[speaker001:] okay Martin do you do any exercise
[speaker002:] yes I do uh I like to uh play basketball and weight lifting those are probably the two main things I like to do
[speaker001:] uh-huh um so those are more or less indoor sports how's the weather out there in Georgia
[speaker002:] yeah um in in in the winter you typically it's it's probably too cold to go out and do things like tennis um I like to play tennis in the summer time or in the spring fall
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but in the winter it it's gets pretty cold
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] um yeah so it's mostly indoor sports I think in the winter
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um how about yourself
[speaker001:] well yeah I'm on a exercise program I'm riding my Aerodyne bike um half an hour every morning and I'm just about ready to
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] up it to forty five minutes a morning and I feel like that's been a real nice exercise in the winter time
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] it's it's kind of kept me from getting cabin fever and um has seemed to be a real nice aerobic exercise
[speaker002:] right do you uh do any anaerobic type weight lifting or weight training type exercise
[speaker001:] no huh-uh I first of all I'd like to get my weight off I'm about fifty pounds overweight and so I'd like to get the weight off and then I'd really like to get into that
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh we have a my husband and I have a a aerobic video that's called The Firm I don't know if you've heard of it but it's a an aerobic video with not necessarily bouncing around and jumping up and down but you're using weights and that is the most incredible aerobic workout I have ever done it is really it's really fun
[speaker002:] huh yes it's it's it's aerobics it's similar to aerobics with weights
[speaker001:] yes uh-huh
[speaker002:] but it's like low impact aerobics where you use weights
[speaker001:] uh-huh yes
[speaker002:] okay are you familiar with um step or bench aerobics
[speaker001:] um no I mean yes I am but I have never done it myself have you done that
[speaker002:] uh yes I have in in Atlanta that's um most of the health clubs
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] are all that's the that's the in thing
[speaker001:] that's the big thing huh
[speaker002:] at first it was just regular aerobics but now bench or step aerobics have kind of taken over
[speaker001:] oh so how is that
[speaker002:] um it they call it a low impact aerobics and it's supposed to burn off more calories at the same time
[speaker001:] ooh
[speaker002:] and from when I've done it it does give you a good a real good workout but the only thing I'm concerned about is potential for injury to your knees
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] you know that and movement of going up on the step
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know that could create a problem
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] they they seem to think that it it won't but you never know
[speaker001:] huh now if um playing basketball are you knees do you have healthy knees
[speaker002:] yeah I I think my ankles probably are my lame weak point but
[speaker001:] oh dear
[speaker002:] I've I've kind of taken care of that I wear high tops and then also an an a support ankle brace which is very stiff
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and um wearing wearing that I haven't had any problems in the past year or so
[speaker001:] um-hum that's good well that sounds you sound just like my husband he he he injured his ankle about seven months ago playing volleyball and
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] oh he's just had a heck of a time getting that ankle healthy and so that's what he does he wears his
[speaker002:] yeah I
[speaker001:] his brace and his high tops and
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah I did I injured mine so many times that rehabilitating became quite easy
[speaker001:] oh uh oh shoot
[speaker002:] I mean it would only take three or four days and I could play again on it
[speaker001:] wow
[speaker002:] because after a while you just learn how to to rehabilitate yourself to play that way
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh dear oh
[speaker002:] but um so how how successful is your exercise video
[speaker001:] it is amazing how fast you take off the inches
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I would once I start my forty I'd like to do the forty five minutes a day on the bike for a week and then every other day I'd like to incorporate the video um and then the bike on the other day
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] but it is really amazing how fast the inches come off and the muscle builds
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] real fast um you can start they recommend doing the video without weights for the first month and then after that you can just start with your five pound dumbbells and then build up to your uh twenty five pound dumbbells
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and then you're just doing repetitious exercises throughout the whole video and it's a hour long video
[speaker002:] so it's a good workout
[speaker001:] so it is yeah I really enjoy that so I'm looking forward to losing this weight and being firm and healthy
[speaker002:] um-hum so in the winter I guess there's a lot uh it's quite cold and and snow
[speaker001:] yes yes now this one has been quite mild um we could have been out walking throughout the whole winter because really we only had about three weeks of snow on the ground it was quite chilly but not