Time spent in the gym

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The weather has been ghastly this last week, and I've not been cycling to work. I've just been totting up the time I spend in the gym and it seems that when I'm commuting, I spend about about 2 hours a week in the gym, but this goes up to about 6 hours when there's nothing else I can do. Do other people find the same?
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
I've never been to the gym with you, so I can't comment I'm afraid. :tongue:
 

davidwalton

New Member
I have no excuse as our gym is in the back garden:sad:

Spend about 90 to 120 mins on the recumbent exercise bike each day at present, mainly to get fit enough for the new cycle I am buying, so while very boring; has purpose.
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
davidwalton said:
I have no excuse as our gym is in the back garden:sad:

Spend about 90 to 120 mins on the recumbent exercise bike each day at present, mainly to get fit enough for the new cycle I am buying, so while very boring; has purpose.
Pedals fitted to your sofa? :tongue:
 

GaryA

Subversive Sage
Location
High Shields
I never bother with gyms, nasty smelly noisy dirty sweaty places
the whole point of exersise is to get away from other people- fair enough I go swimming but the north |sea is no realistic alternative at this time of year;)
If the weathers too grotty to pedal I go running...no matter how cold it is your feet are always toasty- which is my main gripe with sub-zero cycling
 

Bad Company

The Next Stig !
Location
East Anglia
I use the gym this time of year. The bike is away now till Spring - Yeh I know I'm a wimp.
 
OP
OP
Cycling Naturalist
Location
Llangollen
twowheelsgood said:
The only thing that puts me off is really strong windy days.

Ahem....what do you think we've been having this last week? I joined the local municipal gym a couple of months ago and it costs £20 per month which I think is much cheaper than private gyms. Tedium? Well, I suppose it depends what you do. I only use the rowing machine for warming up and then do circuits using various muscle sets. For example, last night I did:

Lats machine 12 x 65 kg then 12 x 50
Pec machine 6 x 40 kg then 6 x 30
Cable machine - warm up 10 x 50 kg then 6 x 60 kg then 6 x 45 kg

I repeated this routine 4 times while dropping the repetitions on the lats machine by 2 each time until down to 6 times.

During the resting times, I did arm lifts and used the leg machines and basically kept going until I was tired, which took me about an hour.

Tonight, it'll be a longer session on the rowing machine and abdominal exercises - inclined sit ups and bridge work with a roller. It can be quite addictive as you feel youself getting stronger each week. Of course, it's nothing compared to what someone serious would do, but I enjoy it.
 
I always take it easy in Nov/Dec and have a rest before exercising again in earnest in the new year. As such I've not been to the gym for about 4 weeks, but have been keeping up the cycling and the pilates... but when the weather is bad, yes I do go more than normal...or I go moutain biking!
 

NickM

Veteran
Patrick Stevens said:
... For example, last night I did:

Lats machine 12 x 65 kg then 12 x 50
Pec machine 6 x 40 kg then 6 x 30
Cable machine - warm up 10 x 50 kg then 6 x 60 kg then 6 x 45 kg

I repeated this routine 4 times while dropping the repetitions on the lats machine by 2 each time until down to 6 times.

During the resting times, I did arm lifts and used the leg machines and basically kept going until I was tired, which took me about an hour...
This sounds dangerously obsessive to me (and I speak as a highly trained exercise physiologist).

Have you ever considered the advantages of beer?
 

bonj2

Guest
I don't bother going to the gym hardly at all nowadays, but still stay a member 'cos it works out cheaper for swimming, and can go to the sauna whenever i want
 
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