An odd but simple question
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I don't really have the time or the patience to actually do an hour every day. I do like maybe 30 minutes every other day or something and i'm in great shape. Hell even if i didn't work out i wouldn't be fat i would just no have as much muscle. God bless good genes
Who the hell has a whole hour free every day??? During the school year, I'm at school from 9 until 5 or 6 (I do a lot of extra-curriculars), and then I get home at 6 or 7 and eat, and then I do homework and kill time on the computer.
I exercise on the weekends, but that's not really enough to keep me in shape unless I diet too.
I exercise on the weekends, but that's not really enough to keep me in shape unless I diet too.
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Well, even just 10-20 minutes of jogging is fine (do interval training: Jog for 30 seconds, sprint for 10 seconds, repeat until tired). It's just that sometimes even this is hard to fit in the schedule.
Well, even just 10-20 minutes of jogging is fine (do interval training: Jog for 30 seconds, sprint for 10 seconds, repeat until tired). It's just that sometimes even this is hard to fit in the schedule.
Most exercises aren't fun. I hate resistance workouts, but I enjoy a good cardio workout.
Also anyone that says Yoga is for girls has never done it themselves. It ain't easy to do some of the stuff they pull off (I did a bit once, but it was anything but relaxing so I am gonna sue them for false advertising).
Also anyone that says Yoga is for girls has never done it themselves. It ain't easy to do some of the stuff they pull off (I did a bit once, but it was anything but relaxing so I am gonna sue them for false advertising).
I just don't like exercising in general. Or going out of my way to do so. Most of the time I'm forced to walk at least a mile a day, not counting days where I actually have to work.
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I haven't had fast food in 2 years and I pretty much only ever have steak and caesar salad, Spag bol, Lasagne, shepard's pie or corn beef pie (and the occasional curry)DarthFennec said:
I do about 100 situps and pushups every day. It helps wake me up in the morning, and sleep a little easier at night. I'm afraid I don't have any time left for serious exercise. Of course, I'm not exactly out of shape, just not terribly athletic either. One hour a day definitely is enough to get you into great shape, but persistence is necessary.
Look at it this way:
For a normal person with a job...
24 hours in a day.
6-8 hours spent sleeping.
1 hour spent commuting (to work and back, roughly).
9 hours spent working (including an hour of lunch break).
1 hour spent doing some necessities (eating dinner, showering, taking a dump... etc..).
That leaves me with about 5-7 hours left in the day maybe... Now I ask you..
How am I supposed to finish Dragon Age: Origins in a timely manner when it takes close to 100 hours to finish if I'm spending 5-7 hours a week exercising?
That's not even taking into account the time required to be logged for significant others...
For a normal person with a job...
24 hours in a day.
6-8 hours spent sleeping.
1 hour spent commuting (to work and back, roughly).
9 hours spent working (including an hour of lunch break).
1 hour spent doing some necessities (eating dinner, showering, taking a dump... etc..).
That leaves me with about 5-7 hours left in the day maybe... Now I ask you..
How am I supposed to finish Dragon Age: Origins in a timely manner when it takes close to 100 hours to finish if I'm spending 5-7 hours a week exercising?
That's not even taking into account the time required to be logged for significant others...
Because that's complete bullshit. You can't simply generalize how everyones body will react to 1 hour of exercise.
1 hour for you may be fine for you, but my body may not react the same. Maybe I have to do 3 hours of exercise to get what you get from only 1.
1 hour for you may be fine for you, but my body may not react the same. Maybe I have to do 3 hours of exercise to get what you get from only 1.
Because it's not (strictly speaking) accurate. Even ignoring the whole "people say"/"weasel words" part of the OP, the whole "it takes minuscule effort to stay in shape, ergo people who aren't in shape have no excuse" is simply off-base.
First, remember than they're talking about an hour of strenuous activity. Next time you go to a gym, count how many minutes of actual strenuous activity any given person does in an hour at the gym. I'd bet it's less than half. Between changing machines, getting water, stretching, warm-up, cool-down, you're getting not much at all of a real work-out. So, it's not just "an hour a day" it's more like "two-to-three hours at the gym, which means an hour of strenuous workout".
Second, remember that half of all statistics are made up. If you take a random sampling of any population, you're going to find the most common answer. But, that only means that that's mean answer (arithmetic average). If we assume a standard distribution (which we can't), it doesn't even mean that the lion's share of people are anything close to that average. It may only take one hour for some folks, for others it might take three. If you're one of the three-hours-per-day people, that'd work out to nine hours at the gym, which is basically like a full-time job. We accept that some people get the benefit of having a "better" metabolism (technically, it's a counter-intuitive thing, since the benefit comes from having a more inefficient metabolism), which means we must accept the existence of people who have a more efficient (and hence "worse") metabolism.
We can argue about the personal responsibility thing if we want, but I find that discussion boring now. Instead, let's simply accept that the pseudo-science behind any categorical imperative-type solution to weight problems is crap.
Incidentally, I do two hours of karate three times a week, and one hour once a week. That should be seven hours, which means I should be much more in-shape than I am. Either my karate dojo sucks (which I doubt), the actual math is misleading (the whole "an hour of working out isn't the same as an hour of exercise"), or I'm somehow immune from the effects of exercise.
First, remember than they're talking about an hour of strenuous activity. Next time you go to a gym, count how many minutes of actual strenuous activity any given person does in an hour at the gym. I'd bet it's less than half. Between changing machines, getting water, stretching, warm-up, cool-down, you're getting not much at all of a real work-out. So, it's not just "an hour a day" it's more like "two-to-three hours at the gym, which means an hour of strenuous workout".
Second, remember that half of all statistics are made up. If you take a random sampling of any population, you're going to find the most common answer. But, that only means that that's mean answer (arithmetic average). If we assume a standard distribution (which we can't), it doesn't even mean that the lion's share of people are anything close to that average. It may only take one hour for some folks, for others it might take three. If you're one of the three-hours-per-day people, that'd work out to nine hours at the gym, which is basically like a full-time job. We accept that some people get the benefit of having a "better" metabolism (technically, it's a counter-intuitive thing, since the benefit comes from having a more inefficient metabolism), which means we must accept the existence of people who have a more efficient (and hence "worse") metabolism.
We can argue about the personal responsibility thing if we want, but I find that discussion boring now. Instead, let's simply accept that the pseudo-science behind any categorical imperative-type solution to weight problems is crap.
Incidentally, I do two hours of karate three times a week, and one hour once a week. That should be seven hours, which means I should be much more in-shape than I am. Either my karate dojo sucks (which I doubt), the actual math is misleading (the whole "an hour of working out isn't the same as an hour of exercise"), or I'm somehow immune from the effects of exercise.
..*Cough* It is the high metabolism, I swear!Sassafrass said:
I can quite literally eat a buffet sized meal for a week, and still look like a toothpick. I hate myself!
I'm not in shape athletically, so I won't be running a marathon anytime soon. I am by no means overweight, so I find that I don't need to exercise a lot.
Personally, I found that cutting back on snacking really helped out. Though, after my most recent surgery my metabolism went through the roof, so now I can snack as much as I like. Yay for unexpected side effects!
Personally, I found that cutting back on snacking really helped out. Though, after my most recent surgery my metabolism went through the roof, so now I can snack as much as I like. Yay for unexpected side effects!