Hey gang, saw something on Facebook today that reminded me of earlier discussion. Here’s an intense airport exercise where you won’t have to put your hands on the floor or chair arms 
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To me, it would be great to ‘turn back the clock’ and be able to do yoga like Meg Ryan did in the movie Kate and Leopold (she was 40 at the time). The Limbo gal - very attractive and obviously has a blast showing her ability.
A Japanese guy at our pool area does a lot of little exercises - dips holding onto the stationary bench (holding on the seat area from behind him), he does mini push ups. Has a lot of core strength - very slim guy and probably in his 70’s. He breaks things up between steam room and hot tub.
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I gave all of my yoga tapes away, sometime they can take too long during the warm up. I’m going to try some doing some squats at the airport today. Might as well burn my time there, but I doubt that it will be long.
On this vacation, I tried 3 different massages, hot stone, deep tissue, and Arabian bath. Somehow this combination did help with my shoulder problem that was caused by a yoga session 20+ plus years ago. I might continue with the hot stone when I get back. I stopped going to any massage since the start of a pandemic.
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Colorado_mom - I loved that functional health series on the Retirement Guy podcast. And I’ve done a lot of exercising through my life, but it was nice to have some additional motivation for optimal future, day-to-day life…
sushiritto - I’ve also started doing pushups - I never did, but recent yoga classes have added planks and I was shocked at my diminished upper body strength (although could do curls, etc.). Am now up to 25 a day (not sure if form is good, but it feels like a start!).
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I have it in mind to start doing a few sit-ups per day (which my older sister does). Maybe need to do some pushups too, but yikes not sure I was every able to do them in my youth …will start with the knees- down version0.
I use the Fiton app for exercise. I use the free version. Since my gym classes went back inside I’ve been exercising at home. I don’t think I work as hard on my own but it’s something. The app offers all different types of exercise. I’ve only done the Pilates ones. I like that even if I’ve only got 20 minutes they have plenty of options.
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Granted, I haven’t been on the Diet,exercise and wellness thread in a number of years I found it ended up being mainly leaning towards posters who had a passion for exercise.
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Top tip: stand on one foot while you brush your teeth. Helps with balance.
Balance, and falling, becomes a bigger deal as one ages. This simple thing has made a huge difference for me.
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Great tip! I will share with DH.
That’s wonderful. 25? That’s a lot. 
Pushups work so many muscles:
And pushups can be scaled, by using your knees, as mentioned, and/or raising the front end with using a chair or bench. The taller the bench, the easier the pushup.
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Well, you’re generally right about that - but isn’t a “passion” what helps to get a task done? And if we did a poll I think we’d find that a majority of the people participating are 50+ with many 60+.
A passion doesn’t = having to run 10 miles daily
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To me the other diet and exercise thread is more about consistency than passion.
I’ve found that as I’ve aged that the only thing I can control is consistency in moving.
It’s not meant to be intimidating but to record that something was accomplished in getting yourself to move. Accountability although no one cares about that except yourself. It’s about being a cheerleader for movement.
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We have some lightweights (like me) on the diet and exercise thread. Although since I’ve been retired I exercise much more than I used to.
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Thanks for the visual, sushiritto! I probably need to watch a few YouTube videos to see if my form is correct. For some reason the pushups are a bit easier than holding a plank in yoga class. Those are killer!!
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I listened to Retirement Answer Man’s next podcast in the Functional Health series, about Exercise. As is the case in his podcasts, lots of rambling on other financial topics. But it filled some time while I was running and gardening yesterday.
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He certainly likes to use the phrase “rock retirement” a lot.
I didn’t listen, but just read the verbiage there in the link. He says, “Consider the muscle groups, strength, balance, and aerobic stamina you will need.”
Uh, hmmm, which muscle group don’t we need? As I know them, the big 7 are: chest, back, arms, abdominals, legs and shoulders. Of course, you can break it down further, like quads, calves, obliques, traps, lats, biceps, triceps, yada, yada, yada.
For myself, I think I need them all. They’re all inter-related, so ignoring one will likely affect another.
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We use the CarbManager app, enjoy their recipes, and do their Challenge (using OMaD and Keto) and get perfect points merely to stay on course. Ridiculously easy to get body fat down to US Navy’s “Athlete” level. I used to get down to 6% body fat with a high protein, low carb routine, but I hit a wall around the age of 55. Keto is easier for me.
We lift 2 days/wk (one push day, one pull day), run outdoors 2 days/wk, and walk the other 3 days per week.
I love, love to snowboard, but my wife needs to get her knee operated on before she tries skiing or snowboarding.
I have been doing pretty well alternating with 1 1/2 hour walk/jog (I jog down inclines, and just jog up one incline early) and on bad weather days going to swim 1 mile breast stroke. I usually do one or the other 5 or 6 times a week. If I get to the facility and the pool is closed, I can do a half hour work out in the gym – I use a rowing machine, and recumbent bike with 2 lb weights and do arm exercises during bike time. In September, I swam 19 miles and walked/jog 6 hours. The weather has been so good, and I believe the weight bearing exercise is better for getting in shape faster and better on weight loss. But I am toning my lower abdomen area well with the swimming I have done over the last months.
I use the stretchy knee braces every time I go to walk/jog to protect my knees. On the knee that ‘bothers’ DH, he uses a higher level one on that knee. I tell him to use them every time he goes – I remind him that I don’t want to be his caretaker when he messes up a knee due to lack of precaution.
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You have good points, but you have to consider the audience. The podcast is aimed toward people like my husband, who only think finances and said…”what does fitness have to do with retirement planning?”. Many in that mindset think about zero muscle groups. Encouraging them to start with a few that seem important to their quality of life could be a good thing.
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Even my husband had trouble sitting in a car for almost 6 hours yesterday, had minor problem with his veins. He’s not into finance and exercises all his life. He’s more fit than I am. But he’s aging, that means his body is not as efficient as when he was younger. This is why people say to travel when you are younger.
Luckily I had some deep massage sessions in Spain, I didn’t have any problem driving for nearly six hours. However, I had to drive fast, put my foot down,lol, because I didn’t want to drive in the dark at all. I ended up with a bit of motion sickness, this is a problem I had when I was younger, not a new problem.
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