I did not feel slighted by your original comment. i >>>>> We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on >>>>> eBay). [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > i I know it's hard to pick up on the "tone" of a post... you can't hear someone's voice or read their expressions. I try to be positive though - I'm not here to put anyone down. > ... My comment was very > light hearted, and I DO think it's funny to see people trying to read a book > or magazine on the stairclimber, because I don't know how they can focus on > the words. Your not knowing how they focus means you don't know, not that they can't. Abilities vary. For that matter, the amount of concentration needed varies. It takes a lot less focus to read a novel or magazine than a college textbook or peer reviewed professional journal. As much work reading I need to do and as little time as I have to do pleasure reading, I'll take whatever chance I can get to mix in some pleasure reading. If I can only manage a page or two while doing the machine and that's my only chance to pleasure read that day, I'll take it no matter how much I'd prefer a better reading environment. But I also won't read a college textbook or peer reviewed professional journal because those for me do take more focus than I can muster while on a machine. Better IMO - I see folks with iPod buds in their ears. I have leanred how to download books on tape or to rip spoken audiobooks from CD. Load on iPod and away you go ... >> ... My comment was very >> light hearted, and I DO think it's funny to see people trying to read a book [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >leanred how to download books on tape or to rip spoken >audiobooks from CD. Load on iPod and away you go ... My DH does this. Mostly, though, he listens to podcasts from NPR and such that he downloads. Myself, I prefer music when I exercise. (Though I often listen to classical and folk and stuff, not just the up-tempo sort of thing usually associated with exercise. I tend to put a half-dozen or so albums on my iPod, listen to the tracks on random until I've heard everything, then replace them with others. My current load includes the newest albums from Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Bob Dylan, and Linda Ronstadt, a greatest hits album from Shania Twain, Daniel Rodriguez singing hymns, and a Taylor Hicks 2-song mini-album.) Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! Will~ > We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > i > That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! Sorry to hear that Willow... That's the reason why the seller sold it to me, she did not have space for it in her new condo... i >> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > i Litterally I'd have to give up my home office for it. The gym is close by though, and honestly, once I'm there, I do a lot better on my workouts. I don't have the dog licking my face, the cat yodeling, phone ringing.. you get the picture. ;op Will~ >>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > on my workouts. I don't have the dog licking my face, the cat yodeling, > phone ringing.. you get the picture. I have a similar picture with kids etc, though it gets better once they go to bed. i The advantage of kids over pets is that at some point they go to bed.. Grace and Gaya just won't let me get out of their sight EVER maybe I spoil them too much. Will~ >>>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > i >>>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >i I take it your second child has arrived by now, then? I don't remember hearing, but anyway, congratulations! Boy or girl? Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 >>>>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >>>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I take it your second child has arrived by now, then? I don't > remember hearing, but anyway, congratulations! Boy or girl? Thank you Chris, it is a boy. He is actually rather mild in behavior. He is 9 months by now. i >>>>>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >i I don't know why I missed this earlier -- or perhaps I just forgot. I saw a later post that referred to him so I felt sort of stupid that I'd asked :-). Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 >>>>>>> That's awesome I sooooooo wish I had the space! >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > saw a later post that referred to him so I felt sort of stupid that > I'd asked :-). I am afraid that I might have neglected to make a proper announcement... i >> I don't know why I missed this earlier -- or perhaps I just forgot. I >> saw a later post that referred to him so I felt sort of stupid that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > i It's never too late! ;op Will~ > We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, a local purchase bought on eBay). > > I set up a steel angle to be a bracket for the laptop, so that we can > combine walking on it with actually doing stuff on the computer. I set > it to 10% incline and a friendly pace. That's actually very nice and > does not feel like a waste of time and is not boring. Are you posting this from a treadmill? |
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