Veterans and retirees: do you enjoy or hate exercise more now that you are out of the military?

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LtCol Matthew Sutton - I'm into Spinning & trying to do an hour a day.. & hope it prevents "Cabin Fever" when we get below zero weather in a few weeks.. Last winter in MA was brutal... We had a few days when the temp never climbed above 0..& stayed @ -20 below..

I like food. Exercise allows me to eat more, and better food. I "tolerate" exercise, much like I tolerated bizarre demands from the chain of command while I was in. Yes, I could have said "That's F'ing stupid" but I disliked standing before the 1stSgt everyday more.

Kind of sums up my feelings, as well, Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS.

Aside from one particular form of exercise, I generally find it boring but tolerable because I do understand the benefits even if I don't have any innate desire to do some ungodly number of pull-ups or run endless miles non-stop.

1LT William Clardy so do you still sign cadence as you run?

LTC (Join to see), I never signed cadence back then -- even if I knew sign language, all that arm-waving would have seemed like a huge waste of energy.

And I don't run long distance any more -- the last time I actually tried running a few miles, my knees were swelled noticeably after just a couple of miles. Instead, I go for brisk (and I do mean brisk) walks up and down hills to get the same benefit with less pounding.

As to cadences, the last time I found them useful was while walking a fussy baby to sleep, although I'm fairly sure her mother would not have appreciated the lullabies I was quietly singing ("My mother's a whore on the corner, my father's a pimp for a fee... and I'm in Cold Steel infantry!")

1LT William Clardy - but that is half the fun. Do you raise hands or shake when the sergeant yells and how do you stomp your feel while running in step? That was my favorite. I felt clapping hands was hard enough!