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Old 10-08-2011, 07:24 AM
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Since I quit smoking in 2006 and had to have a stent in 2007 I began working out at home. Before moving here I had a Planet Fitness 300 feet from my door and it was only $10 a month but I never went. The parking lot at that place was packed. I think it was more of a meet and greet for singles.

What I did was work out at home. Here in TV I do the same routine. Unless I'm playing softball or golf, that leaves about 3 or 4 mornings week that I can work out. I use a 10 pound medicine ball, resistance bands and two twenty pound weights. I'm 5'9" and when I quit smoking I gained 30 pounds and weighed 180. My current weight is 155 and I feel great. I also ride a bike about 3 mornings a week for about 7 miles in my neighborhood, takes about 35 minutes. You can really get a good workout at home with resistance bands. If you're interested I can tell you some of the exerices I do. They also include situps and crunches and leg lifts. There is a lot you can do without machines.

One side note, is in the last year I've increased my swing speed and driving distance at the course to about 265-275 yards. It's amazing when I see the face of grown men weighing 250 and this little guy weighing 155 drive the ball 50 yards or more past them. In fact I always played the white tees up north and here I've had to switch to the blue tees and I still shot an 82 last week at Mallory. Not bad considering I just started playing golf in 2009. Living in TV is like being a kid at the playground again.
John - kudos to you!..fantastic to see you have the motivation to keep up exercising on your own, and that you've had such great results! I agree, we do the same thing - we have free weights we use for upper body strength, and walk, bike and swim for aerobic workouts. The pools are heated all winter long, so we can always swim, and walking can be done all year long. I prefer biking when its a little warmer, but not too hot. I haven't biked all summer, but will be getting back into it now that the weather is cooling down...