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03-27-20, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
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We Are Back in Style
A recent article in the Washington Post pointed out that exercise and home fitness had a 500% year-over-year increase (unfortunately, guns did as well). I guess our vidiot lifestyle is back in vogue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...p-coronavirus/
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"Remember that you can eat your way through any amount of exercise"-- Jillian Michaels" "Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels."--Bita "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle |
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03-27-20, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: TarHeel country
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The article is behind a paywall for me, but yeah -- it feels a bit strange to have the world suddenly doing all my things. Workout at home? Everybody is doing it. Homeschooling your kids? Yep, join the club. Staying home all the time and reading/crafting/Netflix-ing -- I'm a pro.
It's a strange, new world. 
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03-27-20, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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We've been cool all along...they were just too slow to figure it out
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Don't just work hard, work smart....Pat Head Summitt Never give up on your body!-- Miranda Esmonde-White Word/Guiding Principle for 2024: Embrace: embrace my faith, my family, my friends, myself, the process, the progress, the hard work, the strength program I choose, the recovery methods and rest I need, my life, the good times, and the memories of good people. |
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03-27-20, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Sorry about the paywall. I thought the Post had lifted the paywalls dealing with Coronavirus.
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"Remember that you can eat your way through any amount of exercise"-- Jillian Michaels" "Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels."--Bita "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle |
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03-27-20, 11:42 AM
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03-27-20, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oklahoma
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Yes, I'm so glad I have the videos and equipment already. I've read about how exercise equipment is selling like crazy now. I wonder how many will stick with it after this is over.
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03-27-20, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
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An anecdote: one of my male friends was lamenting the closure of the gym here. I told him to go to YouTube to find some videos. I also told him I had some weights, but not at his level of lifting (I don't want to kill myself, after all). I will check in with him to see how he is doing. Last I heard it was push-ups and sit-ups only. We are so ahead of the curve-lol
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"Remember that you can eat your way through any amount of exercise"-- Jillian Michaels" "Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels."--Bita "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle |
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Location: State of Confusion
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03-27-20, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oklahoma
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03-27-20, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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 So funny! He and another son both lift very heavy and the gyms closing is hard on them. Erica |
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