As mentioned earlier in this blog, I've been reading this book called "Younger Next Year for Women". I admit, it dispenses a great deal of good advice, much of it that ought to be taken by a lot of folks. Its main thesis that we all ought to be in the gym training heavily for six days a week is a pretty tough prescription for those of us still on the treadmill of the workaday world. I'm lucky if I can work out twice a week, and even then, it can be a real stretch sometimes. Still, I do make the effort, unlike so many I know who are content just to park themselves on the couch and do nothing and then complain about their weight and health issues. And for that, I'm proud of myself for trying, even though some part of me hates exercise and would rather be doing anything but that. I am noticing how much stronger I am compared to this time last year and that can only be a good thing. My stamina is far greater as well, as well as my cardio endurance. I can run up my stairs instead of becoming winded half way up. I can race up the stairs at work as well and not feel like I'm going to die doing so. I know that I ought to make time to workout more than a mere few days a week, according to this book, but I figure that a few days is better than not working out at all. Had I the space for one at home, I'd get a treadmill to do cardio workouts at home, but I lack any kind of significant space for such a luxury. I've got resistance bands, ankle weights and hand weights to do strength training and stretching, but I rarely use them like I ought to. I really ought to make more time to do that and to use a really great yoga tape I bought that is geared toward us older, less flexible folks, especially now that my living room floor has so much more space, the result of getting some new bookcases and a CD tower for Christmas. I was faithfully doing it back in the spring of '06 but then I got hurt, ended up in physical therapy that fall, got hurt again, ended up back in PT and just forgot about doing my yoga stuff as a result. I really ought to get back to doing it again. Goodness knows, I sure could use the extra flexibility.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Healthy aging
As mentioned earlier in this blog, I've been reading this book called "Younger Next Year for Women". I admit, it dispenses a great deal of good advice, much of it that ought to be taken by a lot of folks. Its main thesis that we all ought to be in the gym training heavily for six days a week is a pretty tough prescription for those of us still on the treadmill of the workaday world. I'm lucky if I can work out twice a week, and even then, it can be a real stretch sometimes. Still, I do make the effort, unlike so many I know who are content just to park themselves on the couch and do nothing and then complain about their weight and health issues. And for that, I'm proud of myself for trying, even though some part of me hates exercise and would rather be doing anything but that. I am noticing how much stronger I am compared to this time last year and that can only be a good thing. My stamina is far greater as well, as well as my cardio endurance. I can run up my stairs instead of becoming winded half way up. I can race up the stairs at work as well and not feel like I'm going to die doing so. I know that I ought to make time to workout more than a mere few days a week, according to this book, but I figure that a few days is better than not working out at all. Had I the space for one at home, I'd get a treadmill to do cardio workouts at home, but I lack any kind of significant space for such a luxury. I've got resistance bands, ankle weights and hand weights to do strength training and stretching, but I rarely use them like I ought to. I really ought to make more time to do that and to use a really great yoga tape I bought that is geared toward us older, less flexible folks, especially now that my living room floor has so much more space, the result of getting some new bookcases and a CD tower for Christmas. I was faithfully doing it back in the spring of '06 but then I got hurt, ended up in physical therapy that fall, got hurt again, ended up back in PT and just forgot about doing my yoga stuff as a result. I really ought to get back to doing it again. Goodness knows, I sure could use the extra flexibility.
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