How much do you exercise to improve your health?

^very important to do it, a life time of bad habits eventually catches up with you in the form of a health problem. I get frustrated when I see family members not living a healthy life style and eating junk food, sipping drinks like Pepsi every day, it drives me

format_quote Originally Posted by Salahudeen

sipping drinks like Pepsi every day

Fizzy is so bad for your health its quite shocking. But people drink it without a care in the world. I mainly drink coffee to keep awake in my morning lectures can't seem to find a replacement for it yet.

format_quote Originally Posted by Ghazalah

Fizzy is so bad for your health its quite shocking. But people drink it without a care in the world. I mainly drink coffee to keep awake in my morning lectures can't seem to find a replacement for it yet.

I've said that so many times to them till I eventually gave up and just let them destroy their own body it came to a point where we'd argue cos they'd get anoyed at me telling them constantly that they shouldn't be drinking that, it's bad for you etc. Now I just keep my mouth closed or use sarcastic humour, like, "you know doctors recommend drinking Pepsi, they say you don't need water in your body only pepsi"

As'Salaam Alaaykum

format_quote Originally Posted by Salahudeen

Just wondering, how many people make exercise a daily routine, and what have you noticed from doing exercise regularly? I've found from exercising regularly on a daily basis that I have more energy, and for some strange reason my complexion has improved, not sure why, also aches and pains that I used to get are no longer there.

It makes you feel better, look better and makes you feel happy and it is actually refereshing. Usually if you dont do exercise for a long time and then return to exercise your body aches. I also got told running prevents cancer, to do it on a regular basis, though a doctor told me this.

format_quote Originally Posted by noorseeker

Not sure if this is true, but doesnt fizzy drinks make you more thirsty, hence you keep on drinking more.

I work nights, so i dont know whats the best time to do it. if i go in the afternoon gym, im going to feel sleepy come 9pm


but no sleep . time for work

They do brother, it's a vicious chain, the more you drink the more thirsty you get because they don't actually hydrate your body,

Hi τhε ṿαlε'ṡ lïlÿ;

I am only motivated by anger..

Going back thirty years I could relate to this, I pushed myself to fairly extreme limits cycling. I gave up smoking and within a year I was cycling about 250 miles in a day, I ended up doing the Paris Breast Paris event which is 1200k in 84 hours, not very fast but I forgot to use gears.

My bike had one gear and a fixed wheel, which means I had to turn the peddles round 80,000 times in the first twenty four hours, and just under a quarter of a million revs in 84 hours.

Now I just go to the gym once a week and push myself fairly hard for a couple of hours.

No more anger now,

Blessings

Eric

format_quote Originally Posted by τhε ṿαlε'ṡ lïlÿ

I am only motivated by anger.. I jack up my ipod on war nasheeds and imagine myself at battle with IDF pigs or other pigs from the west, have an elaborate fantasy .. it has worked great so far...

You have more guts than all the male members put together on this forum lol.

format_quote Originally Posted by τhε ṿαlε'ṡ lïlÿ

I am only motivated by anger.. I jack up my ipod on war nasheeds and imagine myself at battle with IDF pigs or other pigs from the west, have an elaborate fantasy .. it has worked great so far...

A good source of motivation I guess.

format_quote Originally Posted by joyous fairy

I used to do quite a lot of walking and sports while I was at school/college/uni but now I dont do hardly any. Just walk sometimes.

I feel bad I should do more! I want to do lots of sports but there arent any female only sessions I should make my own, init?

You can workout in your home, you don't need women sessions.

format_quote Originally Posted by joyous fairy

Yes. But what I really want to do is sports, team sports/competitive sports. I dont feel motivated when I'm on my own.

In that case demand that your local masjid holds classes for sisters such as sisters basketball or some other sport. Tell them to put the donations they receive to good use and provide services for women if they don't all ready. Masjid here offers sports for sisters but out of like 10 masjids only one does, and these masjids receive so much in donations every Friday, I wonder why they aren't offering more services for the community.

format_quote Originally Posted by joyous fairy

Yes. But what I really want to do is sports, team sports/competitive sports. I dont feel motivated when I'm on my own.

I was the same, even when I'm at the gym, if I'm not listening to anything or don't have someone with me I just get bored quickly. So I booked a local gym, grabbed 10 or so sisters and we have weekly basketball and football games.

format_quote Originally Posted by Revert 2010

I walk for an hour when I get the chance, play regular football and pose on the football pitch and act as if I'm playing .Planning to get back into the gym I have heard of this fitness thingy called Zumba and not sure what this is?

It's working out by doing Latin dance routine or something