Everywhere everyday exercise

[Swamp Girl]

Andy's exercise thread has me thinking about how we can integrate exercise into our daily lives. I'm not talking about lifting weights or joining a gym. I'm talking about stretching our daily movement into exercise. For example:

 

I climb my staircase, two steps at a time, 20 to 30 times a day.

 

Although I'm 68, I go down to the floor many times everyday and force myself to stand quickly. My peers avoid the floor because they don't do this.

 

I rise from chairs with a burst of speed.

 

I paddle instead of owning a motor.

 

What do you do?

[Bird]

Simply stay busy.

My wife has always said that I'm hyper active, gotta be doing something..... she's right.

This morning I waxed her car and vacuumed the downstairs and this afternoon, went to an elderly friends house " really old like 68  😂 kidding" and cut him a load of wood.

I don't like sitting and doing nothing until evening.

I have friends that are my age (64) that are declining rapidly from being a couch potato..... not good.

 

[gim]

When the weather cooperates, I take my dog for a walk.  A brisk walk.

 

I also happen to enjoy certain activities that are also good exercise.  I like to swim, I like playing a variety of racquet sports, and I play ice hockey once a week in a mens league this time of year.

 

I have a very difficult time just "running or jogging" on the treadmill or elliptical, as I find it to be incredibly boring.

 

I have a desired weight I keep myself at.  I could probably eat a little healthier though.

[Swamp Girl]

25 minutes ago, gim said:

I play ice hockey once a week in a mens league this time of year

 

Whoa! Hockey is tough. 

 

Regarding eating well, I did go to McDonald's today. I allow myself one meal a year at McDonald's. With the Friday free fries on the McDonald's app and my single hamburger, lunch cost me $2.20. Old school cost, huh?

[BigAngus752]

1 hour ago, Swamp Girl said:

Although I'm 68, I go down to the floor many times everyday and force myself to stand quickly. My peers avoid the floor because they don't do this.

^^^well done^^^

 

[Swamp Girl]

Just now, BigAngus752 said:

^^^well done^^^

 

 

Thanks! I don't want to lose it, i.e. the muscle and balance to rise from the floor, so I use it. My mom lost her independence when she started falling and couldn't stand again.

[gim]

6 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

Hockey is tough. 

 

There are several individuals who are in their 60's that still play too.  It's pretty impressive.  They don't have the speed anymore, but they still have the balance, positioning, and knowledge to play.  It's a non-contact league of course.  We'd get lit up in a checking league lol

 

I consider myself fortunate to still have the physical ability, stamina, and energy to do these things.  I hope to do them for many years.  Bass fishing too, of course.

 

"The legs feed the wolf." - Herb Brooks

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, gim said:

 

There are several individuals who are in their 60's that still play too.  It's pretty impressive.  They don't have the speed anymore, but they still have the balance, positioning, and knowledge to play.  It's a non-contact league of course.  We'd get lit up in a checking league lol

 

I consider myself fortunate to still have the physical ability, stamina, and energy to do these things.  I hope to do them for many years.  Bass fishing too, of course.

 

"The legs feed the wolf." - Herb Brooks

 

60-year-olds still skating are my heroes. I think sometimes our concept of who's tough is awry.

 

One January, I was driving across the Wisconsin prairie and I passed an Amish woman on a bike. The wind was howling, buffeting my car and the temperature was well below zero. With wind chill, it might have 30 below zero. But she had her head down and kept pedaling. How many people think of Amish women as tough? And how many Americans could do what she did? I know I couldn't, not even when I was young. Yeah, she was my hero too.

[GreenPig]

  I wrestle cows and train the meanest female fighting Dachshund around our property.   Those two keep me agile, so I still weight train for strength 3 - 4 times a week depending on my fishing schedule. But I'm still wet behind my ears as I'll only be 50 text month.

[Catt]

100 steps 10 times a day 😉

 

Doesn't sound like much but given my diagnosis it's huge. As I've gotten older i've worked harder to stay mobile. 

[Mobasser]

Well, Im 67. I retired four years ago, sat around for three months, and got bored. Even fishing four or five days a week, I still felt like I should be doing something.                                                          I took a part time job helping a friend with a home repair business. As an example, this week I hung two doors, put in a new kitchen faucet, and helped my buddy install a new garage door. I work three days a week, Tues, Wed, and Thurs, around 20 -24 hours per week. It's good because I keep busy, get exercise, and still have four days off each week for fishing, or family time. As we get older it's important to stay busy. The worst thing you can do is retire, then sit in front of the TV all day.

[Dwight Hottle]

I’m 76 will be 77 at the end of this month. I have been blessed with good balance & a lack of everyday aches & pains. I walk briskly for 4 days a week & weight training with dumbbells two days a week. That seems to be the right mix for me to maintain strength & flexibility without burning to many calories. Adding weight is problematic for me so I don’t want burn to many calories.

[12poundbass]

I don’t get near the exercise I should but, I do get a decent amount of steps in a day at my job.
 

I also have a 14 year old son who’s taller than me, works out every day, and feels a little froggy multiple times a week. So I get some wrestling in multiple times a week reminding him he still can’t whoop the old man. 😂

[Swamp Girl]

3 hours ago, Catt said:

Doesn't sound like much but given my diagnosis it's huge.

 

That sounds like MUCH to me. I couldn't do it. Atop your diagnosis, you're the Hulk.

[Catt]

@12poundbass I raised 4 sons & 1 grandson, they do help keep you young.

 

@Swamp Girl I've always gravitated towards people 10+ years older the me, i didn't talk a lot, but i definitely listened. 100% had the same advice...stay as active as possible. 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Catt said:

@12poundbass I raised 4 sons & 1 grandson, they do help keep you young.

 

@Swamp Girl I've always gravitated towards people 10+ years older the me, i didn't talk a lot, but i definitely listened. 100% had the same advice...stay as active as possible. 

 

I've learned to see a person's age and health at a glance if they're walking across a parking lot. There are exceptions. I've seen 70 year olds who walk like they're 30. 

[A-Jay]

@A-Jay is fixing to do A-Jay things

again this morning ~ #borninfiftynine 

A-Jay

[gim]

14 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

60-year-olds still skating are my heroes. I think sometimes our concept of who's tough is awry.

My Father turns 74 in July and he still officiates high school softball, plays golf 4 times/week, removes snow from his driveway, mows his 2.5 acre lawn, and substitute teaches when he wants to.

 

His days are numbered here but he is in better shape than a lot of 60 years I know of.

 

My now deceased Grandfather once told me many years ago “if you don’t have your health, you don’t have much.”

[fishhugger]

i use a trx system. my physical therapist uses them, so i bought one for about $130 on amazon.  normally i think they're $200.  i've never owned anything like it, and was not that sold on it. but now i use it daily.  it's very convenient, you just need some space to use it, as it uses body weight to increase resistance.  i also use a bosu ball, some weights, etc.  

i have gotten pretty weak in the past several years, and this routine has really helped me build muscles and coordination.  having a physical therapist helped because i have various chronic conditions.

at 69, i feel a targeted daily routine is better for me because it targets things very specifically, and you're  focused on proper technique, etc.  i feel that it's a great learning technique on how to keep using your body into old age.  

and i watch my diet! plenty of fiber!  my friend, who is only about 55, just gave up cigarettes. he'd been smoking since 15.  it's never too l8 - just try to find what you can live with.

[looking45]

18 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

Andy's exercise thread has me thinking about how we can integrate exercise into our daily lives. I'm not talking about lifting weights or joining a gym. I'm talking about stretching our daily movement into exercise. For example:

 

I climb my staircase, two steps at a time, 20 to 30 times a day.

 

Although I'm 68, I go down to the floor many times everyday and force myself to stand quickly. My peers avoid the floor because they don't do this.

 

I rise from chairs with a burst of speed.

 

I paddle instead of owning a motor.

 

What do you do?

Be careful of jumping/ standing up real fast. If your blood pressure is on the low side, you could get dizzy and fall. 
A friend is a physical therapist at a rehab center. She gave me a daily workout for my legs. With breaks between exercises, it takes about a hour. You go at your own pace and it’s a good workout. I stand when I fish and this keeps my legs in shape 

[Swamp Girl]

56 minutes ago, looking45 said:

If your blood pressure is on the low side

 

It is.

 

56 minutes ago, looking45 said:

you could get dizzy and fall.

 

Noted and thanks!

[MassBass]

I have always been a gym goer but the past couple years I have experimented with and practiced some kinds of non mainstream training. For example, neck training. No one wants to mess with the guy with a big neck. It is your shield, and together with the traps and shoulders it is your crown. It's a source of confidence and composure when you are under a bridge, along the dirty water, by yourself, on a warm moonlit night. Also grip strength. Yes I have gotten big into the v shaped grippers with the spring. But heavy ones for strength reps, like 150 and 200lbs. Grip strength is functional strength. Also grip can become a personality trait in difficult situations. Fishing is a tactical sport and grip strength can be very useful. 

[Swamp Girl]

Anyone else park the farthest from the store and take staircases instead of elevators?

 

@MassBass: I'd like to improve my grip strength. What do you suggest?

[looking45]

4 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

It is.

 

 

Noted and thanks!

If you want To learn more, look up orthostatic hypotension

[LrgmouthShad]

Since you asked, my workout schedule and composition has varied a lot. More than I would like it to. In any case, right now it is usually some form of cardio in the mornings and a lift in the evening.