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In the afternoon I walk the dog a couple miles, then sprint back in short sections; If I see a convenient horizontal solid I do a pullups till I start to feel it, plank until failure at the end, and If I don't feel exercised after that before I take my shower I do pushups and crunches and squats until I do.
Basically, I just do normal shit until I feel like my body has had enough, but not so much I get that lactic burn or loose feeling.
The only extra thing I do beyond gym class shit is heavy bag sprints when I think I need more cardio; which are the ultimate in full body heart rate raising exercise IMO.
I don't have a routine or record numbers; because that turns it into work instead of play and it becomes boring real quick and I quit doing it.
Having the dog around has been a godsend for fitness actually, it means I don't get to the end of the day having just mindlessly forgotten to move my body outside of work stuff at all.
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