Do you exercise?

I've always been a huge cycling enthusiast. I remember my first bike, I think I was 5. I don't get to do it in the winter though obviously.

I started weight lifting almost 4 months ago. I aim for twice a week, 2 hours each time (so 4 hrs/wk). It's a lot of fun but can be difficult and I feel like I wanna give up sometimes, haha. It's difficult finding a way to keep things interesting. But I have a 12 year old sister on a wheelchair, whom I have to pick up and carry often, so knowing that I'll be able to carry her easily is what keeps me going! It feels like I'm carrying the 9 year old version of her again. Also IDK if this is TMI, but my boyfriend really appreciates my gains too, so vanity plays a part.

Other than that, I used to swim almost everyday in the summer when I was a kid, and almost everyday even in winter (in an indoor pool) when I was 11/12. I stopped after I was 13 unfortunately, after I moved to a house that wasn't walking distance from the pool. I used to go ice skating about two times a week too. In the summer of 2003 I went to both a swimming summer camp and an ice skating summer camp.

I never saw ice skating as exercise though, just a fun activity with friends. Actually, I never saw either biking or swimming as exercise either, they're just fun activities to me. Weight lifting is the first real "exercise" to me.

I've been thinking about replacing cycling with running, just for the winter months. I posted about it in the Getting Healthy thread on inthe00s.

I put not really as there are some days when I can barely walk, let alone exercise.

Occasionally if I have time, or if I'm not being lazy. Last year I used to swim laps everyday though.

I need a pool

No. I need to lose belly fat so I should get started soon. 🤔

Really, I would never have known that, thanks!  So, the real reason here would be that your backyard is too small. 

Haha, you could always buy one of those bigger size ones I’ve seen at BigW before!