For me, exercising at work is limited by time, exercise available, and outside conditions. I'm not sure what exercise I could do to get really aerobic workouts outside during the work day; I won't run (crappy knees), and biking just isn't aerobic enough for me, plus there are equipment issues (keeping a bike at work is a sure-fire way to have it stolen).
Also, there are environmental issues to exercising outdoors in London. First, it rains really hard here, and during the winter it is quite cold. Second, the air in central London is nasty. I'm not sure if emissions regulations are really different here but I frequently get nauseous walking down the road because some vehicle just puffed out a pile of poison gas next to me. Third, it's super urban - while you could find a way to jog on tiny back streets, biking can't get good straightaways and you stop for lights all of the time. That's if you don't get killed because of having to ride in traffic (there are no shoulders on the roads here).
Anyway, the good thing about the machines is that they keep me in a controllable environment where I'm able to keep my workout to the amount of time I have allotted (30 minutes of exercise, gone from the office for no more than an hour) and have no weak excuses about the weather. Boredom is my enemy, but I'm not seeing a lot of good options for getting exercise away from the gym. I already walk all over the place and with biking and running out ... well, there's the gym. I could certainly do other things at home (since I'm right next to the Thames), but that is only really going to work on weekends. The key for me is getting exercise during the time available to me during the day, and the lunchtime workout is where it is at.
So I should get a heart monitor but I'm not seeing how I'm going to avoid the boredom of going to the gym as long as I'm doing lunchtime workouts and I'm in central London and I'm not running. Oh well.
RE: stress list - 1) don't eat much meat, hate fish 2) tasty produce a good idea but I don't snack much these days! 3) cooking is hard as I go out several nights a week, but I always cook when I'm at home as it's just too expensive to go out to eat 4) work's not stressing me out since I quit my last job 5) relaxing good.
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Re: Get a heart rate monitor, and get out of the gym.
Date: 2008-07-09 07:11 am (UTC)Also, there are environmental issues to exercising outdoors in London. First, it rains really hard here, and during the winter it is quite cold. Second, the air in central London is nasty. I'm not sure if emissions regulations are really different here but I frequently get nauseous walking down the road because some vehicle just puffed out a pile of poison gas next to me. Third, it's super urban - while you could find a way to jog on tiny back streets, biking can't get good straightaways and you stop for lights all of the time. That's if you don't get killed because of having to ride in traffic (there are no shoulders on the roads here).
Anyway, the good thing about the machines is that they keep me in a controllable environment where I'm able to keep my workout to the amount of time I have allotted (30 minutes of exercise, gone from the office for no more than an hour) and have no weak excuses about the weather. Boredom is my enemy, but I'm not seeing a lot of good options for getting exercise away from the gym. I already walk all over the place and with biking and running out ... well, there's the gym. I could certainly do other things at home (since I'm right next to the Thames), but that is only really going to work on weekends. The key for me is getting exercise during the time available to me during the day, and the lunchtime workout is where it is at.
So I should get a heart monitor but I'm not seeing how I'm going to avoid the boredom of going to the gym as long as I'm doing lunchtime workouts and I'm in central London and I'm not running. Oh well.
RE: stress list -
1) don't eat much meat, hate fish
2) tasty produce a good idea but I don't snack much these days!
3) cooking is hard as I go out several nights a week, but I always cook when I'm at home as it's just too expensive to go out to eat
4) work's not stressing me out since I quit my last job
5) relaxing good.
Speaking of which, off I go!