What's your fitness program?

[WaterRat]

Currently I'm doing Body for Life. Nothing crazy in this program or fad dieting. Just small balanced low fat meals 5 to 6 times a day along with workouts. Workouts are 3 days of cardio and 3 days of weight training. You can read more about it here.

http://www.bodyforlife.com/

I've also read the Fitness for Divers book and use their stretching routine.

http://divefitness.com/

Ron

[fire diver]

Well, I currently have more bodyfat on me than I care for. So my routine is based solely on getting rid of that. I eat a very light breakfast of fruit or yogurt, a small lunch (usually a Lean Cuisine or the like) and then a small dinner. If we go out to eat, I only eat half my portions.

Then I excercise 6-7 days a week, all road work. I alternate between running and walking days. Some days I run 3-3.5 miles, then walk 1/2 a mile to cool down. Other days I fast-walk for 7-8 miles. Some days I mix it up and run 3.5 miles out, then walk 3.5 back.

So far I'm down 20 pounds in the last 2 months, but I still have more I want to shed.

FD

[picxie]

Fit ness pro grame ??? What is this strange thing you speak off??

Seriously, I have no programe at the moment. Once it gets closer to the end of winter and it looks like I'll get out there again, I'll start doing something. Last year I joined a gym and noticed a big difference in my fitness levels, so I'll probably do that again. I let the membership lapse a month ago when it ran out and I had no $$ to renew, plus being winter I was finding it hard to get up in the morning and I wasn't making the most of it anyway. I was going to make an effort to do some exercise at home on my own, but that lasted all of 2 days.

As for eating. Well, it's winter, I have to protect my body from the cold so a few extra kilos is warranted at the moment =) Again, once it gets closer to spring and I have to get back into that wetsuit, I'll start making an effort to loose that winter weight. Yes ... winter weight ... =)

[fire diver]

You know, excercise and fitness are kinda like Newtons 3rd (??) law. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. A body at rest tends to stay at rest.

FD

[thesmoothdome]

Remember when we were kids and we played outside? Who needed a fitness program? You got home from school, changed your clothes and grabbed whatever ball you needed for the season it was. Sigh. Those were the days.

Now, it's trying to find time to squeeze a run in. You're absolutely right about the body in motion thing. I know that I feel better when I'm in good shape and have more energy to stay in shape. It's definately harder to force your body back into shape the older you get though.

But to answer the original question, I just started running again, so I'm doing a couple of hilly miles a day and cutting back on the food consumption. Once work begins in the fall, I'll start running with some of our wrestlers and hopefully drop the 30 lbs I want to before the season starts in November.

[techgnostic]

I've been a gym member for over 20 years. I used to lift exclusively, but now I mix a boxing workout with swimming and core endurance training. So far so good. Since I have a physical job, if I miss a week or two, no big deal. (I won the genetic crap shoot.)

[picxie]

Originally Posted by fire diver

You know, excercise and fitness are kinda like Newtons 3rd (??) law. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. A body at rest tends to stay at rest.

FD

Yep, I agree. It's much harder to get back into a fitness regime once you've stopped. Unfortunately due to my work and study commitments I just don't have the time or energy to keep it up at the moment. I know it's a bit of a catch-22 situation - if I exercised I'd probably have more energy and be less tired, however at the moment I have no energy and am too tired to start.

[Skinsfan1311]

I go to the gym 4 times a week.

I lift light weights ~ 45 minutes, (different muscle groups on alternate days), followed by 30 minutes of cardio.

[ScubaCrash]

I don't have a regimented program per se, but I do hit the gym at least 4x a week. While on duty, we're required to work out an hour each day on shift, so what I do is split the 48 hour shift up into 1 day of weight training and one of cardio. Generally I'll take my first day off shift as a rest day, then do weights at home on the second then back on shift and my workouts at the station.

[3rdEye]

i lift weights 3-4 days a week....probably doesn't help much with my SAC, I really should do more cardio....