Pati and Beebee try to walk 10,000 steps a day. That's about 5 miles. Exercise on the Destiny requires some creativity.
Of course, there is the gym on deck 10. It has about 16 treadmills (2 not working), a smaller number of elliptical machines, and a small number of spin cycles. There is also a very small number of specialized machines. There are also free weights and a very small area for using them. As might be expected, demand far exceeds capacity. Pati and Beebee were able to find open treadmills for a few days until the rest of the cruisers found the gym; now, every working machine of every type is occupied whenever they check.
For outdoor exercise, there is a jogging track on deck 11 with a circumference of 1/10 mile. Pati and Beebee head up there when the gym is full. The track is oval shaped, with the long legs parallel to the side of the ship. In walking the track counterclockwise (which most cruisers - except Australians - do), the starboard (right) side leg is into the wind and the port (left) side leg has a tailwind. The ship is traveling at around 18 kts almost directly into a wind blowing at 20 to 30 kts. This results in a small tailwind on one side and a headwind of up to 50 knots on the other. That's exercise!
(There is also a compact putt-putt golf course on deck 11 surrounding the smokestack (Carnival's distinctive "tail"). Beebee wonders how far a golf ball might travel if caught in the wind!)
Of course, another obvious form of exercise is just walking around the ship and up and down the stairs. Pati and Beebee's cabin is on deck 7 near the back. Their formal dining room is on deck 3 aft (back) for breakfast and lunch and on deck 4 aft for dinner. The buffet is on the Lido deck (deck 9) aft. There are approximately 20 steps involved in climbing or descending the stairwell between adjacent decks. So, just counting stairwell steps, formal dining requires 120 to 160 steps per meal, and casual dining requires only 80 steps per meal. The entertainment venues are at the front of the ship (forward) on decks 3, 4, and 5, so these require walking almost the entire length of the ship in addition to the stairs. Yes, there are elevators, but those don't require much exercise (except for exercising patience in waiting for them).
Many cruisers seem to be into power lifting. After all, there are 8 utensils with each place setting in the formal dining room. There are only 2 utensils for Ledo deck dining, but cruisers there compensate by increasing the number of reps.
Time update: local time = EST + 4
Distance traveled at 8:13 am: 2700 nm
Sea depth: 10,330
Of course, there is the gym on deck 10. It has about 16 treadmills (2 not working), a smaller number of elliptical machines, and a small number of spin cycles. There is also a very small number of specialized machines. There are also free weights and a very small area for using them. As might be expected, demand far exceeds capacity. Pati and Beebee were able to find open treadmills for a few days until the rest of the cruisers found the gym; now, every working machine of every type is occupied whenever they check.
For outdoor exercise, there is a jogging track on deck 11 with a circumference of 1/10 mile. Pati and Beebee head up there when the gym is full. The track is oval shaped, with the long legs parallel to the side of the ship. In walking the track counterclockwise (which most cruisers - except Australians - do), the starboard (right) side leg is into the wind and the port (left) side leg has a tailwind. The ship is traveling at around 18 kts almost directly into a wind blowing at 20 to 30 kts. This results in a small tailwind on one side and a headwind of up to 50 knots on the other. That's exercise!
(There is also a compact putt-putt golf course on deck 11 surrounding the smokestack (Carnival's distinctive "tail"). Beebee wonders how far a golf ball might travel if caught in the wind!)
Of course, another obvious form of exercise is just walking around the ship and up and down the stairs. Pati and Beebee's cabin is on deck 7 near the back. Their formal dining room is on deck 3 aft (back) for breakfast and lunch and on deck 4 aft for dinner. The buffet is on the Lido deck (deck 9) aft. There are approximately 20 steps involved in climbing or descending the stairwell between adjacent decks. So, just counting stairwell steps, formal dining requires 120 to 160 steps per meal, and casual dining requires only 80 steps per meal. The entertainment venues are at the front of the ship (forward) on decks 3, 4, and 5, so these require walking almost the entire length of the ship in addition to the stairs. Yes, there are elevators, but those don't require much exercise (except for exercising patience in waiting for them).
Many cruisers seem to be into power lifting. After all, there are 8 utensils with each place setting in the formal dining room. There are only 2 utensils for Ledo deck dining, but cruisers there compensate by increasing the number of reps.
Time update: local time = EST + 4
Distance traveled at 8:13 am: 2700 nm
Sea depth: 10,330
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Many cruisers seem to be into power lifting. After all, there are 8 utensils with each place setting in the formal dining room. There are only 2 utensils for Ledo deck dining, but cruisers there compensate by increasing the number of reps.
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