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You can do like me and buy a gym membership. The guilt alone (knowing your money is leaking away if you don't go) is enough to get me up at 5:00AM every morning to go work out. I think if there wasn't a cost involved, I would never get motivated enough to go regularly.
The same theory can apply with buying a $1k+ bicycle, but some of us have winter to contend with.
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i come into work early and/or stay late so that i can run at lunch. i'm very lucky that (1) i have the flexability to alter my schedule, (2) we have showers and an excersize room, (3) a group of like-minded friends to run with at work and (4) a company that permits me to do this. i realize that most people do not have this luxury. when the deadlines are looming, i find that a nice long run does wonders for my productivity. when i need to work longer hours, i can do a 10 or 11 hour day with an 1 1/2 hour run/shower by coming in very early and staying a little late.
much more importantly, however, you need to make it a priority in your life. work will always be there. even if you are not. we all need balance in our lives. for example, i have a family with young children and i view running as an insurance policy; running doesn't guarantee that i'll live longer but i gotta believe that it increases the odds that i'll live to see my children grow into adults. additionally, i hope i serve as an example to them to be active (they are) and remain active as adults.
btw, i run outside year round in syracuse new york where the winters can get a little rough. and i'm not a youngster, i'm pushing 43. i was not active for most of my adult life and all that got me was fat. i'll probably spend the rest of my life undoing the sins of decades of inactivity. but, it is what it is and now i'm having fun!
i wish you good luck getting a program started up.
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Thanks magiera!
Thanksfor your fantastic suggestions/ideas...
Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted - Einstein
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You and I sound like twins. On running days (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), I come in shortly after 7:00 and leave at 5:00. This leaves me up to two hours at lunchtime to run. Alternate days I lift weights, either during lunchtime or I work through lunch and go after work. My employer has a nice fitness room, including 3 treadmills, 2 elliptical machines, a bike, a stepper, a universal gym, and weights. All this, for a facility with 600 employees.
Like you, fitness is a priority for me. It keeps me sane and it helps keep me healthy. I started January 1, 1991 when I quit smoking. Winter of '92, I started walking at lunchtime. A while later, a friend of mine convinced me to start running with him and his friends. The first time out we only ran 3 miles, slowly, and I was convinced I was about to die.
Today, I run 18-20 miles a week. I've completed two marathons, two half-marathons, a couple of 300 mile bike tours, and more 10K's and 5K's than I can remember. I still hate the bench press, but I can do 100 crunches at a time and a respectable bicep curl. I've got some extra padding around my waist, but that's mostly from my eating habits.
Unlike you, however, I'm a real geezer: I turned 44 two months ago  . Good luck!
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My apartment is like a country club, we got an inside and outside pool, a pool table, tenis court, and an exercise room. I should really start using them 
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StevenpWalsh wrote:
My apartment is like a country club, we got an inside and outside pool, a pool table, tenis court, and an exercise room
Do you need a room mate? 
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Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
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got 4 of them already, but hey theres always room for one more if hes a programmer 
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I stay fit by participating in e-sporting events. it involves lots of running around a battlefield... keeps me in great shape 
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I find charging at Dragons with a sharp stick keeps me on my toes.
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I think running from them is more like a good excersise.
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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Karate class 4 times a week
Cross country running once a week
Swimming once a week
and maybe some weight training on my day of. 
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Good.
Sreejith Nair
[ My Articles ]
-- modified at 9:44 Monday 5th September, 2005
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yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa
and you still have time to write on CodeProject... !!! great !!!!! 
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Judo once a week
Ju Jitsu once a week
Swiming sometimes
weights every day (small home set)
Cycling whenever i feel like it (or when i cant use the car :p)
http://www.guardian.co.nr
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Same Here
Running 4 days a week with my pregent wife who continues to school me.
Praying Mantis Kung Fu 3 days a week.
30 Minutes walking every work day at Lunch.
Walking the Doberman and the Reteriver twice a day.
Sheesh! No wonder I can't find time work on any side projects.
Too bad I have such terrible eating habits....
Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that?
- Jack Burton
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Yup, almost the same here.
Kyokushin style Karate three days a week.
Running 4 days a week.
Keeping up with my 2 young children 24X7
Martin Cook
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
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Now i know who stole my time. I am only getting 20 hrs per day.
Give me back my time!
<font=arial>Weiye Chen
Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
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Completed the Cape Epic (an 8 day MTB stage race) in April 2005
Currently training for the ironman in South Africa in March next year...
I wish I could code a fraction as well as I THINK I can run, swim or cycle...
~
Sean
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i currently don't have much time to spend into very long physical activities, but i know i should, so i plan to...
maybe during the month, i'll go back to play rugby...
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I stopped playing rugby at the beginning of this season as I was concentrating on MTB and riding the Cape Epic, and wanted to stay injury free..
I am thinking of going back at the start of next season..heaven knows I dont have long left to play.. being 33yrs old and all...
Cheers
Sean
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i've been playing for more than 10 years (and i've been stopping it for 4 yrs now !!!). it start becoming difficult not to play, even if i'm not the best "physical" rugby player ; however, i've never been injured, even when i was playing with senior when i was 16 Good legs make all the difference
but now, i'd really like to get back ; and as i am also referee, it would not be so difficult to find a good club...
i'd better play as long as i can, 'cause when i grow up, i won't anymore ... 
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Back when I was employeed on site, rather than working from home as I mainly do now, I used to walk about 2 miles a day with my laptop on my back. This kept the pounds off.
Sitting on my arse at home has put the pounds back on, so recently I started walking in the morning before I start work. About 2.5 miles a day. Too early to tell if it is doing me any good physically but it is helping with my mental preparations for the working day.
Michael
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before work is a good idea... except I struggle to get up early enough
And personally prefer cycling to walking... not sure which is "better" exercise tho'
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Michael P Butler wrote:
Too early to tell if it is doing me any good physically
Trust me, it is. When I started getting fit, I started out walking 30-45 minutes every day at lunch. After about six weeks, I noticed my lower back wasn't bothering me nearly as much, and my weight stopped going up.
Michael P Butler wrote:
it is helping with my mental preparations
Just wait until you start running. There's nothing like having an endorphin addiction .
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