Older Men and Women! - Do You Exercise?

[Freebird49]

Exercise is great to keep us fit and our joints well lubricated. Certain kinds of exercise are great for our sex lives.

Men over 50---
What exercises do you do? Any good tips you can pass along?

Ladies over 50--
What exercise routines can you pass along?

As for me - Yoga stretches, crunches, glute bridges, old fashioned pushups, (past parallel) front squats, and bridges.

Stay fit

 

[yossi]

What's the difference between glute bridges and regular bridges?

 

[Freebird49]

Bridges

What's the difference between glute bridges and regular bridges?

A glute bridge is done lying on your back and creating a bridge between your shoulders and knees.

A front bridge is a face down elevation supporting your body weight on your forearms and your feet together in a pushup position

 

[1sickbastard]

I commute via bicycle and have a physically active job.

 

[yossi]

Oooh, plank. Thank you for the clarification.

 

[Fala]

What's the difference between glute bridges and regular bridges?

Well, if there is ever a connection, I would suspect somebody has their head up their ass.

Ok...kidding. I need to work out more.

 

[Lorilei]

I'm not quite 50 yet, but I walk and bike. I know I need to add strength training and some stretching, though.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I do not 'exercise' Exercising is borriinngg! I ride bicycles for fun and transportation. I hike because I like being outdoors. If you have a physical type job, why exercise.

Why pay to go to a gym? I know a guy who will gladly pay you to dig big holes in the ground. Just think you can exercise and get paid for it.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Mid 60s. After 10 years of back pain from spinal stenosis, two MRIs, epidural injections, medial nerve block, radio frequency ablation and countless physical therapists, the best results I've ever gotten came beginning two years ago with regular twice a week exercise under the direction of a personal fitness trainer. I supplemented those sessions with a third day each week on my own which I have now expanded to the other two days (if I'm not playing golf -- which was the whole point of the program to begin with).

For my money, a good trainer is not much different from a physical therapist. Given certain physical challenges which I have and a risk from muscle spasms, focusing on specific muscle groups to the exclusion of others (at least initially) makes sense. I can be a lot more aggressive with leg strengthening and cardio exercises, for example, than I can with range of motion stretching for my lower back. Need to go slow and be a lot more careful there.

Since I agree with Rom that exercise is "boring," the accountability factor of having to show up because I have an appointment also helps. But, yeah, golf (and whatever other games, sports or outdoor activities turn you on) is a lot more fun. But I couldn't play and could probably barely walk if I wasn't committed to a fitness program these days.

All my life I was blessed with good health. That's not been the case these last few years. I feel like I either do this or run a very increased risk of dying even without the complicating effects of alcohol, tobacco or recreational drugs. Mere abstinence doesn't feel like enough anymore. I have to be proactively focused on physical fitness.

 

[Noor]

I walk a lot, go to PT and do my Pt exercises.
I used to belly dance and I would like to return to that.
Next month I plan to set up my pilates reformer for winter exercise.
I also lift some dumbbells for arm and shoulder strength.
I love lat pulldown machines, but I don't have one.

 

[Fala]

All my life I was blessed with good health. That's not been the case these last few years. I feel like I either do this or run a very increased risk of dying even without the complicating effects of alcohol, tobacco or recreational drugs. Mere abstinence doesn't feel like enough anymore. I have to be proactively focused on physical fitness.

Col, you are on it. I hurt, myself, to know that you are hurting. If you've been a smoker...several times throughout the day and especially at night...

Take a few breaths completely filling your lungs with air...then slowly exhale.

I also believe in laying back...closing your eyes...take deep breaths and envision the most beautiful places you've never been.

If this isn't enough for you, I have a tape that I will send you. It's helped me.

Love, Fala

 

[Fala]

All my life I was blessed with good health. That's not been the case these last few years. I feel like I either do this or run a very increased risk of dying even without the complicating effects of alcohol, tobacco or recreational drugs. Mere abstinence doesn't feel like enough anymore. I have to be proactively focused on physical fitness.

Col, you are on it. I hurt, myself, to know that you are hurting. If you've been a smoker...several times throughout the day and especially at night...

Take a few breaths completely filling your lungs with air...then slowly exhale.

I also believe in laying back...closing your eyes...take deep breaths and envision the most beautiful places you've never been.

If this isn't enough for you, I have a tape that I will send you. It's helped me.

Love, Fala

I don't know how this came out like this....sorry Col. however, my reply was from the heart.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Walk the dog. Every day.

 

[Hard_Rom]

From a cardio-vascular point of view, you need to get your heart rate above 130 bpm for 30 minutes 3X a week. A stationary bicycle will do that. You heart is a muscle and needs exercising as much as your biceps.

For those with mobility, balance, and heart issues, I would suggest Tai Chi.

 

[Freebird49]

Good for you

Mid 60s. After 10 years of back pain from spinal stenosis, two MRIs, epidural injections, medial nerve block, radio frequency ablation and countless physical therapists, the best results I've ever gotten came beginning two years ago with regular twice a week exercise under the direction of a personal fitness trainer. I supplemented those sessions with a third day each week on my own which I have now expanded to the other two days (if I'm not playing golf -- which was the whole point of the program to begin with).

For my money, a good trainer is not much different from a physical therapist. Given certain physical challenges which I have and a risk from muscle spasms, focusing on specific muscle groups to the exclusion of others (at least initially) makes sense. I can be a lot more aggressive with leg strengthening and cardio exercises, for example, than I can with range of motion stretching for my lower back. Need to go slow and be a lot more careful there.

Since I agree with Rom that exercise is "boring," the accountability factor of having to show up because I have an appointment also helps. But, yeah, golf (and whatever other games, sports or outdoor activities turn you on) is a lot more fun. But I couldn't play and could probably barely walk if I wasn't committed to a fitness program these days.

All my life I was blessed with good health. That's not been the case these last few years. I feel like I either do this or run a very increased risk of dying even without the complicating effects of alcohol, tobacco or recreational drugs. Mere abstinence doesn't feel like enough anymore. I have to be proactively focused on physical fitness.

Yes Colonel Hogan, at our age, exercise is more than a vanity trip; rather it is an investment in our present and... future.

 

[caribbeanisland]

53 here

I commute to work by bike and I'm a member of a running club, although I took some time out to comfort eat when my mother died almost three years ago. Am now a member of a gym so lifting light weights as I refuse to be physically weak any longer.

Having put on a stone in weight (those takeaways were great) now that I back to running, I expect to lose it before Christmas. Grief aside, being active is like breathing. Vital to me.

Being active is a good thing. No matter what it is that you are doing. Keep it up people.