I admire your commitment to this. I am making a long-needed return to trying to have a level of fitness that will help me through my next "phases", but it's been a tough 10 years of cancer (twice), weight gain (a lot), and finishing a PhD. Now I have new knees, have lost about 80 lbs, and want to go another 100. Not for looks, I am plenty cute, but because it got really hard to walk and move, and I have had no energy for so long I think I might not recognize it when I get it back. Thanks for the Oldster tip - I'm 59 and grateful for so many really awesome women who are writing and creating over 50.
I've always "cut" fast and easily, so I assume it's genetics, but Trainer Todd has been pushing me to lift heavier weights. Also, flexing makes a big difference.
Good to know! A gym is finally opening in my neighbourhood in central Sweden and I plan to join and find a personal trainer to help me use the dark and depressing winter months in a productive way. Your pic is super inspiring.
As I grow older I'm learning that balance is as much or more important than strength. I'm not using a Peloton now but I walk a lot and do two important balance exercises. 1. Baby Tree yoga pose. 2. I stand on one foot and touch the floor with one hand, the same hand as the foot touching the floor.
I also lift light weights and walk between eight and ten miles/day. I'm 81.
I'm thinking of a line of sportswear now; maybe just hats & pins etc. I am so pleased that I'm not the only one who is highly motivated to move on 2 feet and 2 wheels by setting the goal and moving toward it. That said, thanks for the arm photos. I've been meaning to get to a few pushups weekly!
As a dear friend who left me at 88 always said, "if you want to keep moving, keep moving.".
I confess that when I do ride against the leaderboard, I really enjoy moving past much younger people. Which, I guess, is kind of ableist? Because I have no idea where people are in their fitness routines. I especially like beating men 10-20 years younger. That said, I have also been beaten by men in their 70s.
Oh, I get that. For me it's distance; I always track my bike miles and walking miles & torment friends with hitting goals. Still, it's really about continuing to pat myself on the back and stay motivated!
Looooove The Best of Everything. My grandma worked briefly in the publishing industry in the late 40s/early 50s and the book reminds me so much of her recollections. She's 96 now! It feels so important to read the popular lit of yesteryear...try Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott, it's totally delightful and yet so grim. Kind of a similar vibe.
How pleased I am to know we share The Best of Everything. I am more the film than the book, and own copies of both. Just had a rewatch last week, so there must be something in the air.
Literal and figurative flex. A better person would take a photo showing that, for all my work, I still have some old-lady slack at rest. I am not that person.
I walk five miles every day, — almost compulsive at this point, and at 66 keeps me in pretty good shape. I need to add weights. Your walking commitment, your interest in poetry, and your interest in museums parallel my own pursuits these past few years. Thank you for always being aspirational and inspirational and very cool.
I only restarted morning exercise because I sustained a lower back strain (or sprain? Not sure) picking up a small pile of laundry and the stiffness persisted for three weeks. All my conversions are deathbed.
I kept throwing out my lower back in my 40s despite regular cardio workouts, which is what led me to my trainer in 2006 or thereabouts. Come to think of it, that's the anniversary I should be celebrating. What a mensch.
I have no problem confessing that I bailed on W&P -- it was impossible to catch up after my week of teaching. But I'm committed to another round of ModPo this fall. One does what one can.
My Zoom workouts, however, are one-to-one personal training sessions . I met my trainer at the local gym almost 20 years ago and we have stayed together as he started his own business.
I tend not to add editorial comments about my reading because I don't want to be a bummer, but in this case I can heartily endorse everything I read/listened to in April. Full disclosure: Ann Hood is a friend, but I think I'm pretty objective about my friends' work.
I admire your commitment to this. I am making a long-needed return to trying to have a level of fitness that will help me through my next "phases", but it's been a tough 10 years of cancer (twice), weight gain (a lot), and finishing a PhD. Now I have new knees, have lost about 80 lbs, and want to go another 100. Not for looks, I am plenty cute, but because it got really hard to walk and move, and I have had no energy for so long I think I might not recognize it when I get it back. Thanks for the Oldster tip - I'm 59 and grateful for so many really awesome women who are writing and creating over 50.
I love that you know you are "plenty cute" and I hope you can find the right path to more movement and energy.
I want your biceps but I don’t expect I am willing to do the work for them. In any case, I salute your exercise ethic. Go you!
I've always "cut" fast and easily, so I assume it's genetics, but Trainer Todd has been pushing me to lift heavier weights. Also, flexing makes a big difference.
Good to know! A gym is finally opening in my neighbourhood in central Sweden and I plan to join and find a personal trainer to help me use the dark and depressing winter months in a productive way. Your pic is super inspiring.
Those pictures are impressive and I salute you. But, no. I’m about to be 78 and I hereby give myself permission not to do that.
As I grow older I'm learning that balance is as much or more important than strength. I'm not using a Peloton now but I walk a lot and do two important balance exercises. 1. Baby Tree yoga pose. 2. I stand on one foot and touch the floor with one hand, the same hand as the foot touching the floor.
I also lift light weights and walk between eight and ten miles/day. I'm 81.
Balance has a lot to do with core strength, which helps to prevent falls, so get it however you can.
"However, my favorite competitor is myself."
I'm thinking of a line of sportswear now; maybe just hats & pins etc. I am so pleased that I'm not the only one who is highly motivated to move on 2 feet and 2 wheels by setting the goal and moving toward it. That said, thanks for the arm photos. I've been meaning to get to a few pushups weekly!
As a dear friend who left me at 88 always said, "if you want to keep moving, keep moving.".
I confess that when I do ride against the leaderboard, I really enjoy moving past much younger people. Which, I guess, is kind of ableist? Because I have no idea where people are in their fitness routines. I especially like beating men 10-20 years younger. That said, I have also been beaten by men in their 70s.
Oh, I get that. For me it's distance; I always track my bike miles and walking miles & torment friends with hitting goals. Still, it's really about continuing to pat myself on the back and stay motivated!
Looooove The Best of Everything. My grandma worked briefly in the publishing industry in the late 40s/early 50s and the book reminds me so much of her recollections. She's 96 now! It feels so important to read the popular lit of yesteryear...try Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott, it's totally delightful and yet so grim. Kind of a similar vibe.
How pleased I am to know we share The Best of Everything. I am more the film than the book, and own copies of both. Just had a rewatch last week, so there must be something in the air.
It's the limited series we deserve RIGHT NOW.
Gun show! ❤️
I will be showing you my guns quite soon!
Wow, that arm photo! You've inspired me! xo
Literal and figurative flex. A better person would take a photo showing that, for all my work, I still have some old-lady slack at rest. I am not that person.
Glad you're not that person. xo
Congratulations! Go you!
I walk five miles every day, — almost compulsive at this point, and at 66 keeps me in pretty good shape. I need to add weights. Your walking commitment, your interest in poetry, and your interest in museums parallel my own pursuits these past few years. Thank you for always being aspirational and inspirational and very cool.
How is Jaffe holding up?
Fine, I think. It's hard to have perspective.
I miss big soapy novels and think they are due for a comeback.
I only restarted morning exercise because I sustained a lower back strain (or sprain? Not sure) picking up a small pile of laundry and the stiffness persisted for three weeks. All my conversions are deathbed.
I kept throwing out my lower back in my 40s despite regular cardio workouts, which is what led me to my trainer in 2006 or thereabouts. Come to think of it, that's the anniversary I should be celebrating. What a mensch.
You mean there's another option?!
LL- what’s the Zoom workout link? Also, I’m “suddenly” behind almost 3 weeks on W&P, ha, I’m re-defining slow read….I should be lifting that book.
I have no problem confessing that I bailed on W&P -- it was impossible to catch up after my week of teaching. But I'm committed to another round of ModPo this fall. One does what one can.
My Zoom workouts, however, are one-to-one personal training sessions . I met my trainer at the local gym almost 20 years ago and we have stayed together as he started his own business.
Any of those books particularly good?
I tend not to add editorial comments about my reading because I don't want to be a bummer, but in this case I can heartily endorse everything I read/listened to in April. Full disclosure: Ann Hood is a friend, but I think I'm pretty objective about my friends' work.