Despite the limitations due to my wrecked shoulder joints, I continue to attend my twice weekly exercise class. I adjust the arm movements so I can at least approximate them. I try to put more emphasis on my core and my legs. I feel it is really important to keep moving.
I have some pretty stiff leg/hip joints. My doctor recommended chair yoga, and I finally got around to printing off some exercises. I tried them yesterday and my are they difficult! I think they will be pretty helpful through the winter if I make myself do them daily.
Boommate dragged me up to the high school the other day to get a pass for walking the school hallways in the evenings once cold weather hits. I think that will be helpful, too. We can walk from 6:00-8:00 pm any day school is in session.
I noticed that there is a place in Sioux Falls that offers goat yoga. I think goats are a lot of fun, but I don’t think I would want one to jump on me while I was exercising or to nibble on me. I would probably trip over one and break my hip!
Ever done an exercise class with animals? How do you keep physically active? Any experience with goats?
The Grey Glamour and I have started attending workout sessions at the senior citizens center.
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The Grey Glamour?
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Yes. I demand answers!
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Linda, my wife of 51 years. She never reads my blather, but just to be safe I have stopped referring to her as Grumpy Cow.
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150 oldsters, most of them our seniors, up and at it. We had to go home and take naps.
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I’m a great believer in getting my walking done. Still remember my mom getting her daily mile in a day or so after colon cancer surgery.
I am continuously grateful to my 2 delinquent cats who will not tolerate me missing mealtimes. I’m not sure I’d be as ambitious without their guidance. But they also believe in undisturbed nap sessions😸.
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Living with cats they make the rules and there is no guarantee the rules apply to everyone.
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Second Try. My fumble-fingers did something to the first.
A few weeks ago there was a Roz Chast cartoon in the New Yorker entitled something like “Daredevils”. It depicted three persons of “senior age”, one of whom did not keep track of her steps, the second of whom consumed a glass of wine with his daily evening meal, and the third of whom did not take vitamins.
I am all three of them.
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I remember Charlie the Cat used to climb on me while I was trying to do yoga… I do my 7 minutes every morning, now catless.
Trying hard to get those walks in (but not hard enough).
I get to t’ai chi class just weekly, but it does me a world of good.
I really should be doing more.
We milked goats (!) summer of 1980 when we lived out on our friends’ farm near here. My hands would cramp up if I tried to do that now…
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Rise and Strike a Pose, Baboons,
Water Aerobics 4 times per week in the winter is my primary activity. The pool is filled with seniors, but there are also younger people. Pregnant women sometimes participate because the water cushions the impact on their bodies and the fetus. This is a real workout, especially the Tuesday evening class. I also have a treadmill for winter walking. If I do not stay active, I struggle with restlessness.
McGee, our little corgi, decided this summer that he would not walk with me or anyone else. He gets to the street, sits down on his little hind end, and refuses to move. When we get to the dog park, he has plenty of motivation to get to the gate while on a leash, so he can do it there. He will walk with me all around the dog park, as long as there is no leash connected. The Stinker. So my walking has been reduced. Right before my Master Gardener shift at the State Fair, the Plantar Fasciitis in the right foot returned, so that also is cramping my style. That usually lasts about 9 months, but at least I have my orthotic for the shoes which really helps.
Gardening is also a lot of exercise. I have been taking my pots down this week, emptying the dirt into flower beds which is a lot of activity.
Use it or lose it.
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Late in 2020, after too much sitting around and too much stress eating, I designed an exercise routine that I could do at home. It included exercises for strength and balance along with walking and stair climbing. I’ve been quite faithful in doing that until this summer, when that darn deer tick laid me very low for weeks. My strength and stamina were poor once I was finally discharged from the hospital. It wasn’t until a couple weeks into assisted living that I was able to start doing a few of the exercises. I am now back to doing all the exercises (except the long walks) though not as many reps as I could do prior to my illness. Stamina is still an issue but it is slowly improving. Many people (including medical) have said they believe I recovered as well as I did because I was in good shape to begin with, and I have to believe them. I am currently in the process of moving into a first floor apartment in Roseville – a slow process as I had to move out of assisted living first and then concentrate on clearing out the Vadnais Heights condo. Once I am settled in here I plan to resume the walks on a regular basis. I am a firm believer in the truism that if you stop moving, you WILL stop moving.
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Go K-two!
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This past weekend I got my share of exercise putting together a bed frame and 8-drawer double dresser from Ikea.
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I’ve tried to do yoga at home, but it’s challenging when you live with a dog. Chair yoga works better, but I do prefer traditional yoga. My right hip is very stiff, as are my knees.
I have some exercises from my PT to help with my knees and back. The exercises that are on my back are impossible with a dog around.
The only experience I have with goats came from our friend Barb in Blackhooof. I got to meet her “girls” in their barn and see firsthand how much they adored her.
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My chickens are not much interested in exercise. Although they do come running when I call them because they’re expecting leftovers.
And the dogs, well mostly Luna, she has so much energy you have to exercise her. Kelly takes walks in the evenings, daughter takes walks when she’s not at her programming, I just run her up the road with the gator.
I used to get more exercise with animals when I was milking cows.
Kelly and I have done tai chi with a TV program in the winter time. That wasn’t bad.
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I like goats and goats like me—at least they did 50 years ago:
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No exercise class w/an animal, and my only goat exposure is regular goats in a zoo and mountain goats seen from a distance (usually) in the mountains.
Here’s a list of what I do to keep in shape:
1.Walk (and play) 18 holes of golf 3-4 times/week in season.
2. Bike rides around town when weather and mood permits.
3. Walk to and from downtown during the golf off-season and when there’s walkable weather.
4. Weight training twice a week.
5. Stretching daily, more intensely 2-5 times a week at the fitness center in winter.
6. Occasional hikes in local parks or on local trails.
7. XC skiing in winter when conditions permit. Some years not at all around Owatonna.
8. Outdoor ice skating at the local rink when conditions permit. Some years not at all.
8. Annual one-week trip to North Shore for XC skiing, 4-5 times during the trip.
9. I balance on one foot for 30 seconds on each foot every morning while I brush my teeth.
10. Elliptical machine or treadmill 2-5 times a week during winter when weather doesn’t favor outdoor activity.
Gotta do a variety of activities because I’d go nuts doing the same exercises or training regimen every day.
Chris in Owatonna
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