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Just heard this report discussed on the radio.. having got back from the gym session working out a new programme. Then the doctor said playing with grandchilden counts as physical activity! Could have saved myself the cost of Gym membership!!

A lot! No gc around, but I walk for at least two hours a day up very step mountain paths. On holiday, I snorkel with fins for several hours a day, which is very good exercise. I have found that the more I do, the more I can do.

Non, nada, rien,zilch, in other words:- none at all!

Well I play golf which many would say is sedentary but it is usually four hours of walking about, bendng stretching, hitting the ball (which is hard) and about 5 miles in all counting excursions into ditches and woods to find DHs ball not maine i'm a straight down the middle kind of girl - not far but I can find it! Other than that walks into town everal times a week. I tried Zumba but it played hell with my back - need something for the winter though and our leisure centre is being refurbed so its swimming lessons again!!

greatnan think you do the best kind of exercise because you enjoy it and I guess you have lovely things to see as you do it too! TBH I have rejoined the gym to encourage OH to do more exercise..he is very sedentary. I regularly walk to town and to see DDs etc and also chase after the DGC at least twice a week! OH drives everywhere and does not really see the point of a lovely walk in th woods or similar...

I walk the dogs twice a day, however the elderly Lab now plods and sniffs a lot more and the Dubai hound ( inherited from eldest son) at 4 wants to race everywhere, so some exercise gained and a Pilates exercise class twice a week which is really enjoyable, if I could curb my eating as well.......

Totally agree with last sentence Greatnan. I have arthritis in my right knee and right hand - sequels of a terrible car crash when I was young. It can be quite painful, but the very last thing that helps is rest.

No time to do all the walking, as I have chosen NOT to downsize, lol, and I have a big garden to care for. My green gym. Out in a mo to go poo picking- well horse manure. We have 2 fields, 1 at back and 1 on East side, that a farming neighbour uses on and off for her horses. Back breaking work - but very satisfying as I can put a big layer in each of my 8 compost bins. Great accelerator and makes fab compost (mixed with grass, garden waste and regular layers of corrugated cardboard).

Will go and try the nearest pool on French side, by Lac St Point soon - as I'd really like to swim regularly, but outdoors. I use short 'physiotherapy' flippers, and a combination of breast stroke arms and crawl legs (can't do froggy legs due to knee). That really strengthen's the muscles around the knees, the back and stomach, without any strain. Must wear goggles to keep head low though, to stop getting neck ache.

Now I have read all these posts, I should feel inspired, but feel the need to have a little nap...

I don't think they should classify everyone over 65 in one pot as I can do much more than that but at 80 I might not do so much!

I do 2 pilates classes a week and walk as much as I can. I'm hoping to find a zumba class in September and have found an over 55s dance class but think it might be too staid. The gym is very expensive, even with restricted timings so can't justify that. Gardening takes up a lot of time too. Its very hilly here so walking is quite aerobic!

We also have a big garden and a house that takes a couple of mornings to keep on top of the housework. I try to do either half an hour of wii (winter) or half an hour walk (hilly) every day. I go to keep fit class once a week (when it isn't the French school holidays) and out on a walk with the ladies of the village once a week. I try to swim, but the opening times of French public pools makes it very difficult. I did go yesterday, but at ten o'clock there were about fifty people waiting for it to open and then only one lane for swimmers. In term time it is only open for an hour and a half at lunchtime. It is a very large and well equipped leisure centre, but not a lot of use.

Less than I would like but plenty nonetheless.

Less than when I was pounding the corridors of a huge school! I am busy all morning in the house and the garden, and only stop for coffee (and GN!)

I do have exercise DVDs etc, but just do not enjoy them, or classes, or the gym. I have all these good intentions of walking more in Devon, so if it ever happens you can all remind me I said that.

Just signed up for Gym membership-probably oldest member!.
With OA knee and balance problems walking is not much fun.No GC to play with.
Hope gym equipment will benefit total body fitness.-including those flabby arms!
Membership includes fitness room,most classes and free swimming.

I go to a Tai Chi class twice a week and Nordic Walking once a week. On other days I try to get a half hour walk in along the Prom, but recent weather hasn't been very encouraging.
I bought a swimming costume a couple of months back and wore it on holiday in Italy, but I'm still plucking up courage to use the public baths.

AlisonMA I do 2 hours of Zumba a week and find it a really enjoyable way to exercise. It only costs me £3.50 an hour - cheap at the price!

Notsogrand - I love tai-chi too. Sadly no classes here in the sticks- but I have found a Gi-gung class locally and I go twice a week. But no classes now during school hols

Is Zumba very energetic?

I have just complted my first week of renewed regular physical activity. I used to swim every day but that had slipped by the wayside over the last year or so. As a result I was beginning to feel unfit and flabby and had started to develop a spare tyre (also possibly as a result of giving up smoking). As a kick start, I am doing 30–40 minutes in the gym followed by a 1 km swim every weekday. I shan't be able to devote so much time to this activity for very long, but once I'm back to where I used to be, I can readjust so that I keep at the fitness level (and waist measurement) that suit me.

I walk most day for 25mins,(time it takes to the paper shop and back ) then twice a week I walk 20 mins to the swimming pool and back and swim for an hour. I have a bike but find it difficult to cycle in the wind and this Summer its either been wet or windy . I do have O/A in most large joints and spine but find excercise is much better for it than inactivity.

I'd like to do more cycling.. must try harder

Mr soop and I walk for about 30 mins every day. I pedal like fury on my second-hand exercise bike - 4 sessions of between 5 and 10 mins - depending on what's going on with GN.

I go to my exercise class (Lotte Berk method) twice a week, and am trying to do at least 3 brisk walks of an hours duration, hampered by the heavy rain.
I do feel a lot better for walking, especially if I'm a bit low, but some days it's hard to get out there!

Working full time, I don't get a lot of time. However, I walk about 50 minutes a day to and from the station from where I commute into London. I usually walk very quickly as I can't stand dawdling!! Does that count as enough?

I always have good intentions to go to a gym or dance class, but to be honest I'm too tired during the week and at weekends it's catch up with chores and seeing grandchildren. I suppose that could count as exercise as well.

I have a Yoga class every Saturday, I use my Wii Fit every day, I go for a walk most days and if I am going to town I walk one way (about half an hour walk) and take the bus back home.
Add to this gardening and house work not bad for a lazy so and so

Well, this will sound very keen - I run Half Marathons. Last year, I ran the London Marathon - but it is harder for me to keep up with the training now, particularly with a couple of days out looking after our grand-daughter. I did 45 minutes running yesterday and the rest of the day up a ladder hedging - I was very tired by the close of play.

Ten years ago, I was technically obese so I cut calories to lose 3 stone over a year. A few years later, I started to jog to improve my health - it doesn't do much for weight-loss. Later, in 2006, my niece found she had a brain tumour so there was a reason to run to raise money for research. I'm still chugging around, wearing my Astro shirt, always aiming just to finish - not last! I like to walk but, after our dog died and I started running, I don't have much time - or energy.

I'm thinking of going to one of those gyms I've seen advertised that have lots of equipment for people with joint problems. With the latest knee problem I'm worried that I shall start to pile on lots of weight and concerned that, although I work for several hours a day and am on my feet the whole time, I'm not getting any aerobic exercise. BP fine at the moment but can't see it staying like that if I can't get walking again. Have got a pilates dvd that I may check out.