I'm in a bind

[Doctor Fred]

Hey, folks. Here's a entry I copied and pasted from the ol' live journal that I'm hoping to get your insight on. I'm still not sure which one I should lean to.<br><br>I still need another half-credit for physical education for next year. We're filling out our desired schedules as of now, and I've discovered that we actually have a walking class! And seniors are eligable! And we get credid for it! Hell, I've walked before for four and a half hours just for the hell of it, and I can certainly do it for accademic purposes. Plus, I'm tall, and my leg length advantage will go to good use. But here's the thing: I'm out of shape. If I go and take a physical education class that I can do on auto-pilot, then there'll be this thing in the back of my head bugging me about how I could be doing something productive for my health. The other option on the table is weight training. I'll undoubtably embarass myself every class period with how little I can lift, but I can at least be doing a favor to my poor physique for that semester. Plus, I hear the teacher's kinda' dumb, so if I didn't want to do any lifting one day then it wouldn't be hard skipping out on it and him not noticing. Right, so I can take a class I'll certainly hate and be productive with my physical abilities for a change, or I can take a class I'll love and miss out on the rewards that come with putting yourself through something that you don't like. I could use your say on this.

[Gizensha]

Walking <b>is</b> good for you. To the point that the UK health people recomend walking at least 10,000 steps a day to stay in shape.

[TyVulpine]

I'd say weight training simply because it's the more rewarding of the two.<br><br>Sure walking is good, but weight lifting burns more calories and helps you stay in shape better.

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tailsthefox+Mar 3 2005, 01:15 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tailsthefox @ Mar 3 2005, 01:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I'd say weight training simply because it's the more rewarding of the two.<br><br>Sure walking is good, but weight lifting burns more calories and helps you stay in shape better. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Surely it's not as rewarding if you're not good at it to start off with. And besides. I have heard of health risks caused by it...

[TyVulpine]

true, but as you work at it, you get stronger, and find yourself looking and feeling better. Thats certainly rewarding.

[Henohenomoheji]

It depends. Do you have Coach Doorstop?

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tailsthefox+Mar 3 2005, 01:17 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tailsthefox @ Mar 3 2005, 01:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> true, but as you work at it, you get stronger, and find yourself looking and feeling better. Thats certainly rewarding. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Ah, but as mentioned by somebody on his LJ, weightlifting is a muscle-building exercise, which are muscles he's unlikely to use outside of the class. As such, the muscles will weaken when they're not used. And, iirc, muscles when not used basically turn to fat. Only muscles are heavier than fat, so they'd probably turn to more fat than the fat they got rid of.

[Henohenomoheji]

...you lost me.

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Henohenomoheji+Mar 3 2005, 01:34 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Henohenomoheji @ Mar 3 2005, 01:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> ...you lost me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Don't worry about it too much. I often lose myself. I'll try and draw you a map and see if it helps. This isn't meant to be patronising, just breaking down my parragraph into a point by point basis.<br><br>Very few non-specialised things in life uses the extra muscle size that would be gained via weighttraining (as in, the added 'look/feel-good factor'. Weather it looks good or not depends on the extremity of them, to be frank, and the viewer's taste, but anyway)<br><br>Weighttraining builds muscles better than it burns fat, to my knowledge.<br><br>Muscles weigh more than fat.<br><br>To my knowledge, the body breaks unused muscle down into something it can use if it needs to and can store if it doesn't. As in, fat.<br><br>This results in a) a loss in the added advantage of weight-training that it makes you look good<br><br>and <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo--> due to the weighing more than fat part, a muscle broken down into fat will, in theory, result in more fat than the fat he'll lose due to the weight training.<br><br>If that fails, then the best I can offer you is a zen-map, I'm afraid. If you don't look at my text, you're more likely to find the right direction to where I am going than if you don't follow my text.

[Henohenomoheji]

Don't worry, I got it that time. thanx.

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Henohenomoheji+Mar 3 2005, 01:46 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Henohenomoheji @ Mar 3 2005, 01:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Don't worry, I got it that time. thanx. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> np

[Kles]

I would take weight training personally. I walk over 25000 steps a day. I need weights.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I'd say the weights, great for building will power.

[Tom Flapwell]

The embarrassment you would have lifting weights at first should not be as bad as the embarrassment of being out of shape for the rest of your life.<br><br>I have no viable excuse for not lifting weights.

[Muninn]

I'd say walking, that just seems a better option to me.<br><br>Weight training might be hard if your upper body strength isn't good.