Exercise/Calorie question

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:21:44 GMT, "Cammie"
wrote:
Besides aerobics, what one exercise burns the most calories in LEAST amount
of time?
Preferably a floor exercise... or does walking (treadmill) burn more than
any floor exercise does?

It is important to keep in mind that walking is aerobic activity.
Regardless, I know you mean by aerobics. I believe that there are a
number of activities that burn calories more efficiently than aerobics
in general. The first few that come to mind are elliptical machines,
hill hiking, and running.


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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:45:54 -0400, "JayJay"
wrote:
"Cammie" wrote in message
...
I have time for about 30-40 minutes of exercise per day whether walking at
lunch or on my treadmill at night. I work 10+ hour days, then I have
committee meetings after work and travel and business dinners. I just do
not have time on a regular basis for much exercise in quantity as you
suggest. I surely have no time for 1-1.5 hours of walking, there is just no
way. That is why I asked what I could accomplish a 30-40 min timespan that
would be most beneficial to burn calories.
well, if that's your attitude - then you are destine to remain fat.

I disagree, and find your comments non-constructive.


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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:43:33 -0500, "Susan Jones-Anderson"
wrote:
Cammie, no disrespect meant.. but JayJay is not a troll. In fact she is
a well respected poster here to asd and she is likely one of the most
adamant folks who post here about getting off your duff and taking TIME
to improve yourself through exercising. You'd do well to take some
advice.

Yet, in this case, JayJay hit a foul ball.


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On 24 Sep 2003 04:54:24 -0700, (AL DiSanto)
wrote:
"Cammie" wrote in message ...
"JayJay" wrote in message
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well, if that's your attitude - then you are destine to remain fat.
Well you are a wealth of wisdom, I and everyone else surely could have done
with your response. At least I am making SOME effort to find SOME time
every day to exercise. Excuse me troll.
I'm sorry, but "don't have time" means "don't want to badly enough".
Set aside a time for exercise. Make it part of a daily routine: just
like taking a shower and brushing your teeth.

Al: Cammie is setting aside time for exercise. You may want to read
her messages again.


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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:51:50 GMT, "Cammie"
wrote:
It seems to me what we have here are some people who have lost some weight
who either 1) have egos about it or 2) think they are the authority on
everything. I thought I was asking for some simple laid back advise at
possibly a friendly NG but I got criticized and judged and no help what so
ever.

I'm a little floored, quite frankly, by the reaction of some of the
folks in this newsgroup to your message, and sorry it's taken me two
days to chime in myself with my outrage. The quibbling over 20
minutes vs. 45 minutes vs. an hour is unprecedented.


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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:19:41 GMT, "MH"
wrote:
The things is....is asd is not simply a "there, there dear" ng. We do not
just provide nice words. Support sometimes means being a bit more honest
than one would care to admit.

True, and true, but I didn't see Cammie's massive transgression that
apparently you and others perceived.


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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:33:40 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:
I pay someone to do the "life" things (laundry,
housework, yard work) that I would be doing in the time that I am working
out.

Though that doesn't make much sense to me... Housework and yardwork
is exercise. We plan that as our PA-for-the-day every other Saturday.


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"bicker 2003" 1NVAL1D wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:33:40 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:
I pay someone to do the "life" things (laundry,
housework, yard work) that I would be doing in the time that I am
working
out.

Though that doesn't make much sense to me... Housework and yardwork
is exercise. We plan that as our PA-for-the-day every other Saturday.

It may burn calories but I would not consider it exercise to the extent that
I get at the gym. I don't think laundry is nearly as good a work out as
heavy lifting or a hard hour of spinning.


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"Kelly" wrote in message
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"bicker 2003" 1NVAL1D wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:33:40 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:
I pay someone to do the "life" things (laundry,
housework, yard work) that I would be doing in the time that I am
working
out.

Though that doesn't make much sense to me... Housework and yardwork
is exercise. We plan that as our PA-for-the-day every other Saturday.

It may burn calories but I would not consider it exercise to the extent
that
I get at the gym. I don't think laundry is nearly as good a work out as
heavy lifting or a hard hour of spinning.

It depends on your laundry habits. When all my kids lived at home, if I had
to haul it all to the basement, that meant 4-5 trips up and down 2 flights
of steps with 40 pound baskets. It sure felt like exercise to me. When we
had a clothes line, hauling wet clothes to the back yard and then bending
and lifting to hang it up also felt very much like exercise. Of course I do
much less now with only one still at home (who does her own laundry
usually), but the rest of the housework can be a real workout.

On days I do heavy housework such as deep cleaning, moving furniture, doing
the baseboards, scrubbing the floors on my hands and knees, I get much more
of a workout that if I did my regular 25-30 minutes on the stepper. If I've
spent 5 hours doing serious cleaning, you can bet I won't worry about not
hitting the stepper that day. Spending 5 hours in the yard raking,
trimming, hauling etc. is also a great workout.

Melissa

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:48:48 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:
"bicker 2003" 1NVAL1D wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:33:40 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:
I pay someone to do the "life" things (laundry,
housework, yard work) that I would be doing in the time that I am working
out.
Though that doesn't make much sense to me... Housework and yardwork
is exercise. We plan that as our PA-for-the-day every other Saturday.
It may burn calories but I would not consider it exercise

Indeed each person can consider things as they wish.

Your body, however, will consider it exercise. grin

I don't think laundry is nearly as good a work out as
heavy lifting or a hard hour of spinning.

Yet two hours of vacuuming, mopping and cleaning is a better work-out
than two hours of golf.


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to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
- Carl Sagan

People are, of course, welcome to place whatever irrelevant
limitations on their ability to enjoy something that they wish.