Category: Fitness
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September 03, 2022 – I Sometimes Yawn During Exercise and I LOVE It!!!
I wanted to find out if the main reason “I” felt I was yawning – tension release / relaxing – especially during more intense-to-me routines, and some strength sets I deliberately do slower than demo’d, was on track. And it is! Among lots of other good reasons…
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September 01, 2022 – Review: Yesterday’s SilverSneakers Live Dance-Strength Class on Facebook ( now available as a free video )
I’ve arranged my screenshots of SilverSneakers’ live dance / strength 30 minutes circuit class to reflect how these combo-circuit classes typically are structured – with alternating rounds of movement, rest and strength.
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August 31, 2022 – SilverSneakers Goes For a Record Live Dance Class Attendance on Facebook 1:30 PM CST – TODAY!!
..being able to do this go-for-the-record attendance live dance class really appeals to us; should be fun and healthy 🙏 Can’t beat that! ❤️
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August 13, 2022 – My 1st Back to Back SilverSneakers 45 Minute Zoom Classes : Circuit and Yoga!!
What’s particularly nice and that I really like about how SilverSneakers has their class info organized, is that one can do nearly any kind of search top of their class listings page….
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May 19, 2022 – Hardest / Best Part of My Strength Class Recently – Releasing Myself a Smile
It’s nearing 8pm and I’m trying to apply an exercise lesson our online SilverSneakers instructor, Michelle, brought up a few times today – smile 😊
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May 14, 2022 – My 1st Classical Stretch Workout with Miranda Esmonde-White ( via YouTube ) in Many Months!
Though similar to SilverSneakers’ classes, Miranda’s classes focus largely on making the fascia network in our bodies more fluid. Some movements are very similar, but more extended, dance-like, reflecting Miranda’s ballerina and dance background!
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April 27, 2022 – Aging Gracefully : Finding a Blogging Solution When My Days Are ( mostly ) Spent Exercising, Painting and Relaxing with Sheila
When I was younger, say even a 11 years ago when I started this blog, I had enough energy there really wasn’t a question of “enough time” or “energy” – I simply, correctly, assumed I’d be able to squeeze in the time to do all the things I wanted or felt I needed to do.
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April 08, 2022 – #Covid19 : Sheila and I Got Our #SecondBooster
Though my Google search for info re getting one’s 2nd Covid-19 booster shot resulted in a variety of articles, some of which admitted scientists were split or mixed re getting the 2nd booster, my wife and I had already decided we were getting it.
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April 04, 2022 – Finished My 1st SilverSneakers’ Online Live 45 Minute Yoga Class!
Earlier today ( Sunday ) I fully completed my 1st 45 minute class anywhere since I somehow brought on a now 4 month running case of planters fasciitis! Even if their 15 stretch classes are still my best bet for now, lol! I’ve progressed from store bought orthotics ( 2 variations ) to….
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March 31, 2022 – SilverSneakers’ Online Live Classes ( 15 – 45 minutes ) 1 Month Later, Are Even MORE Super!!!
Barely a month ago, I posted about finally trying out SilverSneakers’ live online classes. They run 15 – 45 minutes in categories like strength, cardio, stretching, Zumba, Yoga, breathing, and much more! If I was amazed then, how easy the classes are to do ( or even leave if & when needed, without disturbing others…
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February 24, 2022 – SilverSneakers’ Online Live Classes ( 15 – 45 minutes ) Are Super!!!
What’s one to do when the weather goes from near 90 to just below freezing in one day? Well, for me, paint of course, lol! But also, take advantage of a program Sheila & I’ve been exploring & experimenting with for a few weeks now. Only thing I feel different, now that I know SilverSneakers’…
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January 01, 2022 – Happy New Year!
Happy New Years 2022 everyone! I got myself ready for the new year activating things I didn’t want to wait to “intend” to do, kinda my New Year resolutions put into motion so I’d at least start with some of them in place! One of those was re-using my New Years Eve post header image…
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December 30, 2021 – #Covid19 #Omicron Update
Despite have a really interesting reblog / review post on an interview held with a top Abstract Expressionist ( preserved at the Smithsonian ), things have gotten so bad in terms of infections I felt I had to do what I’ve done several times this last two years, bring you current status news about the…
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October 12, 2021 – Reblog/Review : Long Covid Presentation with Patrick McKeown (YouTube)
My biggest take away from Patrick McKeown’s hour and a half YouTube presentation (a recorded Zoom session) is how gentle and doable it can be for most of us to go as slow as we need, and we’ll get there – “there” being better easier healthier breathing and as a result, the potential for a…
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October 02, 2021 – Final Review + Personal Reflections of “Breath : The New Science of a Lost Art” by James Nestor
As per my 2nd (previous) posting of my reading and review-as-I-went of James Nestor’s, “Breath, the New Science of a Lost Art” – I wasn’t exactly sure where his a very savvy journalistic, yet personally involved, narrative was taking me : a surprise letdown (no), a mixed verdict (not exactly), a resounding affirmation (sorta), or…
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September 26, 2021 – Continuing Review of “Breath (nearly 1/2 read): The New Science of a Lost Art” by James Nestor
Almost half way through “The New Science of a Lost Art”, I am in a swirl of conflicting interacting sometimes ecstatic emotions, much like how the author, James Nestor, has brilliantly presented the past (and often still present misconceptions) and present, with the still-developing future medical awareness – and confirmation – of how our most…
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September 21, 2021 – Initial Review of “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art” by James Nestor
I’d been doing a day to day posting of a continuing study-sketch project with figures in a watercolor landscape and ran into a time roadblock – grandchild, groceries, fitness (walking, yoga, Essentrics), picking up line art to practice-paint at my printer, etc 😊 and wasn’t able to wiggle any more time to work on that…
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September 04, 2021 – FREE Access Labor Day Weekend Offer via Essentrics by Miranda Esmonde-White
Entering the Labor Day Weekend this year, I’m gonna try for posting something short through the holiday 😊 Yesterday I got an email alert letting me know Miranda is posting her full 30 set workout, for free, on her website – https://www.essentricstv.com/classical-stretch-season-11-full-body-mobility Sheila and i picked Episode 5, Toning….
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September 01, 2021 – I’ve reached that point in my life where my daily starting goal is to be rested and healthy
Though we still walk, mostly very early in the morning, before the 100+ degree heat index and 70+ dew point and humidity kick in, lol! – and I rely on Sheila’s fitness tracker for our steps, mine having konked out – and, we’ve had to give up going to classes at several of our preferred…
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August 30, 2021 – Exercises We’ve Been Doing Since the Covid Resurge here in Austin
Though we still walk, mostly very early in the morning, before the 100+ degree heat index and 70+ dew point and humidity kick in, lol! – and I rely on Sheila’s fitness tracker for our steps, mine having konked out – and, we’ve had to give up going to classes at several of our preferred…
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June 04, 2021 – Some Days Are a Bust, Some Days Something Just Busts, Today was the Latter, Today was a Good Day
I got to thinking – maybe this was fate’s way of letting me know that yeah, it’s ok, good even, to keep count – but – I kinda got this down now. How to pace, daily. How to….
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February 10, 2021 – Reblog, Dr Mirkin’s “Can You Exercise Too Much?”
Dr Mirkin, “You recover by going at a slow pace for as long as it takes for your muscles to feel fresh again. There is no advantage to time-limiting your recoveries.”
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January 16, 2021 – My Three Most Popular Posts the 1st Half of January – Volleyball Setter Back in Stock (my original 1994 sports writing), Arteza and Richard Bernabe (November 2020 most popular posts report), and Margaret Hall (Sketching Outside in Winter with Watercolour)
My 2021 blog posts are already showing their hand, with the arts (poetry, photography, painting) being the big draws, each post with their own subject matter to the artist or poet 😊
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January 01.11.21 Austin The Day After the Snow – and – a New Personal Walking Steps Record!
Yesterday Austin broke the record for both amount of rain (am) and amount of snow (pm) in one day. Today, as per my (for now) secret location shot near downtown Austin near lunchtime, Austin is back to its winter grey-green self, minus a lot of traffic that stayed home, lol!
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January 10, 2021 – Snow in Austin! Ain’t That Like a Snowball’s Chance in, uh, You Know 😊
Last Sunday (see pic below) Sheila and I had our youngest grandchild over and socially distanced a short walk on a trail near us. Being early January, a light sweater was all we needed. Well, not today, lol!
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My Five Most Popular Posts in 2020 – Art (Arteza), Fitness (SilverSneakers), Photography (Richard Bernabe), Brokenwood Mysteries (AcornTV), Poetry (Aging Gracefully)
They’ve stood strong for the year, with posts dating from earlier in the year to very recently and I’m very grateful for that ❤️
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Aging Gracefully During Covid-19 : Approaching 70 – Why It Feels Like the Speed Limit, lol!
“Doubts about whether 70 would actually be that major a marker for me, in terms of how hard and how far to push myself, held me back from developing thIs post though, until today!“
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My Two Most Read Posts July 2020 – SilverSneakers Stability Class, and My Review Of AcornTV’s Brokenwood
“I knew even before the month ended these two would be my top July 2020 posts, there was no one close enough to hardly even threaten an upset, lol!“
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Aging Through Covid-19, July 16, 2020 – Contemplations During the Virus Upsurge in Austin
Been a Bit Since I’ve Posted Much Anything About Our Covid-19 adjustments and challenges, my wife and I have just continued to clatter down the road of time, grabbing and doing the things we’re still able and allowed to do like two kids walking home from elementary school 😊
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Aging Gracefully – During Covid-19 – Update with SilverSneakers Stability Class at Gold’s Gym with Curt Holland
Last week I post a more in-depth post, pictures & info, of the SilverSneakers Stability class Sheila and I take with Curt Holland at Gold’s Gym here in Austin, promising to update with a shot I thought I’d taken but, well, didn’t take, lol! That’s the shot above 😊
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Aging Gracefully – During Covid-19 – SilverSneakers Stability Class at Gold’s Gym with Curt Holland
Recently I uploaded a SilverSneakers stability class post, talked a little about how good the class was, both in terms of social distancing and the instructor, but hadn’t been able to get some pics – but now I have! 😊
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Aging Gracefully – During Covid-19 – SilverSneakers Stability Class at Gold’s Gym Austin
1st Live Stability Class Since March! 🤸♀️ Well, ok, we didn’t do any handstands, lol! But Sheila and I did go to our first stability class since at least early March, if not late February on Monday morning!
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Aging Gracefully – During Covid-19 – Coping with Changes: Masks, Fitness, Entertainment
Just a quick recap of things going on in our lives here in Austin as Sheila and I continue to adjust, adapt, and age through the changes created & necessitated by Covid-19.
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Aging Gracefully – During Covid-19 – A New Series, Serial Series’
Am I a Serial Serialist, lol? 😊 Since “way” back, I’ve tried to create a series I can stick with, and obviously, didn’t. The topic would run out of juice. Or more accurately, I would. It was time for me to switch gears to another creative avenue, the way I switch art styles to stay…
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Aging Through Covid-19, June 04, 2020 – Resting From Too Much Exertion
Resting Up From Too Much Exertion, lol 😊 We had a rare patch of extremely nice weather for nearly a week here in Central Texas recently (now heading to near then above 100-107 next 10 days!) and I literally immersed myself in long fresh air walks and extra live online yoga and balance classes and…
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Aging Through Covid-19, April 07, 2020 – Happy Birthday, Mom!
“A team of University of Vermont scientists, engineers and doctors has created an inexpensive and quick-to-manufacture ventilator intended to help patients suffering from serious cases…“
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WebMD Quiz: Do You Know the Benefits of Walking?
(from WebMD) – Is walking really the best medicine for your heart? How about your waistline? Your bones? Test your knowledge with this WebMD quiz and find out how to walk your way to better health.
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SilverSneakers Instructors: 5 Things They Know About Senior Fitness
“Let’s face it, even if you’re a class regular, some days it can be tough to put on your workout gear and get moving. Or if you’ve never exercised before and are just starting, it can be nerve-racking to show up as the newbie.”
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Why My Balance Needs Work After My Two Surgeries 😊
I chose to post this because I want folks who may have something similar (and I’ve been told gallbladder & hiatal hernia surgeries are very high in frequency in our country) that having the relatively benign procedure of having several small holes placed through one’s core, vs having the muscles sliced through the way hysterectomies…
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Added Sugar: 4 Hidden Dangers Seniors Should Know – SilverSneakers
“Natural Sugar Versus Added Sugar – Before you start throwing out any fruit in your kitchen, it’s important to understand the difference between natural and added sugar”
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Volleyball Setter – Original Sports Poetry Back in Stock – 093019 ReBlog Update
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): [ Update 093019 ] – Volleyball Setter Poster now available on eBay 😊 Personal Use buy option below – https://yogaadandotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/volleyball-setter-with-mat.jpg Volleyball Setter -Pictured Left One of seven original volleyball sports poem gifts – —?if the words endure,…
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Recently Updated Blog Posts on My Site 092719 😊
“As I progress through updating my posts since 2011, I’ll post periodic updates here of which ones….” 😊
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Dessert Smoothies: 8 Quick and Easy Recipes – SilverSneakers
“These dessert smoothies taste like milkshakes but are secretly healthy. Plus, each requires only four ingredients. Try these quick and easy recipes. — Read on www.silversneakers.com/blog/dessert-smoothies-taste-like-milkshakes-but-healthy/ “
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Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Health, Fitness and Nutrition. | Breakfast Skippers Have More Plaques
“…researchers found that people who eat a large percentage of their total daily calories for breakfast have the fewest heart attack risk factors…”
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Fitness Sites My Wife & I Often Read 🧘♂️ 😊 🏃
“These are the places Sheila and I most visit or read something from. Some she reads more than me, and vice versa 😊 I’ll be adding personal observation notations to each one very soon, but first need to practice what we learned – listen to your body & rest as needed 🙏 ”
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Blog Post Update Alert 😊 – Biking Across Lake Champlain Vermont – Four Years in the Making Circa 2015 🚴♀️
“Crossing – finally crossing – Lake Champlain on a bicycle was a major desired milestone of mine that’s persisted since I’d first learned it existed, back in the summer of 2011.”
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My 1st Zumba Gold Class Since, Well, 2011! 💃 😊
“I definitely challenged both the notion of what was reasonable or possible for me at this point in my recovery, but it was good have a pace that let me do the class, start to finish!”
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SilverSneakers Yoga – Update 2+ Months Later, My First Class Since My Surgery 😊 🙏
First yoga class after emergency gall bladder surgery, with Shelagh Chandler, a long time dedicated SilverSneakers instructor from yoga to dance cardio… New blog post from Felipe Adan Lerma
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I Slept like a Log, uh, Tree (Pose)
This post is a complete re-post & update (not a reblog) of “I slept like a log, uh, tree (pose)” — my most 8th most popular post since I’ve been on WordPress ♥️ A sampling of related posts 2011-2019 are below.
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My Top Pins On Pinterest This Week! Who Knew! Well, Now I do, lol 😂
I guess the time has come – even if slowly, I still have med procedures & recovery through the next few months – to learn what I can do with Pinterest.
