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la vie en rouge
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It's been a while since we had an exercise thread around here, but the fine weather is on the way back (she says optimistically) and I am seriously out of condition and feel like a slug and think some mutual cheering each other on could go a long way....
I have managed to get my running shoes on a couple of times in the last week for a little 5km trot but man, am I out of shape. Last summer I regularly ran 12-15km but the bloody freezing winter put paid to that. I know I need to get back to it, it turns my body into a shape that I enjoy and does wonders for my mood, I want to go on a mahoosive hiking holiday this summer which I would need to be very fit for, but the motivation hasn't kicked in yet. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Anyone up for a mutual encouragement society to actually get our butts up off the sofa and get fit?
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Heavenly Anarchist
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I'm also kicking my exercise habit back into gear today ![[Smile]](smile.gif) a few weeks away, followed by a busy work schedule and then school holidays has made me neglectful.
I can't do any high impact activities as I have a genetic form of arthritis and rather delicate joints (I actually like the idea of running though!) so I'm more limited. Until a few weeks ago I was doing 20 mins of low impact aerobics every weekday and I'm starting that again today. I like the way it aids my weight loss and trims and tones my waist. If the weather improves I will also be taking daily walks of a couple of miles several times a week.
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yes yes yes.
I have been a lazy lump (for some good reasons but still) this winter. I want to get fit again. I am nearly over this cough/cold lurgy, at which point I shall run. Well, trot. Ok, walk, but occasionally jog. And I shall be healthy....
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I shall be joining you on here soon! I am doing a 54 mile bike ride in a months time, and have pretty much not moved for the last two weeks (due to a broken toe). I'm just beginning to be a little more mobile, so hopefully soon will be back in to the exercise thing!
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Ooh exciting. Just back from a period of injury. Feels good to be back doing some exercise again. Did bodybalance and zumba on monday to start building up some fitness and core again. Went to Charleston lessons yesterday. So out of shape. Off to Dublin on Thurs/Fri so looking forward to doing a cheeky half hour run in the city. Hopefully not in the rain though
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Posting this from the physiotherapist's waiting room. Achilles injury has put paid to my running for a few months and I had to drop out of the Rotterdam marathon. If the physio succeeds then I might try a marathon later this year, but it will be cutting it fine getting fit again in time.
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Gosh, I'm out of practice with this exercise lark! A routine that was a doddle 2 months ago is now much more challenging. But it has reminded me that I don't just exercise for weight loss, I also do it to be fit and healthy and that it does really ake a difference.
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sorry to hear of that injury Jonah. I actually don't mind running in the cold but a couple of months ago injured a calf and had to walk 3 miles back in freezing temperatures and an icy wind, for which I was a bit underdressed.
Luckily it was only a brief injury and 10 days ago I did my first half marathon. I had a target of 1.30 and managed to get round in just over 1.28, not sure if I have ever been as stiff as I was the next day especially in the thigh muscle, but it wore off after a couple of days.
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Jonah the Whale
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That's an impressive time moonlitdoor. I clocked my best half marathon time a few months back, at 1.39. That was 25 years after my second best time. Have you thought about doing a marathon any time? At the moment I'm just looking forward to being able to jog a few k.
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blackbeard
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Running (indeed any form of exercise) is at a pretty low ebb here. Did a half-marathon a few weeks ago - nowhere near as fast as some - sort of OK but not as fast as I had hoped, and really not been sparkling since. I blame the Lurghi which seems to be prevalent in these parts, indeed a few people have been Not Quite Right for months! Lurghi, as I said, or maybe SPOD.
Maybe the warmer weather will see some improvement.
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Surfing Madness
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Managed to do just over 5 miles on my bike, which while not that far, I was pleased with, as I am still struggling with a broken toe, and have not really moved for nearly 3 weeks.
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Welease Woderwick
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I cycled into town today, 4 kms each way - it's not far and it's not that unusual but I need to get into a routine again now that PeteC is on his way back to the permafrost.
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Nenya
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I'd really welcome comments from people here about how fit is fit enough.
I dislike exercise and was never sporty so am not fit by any standard and want to change that this year. I've discovered an old book I've had for a while on the walking diet which maintains that to get the health benefits of exercise you need to take a brisk 30 minute walk four times a week. I do walk most days, probably not for long enough or briskly enough, but this seems eminently doable as something to aim for.
Mr Nen, on the other hand, sporty and competitive, goes for regular 20 mile bike rides and is always moaning about his fitness levels.
I don't want to run marathons or cycle 30 miles. But I do want the health benefits of fitness. So - how fit is fit enough and how do you know if you are?
Nen - couch potato. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Leorning Cniht
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Originally posted by Nenya:
I'd really welcome comments from people here about how fit is fit enough.
I dislike exercise and was never sporty so am not fit by any standard and want to change that this year.
I also dislike exercise - it's intensely boring as an activity.
When living in the UK, I used to commute by bicycle. This kept me in reasonable shape, and didn't count as "exercise" because it accomplished getting me to work.
Since moving to the US, my level of fitness has dropped rapidly. The climate in these parts is not conducive to year-round cycling, which means that it isn't a habit, which means that it's easy to take the car today because I'm in a hurry. As a consequence, the most exercise I usually get in a week is the half-hour walk to church.
I'm not happy with that, but I don't see a realistic way to change it.
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Originally posted by Nenya:
I don't want to run marathons or cycle 30 miles. But I do want the health benefits of fitness. So - how fit is fit enough and how do you know if you are?
My feeling is that whatever exercise you can manage is good enough--or, more properly speaking, better than doing nothing. Since last August I have been doing about an hour of exercise once per week--far less than I should, but about an hour more than I had been doing for the ten years previous to that. As little as that is, I do feel considerably fitter than I had been.
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These questions and the title of the thread resonate with something I've been thinking about recently: the point of my exercise has changed since I got back into exercise after college. Initially, the motivation was aesthetic -- I wanted to look at least like I did at the end of High School, if not better. Slowly, that changed into performance motivation: first I wanted to be stronger, and later to be able to run further (never really that bothered about faster). I'm noticing that I'm now undergoing a new transition: it's getting less and less about performance, and more about the health benefits (psychological as well as somatic).
So, how fit is fit enough? The first thing to ask is why you actually want to be fit, I guess.
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comet
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excellent timing.
I'm horribly out of shape. I blew out my knee in december and I'm still on doc's orders not to run. for some reason walking just doesn't turn me on as much. my weights are buried under mountains of moving stuff. it's getting too soft to ski.
and, let's face it, I'm LAZY.
and it shows. oh, boy. So, starting tomorrow, (working all day today) I'll vow 30 minutes of something. not sure what yet. I'll check back in tomorrow.
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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
I'd really welcome comments from people here about how fit is fit enough.
I dislike exercise and was never sporty so am not fit by any standard and want to change that this year.
I also dislike exercise - it's intensely boring as an activity.
I felt this way for years. And there's so much bullshit out there about what kind of exercise is "good". (hint: the boring ones seem to be the ones the pundits like the most) I'd suck it up and do my time and see it as an ugly chore. and it's SO EASY to quit doing it that way.
in the last few years, I came to the conclusion that I don't want to exercise like taking pills. I don't want to choke it down because it's good for me. I want to enjoy it and look forward to it.
so I specifically seek out the alternatives I enjoy (or, at least, get me something I need, like a shoveled driveway). I've been down lately due to illness, injury, and frankly, stress. but when I'm not indulging in self pity I actually enjoy the activities I seek out.
and for me, it's not really about being "fit" or healthy. When I focused on that I was miserable. its all about the instant gratification - I only exercise for the I Feel Awesome™ factor. fitness and general happier-in-my-bodiness is a nice side effect. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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For me, I have to set goals. I have noticed the goals get bigger over time. Note my ship title...
The pay off is the occasional endorphin rush, but more being able to eat what I want and feeling well. The downside is aching a lot and being very tired at night.
But I just feel more alive. The medical suggested minimum is 30 min a day. I would suggest just a little more than you do now and keep your goals realistic.
Unfortunately, that can stretch over time...
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Welease Woderwick
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I am aiming to get to town and back to look for a new mobile phone!
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Nenya
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Originally posted by comet: I only exercise for the I Feel Awesome™ factor.
What in the world is that? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) I never feel wonderful after exercise. I generally just feel glad it's over. And I really dislike that heart-pounding sick feeling you get when you're pushing things hard. Am I doing something wrong?
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Catrine
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Originally posted by comet: I only exercise for the I Feel Awesome™ factor.
What in the world is that? I never feel wonderful after exercise. I generally just feel glad it's over. And I really dislike that heart-pounding sick feeling you get when you're pushing things hard. Am I doing something wrong?
Nen - no Iron Lady.
Maybe you might like to do something different. I don't know what the guidelines are from a scientific perspective, but rather than intensity, why don't you try for a longer duration, or pick a different (more fun) activity. Personally, I like running around cities (particularly if I am out on a visit) or through parks, or dancing- I'm 30, I love zumba, jiving/charleston/balboa or am learning street dancing. I also do some boxing classes, this helps me cope with pressures at work and in life. I love these, and push myself hard to be better at them, rather than meet some arbitrary time goal- it motivates some, but not me. I tend to give up with those kind of goals, as I know I'll never be the fastest, strongest, bestest, I'll just be a participator.
Being able to run for something if I am late, or walk for long periods of time etc is a real plus, and I like to feel fitter. My job has lots of petty odd stresses, so exercise keeps my mood on an even keel. I'm a little overweight BMI of about 26/27, and exercise gives me a little more flexibility around eating as well.
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SusanDoris
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Catrine
I agree with your views. I started many years ago to include some fitness in order to do the best I could to look after heart and lungs, especially with family history in mind! Once I realised that all other aspects of life were easier as a result, I've always done some gym activities, with various other things over the years. I've had to ease off a bit because I'm going to have some heart surgery soon, but I am hoping that because of the general fitness and mobility, recovery should be easier. It seems one has to walk every day and I'll be quite happy to do that.
I asked Dave(atthe gym) to reduce levels of difficulty on the ke for all the CV equipment; I can always increase them, but thought it will be more sensible not to start with too high a level!
It seems I'll have to have a week or two off tap dancing too! : I'll be following this thread with interest as always with fitness-type threads.
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Originally posted by comet: I only exercise for the I Feel Awesome™ factor.
What in the world is that? I never feel wonderful after exercise. I generally just feel glad it's over. And I really dislike that heart-pounding sick feeling you get when you're pushing things hard. Am I doing something wrong?
Nen - no Iron Lady.
Maybe start by quit thinking of it as exercize. As a chore. Start instead with what you think would be FUN. For me, it's things like going out dancing (or just cranking it and boogying around the house!) i also hula hoop all summer. It doesnt even feel like you're exercizing but you are. I'm trying to learn poi. I want to take up slacklining. I sword fight (padded swords) and frisbee with my kids.
I've also discovered that I actually enjoy weight training and Tabata. I sometimes really love to run and bike (when pain issues don't drag me down) but that's me. There's bazillions of ways to move, but you have to put the time in to find what your favorites are.
As for my goals: i had two races planned for this summer but doc says no. Otherwise, once I get moved, one of my goals is to put 5 miles or less on my car per week and I have a ton of landscaping to do at my mother's place. Not sure what else. Hopefully at least one week long hike in the mountains, but that depends on work.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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You all make me feel like a slug ----- marathons, ironman contests, biking, etc.
The new knee (after the operation 6 months ago) is now pretty happy and the anesthetic seems to be finally leaving my body and strength is finally returning to this old broad.
I'd love to do Zumba or some Pilates. Now to find time to do it. (Local classes are at 7:30 AM and is not my favorite time of day!)
Does lifting a KitchenAid mixer count as exercise?
P.S. to blackbeard. What it Lurgi and SPOD? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
.....P.S. to blackbeard. What it Lurgi and SPOD?
Lurgi, lurgy, lurghi (various spellings), a modern variant of PLAGUE. First described by Spike Milligan. Manifested by general feelings of unwellness and lack of energy, often accompanied by runny nose, sore throat etc. Very prevalent in England in winter (defined as any month that isn't July).
SPOD - Seasonal Pissed Off Disorder. Somewhat similar to Seasonal Affective Disorder, a medical term related to lack of daylight during the winter (see above), but aggravated by cold, rain, sleet, snow, fog, gales etc.
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Welease Woderwick
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...all of which might even occur in July!
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Originally posted by comet:
Maybe start by quit thinking of it as exercize. As a chore. Start instead with what you think would be FUN.
I bought an armband for my iphone about six months ago.
I now run to seriously loud dance music and make a fool of myself walking along the streets jigging to the toones.
I can now run twice the distance in half the time.
True story.
(I am mildly concerned about my eardrums tho.)
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I now run to seriously loud dance music and make a fool of myself walking along the streets jigging to the toones.
I love doing this too. When LMFAO's sexy and I know it comes on the ipod, I even think I strut run a bit. It's a thing. I may not be the fastest, best looking, most athletic, but I feel so much better because I never used to run, and could not really imagine a time when I thought I would enjoy it.
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hula hoop
How do you hula hoop- I just cannot do it.
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Swing your hips round and round. Probably easiest when you learnt how to do it when very young eg. 8 years old. It seems to come naturally then, somehow.
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I am seeing my family practice doctor on Wednesday for a neurological exam to make sure I didn't suffer a minor stroke earlier this month and to get his advice on my Atkins diet. If I've lost enough weight, I will ask him if I could take up running. A pair of shoes are cheaper and easier to store than a full-size bicycle like the Raleigh 27-speed that was stolen a few months ago while on loan to our daughter.
If approved, I shall start out running along the canal at the top of our street before dawn as it is warming up here in a few weeks - it has been over thirty today!
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Quickest way to lose weight and lower your risk of stroke would be to go tee total you know.
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lol - tea-total may have been the word I was looking for.
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A dog. This is the key for me. I get up at 6:20 a.m. every weekday, all seasons, from -40°C/F (the 2 scales are the same at -40!) to +40°C, and go out with the dog (used to be dogs). On weekends, the responsibility comes later or is passed off to my dear wife. I do have different routes depending on wind mostly. One takes about 30 mins, the other 45. Faster in colder weather.
If I did what you cold weather chickenly cowards did and didn't go out when it was cold out, there would only be about 12 weeks of exercise a year. The keys to all weather exercise outside, besides a doggie, are:
1. proper shoes, which means they go up over your ankle, are insulated, and have proper grips for what you're running on.
2. dressing properly for conditions. In the -40 range, I wear a t-shirt, long sleeved t-shirt, sweat shirt, and nylon windbreaker on top, long underwear and lined nylon track pants on the bottom, a light cycling type toque, a neck tube, a normal toque, and prescription sport glasses. Up to 3 pairs of mitts (2 wool with leather outers, nothing beats wool and leather). If you're moving, you won't freeze regardless of temp.
3. Get older. If you develop any of the usual health challenges or scares and become a wee bit frightened about them, it motivates.
4. use walking poles if you're afraid of falling. Who cares if you look stupid if it keeps your body intact.
-- I was forced, more or less, into regular exercise after arthritis was diagnosed (as well as taking medications). I move or I will experience the joint fusion in my spine (anylosing spondylitis), and I'm also being treated for osteroporosis which comes with AS. It is a discipline, like any other daily and necessary habit.
Now I will brag. 30 years of this has given me a resting heart rate of 50, blood pressure of 105/65. And I have no joint fusion, which is the usual outcome for AS sufferers. My bone density has increased 16% in two years, which is due to injections of a rather expensive medication twice per year, taking Calcium and Vit D, and "bone loading" which is what running does.
Physical activity also helps with mood problems, particularly depression - prescribed explicitly for a family member.
I cannot say enough about getting out and getting active!
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no prophet
Very interesting post. Over twenty years ago, I had left hip trouble and thought I'd have to thinkabout a hip replacement later on, but doing much more walking at the time and since, I found that it was perfectly all right after a while and along with exercise and helpful ideas from physios, it still is my original hip!
When I walk in what we consider cold here I wish I could keep my nose warm! Do you have a system for doing this?
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Wow No Prophet I am so impressed , also inspiring that you have been able to achieve such great health outcomes. THink I'd better get serious about my exercise rather than pfaffing about.
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la vie en rouge
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I think it's really important to find an activity that you enjoy or you won't keep it up. Personally I have NO hand-eye coordination, consequently school PE was misery (all the sports we were offered involved flying missiles, and my brain just Does. Not. Calculate where they're headed). It was only in my late twenties that I discovered that I actually quite like running (no missile trajectories involved).
I'm still not back in the groove tho... another little trot this morning but I'm not finding myself looking forward to it yet.
OTOH, getting to work this morning took me the best part of an hour (merci, the Parisian public transport) and I could actually have got here quite a lot faster than that on my own two feet. So later this week I'll start doing what I was doing last year before the weather got too cold - bring a bag the day before with all my clothes, towel, shampoo etc. and run to work.
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No prophet, you are a complete inspiration. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
A few years back we came () this close to getting a dog and I know it would be a reason to have a good walk every day... but I must confess that the winter after we considered it I woke every cold morning, and came home from work every cold evening, grateful that I didn't have to go out with the dog.
I have come to the conclusion, though, that walking's going to be the best thing for me. I would love to be able to run again but I think with my general unfitness and the extra weight I'm carrying it would be a surefire way to have a heart attack or destroy my joints or both. I'm trying to think how I'd fit the walk in - mornings and evenings are out, really, so I think it might be a half hour one in my lunch hour from work. This means I might start actually taking a lunch hour. It may not sound like a great deal but it's more than I'm doing and I'm sure the best sort of exercise is the sort that you do.
Sir K, the Atkins is a pretty controversial diet; I'll be interested to hear what your doctor says about it. Mr Nen and I did it for a time and it suited his system but didn't suit mine at all at all at all. Let us know how you get on.
Nen - pretty worn out with all this talk of exercise.
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Nenya, after I became dogless and had an almost simultaneous increase in responsibility at work I became very unfit and never got a break until a friend and colleague laid into me about it and then I started taking a walk every lunchtime just to get out of the office and it made things so much better and also increased my afternoon productivity so a real win-win situation.
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Maybe start by quit thinking of it as exercize. As a chore. Start instead with what you think would be FUN.
I bought an armband for my iphone about six months ago.
I now run to seriously loud dance music and make a fool of myself walking along the streets jigging to the toones.
I can now run twice the distance in half the time.
True story.
(I am mildly concerned about my eardrums tho.)
hah! yes! And my running playlist is probably EMBARRASSING seeing as it includes a bunch of really vapid poppy stuff that is a riotous good time when you're running. towards the end of my hour-long playlist Joan Jett comes on and I sprint. Can't even help it.
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hula hoop
How do you hula hoop- I just cannot do it.
ah yes. true confession time. I am really uncoordinated. have been all my life. The MS just made it even more entertaining for others. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) I never hooped as a kid, was complete shit at jump rope, and to this day I have NEVER in my life done a cartwheel. (ooo... hows that for a summer goal?)
about 4 years ago, all these 20 something girls in town started communal hooping in the park. I was jealous. it looked so damn effortless, and frankly, hooping is sexy. Then one day two of my friends (also 30 somethings, mamas, and one of them chubbier than me!) joined the group. and they looked effortless and sexy too! So I sauntered over and asked for a tutorial.
Essentially, there isn't one. Few rules - the bigger and heavier the hoop the easier it is to learn because it's slow. my "training hoop" was 15' circumference. that's huge. you feel a little bit like Saturn using it. but it's the perfect trainer. super slow and heavy.
I just started trying it and doing it over and over and picked it up. I don't do that really artistic stuff - way too klutzy. I keep trying, though!
My current hoop is 13'. still insanely huge, but who am I trying to impress? I love my hoop.
chapter 2 - hoop making.
first of all, a monkey could do it. don't panic. go to a hardware store and tell them you need flexible pvc pipe in the measurement you wish - I'd start with 13-15 feet (or your metric equivalent) then get a female to female connector, and a roll or two of duct tape. they come in nifty colors. around here, this all comes out to about 8 bucks.
then fill a bowl or pitcher with hot water, stick the two ends in to soften it, when they're warm, use the connector to make a hoop. duct tape on the diagonal to hold. voila.
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first of all, a monkey could do it. don't panic. go to a hardware store and tell them you need flexible pvc pipe in the measurement you wish - I'd start with 13-15 feet (or your metric equivalent) then get a female to female connector, and a roll or two of duct tape. they come in nifty colors. around here, this all comes out to about 8 bucks.
then fill a bowl or pitcher with hot water, stick the two ends in to soften it, when they're warm, use the connector to make a hoop. duct tape on the diagonal to hold. voila.
PROJECT! My goal is to a) make a hula hoop and b) hula hoop. You are right, it does look awesome. Perseverance is the key then. Will report on progress... don't hold breath...
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You've even got me tempted but it might look a tad undignified at my advanced age.
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One of our champion local hoopers is a 65 year old man with a (shrinking!) beer gut. He can sustain longer than all the rest of us and rocks the trick hooping.
So hush, you. Dignity be damned. Do what's fun.
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Dignity be damned. Do what's fun.
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So hush, you. Dignity be damned. Do what's fun.
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towards the end of my hour-long playlist Joan Jett comes on and I sprint. Can't even help it.
Joanie! Oh yeah baby! I'm totally there.
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