Senior 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 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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March 24, 2022 – Aging Gracefully : Now at 71, Another Perspective on Our Younger Selves ♥️
So what’s the point of all this, all these pictures and captions – where’s the perspective part in the title? Well, I’m reaching another one of those inflection points where I….
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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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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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May 27, 2021 – Beginning My 1st New Painting Since Before Our Move : Barton Springs Greenbelt Poster Series, Part 2
“…the blending going on with this smooth side is surprising and very promising in itself.”
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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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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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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 Through Covid-19, April 19, 2020 – Staying Fit with Walking, Protein and Sleep
Within the growing info getting my attention re the value of walking and stretching and sleep, three pieces of the puzzle have merged into more concrete actionable time on my part —
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Aging Through Covid-19, April 04, 2020 – Stretching for Fitness
Typically, most lists include 3 types of stretching (other more!) and up til recently I usually started my morning with light dynamic stretches (overheads, etc). But the last few mornings I’ve switched to static held stretches, more commonly used to cool down from a vigorous session or walk. I’ve needed that!
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Aging Through Covid-19, April 03, 2020 – New Watercolor Figure Art
Hi everyone! Further below I finally got the time to take a quick pic of some new 6×6 watercolor work I’m doing I’m liking very much, especially in terms of establishing a new direction.
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Aging Through Covid-19, April 02, 2020 – FaceTime With Grandson
With a skipped day in-between, both wife and I and the 7 year old were pretty ready for a little FaceTime together, lol! He tried on superhero costumes for us and we asked him if he could resume reading his graphic novel-comic, Dog Man, with us —
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Aging Through Covid-19, April 01, 2020 – Social Distancing
Line to the register had the now familiar blue tape line social distancing markers for the mandate Austin put in weeks ago – back way back, early March, when SXSW was cancelled amid mixed (but now grateful) reviews. And, no one in line! Lucky us – by the time we were barely half way checked…
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Aging Through Covid-19, March 31, 2020 – Getting My Bearings
My walking, which was beginning to suffer because of pain in my legs, esp at night, has been incredibly helped by some simple shin splits stretches. The hardest part is holding the stretch for 30 seconds, lol!
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Aging Through Covid-19, March 30, 2020 – Series Intro Post
Though generally healthy, but in the target age group for most vulnerable, Sheila and I had early on began practicing social distancing. We also ate well, better even. More veggies. More sleep – can’t tell you what a blessing that’s been for me, lol! 😊
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New SilverSneakers Exercise Streaming Opportunity on Facebook Monday 03.23.20 10:30 CST
I’m glad SilverSneakers has already added/scheduled a followup to this week’s initial live class stream – very much looking forward to it! 💕
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Update / Review : SilverSneakers Exercise Streaming Opportunity on Facebook Thursday 03.19.20
Jenny, the instructor, carried all the energy and humor and relatedness that can only be found in a live class, and only surpassed by a live class of the same caliber teacher but with equally real time feedback to the participants in the class.
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SilverSneakers Exercise Streaming Opportunity on Facebook Thursday 03.19.20
At a time when so many resources are being curtailed, and much needed other health resources are just beginning to be provided, it’s good, and very welcome, that such a solid standby for seniors as SilverSneakers is providing this.
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Nov 14, 2019 😊
My Yesterday in Pictures – Paintings: 3 Cups, In the Light; Gold’s Gym; Senior Fitness – Nov 14, 2019
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Carry Exercise: The Most Effective Exercise of All Time – SilverSneakers
The carry exercise trains your entire body for ultimate function, strength, and stability. Here are six variations you can do with a kettlebell or dumbbell….
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My Day Ahead – Nov 06, 2019
My daily updates on goings on in my life re family, fitness, the arts, and blogging 😊 – daily walking, daily painting, creativity.
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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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My Day Ahead – Oct 22, 2019
My daily updates on goings on in my life re family, fitness, the arts, and blogging 😊 – SilverSneakers, senior fitness, mental lapse, Paris coffee mugs at Fine Art America ❤️
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My Day Ahead – Oct 16, 2019
My daily updates on goings on in my life re family, fitness, the arts, and blogging 😊
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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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My Day Ahead – Sept 28, 2019
“ My Garmin tracker said I put in 31 vigorous (vs intense or moderate) minutes. That’s for my heart rate for my age, weight etc, and isnd a little chunk for me! And Sheila did a fairly intensive yoga stretch class.”
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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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My Day Ahead – Sept 19, 2019
“Traffic was light, but I motioned to the filled recyclers – “We can cut through.” My arm had gone up and pointed, uninspired, slow as a retired greyhound’s nose remembering when it once couldn’t wait to go outside, but now really just as well rather stay put.”
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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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#AgingGracefully – Easier to Hit Fitness Goal Metrics (hint: a lower target heart rate) – Yes! 😊
It was a relief for me to see that going to The Y or gym, work up an out of breath sweat on the elliptical, see a reading between 137 to 152, and realize I wasn’t merely “out of shape!”
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Fitness Reminder on Christmas Day For Every Day
My wife and I have followed Dr. Mirkin’s site for nutrition and fitness information for many years. That he’s a senior, like us, is a big plus, though most of the information is valid for most adult ages. He just seems more cognizant of the challenges (and opportunities) afforded to us as we age (smiles).…
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Second Month in Kindle Unlimited – Erratic, But Better
Second Month in Kindle Unlimited – Erratic, But Better *** Pictured Left : One Night in the Hill Country Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited Four star review: ” In many cases, the author’s writing style in this book is succinct, flowing along more like free style verse than strict narrative. Both the…
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