Re: Question of the day 7/23

[Guest guest]

As far as overall fitness is concerned, you need to do a combination of strength

training and cardio. Walking is a great workout that almost everyone can do (as

long as you're doing it fast enough to keep your heart rate up. Pump those arms

and move those legs, ladies and gents!) BUT, you'll probably see faster &

possibly better results w/ a more intensive workout.

My weight was a-creepin' when I was just doing Curves in the morning. Now that

I'm running 3.1-3.5 miles 3x's a week, I'm losing 1-3 lbs. a week. I'm still

doing Curves 5x's a week, but for me, I really needed to kick it up a notch.

166/155/130 (all-time high 175)

Question of the day 7/23

> Do you think that, in general, good ol' lively walking is just as

> effective as aerobics class, swimming, or treadmills when it comes

> to overall fitness? Why?

>

> My Answer:

>

> I believe that any " moving " is good for us. I also believe that

> we need to do some differnt things to get the most out of our

> workouts. We need weights to help tone, stretching to protect

> from injury, etc. Walking is what got me started in the beginning

> and I will always use it for my " slower " days, but now I also need

> to pick up the pace and do the higher intensity workouts.

>

> What about you?

> Maureen

>

>

[Guest guest]

Depends what kind of fitness. And how much walking. A lady who walked

daily had to have a bypass surgery a couple of years ago.

I look at fitness this way:

cardiac fitness

nutritional fitness

muscular fitness

I think all three need to be addressed to stay healthy.

cardiac fitness - cardio - most types of cardio are considered better than

walking (unless a person speed walks or runs) because walking is so natural

to us so after you get fit, it doesn't work your heart that much. Same with

swimming daily... most swimmers do not get their heart rate up during a

normal swim which may be way many of them swim Masters.

nutritional fitness: Weight Watchers

muscular fitness: weight training, Pilates, stretching, whole body

resistance training.

Cross training is the best for muscular AND cardiac fitness because it

surprises your body and works it harder.

JMO

Sue

Question of the day 7/23

> Do you think that, in general, good ol' lively walking is just as

effective as aerobics class, swimming, or treadmills when it comes to

overall fitness? Why?

>

> My Answer:

>

> I believe that any " moving " is good for us. I also believe that we need

to do some differnt things to get the most out of our workouts. We need

weights to help tone, stretching to protect from injury, etc. Walking is

what got me started in the beginning and I will always use it for my

" slower " days, but now I also need to pick up the pace and do the higher

intensity workouts.

>

> What about you?

> Maureen

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think walking is great as long as you up the intensity and/or

distance as you become fitter. I also thing weight training is

important, not just for saggy skin but it helps with things like

bone density etc.

I think the main thing with exercise is finding a few things you

like to do and mix it up.

Bel

---- Original message ----

>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:24:43 -0500

>

>Subject: Question of the day 7/23

>To: <Serious-Weight-Watchers >

>

> Do you think that, in general, good ol' lively

> walking is just as effective as aerobics class,

> swimming, or treadmills when it comes to overall

> fitness? Why?

>

> My Answer:

>

> I believe that any " moving " is good for us. I also

> believe that we need to do some differnt things to

> get the most out of our workouts. We need weights

> to help tone, stretching to protect from injury,

> etc. Walking is what got me started in the

> beginning and I will always use it for my " slower "

> days, but now I also need to pick up the pace and do

> the higher intensity workouts.

>

> What about you?

> Maureen

>

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> removed]

>

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