<p>There is lots of exercise instruction off of YouTube that you could watch on your television. I have done exercise videos off of a laptop or iPad. There are links in this thread to YouTube exercise videos though they may be hard to find as this thread is so long.</p>
<p>Also, sryrstress, see if there’s a gym either near your job or on the way to/from your job. As long as you’re traveling 35 minutes, you could stop halfway either in the morning or in the evening.</p>
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<p>A picture of Djokovic winning the 2011 Australian Open. He’s quite fit.</p>
<p>He took off his shoes to throw to the crowd but he apparently took out his orthotics too. I have the feeling that a lot of pros use custom or high-end orthotics to enhance performance and help prevent injury. They aren’t just for us old guys.</p>
<p>BTW, he has a much better build for tennis than Nadal does.</p>
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<p>Nice abs. I’m kinda partial to women’s tennis, though. 
Actually, he is built a lot like iPod nazi (ex-pro soccer goalie) – who has a bet going that he can put on 20 pounds. So, he’s trying to bulk up.</p>
<p>OK, I’m not gonna lie. I knocked it out of the ballpark tonight for dinner. Mediterranean Seafood Stew from Jacques Pepin and Julia Child’s cookbook. Wow. I’ve been making for years, but this batch was awesome.</p>
<p>Simple broth: Onions, garlic, celery, carrots, and yellow bell pepper sauteed in a little olive oil. About a pound and half of over-ripe cherry tomatos (clearance table). A cup of sweetish white wine. Four bottles of clam juice (instead of fish stock) which really kicks up the flavor, big time. Salt, pepper, thyme, and tarragon. Then a couple generous pinches of saffron. Yumm.</p>
<p>Dump in the seafood: fresh haddock, fresh scallops, a couple of shrimp, and a half pound of clams. Oh, and some parsley.</p>
<p>I think I"ve died and gone to low calorie heaven. Lo fat. Low carbs. Lo-cal. Big flavor.</p>
<p>I froze half of it without the saffron and seafood, so it’s ready to go for a quicky meal down the road.</p>
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<p>Uh, oh. That doesn’t sound good. With any luck, it’s one of those “couple o’ days” aches and pains…</p>
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<p>I workout at home. I think a lot of people do. I don’t think you are missing out on much not being able to watch exercise DVDS. Everything I’ve seen is either ridiculously easy or insanely difficult. Lke P90X. No way in heck I could do those workouts. I watched a Jillian Michaels’ kettleball workout from on-demand the other day. Good workout, good exercises, but the video went at a pace that I could never do. It must be very demoralizing to think that anyone can actually do those workouts non-stop.</p>
<p>Tweaked my back at the gym this morning–adjusting a machine; not lifting! Aargh!! Took a day off yesterday to go into NYC w/ H. May have to take another day off tomorrow. Was hoping to kind of work through my various aches and pains for a few more days. Wednesday I am having my surgery to remove the excess skin left behind from my weight loss. I’ll be laid up for a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>There’s also Exercise TV. They have quite a variety of styles and paces. You can watch them on your computer (streaming) with ads or download them to watch when you want.</p>
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<p>I just don’t know how people can handle those bubbly aerobics teachers. I don’t know about ya’ll, but that Richard Simmons stuff would make me want to start hurling running shoes at the screen.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that I’m just not psychologically cut out for a Zumba class!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the tips. Don’t know how to watch youtube on tv, but will try downloading some things to then watch. I’m a visual person and think it would be very helpful to have something to watch or work alongside.</p>
<p>We do not have dsl/fiber optic available here; only wireless. Must faster than dial up, but much too slow to watch youtube, flip videos, etc. w/o downloading first. Thanks again. Getting started and committing is/was the most difficult part.</p>
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<p>Sounds like you are gonna be laid up from your surgery just in the nick of time! Let all those aches and pains heal up.</p>
<p>Good luck with your surgery chintzy!</p>
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<p>Ditto. Stay well, chintzy.</p>
<p>Today’s morning workout: clear the ice left by the ice storm last night off the driveway along with about 8 inches of buildup in some spots. Afternoon workout: clear more ice off the back roof while it’s above freezing. I was thinking of buying a hammer and chisel for this. My hammer is at the kids’ apartment right now along with my drill. I don’t know how useful a drill would be in ice. Looks like no time to go to the YMCA. I could go to the office and use the treadmill there but I’ll probably be too tired out with other errands.</p>
<p>First 8 miler in a month and it did not go well. My heart rate was sky high-even at a crawling pace. Maybe tired or dehydrated from hot yoga yesterday??? (didn’t think I was dehydrated) Anyway- I did it. Just sort of frustrating when you can’t find a pace- no matter how slow- that feels easy. At least I was outside in 44 degrees and not on the dreadmill. The next “snow event” is coming in a couple of days.</p>
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<p>Yeah. I know how you feel! Welcome to my world! :)</p>
<p>Nothing felt easy this week. Even the scale was hard. Three hard workouts. Three days of shoveling the deck. Five hours of running the snowblower. A Saturday interval session. Not my biggest low cal week, but I tracked all my food and was at a signficant calorie deficit. My reward? I *gained *1.9 pounds after hitting a new low last Sunday morning. Gee thanks!</p>
<p>My thermometer jeans still fit and the body fat scale (which measures mostly water content) is giving me unusually low readings, so I’m chalking it up to water retention and will probably see a big drop one day this week.</p>
<p>^^ I’m sure you will. I also figure you are building a LOT of muscle. I also understand how that number on the stupid scale can make or break your day.</p>
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<p>Seems like I would almost have to be… unless by some fluke of nature my *fat *is getting stronger!</p>
<p>Did some inverted rows today. Four sets of eight. My, my. Not as hard a burpees, but – my my. I will be incorporating these into my routine. I can see how good they are for my back. Strong back muscles are good.</p>