Exercise
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:05 pm
EXERCISE
There are a huge variety of recommendations out there—all I can do is tell you that I do 30-40 minutes walking a day which is said to be Ok for people of 60 and over—
I really enjoy just walking round my neighborhood, sometimes through a local park but sometimes not, seeing things I’ve never seen before, bits of architecture that you’d miss in a car, lovely trees at all seasons, people who regularly walk their dogs & I make a point of greeting a few people if I can without being over-intrusive—Following on my diagnosis I started to walk: one woman (I think Polish) used to walk her dog in the park and I heard her dog’s name as JOY!! Great for me when I felt very low on it.
It turned out she was a he and his name was Joey but never mind...Also see post November 2014 under Green Walks...Ben Okri sums it up for us all...
This 30-40 mins could also of course be gardening, bike riding, dancing (see music section) as well as walking—this helps for keeping the Emperor at bay and also as a by-product good for osteoporosis and heart disease. Can’t be bad. Someone half my age runs first thing in the morning and says the adrenalin keeps her going all day—
I like walking in the sun or in the twilight or in the rain and even with the cold wind whistling---always something to enjoy—and it’s often a way of walking off the blues which I find may strike mid-afternoon- I also log onto the bbc weather website for the weather in my area and try if I can to time the walk with sunny spells—also just walking to the shops to get something I need so two things are achieved..
I used to go to Yoga classes but with all the things I now do each day (and I hope you'll start doing some of them too) and attempting to work a bit as well it’s hard to fit it all in. In the summer I did some Tai Chi in the park which was great-then I went to a local class and realized how important the teacher is as I found this latter class rather flat and mechanical—but Tai Chi is good and I do some of the moves each day if I can. Qi Gong is also worth a look-there are videos you can buy quite cheaply on Amazon and I have found Lee Holden’s Qi Gong to be good.
I hope others will post their own ideas about exercise up here too over time-
There are a huge variety of recommendations out there—all I can do is tell you that I do 30-40 minutes walking a day which is said to be Ok for people of 60 and over—
I really enjoy just walking round my neighborhood, sometimes through a local park but sometimes not, seeing things I’ve never seen before, bits of architecture that you’d miss in a car, lovely trees at all seasons, people who regularly walk their dogs & I make a point of greeting a few people if I can without being over-intrusive—Following on my diagnosis I started to walk: one woman (I think Polish) used to walk her dog in the park and I heard her dog’s name as JOY!! Great for me when I felt very low on it.
It turned out she was a he and his name was Joey but never mind...Also see post November 2014 under Green Walks...Ben Okri sums it up for us all...
This 30-40 mins could also of course be gardening, bike riding, dancing (see music section) as well as walking—this helps for keeping the Emperor at bay and also as a by-product good for osteoporosis and heart disease. Can’t be bad. Someone half my age runs first thing in the morning and says the adrenalin keeps her going all day—
I like walking in the sun or in the twilight or in the rain and even with the cold wind whistling---always something to enjoy—and it’s often a way of walking off the blues which I find may strike mid-afternoon- I also log onto the bbc weather website for the weather in my area and try if I can to time the walk with sunny spells—also just walking to the shops to get something I need so two things are achieved..
I used to go to Yoga classes but with all the things I now do each day (and I hope you'll start doing some of them too) and attempting to work a bit as well it’s hard to fit it all in. In the summer I did some Tai Chi in the park which was great-then I went to a local class and realized how important the teacher is as I found this latter class rather flat and mechanical—but Tai Chi is good and I do some of the moves each day if I can. Qi Gong is also worth a look-there are videos you can buy quite cheaply on Amazon and I have found Lee Holden’s Qi Gong to be good.
I hope others will post their own ideas about exercise up here too over time-