New Year's Fitness Resolutions

mm2467 · January 2nd, 2006, 09:43 AM

So how is everyone going to start thenw year fitness wise???

japangherl · January 2nd, 2006, 09:46 AM

I've been going to the gym again and have started doing about 200 crunches a day because my New year Resolution was to get a flat tummy.

Lani · January 2nd, 2006, 09:00 PM

I've started running again, just a little at a time. I've never been a great jogger and always got my cardio in otherways but I'm detirmind to become a runner.

miss_perfect · January 2nd, 2006, 09:44 PM

I recently got back into tennis after not playing it since high school. I SUCK! My serve is embarassing. The park near me offers cheap lessons so that is my new weekend AM routine.

pacific breeze · January 2nd, 2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lani

I've started running again, just a little at a time. I've never been a great jogger and always got my cardio in otherways but I'm detirmind to become a runner.

I'm curious as to why anyone would want to become a runner. Every long-term runner I know is haggard-looking -- their faces are far older than their bodies due to the lean, stringy thing that happens when you run a lot -- and most have shin splints, tendonitis and all kinds of running-related injuries.

I'm all for being fit, but obsessive running is completely unappealing to me and it seems that most people do get addicted to it. I walk, a lot, and I often pass joggers because I am a very fast walker. I am fit, but not obsessively so, and I don't have the injuries nearly all my runner friends have.

mermaiddelsol · January 2nd, 2006, 10:27 PM

well i'm gonna start running again, but by no means am i obsessed! i guess you could say i look slightly haggared, but that's from all the partying!

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Originally Posted by pacific breeze

I'm curious as to why anyone would want to become a runner. Every long-term runner I know is haggard-looking -- their faces are far older than their bodies due to the lean, stringy thing that happens when you run a lot -- and most have shin splints, tendonitis and all kinds of running-related injuries.

I'm all for being fit, but obsessive running is completely unappealing to me and it seems that most people do get addicted to it. I walk, a lot, and I often pass joggers because I am a very fast walker. I am fit, but not obsessively so, and I don't have the injuries nearly all my runner friends have.

wanderlust · January 3rd, 2006, 06:35 PM

I'm getting back to the gym...not even for my body even though that is an added bonus...I need it for my stress.

Lani · January 4th, 2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pacific breeze

I'm curious as to why anyone would want to become a runner. Every long-term runner I know is haggard-looking -- their faces are far older than their bodies due to the lean, stringy thing that happens when you run a lot -- and most have shin splints, tendonitis and all kinds of running-related injuries.

I'm all for being fit, but obsessive running is completely unappealing to me and it seems that most people do get addicted to it. I walk, a lot, and I often pass joggers because I am a very fast walker. I am fit, but not obsessively so, and I don't have the injuries nearly all my runner friends have.

I didnt really explain myself well. I'm also a fast walker (in high school I did the walking events in athletics), I just want to add running into it. I dont think I could run every day and 2.4km's is about my limit distance wise. I'm just getting bored of the stationary bike we have at home. Its building up my thighs too much and I dont want to be bulky. For my cardio I usually do a boxing session, or do martial arts speed drills (with skipping cardio blasts inbetween). But if I'm going to cut out the bike then I have to get something else to get my endurance up.

Though if anyone has any other cardio activities that build up endurance that I can try out that wont bulk me up at the same time the way cycling does then I'm all ears.