58_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqgZpg6ooyA_more exercise / increasing activity
gpt
Hi, Scott.
human
Hi.
gpt
Hi. You were saying over the phone, uh, you want to talk about exercise?
human
Yeah.
gpt
Okay, alright. Where would you like to start with that?
human
Well, I'm, uh, I-I used to work out pretty good. I-I would go to the gym several times a week. I had kind of a schedule, um—
gpt
That's really a lot. Very good.
human
Yeah, well, you know, it really-- At-at one time, I was running-- I ran a half marathon. I was really into it, and, uh--.
gpt
Wow.
human
Well, and I-- But I was working at a different company, where I had a little bit different schedule, a little more free time than I have now, so I just don't have the time like I used to.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
And I-- And really, it's kind of an excuse, I guess, cause I-I could probably make the time, but it's-it's easier to just keep working or-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
-just being in bed or whatever.
gpt
But that goal of the half-marathon, you know, it's really important that you were willing to put all the time into getting ready for it, which, from what I've heard from other people, is almost like a job in and of itself.
human
I-it was. A-and it was huge for me cause I'd never really been a runner, you know, but it-it was very motivating, and-and—
gpt
What'd you like about it?
human
I don't know. I guess there's kind of an adrenaline rush to it. Kinda almost like, you know, uh, kind of a high, I guess.
gpt
Uh-huh.
human
So yeah-- That's-- I-I really enjoyed it. And I-I liked the feeling that I was doing something good for myself. I liked that, too. I-it kind of-- It so-- It gave me a little bit of self-esteem, I guess.
gpt
I-it a-almost, um, feels like you identified as being a runner, like an athlete?
human
I-I subscribed to the magazine a while.
gpt
Do you really?
human
I did.
gpt
[unintelligible 00:01:40]
human
I let-- I lit it on fire but I-
gpt
Okay.
human
-I did burn for a time.
gpt
Got into the culture?
human
I got into the whole culture. I was-- I-I felt as good as I’ve felt in many, many years. And now I’ve kind of let that all slide, and-- Well, I had a foot injury, too, which kind of started the whole problem.
gpt
Okay, alright. Cause it’s tough, it's really, it is. I mean I’ve, um, I’m sure you’ve been told before by whomever, uh, diagnosed your foot injury, but if not, let me know if it gets so tough on your body [unintelligible 00:02:10] let me know. So--
human
It-it is. And I-- it-it may be why I can’t really run again, but I can certainly, you know, ride a stationary bike-
gpt
Okay.
human
-and do all the other things in a gym that you can do when you’re not running, so, it just nakes you to [unintelligible 00:02:23]
gpt
Oh, and yet and at the same time you know your body well enough, and you-you’re willing to pay attention to your doctor’s advice about the running, right now, for you, not the best thing. Um, so, riding a stationary bike. Um, what else do you like to do that's cardiovascular?
human
Um, well, um, I like-- The bike is pretty good. Uh, even the uh, you know, the kind of a rolling machine is okay. And the uh, the elliptical. Any of that’s fine. I-I really don’t, uh-- I don’t dislike any of it. Kind of once you get into the rhythm, yeah, it’s fine
gpt
If you were to pick one of those, which one do you enjoy the most, um, would be most likely to do?
human
Probably the elliptical.
gpt
The elliptical. Okay. Yeah. [unintelligible 00:03:07] like kind of almost like running.
human
Well, it is.
gpt
[chuckles].
human
It is without any of the impact, so it is true.
gpt
Okay. And-and what do you- do you-- Some folks, you know, [unintelligible 00:03:18] put on music, kind of- kind of.
human
Yeah, I do headphones.
gpt
Yeah.
human
I got my headphones, and I got my, uh, kind of [unintelligible 00:03:24], if you know what I mean
gpt
Okay. Get your rocking out, running on the elliptical playlist.
human
Yeah
gpt
And, um, so you were-- You said that you’ve been going several times a week, which is really an extraordinary number, I-I think it’s four, five times a week?
human
Yeah. I was going literally every other day, you know. And then, some days I would, you know, I’d run, and I’d go to the gym the next day, so I would-- I was very-- I don’t really feel it necessary to get back to that level, but I need to do something cause I’m doing nothing right now.
gpt
Nothing. Okay.
human
I should-- Or next to nothing. I walk to the grocery store or whatever’s handy when I have time, but yeah.
gpt
So what ideas do you have about initially just getting started, and what-what would you do [unintelligible 00:04:13] ?
human
Well, if I could just get myself over there once, 'cause usually that’s the hardest thing. It’s just going there. So I think that's-- You know, I’ve thought about it a little bit, I think I just need to make that first trip over there and just kind of to take it easy that first time. Just show up 'cause I think that’s really what I need to do. I justt need to go over there.
gpt
What would help you do that?
human
Um, knowing that my schedule isn’t gonna be too crazy that day where I could spare an hour or so, and-and just go do it.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
And then I-- [unintelligible 00:04:41] kinda nice [unintelligible 00:4:42] gonna be troublesome.
gpt
[unintelligible 00:04:45]?
human
Um, I don’t know. I think- I think the time has just been the biggest thing, you know, and-and I-I guess the motivation really hasn’t been there. I mean, you know, it’s not like- I don’t really have a goal. I don’t really have a, you know I don't, other than maybe reducing my waistline, you know, I don't really have a-a set number like I'm gonna run a marathon and you know.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
You know, so I think the just running off the playlist. I-I guess maybe if I made a goal would helped too.
gpt
Mm-hmm- mm-hmm. So that-that-that half marathon was, uh, a very specific concrete thing and you could envision yourself, and you're ready for it and the day of and all that kinda stuff.
human
Yeah.
gpt
Um.
human
Plus there's people who have done that countless times and you can go read what their-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
-regimen was so you get feedback too. And then [unintelligible 00:05:37] did this from this day and so on.
gpt
So sometimes-- almost sounds like, um, your feedback would be, uh, useful to you. Like some immediate feedback in terms of like, um, like [inaudible 00:05:53]
human
Yeah. Maybe.
gpt
[inaudible 00:05:55]
human
That might not be be a bad idea. [inaudible 00:05:59]
gpt
[inaudible 00:06:01]
gpt
-somebody there and, you know, hooking up with somebody.
human
I think that'd be great. I-I never have really found anybody that like to exercise with the pace that I wanted to. They were all either going way too fast or not even moving at all.
gpt
Okay.
human
So it's kinda hard to meet up with somebody that can kind of maybe kind of give you a push [unintelligible 00:06:38]-
gpt
Okay.
human
-might be a challenge.
gpt
There might be something [unintelligible 00:06:43] because you're such a social guy. And so to be able to be exercising and be talking and enjoying yourself- you like the music too, right?
human
Yeah, that's right, well I-
gpt
And if you arrange to meet somebody there, you're very good at, uh, you know, uh, keeping the agreement.
human
Okay, that's a great idea I hadn't thought of that-that's- I hadn't really, uh, I-I kinda dismissed that early on, I hadn't really even considered that, yeah.
gpt
And in for right now it just be, you'll be happy with getting there one time.
human
If I could get there-- I know if I could get there-- if I could pick, you know, uh, these are the days I'm going to go to the gym and I know these things last time.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
So if I- if I could-- I mean, I wanna get there three times a week.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
I wanna get there on Saturdays or Sundays and Tuesdays and Fridays, or something like that, then I could probably [unintelligible 00:07:34]
gpt
And days that you know of on your less rigorous schedule that you're more likely to succeed [unintelligible 00:07:40] I really like how you're picking like three days a week instead of some days a week.
human
Right, yeah. Well, it's just not-
gpt
Very clear you understand the whole idea of giving yourself a day off in between.
human
Oh yeah, yeah, it doesn't do any good to just try to injure your- injure yourself especially when you're a bit normal like me.
gpt
Okay, yeah, I know that, yeah, yeah. Okay, so. So, um, so are you sure you wanna try to start out with the- that initial [unintelligible 00:08:07]
human
You gotta get over there.
gpt
When you find someone to go with, great, if not, you get your own [unintelligible 00:08:12] your own music and uh, I'll be- I'll be trying just to-to see um, what is like for you, having actually done that [unintelligible 00:08:20]
human
Very good.
gpt
Yeah, okay.
human
Thank you.
gpt
Thanks.
human
All right, bye-bye.