tiay
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scary, i'm actually doing this. I realised that I can tell myself I'm going to work out more all I want, I'm not going to stick to it unless I really want it, and make a commitment to do it. This is not so much about weightloss as it is about getting toned and.. yes, sexy.
It'd be too easy to let the prime of my life slip by, telling myself "tomorrow i'll start.." and such.
so far, all i'm doing is situps and pushups. Only 3 reps of 10, and less of the pushups, at the moment, but i'm trying to increase it. I just literally can't manage any more, I feel so weak.
so, how much should I be doing, what kind of schedule should I be working towards? (please be gentle..)
other than that, I've started taking the stairs (4 floors) and I walk about 30 minutes most days. Anybody know a site with instructions on the sort of stretches I should be doing before/after walking/jogging?
I'd like to run, but leaving the apartment here involves carrying big-ass-keys, wallet, passport, subway map, street map, two phones, water.. and I don't like running with a giant bag flopping around. When i'm back at home (september) I'll be able to run and cycle, and buy weights, too.
oh yeah, I need one of you guys to do me a favor:
book a flight to JFK, come find me, i'm in the east village, grab me by the shirt and yell: "I KNOW it's expensive and you're broke, but ditch your THREE year old running shoes and invest in some new ones, for christsake!"
what's worse, I even know this shop where they have you run on a treadmill and they work out exactly what shoe is best for you and i'm just not going to find that kind of service when i'm back i nowheresville! I really should go..
how much can I expect to pay for decent running shoes?
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on another subject, I wonder if anyone has had this problem: two years ago, I had a bad ear infection. Ever since then, whenever I am breathing hard through my nose during exercise or even if i'm just walking for a while, something "clicks" in my ear, and it's like I CAN HEAR DARTH VADER BREATHING IN MY EAR.
or rather, it's like i'm feeling the force of my own breath on the inside of my eardrum. It gets downright painful. Wearing earbuds seems to slow it down, but it still happens.
I asked my GP, and he said it was probably just residual fluid in the middle-ear or some jargon like that. I think i'll ask to see a specialist or something, because it's driving me bonkers.
It'd be too easy to let the prime of my life slip by, telling myself "tomorrow i'll start.." and such.
so far, all i'm doing is situps and pushups. Only 3 reps of 10, and less of the pushups, at the moment, but i'm trying to increase it. I just literally can't manage any more, I feel so weak.
so, how much should I be doing, what kind of schedule should I be working towards? (please be gentle..)
other than that, I've started taking the stairs (4 floors) and I walk about 30 minutes most days. Anybody know a site with instructions on the sort of stretches I should be doing before/after walking/jogging?
I'd like to run, but leaving the apartment here involves carrying big-ass-keys, wallet, passport, subway map, street map, two phones, water.. and I don't like running with a giant bag flopping around. When i'm back at home (september) I'll be able to run and cycle, and buy weights, too.
oh yeah, I need one of you guys to do me a favor:
book a flight to JFK, come find me, i'm in the east village, grab me by the shirt and yell: "I KNOW it's expensive and you're broke, but ditch your THREE year old running shoes and invest in some new ones, for christsake!"
what's worse, I even know this shop where they have you run on a treadmill and they work out exactly what shoe is best for you and i'm just not going to find that kind of service when i'm back i nowheresville! I really should go..
how much can I expect to pay for decent running shoes?
---
on another subject, I wonder if anyone has had this problem: two years ago, I had a bad ear infection. Ever since then, whenever I am breathing hard through my nose during exercise or even if i'm just walking for a while, something "clicks" in my ear, and it's like I CAN HEAR DARTH VADER BREATHING IN MY EAR.
or rather, it's like i'm feeling the force of my own breath on the inside of my eardrum. It gets downright painful. Wearing earbuds seems to slow it down, but it still happens.
I asked my GP, and he said it was probably just residual fluid in the middle-ear or some jargon like that. I think i'll ask to see a specialist or something, because it's driving me bonkers.
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