Exercise Frequency

[DamionDBoss]

Hey peeps. I am an exercise freak and want to see where you all are at when it comes to how frequent you should exercise. I personally try to workout at least 4 times a week. I think consistency is the key when it comes to exercise. When you do something over and over again, it becomes a habit and you feel good about it. You also get to see the results as long as you do watch what you eat too. I have been working out now for three years. There are times when I get sick with the flu and it throws me off a little where I have to stay in bed for a few days. Rest is also good for you too. So don't get discouraged when you cannot go back to working out right away after the flu. I make exercise a lifestyle and I think that is the ultimate difference.

[CalvinPMan29]

I am too lazy for exercise. Walking up the stairs of my apartment, from the parking lot at work and to the grocery store when I have to is enough exercise for me. I work standing on my feet all day and walk back and forth the store. So that too is enough exercise. Doesn't that count too?

[RazzleDazzleMark]

No lazy body...lol! We have to work out if we want to live longer and be healtheir. But when ou workout, you also have to watch what you eat. I used to exercise back in the day and was still eating junk food. At the time, I didn't understand the effect of the right diet. I used to wonder why I wasn't losing weight then. Today, though, I eat right and workout three times a week. I see the results, but now, it has also become a lifestyle for me.

[SekureInMySkin]

I believe that working out is good for you period...It is one of the ways to maintain good health. I have high blood pressure. So I have to workout, even though, I don't feel like it. Since I started working out, my blood pressure has gone down. I have to watch my salt intake too, but the exercise sure makes me have less pounding headaches and makes me feel good overall.

[ClarkeBryant]

I take exercise as a lifestyle. I used to do it just to lose weight and feel good. Yes, I was overweight once, but now I am not. I worked out to lose the weight and could never see fast results. Now that i started to treat it as a lifestyle and as you say being consistent, it has paid off. Now I am in my best form and so I am planning to lift weights to strenghten those muscles.

[DennisMoncreef]

I know exercising is good for me, but damn, I am so tired when I get off work, I just cannot find it in my willpower to go lift up the weights, which I have at home. Yes, I don't have to go to a gym to work out. I even have a glider machine and treadmill too. But once I get home and see that bed, I am all in after eating dinner. I would like to know how you get the willpower to do it. Please tell me! Lol!

[DavidGraham]

I do some walking, but not all the time. I love the fresh air in the mornings and I love to hear the birds singing in the trees. That is more my reason for walking than actual exercise. I have a walking partner, but sometimes, he doesn't feel like it and I have to go alone and that is not as much fun. So, I may end up not going either, which sucks too. I wish I could be more consistent too.

[RobertMiller]

Working out is for girls. I lift weights about twice a week and that is enough for me. I don't call that workign out. I call it just lifting iron to build muscles. I don't count calories nor do I have to check how miles I did. That is why I love to lift weights. The runnng and walking is just not for me.

[CheerfulWarren]

I am glad that at least some of you love to workout like I do. It is really an important part of life, if you should really ask me. I saw what inactivity did to my mom and she got too overweight to leave the house. So I made up my mind to do what I can to make sure I was in good health.