Gym memberships in Manhattan (health, bike, commute to)

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

I was a gym go-er since I was in High school. Belonged to most big chains. During Covid when gyms were closed I was focused to workout outside and in my apartment. Quit the gym shortly after the re-opened and been gym free since. Rain/sleet/snow/heat my butt is outside everyday.

Do you lift weights?

[TheWiseShopper]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

I was a gym go-er since I was in High school. Belonged to most big chains. During Covid when gyms were closed I was focused to workout outside and in my apartment. Quit the gym shortly after the re-opened and been gym free since. Rain/sleet/snow/heat my butt is outside everyday.

I wish I could work out at home since I don't have to trek through the bad weather and cross streets during heavy traffic to get to the gym. But I already tried that and that never works out. I get too lazy.

[90sSitcom]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

Do you lift weights?

Yes and do resistance.

Originally Posted by TheWiseShopper

I wish I could work out at home since I don't have to trek through the bad weather and cross streets during heavy traffic to get to the gym. But I already tried that and that never works out. I get too lazy.

Yes you need discipline.

[TheWiseShopper]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

Yes you need discipline.

The funny thing is my apartment building has 12 flights of stairs residents can use. That could be my StairMaster exercise. Don't need a gym membership for that.

But too lazy to use them. For some reason, I have better motivation to workout at the gym because I know I'm paying monthly for it (so I MUST make good use of it) and plus, there are people around you at the gym also training hard and that adds motivation as well.

[SeventhFloor]

Good posts by you both.

[90sSitcom]

Originally Posted by TheWiseShopper

The funny thing is my apartment building has 12 flights of stairs residents can use. That could be my StairMaster exercise. Don't need a gym membership for that.

But too lazy to use them. For some reason, I have better motivation to workout at the gym because I know I'm paying monthly for it (so I MUST make good use of it) and plus, there are people around you at the gym also training hard and that adds motivation as well.

Stairs are a good workout but can be hard on the knees. Walking is really the best cardio for the body especially as you get older. But man I hate taking those walks in the cold. Bundling up and freezing is not fun to me . But it's good for the body and the mind.
Off to go for my walk, thankfully the sun is out this morning. When the sun is out all is well in my world

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

Stairs are a good workout but can be hard on the knees. Walking is really the best cardio for the body especially as you get older. But man I hate taking those walks in the cold. Bundling up and freezing is not fun to me . But it's good for the body and the mind.
Off to go for my walk, thankfully the sun is out this morning. When the sun is out all is well in my world

The sun is great for your body and mind, you're absolutely right

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

Stairs are a good workout but can be hard on the knees. Walking is really the best cardio for the body especially as you get older. But man I hate taking those walks in the cold. Bundling up and freezing is not fun to me . But it's good for the body and the mind.
Off to go for my walk, thankfully the sun is out this morning. When the sun is out all is well in my world

how much walking is going to be cardio and not just movement is going to depend on one’s shape .

walking for most fit people isn’t going to improve cardio much as like any muscle the heart only responds to what it doesn’t do efficiently yet or what it is NOT used to .

like i said my blood pressure was high , my sugar high and my cholesterol high even after decades of bike , walking and elliptical.

the measurable differences didn’t happen until i went outside my efficiency zone .

what was interesting was after my wife and i were hospitalized for two weeks with delta covid and on oxygen in the hospital we required no rehab or even oxygen after we were released .

within a week we were back to our routine doing our photography and walking hills and miles .

however while i could do all the things in life i typically could , i couldn’t run .

my heart rate would shoot up in minutes and i felt winded ….

i was concerned so i saw the pulmonologist i was assigned when i was released from LIJ hopital .

they saw nothing so they sent me to the northwell cardiology center .

they did an echo stress .

First thing they said to me was are you a runner? i said yes i was running 3 miles every other day up to covid .

they said they can tell by the pumping and flow rate of my heart which was high for my age .


stress tests use a standardized scoring system .

it runs from 1 to 12 ….8-10 is normal .

i breezed thru ten and they had me try 11… 11 was no problem .

they didn’t bother with 12 since they already saw i was way above normal..

they said that the intense cardio grows everything so much that i lost that excess capacity….

they said stick with the running and it will come back .

sure enough it took 9 months to grow everything back to where it was prior to covid .

today i have broken all my previous records.

so don’t confuse what is movement, what is exercise and what is cardio growth.

they are all different levels of heart rate where you work at

anyone seeing heart rates in the cardio workout range walking better see a good cardiologist

[90sSitcom]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

how much walking is going to be cardio and not just movement is going to depend on one’s shape .

walking for most fit people isn’t going to improve cardio much as like any muscle the heart only responds to what it doesn’t do efficiently yet or what it is NOT used to .

Well I do 40+ miles a week between walking/running so I'm not just taking a Sunday afternoon stroll.
I do the marathon every year, just completed my 23rd on Sunday.

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

Well I do 40+ miles a week between walking/running so I'm not just taking a Sunday afternoon stroll.
I do the marathon every year, just completed my 23rd on Sunday.

wasn’t directed at you , just a general comment directed at the masses.

we have so many at both our gyms who take a leisurely walk on the tread reading a book or on their phones and think it’s a cardio workout