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Mormon Red Death · 08-23-2007, 09:43 PM

How many exercise on sunday? How does that fit with your observance of the sabbath?

ChinoCoug · 08-23-2007, 09:46 PM

I may do push-ups but I don't run or lift weights.

non sequitur · 08-23-2007, 10:05 PM

I never run marathons on Sunday.

marsupial · 08-23-2007, 10:17 PM

Sunday is for eating dessert not exercising. I work out 6 days week and always take Sunday off. Maybe if I didn't eat so much dessert on Sunday I could take more days off during the week.

il Padrino Ute · 08-23-2007, 10:28 PM

Would it be ok to exercise on Sunday if one listens to the audio of the Book of Mormon on the iPod?

RC Vikings · 08-23-2007, 10:39 PM

If you spend your Sundays reading the scriptures, visiting the sick and spending wholesome time with the family then you are doing great and problely shouldn't be exercising. If you are going to be sitting on your butt watching TV while the wife and kids are doing their things then you might as well do something good for your body and go out and bike or run.

Runner Coug · 08-23-2007, 10:48 PM

I've posted about this before on CB. I do a fairly long run on Sunday morning, before the wife and kids get up. I will usually listen to MoTab (which I usually can't stand) or other inspirational music, and run along a Parkway near my house. It's actually a very spiritual experience. I feel closer to God at that time than at any other time during the week.

The other benefit is that I'm still on a runner's high when we get to church, so I'm not as annoyed by people in my ward as I would otherwise be.

marsupial · 08-23-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Runner Coug

I've posted about this before on CB. I do a fairly long run on Sunday morning, before the wife and kids get up. I will usually listen to MoTab (which I usually can't stand) or other inspirational music, and run along a Parkway near my house. It's actually a very spiritual experience. I feel closer to God at that time than at any other time during the week.

The other benefit is that I'm still on a runner's high when we get to church, so I'm not as annoyed by people in my ward as I would otherwise be.

I would be fine with that (for me personally, I am not passing judgment on the practices of others), but I don't think I would feel good about going to the gym. Really though, I need a day off to motivate me to get up and do it again and Sunday is a great day for that.

DirtyHippieUTE · 08-24-2007, 12:14 AM

I've never been able to get comfortable working out on Sundays...

Sometimes I'll go for a walk w/ Mrs. Hippie but it's certainly not a workout.

SoonerCoug · 08-24-2007, 12:24 AM

CardiacCoug and I always had an evening pickup basketball game in our driveway on Sundays. We even got the Stake President's and Bishop's kids involved.

08-23-2007, 09:43 PM	#1
Mormon Red Death Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clinton Township, MI Posts: 3,126	Sabbath day and exercise How many exercise on sunday? How does that fit with your observance of the sabbath? __________________ Its all about the suit

08-23-2007, 09:46 PM	#2
ChinoCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NOVA Posts: 3,005	I may do push-ups but I don't run or lift weights. __________________ 太初有道

08-23-2007, 10:05 PM	#3
non sequitur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,964	I never run marathons on Sunday. __________________ ...You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in, 'Who's used all the penicillin?' 'Oh, Mark Paxson sir, he's got knob rot off of some tart.'" - Gareth Keenan

08-23-2007, 10:28 PM	#5
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Would it be ok to exercise on Sunday if one listens to the audio of the Book of Mormon on the iPod? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

08-23-2007, 10:17 PM	#4
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	Sunday is for eating dessert not exercising. I work out 6 days week and always take Sunday off. Maybe if I didn't eat so much dessert on Sunday I could take more days off during the week.

08-23-2007, 10:39 PM	#6
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	If you spend your Sundays reading the scriptures, visiting the sick and spending wholesome time with the family then you are doing great and problely shouldn't be exercising. If you are going to be sitting on your butt watching TV while the wife and kids are doing their things then you might as well do something good for your body and go out and bike or run.

08-23-2007, 10:48 PM	#7
Runner Coug Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 945	I've posted about this before on CB. I do a fairly long run on Sunday morning, before the wife and kids get up. I will usually listen to MoTab (which I usually can't stand) or other inspirational music, and run along a Parkway near my house. It's actually a very spiritual experience. I feel closer to God at that time than at any other time during the week. The other benefit is that I'm still on a runner's high when we get to church, so I'm not as annoyed by people in my ward as I would otherwise be.

08-24-2007, 12:14 AM	#9
DirtyHippieUTE Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,151	I've never been able to get comfortable working out on Sundays... Sometimes I'll go for a walk w/ Mrs. Hippie but it's certainly not a workout.

08-24-2007, 12:24 AM	#10
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	CardiacCoug and I always had an evening pickup basketball game in our driveway on Sundays. We even got the Stake President's and Bishop's kids involved.