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| i do my one hour of hatha probably 6 times a week, but do some sort of yoga everyday-all day long.
i work in my garden, which is large. I have no rototiller so everything i do in the garden i do it with a shovel, and that is very hard work, but worth it when the strawberries come.
i watch my diet, although i do reward myself with food, from time to time---food is just so rewarding
I used to lift weights religiously
I used to be a very competitive wrestler
I used to ride my bike
Now, I work all day, commute a long distance, invest what time i can in my family (wife-4 kids), and am very content to sit at the end of the day, which normally doesn't arrive until way past sunset.
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| Different season so I'll update:
Free Weights 2-3 days a week, Yoga 4-5 days a week , Kayaking once a week, Swimming laps, 3-4 times a week. I also walk 30-45 minutes daily with my dog. |
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Location: right where I'm supposed to be | Ahhhhhhhhh  different seasons, YES 
Yoga 7 days a week, average 2-3 hours per day. Pilates 2 times a week, treadmill randomly 2 times a week. Swimming, usually everyday but the pool is still cold right now.
I did swim the other day. It has been warm and sticky in NY
Oh, I forgot to add my dancing but I don't consider that a workout. it's a 20 minute warm-up for the Pilates classes I teach
Mish
Edited by mishoga 2006-06-01 5:34 PM
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| I also train three times a week in Thai-boxing. I think Yoga and Thai boxing go really well together as Yoga has helped me become more calm, flexible and stronger, which has really improved my Thai-boxing.
Although Yoga alone would not get me fighting fit, I think that it is a sufficient form of excercise to keep people generally fit and healthy. If I want to really challenge myself then Astanga really does work up a sweat and is a great workout. |
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| I don't do a great deal.
I ran for over 15 years competitively for 10 and had to stop because of knee injuries.
I skated for 5 odd years (vert blading) and had 2 bad falls which crushed my neck, so that was the end of that, didn't fancy being in a wheel chair.
Downhill mountain biking saw me have some falls as well which told me to back off.
I have sky dived and will probably go and do that again. I run once a week very carefully and not too far or too fast. I do free-dive for a few weeks a year.
Ashtanga and the odd iyengar class is what keeps me well and happy.
I'd love to go back to some of the things I used to do, but hey, you've got to listen to your body and your common sense 
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| DownwardDog - 2006-06-05 9:13 AM
I don't do a great deal.
I ran for over 15 years competitively for 10 and had to stop because of knee injuries.
I skated for 5 odd years (vert blading ) and had 2 bad falls which crushed my neck, so that was the end of that, didn't fancy being in a wheel chair.
Downhill mountain biking saw me have some falls as well which told me to back off.
I have sky dived and will probably go and do that again. I run once a week very carefully and not too far or too fast. I do free-dive for a few weeks a year.
Ashtanga and the odd iyengar class is what keeps me well and happy.
I'd love to go back to some of the things I used to do, but hey, you've got to listen to your body and your common sense
I can totally relate to this......
i've given up on so many activities because the risk of injury is simply too great, and i'm getting older  and wish to continue doing so
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| well, when I win the fitness struggle I
do power Yoga 5- 6times a week
run 3-4 times a week
weight train 2 times/week
karate 2 times/week
swim 1 time/week
and add in a miscellaneous workout - one of my choice on the day to allow for some variety - it may be a walk, a Tae Bo video, step aerobics, boot camp workout or whatever....
I work shift so the Yoga and running fit in easily every day more or less and then over my days off I add in a third workout. The misc. one is cool cos it's great to be able to break from the routine and challenge myself to do something different which makes it more fun...
other than that I like to boulder, surf, ski & snorkel seasonally or socially |
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| Joint Mobility Exercises - every day.
Full ROM Resistance training - 3x per week.
Boxing 1/ week.
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| My yoga practice is plenty. I do primarily kundalini, and once a week I'll do an Ashtanga practice. I used to do Ashtanga exclusively, but it was too much for me; I got injured too often. I feel that the breathing practices in kundalini and Ashtanga have built my aerobic capacity and the asanas in kundalini and Ashtanga definitely have increased my strength and flexibility.
Also, I don't drive, so I walk a lot, and I enjoy recreational bike riding.
I used to run, and do "aerobics", but no longer do either. My knees will not allow it.
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| I try to squeeze in an hour yoga practice every day, and make my best attempt to run at least 20 miles per week. I also enjoy bicycling, but that is weekends only.
Namaste,
Achilles |
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| i enjoy playing sports recreationally....football, tennis, swimming
football at the beach is great fun...hard work running on the sand! |
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| Ok, here's the latest rundown:
Yoga: six mornings a week (I sleep in on Sunday)
Weights: three evenings a week
Tae Bo/Cardio: four evenings a week
I put the kayak away in November. It'll be out in March or April again. It gives me an excellent and fun cardio workout. |
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| Miabella704 - 2006-12-18 9:38 AM
Ok, here's the latest rundown:
Yoga: six mornings a week (I sleep in on Sunday)
Weights: three evenings a week
Tae Bo/Cardio: four evenings a week
I put the kayak away in November. It'll be out in March or April again. It gives me an excellent and fun cardio workout.
I do in this way
Yoga: five mornings a week
Weights: six evenings a week
Tae Bo/Cardio: 7 evenings a week
And I fell me greate .
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| To stay healthy, I run at least once a week, usually on the weekends.
I also eat healthy and drink tea on a daily basis.
I also try to blog weekly.
Most importantly, I spend time with family and friends.
Alan
www.nalatea.com |
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| I run about 30 miles total a week (6 days a week). I do light weights at lunch 4 days a week. I do Ashtanga every day but Saturday. Some days are less intense then others, though. I think you need to do some form of walking in addition to yoga to maintain your heart's health...but that could be me just reiterating what the "experts" say a body needs. |
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Location: Upstate NY | Just Asanas...... I did try to work out with my wife the other day..... like I said "try". She was working out to some heavy cardio routine from a DVD and I twisted my knee 
Yoga is all i need....... I just needed to get hurt to realise it  |
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| Ballet,pointe, jazz, step aerobics, cardiokickbox and pilates. |
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| I run,swim and cycle alot, altough lesser and lesser now as i want to focus on yoga. |
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| I am wondering, does anyone have experience with trekking poles? I am attmpting to walk everyday, am heavy and thought that besides making walking a more upper/ lower body workout, the poles would help with stress on my knees and ankles. What I don't want to happen with my walking is that my knees get sore, it hurts to walk, making it harder/ less likely that I will walk the next day... little issues arise in my mind, like how to walk the dog while using the poles, if carbon tips will be appropriate for walking on pavement (I am thinking of black diamond poles, I want to get good ones so the poles will be comfortable and can handle my weight, even tho I am not mountainering, the poles need to be strong... and also parts of my walk are done on grass/ trail type ground) Thanks for the input! |
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| Poles do make walking much easier. Mr. Tourist has used them in adventure races and found them very helpful. Ifyou have a good outdoor store around they can direct you to the best poles. They have poles that are for racing (usually telescopic so they fold up to take less space) and "nordic walking" poles - both intended for use while walking. Sounds like fun but I have no hints about what to do with the dog - sorry! Tie the leash to your belt? |
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| My daughters and I saw a leash like that on TV, you attach it around your waist. We were laughing so hard at the thought that we would try it out with our dog. We were all in agreement on this topic, knowing for sure that injury would follow. Our dog is notoriously hard headed. |
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| Distance walking (though a piriformis injury has made me cut back drastically for the past 6 months), cycling (when I can't walk), weights (perhaps 1-2 times per week) and swimming (3-5 times per week, depending on the time of year).
In fact, I first went to yoga to get help with my core (I would stoop over toward the end of long walks) and for my tight hamstrings.
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| the have really helped me with eight loss and backproblems. i'm now on my second pair, i love them!
here's a good site with info on mbt shoes:
http://www.mbt.theshopdot.com
sofi |
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| Here's another site with information about MBT |
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| I wanted to offer this to some of you that is really in to Yoga instead of sellign it to someone who wont enjoy it as some of you will.
I have a Yoga site for sale for $60 bucks. except payments through Paypal.
http://www.yogapilatesfitness.net
Its a beautiful website and for some one interested in yoga it would great to have. I just dont have the time nor the interest in Yoga to market the site.
Its fully automated with Articles and videos updated daily.
3 streams of income, adsense, Ebay, and Amazon.
Let me know we can work something out. |
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