We played on a softball team. I played softball from 1978-2000. I stopped playing after 50 because I took too long a break from it working on the new property here. I was a great ball player if I may say so myself.I have a film of my last season, they liked to kid me " lets go granny",had 6 or 8 grand kids down here visiting for summer.I loved playing ball.
Pickleball is popular here among some of the older folks, but I have never played. I had enough work to do on the farm in addition to working a job that I didn't play sports since living here. Did a fair amount when younger, though.
This looks fun. I never heard of it till now. Since the late 50s I've been a housewife thanks to hubby.
Last winter I atrophied something terrible. I mowed the lawn this morning on tractor and will weed eat (with the trimmer) But I don't even really walk anymore. I know I have rebuilt myself before but it is harder the older I get. I kind of have to do some weight work before haying. Daughter was surprised I could still lift last year. But that was what I did. Not so much anymore. Do you guys get up and 'do' anymore? Golf, swim? Hike? Maybe I can strength train vicariously.
Before Covid I’m sure I was walking several miles a day both vertical and horizontal. This was my outdoor office. The indoor is the building with double roll ups. Now coming out of a long haul with the virus I can do 4 miles a day broken up in 2 walks. I use the morning walk to clear my head meditate say a prayer to be helpful to someone, try and get all my b!tch!ing and whining out
Exercise, ugh! I try to walk every day to keep upright. I walk in my neighborhood when the weather conditions are "just right". (Goldilocks Syndrome ) If the weather is bad, I go to recreational center. It has an indoor walking/running trail, weight room, swimming, etc. I feel like by the time I walk the flight of steps to the second floor in the building to get to the walking area, I’m half done with my walk. I do try to keep busy and moving, but gets harder each passing year.
If you're a healthy weight, and not until then, very gently going up and down on a small , like 5 ft, trampoline is one of the best exercises for the whole body and brain and maybe , eventually, balance. Just 55 minutes a week is all that's needed, split up into 5 sessions, again very gently. Television, internet use, forum reading, are all good ways to become ..... as I guess you found out .... Walking gently increasing , I don't know about weight work working or haying.
Both Bobby and I have the Silver Sneakers memberships with our Medicare advantage plans; so we try to go to the fitness center about every other day for an hour. Bobby works out with the machines, and I swim and do water exercises. At home, I go outside and work in the yard and garden in the nice weather, which means early mornings in this hot weather, and then just quick out and in every so often during the day. We both have an Apple Watch, so we can monitor our exercise with that, and it can be set for just about any ability level. It tells me how far I walk, how far I swim, and how many calories I have burned. It also reminds me to get up and walk for a few minutes each hour, which is beneficial . I can still use the weed eater, but just my lightweight battery-operated one. I can’t start a gas one anymore, or carry it around if I could start it. At this point, I am trying to get better, but happy if I can just even maintain the energy that I have right now. I am 77, working on 78; but not losing ground too fast, I think.
I do some swimming and a bit of water exercise in summer. I also use a mini-trampoline and some of the Leslie Sansone walking videos. I think my best exercise is that we live in a 2-story house and I'm up and down the stairs about 20 times a day (per my Fitbit.) Since my surgery last year I have a stretching routine that I have to do daily... when I say I "have to," if I miss a few days I can feel the muscles in my chest and underarm tightening up. I believe that's radiation damage but it's annoying.
I was not exactly a power lifter but I was good at lifting work. I had good abs and a good back. But I now have only one good leg. Walking is painful. I still have to do it, of course, but I do as little as possible. I use a cane, sometimes two. Not a walker as I want to stand up straight as possible. Not sure about jumping on a trampoline with one leg creating balance.
We have a trampoline thread, and several people here who use one, @Mary Stetler . I have balance problems as well, and there is no way that I can bounce or jump on the mini-trampoline. However, I found one on Amazon that is for seniors, or anyone who has balance issues, and it has a bar to hang on to. I keep both feet on the trampoline and hang on to the bar, and exercise that way. I can only do a few minutes at a time, and lately, I have not used it at all; but it is a good exercise and there are videos on YouTube of things that seniors can do when we can’t actually bounce. http://www.seniorsonly.club/threads...ecommendations-use-exercise-motivation.18818/
You have kind of given me the impetus to try swimming again. Friends have been asking me to go with them. I kind of worry about the cane on wet concrete but I actually replaced my swim fins of old. Speaking of old, I don't have to even shave my legs anymore.
Yeah. As Yvonne already wrote, we hit the Welness Center 3 or 4 times a week. She swims and I hit the gym. It depends on what muscle groups I want to train as to whether I work with cable machines, free weights or both. I have goals which might or might not be met but if not it won’t be for the lack of trying. There are indeed my up days and down days. Sometimes I feel like I’ve plateaued and age has no allowance for building more muscle and other days I feel like the sky is the limit. The worse times are those when I question as to why I train as hard as I do. I mean, I’m really not trying to impress anyone other than myself so why bother? I think my motivation lies somewhere between seeing the bad condition younger people than myself are in and how I want to live the rest of my life. I just don’t want to waste away and have to succumb to needing help especially if this gentleman is to blame for allowing it to happen. It would be a sorry day indeed to look into the mirror and say, “You did it to yourself”.