[speaker001:] all right do you do exercise
[speaker002:] I do yes I uh uh I guess it actually changes I do a number of different things simply walking with my wife and sometimes my daughter will come along on her little bicycle
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] uh and then moving up I run in the mornings not every morning it probably averages about two days a week
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] and then with my wife I actually go to the gym and lift weights which isn't I understand quite exercising but it's along the lines
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] how about yourself
[speaker001:] well um that's a hard question to answer because I do physical things but I don't always set out for them to be exercise
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I walk with my parents occasionally nothing's real regular about this because I have a weird schedule and they have a normal schedule and um I play racquetball but I haven't since I've been out of school I don't have anywhere to do that but that's going to start soon again and um I play softball once a week which is kind of more recreation than exercise
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] because I really don't like to exercise I think that's the basic point of it is I'm not I I don't enjoy it if I know that it's exercise but if it's like a social activity or a recreational activity I don't mind
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] so I have to disguise it it's like feeding little babies food and telling them it's something else so that they'll eat it that's kind of the same thing for me I have to not know that it's exercise so I can do it
[speaker002:] that's right right so you look at it more as a task
[speaker001:] well yeah if it's exercise it's a task I don't want to do anything I have to do
[speaker002:] right I see
[speaker001:] I mean I'll voluntarily clean the bathroom but I won't do it if I have to do it
[speaker002:] right right so I'm thirty two years old which is probably different than yourself
[speaker001:] uh-huh right I'm twenty two
[speaker002:] and so it's interesting that as you get older you begin to understand that you need to exercise my job at Texas Instruments I have to sit in front of a computer all day and make phone calls so
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] that I don't get any exercise doing that and plus there's a build up of stress so I need to go out and take those walks after dinner and I need to go out in the morning and run or I'll just get nuts
[speaker001:] right uh-huh right
[speaker002:] so that's kind of a motivator so even though I can look at it as a task the you know I kind of get the I get some kind of global benefit from the whole thing by saying well I'm lowering my chance of heart attack and thus that type stuff
[speaker001:] right huh eating right and no cholesterol and all that
[speaker002:] sure that all I I do all that
[speaker001:] yeah we I'm sure I will do I'm doing that more and more than I used to I think I'm getting
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I'm getting better about this knowing that I need exercise and doing it but it's still at the task stage
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] is it a pleasure for you or are you
[speaker002:] well it's a something as simple as a walk with my wife is very enjoyable I do that at the end of the day and it takes you know that that during that time the stress from the day goes away I get to share whatever I did with my wife and and vice versa
[speaker001:] hum right right
[speaker002:] going to the gym is is actually something different than than like oh and the running and I enjoy that too year I've been running since high school on track teams and the like so
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] so running I I'm at that point which you probably get to after about six months of dedicated running where you don't feel your muscles any more
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] and you don't think about the pain of it you you you take the time to relax some how and you think about other things during those first few months you have to think about running and why your elbow hurts and why you can't breathe and this and that and that's no fun and it's so hard to get past that for a lot of people
[speaker001:] uh-huh right that's I never got past that stage
[speaker002:] yeah the exercise the uh weight lifting on the other hand is actually you know I think I look better
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] I have just a I don't I'm not a huge person I'm just a regular looking guy but just going to lift weights on occasion with my wife and my wife thinks the same thing about both me and herself that get that little bit of definition in your muscles is is attractive
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] so that pays also
[speaker001:] that's good
[speaker002:] yeah so so I guess that aspect of that takes away the work the with my wife which is nice I love her you know I enjoy being with her I guess that's one thing but also uh that that long term benefit of a little bit of tone in your muscles
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh right that's it I do the occasional push up and sit up I haven't really brought myself to go to the the gym because that's very stressful to me because I feel
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I felt real competitive there and I need to find some place I could go and not feel like there's all these people who are just huge and hulking that are
[speaker002:] but oh yeah I don't I don't let that bother me but yeah that's something that comes with time too you know I'll tell you the sit ups and push ups are excellent
[speaker001:] yeah right uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know it's your own you you're you're struggling against your own body weight
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] you can do have variety by putting your feet higher or lower by putting your arms further apart or closer together by doing them real quick or real slow and you can actually get a good work you can
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] I know in the push up at least you can get chest muscles and the back of your arms quite built up just doing push ups
[speaker001:] uh-huh that's a good idea but I do have my ride we have a stationary bicycle and a stair step machine here at the house
[speaker002:] oh is that right
[speaker001:] I'll do those once in a while just you know like at eleven thirty when Love Connection is on and I can't sleep I'll get up and stair step for half an hour so
[speaker002:] right yeah right  that's funny yeah
[speaker001:] it's I guess pretty pretty healthy but I don't have an a regular plan that's
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I need to get started on that
[speaker002:] well maybe you know maybe not I'd say I'd say at twenty two you don't necessarily need a plan as long as you're getting getting the exercise otherwise
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] when your life becomes sedentary is when you have to make yourself a plan and what's real funny about plans is that there's a struggle between
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh when you when you add something to your life when you add a plan to your life something else has to go away
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and that's the hard decision is okay if I'm going to run in the mornings what am I what do I trade it off for well the answer's sleep right if I'm going to walk at night what do I trade it off for well Star Trek
[speaker001:] sleep  uh-huh
[speaker002:] or you know it it it's always trade-offs and you actually have to as you get older you have to re ally think what can go and what to to to replace this thing it's I mean not just exercise but anything it's
[speaker001:] yeah right
[speaker002:] very hard and uh I don't I don't think you should worry about not having a program yet
[speaker001:] that'll come some day when I
[speaker002:] yep  yeah I guess if you care or if your wife your future wife uh gives you a reason to care which helps
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] well I think we covered it
[speaker001:] well I hope so yeah sounds good
[speaker002:] nice talking with you Craig
[speaker001:] yeah you too have a nice day bye
[speaker002:] you too good day bye