I went for a walk tonight!

good for you me too

I really felt okay after this walk, even this morning, so I'm going to try and do more

I tried one of those bikes with the arms and it hurt my chest and shoulders. I don't do stairs well with my bad knees, but I probably ought to try some stairs...

crunches? like swatting down? if it means too much knee bending, I'm so not there! I hurt my knees the first time falling off a horse and I've only done more damage to them since. They aren't to the point of replacement, but I suspect they would be if I tried that!

oh yeah, I did those in college after I got inflamed ligaments in my back...

No, crunches aren't squatting down (I had to read that a few times to get what you meant-I kept reading like swatting a fly.Luckily the next sentenses explained and helped me know what you were saying). Squatting down is called squats. Crunches are modified sit ups. Knees bent. You only come up an inch off the floor or whatever distance contractrs your stomach muscles. Old style sit ups cause back problems because the lumbar region isn't supported. I have bad knees, too. There is NO weight on the knees during the crunches. The bent knees force the lumbar against the ground and to stay there during the crunch. Most people who have back injuries are told to strengthen their stomach muscles with crunches. I put my hands in a fist under my chin so I don't pull on my neck and head. I learned that in a video because I was always getting yelled out to not pull up with my arms on my head and neck, but no one told me that, but the work out tapes were from someone who had also gone through physical therapy. You blow all your air out which pulls in your stomach some, raise up an inch, that works your muscles more. For my bad knees, I used to walk up and down stairs at work. I built up muscles on the side of my knees that you would not believe, but I think my knee caps, like my Moms are arthritic and decintigrating. So no, I'm not doing squats and they're not good for most people any way.

I'm hoping she'll do some exercising on the cruise and come back revved up to do more. There's hardly anything in walking distance from my house, and generally speaking, its too hot (or too cold) to want to walk anywhere!

I'm hoping she'll do some exercising on the cruise and come back revved up to do more. There's hardly anything in walking distance from my house, and generally speaking, its too hot (or too cold) to want to walk anywhere!

That would be nice if she did some on the cruise and fun at the same time! Hopefully, like you mentioned, she will come back feeling more revved up and will keep on moving around as this is so good for her..and you. I don't have much choice as far as the heat and the cold, no car here. If I need to get something, I have to go regardless which means if it's hot, I go in the morning. If it's cold, I just bundle up and make the most of it.

I can't walk like I used to either, but I'm doing better than the last few years...

its a little warm right now, but maybe after it gets later it'll cool off again, I don't want to go out in the heat - not that fond of sweating!

I have bulging disks which prevents me from doing too much at one time. I sure feel it the next day and some days can barely walk for a couple of hours in the morning. My weight is good but still need to get that heart rate working. The walking/biking trail that we were on was dangerous. Some of those bikers were flying around the walkers. One wrong move to either side of the trail could have been a disaster.

I hear you about that, honestly, most of the bikers are actually in the bike lanes on the streets...

Ouch, I feel it for your back, mine isn't "bad" but I have problems with it along with a lot of other body parts. my feet and chest are my big issues tho... We have some lovely hike and bike trails, but I don't want to drive miles to get to them, when the block is about all I can handle...

This guy is dangerous and feared by the whole town. I'd been giving him the benefit of the doubt till now...stupid me, thinking if I treated he and his woman like decent people that they would behave that way. These people are something a dog drops that stinks.

OOOO!!! I would've been kick him, and the last guy I kicked KNEW he'd been kicked by a PRO!

just never got into yoga, seems even more pointless than walking...

Not really, you stretch and get a lot of flexibility, helps with muscle pains and things...

I am NOT a morning person, just getting out of bed is work for me, I tried walking for a bit in the morning once, and that didn't even last a week. I just don't do mornings well. Besides, in Texas, even mornings can be warm and the sun is hot as soon as its up, so its not worth walking outside until the weather changes. I have been collecting cans at my clients on work mornings, that gets me out and moving around before I actually go to work, I hope my feet feel better than they did today when I get up tomorrow.

I started having foot problems shortly after that, finally gotten so bad I'm going tomorrow morning to the doc!

oh I see, my gf has a problem with her foot becase of some old injury. that is one reason why the treadmill does not get used.

very true, but I hope your bathroom isn't half the distance I walked! I think I'll talk to the roomie about her iPod when she gets back from the trip, maybe that can help, or putting a book on my phone, something to keep me company...

I get bored with music, that's why I like audio books

I counted the steps from the bedroom to the bath and it was about 80. If you can take some music with you that will make it seem to go faster, and you can keep pace with the beat. I exercise to music and it always seems to make it easier. Good luck!

it got warmer so instead of walking I was cleaning in the house

That would be nice, I would love to get the roomie walking (she had a gastric bypass last Dec) and I think what she needs is getting out and exercising... I'm hoping she'll do some on the cruise...

It is very hard to get back into exercise if you have been away from it for awhile. It is harder after surgery, when I had surgery a few years ago, I had been walking and biking. It was painful to get back to exercise again and it was a long time before I started walking again and I have never picked up the bike again. But once I started walking again I felt better, some of it is the fresh air too, I think. I only walk and use this exercise machine I have (when the weather is bad), but thats when I actually do it. Lately, I`m having a hard time getting back into it again. But you have inspired me I`m going to try to get a walk in tomorrow.

Yeah, I've never really been into exercise, so I need an excuse, like looking for cans, to get out and walk. Austin is a large city in Texas, and while I have been walking to the mail - only twice did I drive over, and once was because I knew there was a large bag to pick up. Not to say that I walked every day, if I drove by it on my way back from shopping, say, I would pick it up and continue to my client's apartment. But the only day I just drove over, it was about 103º (like about 32º C)

very true, I went to the mail box twice today, and then when Maggie sent me to the store, I walked there too, don't know if I'm up to the whole block tonight, since I've already done all that and cut up cauliflower and made more sandwiches for the rest of the week...

thanks, I'm going to try!

I hear that being weak, I was knocked for a loop by the shoulder surgery, I expected it for the reduction, but the shoulder really was hard - of course, since it was my right arm and I'm right handed, well, I'm probably lucky the roomie set me up with food I could eat with one hand!

yeah, 4 months is plenty of time, but not if you put it off I ended up cleaning around my bedroom some last night instead

I used to do that too, but now a days I worry about people not seeing me

I wish! I'm really lazy, and out of shape, sure, I know what I should do, but actually dragging myself out of the house to do it... less likely, but I'm trying!