@Brad, fair enough on zombies run, though I would still recommend the mini trampoline for running if you're interested in good exercises you can do in a small space.

@flameAlchemist, No and yes.

Zombies run is themed around, well running.
The recent hhomefront lockdown workouts have workout exercises that aren't running, but they're very much the exception rather than the rule.

however, you can also use zombies run with any exercises you want by setting it to automatic running and playing clips, thus giving you all the fun of the story, item collection and base building as you lift weights, do pushups, sit on an exercise bike, rowing machine  or whatever.

Myself, I use the supply run, radio or lockdown workouts for 15 minutes on constant pace whilst I do my weight lifting, then switch to step counting for an actual 20-25 minute sprint on my mini trampoline.

I will say though, heat and weerd sleep schedule have been getting in the way recently, but I do when I can, and when things cool down I'll be back to daily workouts as before.

You know, at this point, we're not in total lockdown.  You can go outside.

@Dark if I read that right you said put my hands on my ears? I thought the arms staid folded or rapped around the knees. The thing is with the bike their are different modes I can set it to. What if I can't do a sit up?

@flameAlchemist, Yep, hands on ears, Zombies run had a really nice explanation as to this in their homefront videos.
The idea is not to actually sit up, but to slowly move your upper body as far off the ground as you can, then ease down and repeat for as many times as you want (start with a few and then do more.

Of course, you'll need some other exercises for different muscles around the upper body as well, and what you do with that depends upon you.

As I said, I have two sets of hand weights,  and a regular routine I do, but obviously there are various different exercises kicking around. Just make sure to do both something anaerobic, something like crunches or pushups or weights which builds muscle, and something aerobic, something like running or biking or rowing which gets the heart rate increasing.

@ironcross, yeah; you need the screen for the computer to allow you to make ajustments.

@flameAlchemist, I'm sure you can look up how to do a situp.

This is how I do it, act as if you're going to ly flat on your belly, but don't, put your feet on the floor, I'm not sure if you use tip toes or flat feet, then use your hands near your head, each hand should be either under or near each sholder, and push up and then lower yourself down, but don't touch the floor.

I'm sure you can find a better video or something out there but that's how I'll be doing it from now on.

@dark, oh yeah, the prime minister is an idiot, I know that's nothing new, according to what my nan's told me, because TFL lost out on a lot of cash because of people getting on busses for free; soon all teen cards for busses will be oister cards, any way to get money back, huh?

Oh and I read on youtube on their virus heading that, The UK orders x amount of untested vaxenes, and now that's gone and replaced with the UK orders x amount of vaxenes.

Oh and Boris has ordered that peple can't go to france and a couple other countries, who would try to go on holiday when this stuff is going on?

Then again I don't know why I'm asking that question when as soon as the beaches opened up; people flocked to them and then... OH no! They had to close down again.

@jade, it's really hard for me to not order food but I'll get there and so will you, do pushups, and squots and other in door exersizes.

yeah, that does sound like a good idea.

I'd recommend once they're payed off, either not touching a credit card again or being very sure when you're buying something.

We do have credit cards in the UK but I think Americans use them a lot more, although if I could buy myself a flat on a credit card, I'd probably do it but then I'd have to pay back huge amounts of money and I don't think that's possible anyway.

Yeah, buying a takeaway once or twice a month is ok but as you said; know your limits.

Those exersizes sound good for you.

What did you get a credit card for anyway? I've thought about getting one but have never come up with a good enough reason, I want a laptop? I can wait for a couple months and buy one, amazon? Same thing. SO what got you into that trap?

Honestly? The fact that overall, my living expenses are less than equal to the money the government provides.
When I have a full-time job, this won't be such a problem. But to break it down, I get about eleven hundred dollars a month from the government. Nearly seven hundred a month goes to rent. Another seventy or so goes to my phone bill, and forty-five to my internet. I pay approximately forty to sixty dollars a month for electricity, depending on the season and how much I use my air conditioner. I pay about forty dollars a month for cat food and litter and such. Then about a hundred and ten to a hundred and fifty dollars a month on groceries, depending on what's on sale and such. So that eats up nearly everything. It doesn't factor in things like cab rides to doctor's visits if I have any, visits to my partner, going out with friends even just for a night of chess or karaoke...nothing like that. And that's not even figuring in both interest charges.
The reason I got a credit card in the first place was because some online merchants like airlines won't accept payment in any other way, and I flew a lot there for awhile when I had a partner out west. I was fairly good about paying stuff back, but there's only so much you can do with a revenue stream like that.
Seriously, if someone dropped five or ten grand into my lap as a one-time no-strings-attached thing, I would make my credit cards disappear.

@Brad, for several elections, including the last one, I submitted a spoiled ballot, simply because none of the political parties ever represent me or my opinions.

Btw, this is a really good option I wish more people would take, especially when you want to show dissatisfaction with the government and  alternatives available.

If you submit a ballot paper, and instead of getting a name ticked, write a comment or in other ways deface the paper, the ballot paper is still read and counted. It goes into a pool listed as "spoiled ballots", which contributes to the over all total and thus decreases the percentages for all parties, as well as showing voter dissatisfaction with what is on offer.

it has the advantage of not actually supporting any given party or candidate's agenda, and yet still being a legitimate way to participate in the voting process, ---- for whatever good the dam voting process does .

@Brad, no prison involved, a spoiled ballot is quite a legitimate thing.
In fairness, local Candidates actually do! do various forms of canvasing.
I once had a very pleasant chat with the local liberal democrat MP where I used to live, and the labour MP for Nottingham where my parents came from was actually my old history teacher, and when my parents were having an issue involving my sister's wheel chair and wheel chair services, they wrote to him and he did! sort things out.

the issue is more that because Britain has a first past the post voting system, your not really voting for the person, but for the party, since without ruining their career your local MP cannot go against what his/her party demands.

Also, note that with the way laws are passed in Britain, many deals are done to pass one law, in which one party will have its members vote a certain way, in return for another party having its members support the first party on a different issue.

This was one of the major issues Teresa May had, in that the conservatives had such a slim majority, she was constantly having to do deal with various other parties to get things passed, which is why the Brexit negotiations were such a disaster, and why Borris (who had far more of a majority), was able to push things through quicker.

Unfortunately, the net result of this, is that you are essentially not voting so much for a person who represents your local area in a national assembly, as you are voting for that party to which the person belongs, whose over all policy and decision makin depend heavily upon both the ethos of the  party itself, and the over all cricket match of voting compromises which that party needs to get through, not to mention of course the individual interests of party members (it's  funny how rich most MP's are from private land investment, and how slow parliament is when it comes to things like regulation of private land lords or contract lease holders).

At this point in time, while I would not be against! voting for a political party, either they would need to actually represent a cross section of my own political opinions (which seems fairly unlikely), or there would need to be a very horrible alternative which required my vote against it, but it'd have to be pretty dam horrible for me to actually sacrifice my principles in the name of a lesser evil, as I might were I living elsewhere in the world, *cough* trump! *cough*.

@dark, oh no, I was just thinking of not turning up at all.

Honestly all this voting stuff confuses me and I don't feel it's changed my life enough to care about it.

I'll not go this year or when ever it is and see what happens.

And if I get a fine of £1000, I'll see what happens if I don't pay it, probably prison. I think that's disgusting, if you have confidence in your country as a voting people, then allow those that don't want to vote not to, thing is; they know that if they did that and didn't hold the fine over peoples heads, they'd lose numbers fast.

@Jade oh yeah, if I were living in america, I'd vote against trump, even if I didn't read what the other party was saying, anything has to be better than that idiot.

I've always hated that argument. Maybe it works in other parts of the world where there are more than two parties, but here? I mean, you could think they both suck, and just abstain. But why does that mean you can't criticize the government. If party A is doing things I don't like, I can vote for party B, but wait, what if I don't like them either? So then, how exactly does that mean I can't criticize them. If I believed enough in one party to vote for them, I would.

I will tell you that me personally, I will never vote democrat. So yeah, in general, I do like Trump, but I don't agree with him in all that he's done. But at least I know him. You could put a gun to my head and say vote democrat or die, and I'd say just shoot me then, because hell no.