Exercise, Walking, Etc.

Beth Gallagher said:
I have excelled at recliner camping lately. I quit monitoring my heart rate or bothering with step counting, etc. Now I see that my resting heart rate has increased and I'm having episodes of being short-winded. I guess it's time to get out of this chair before I grow roots.
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Beth me being a lifetime smoker of over 60 years now, if I don't walk I get a cough. I'm sure I have COPD but I still smoke and I know its bad but I do it anyway since most of long time smoker's pay the Piper even after quitting, or that's my excuse anyway.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Beth me being a lifetime smoker of over 60 years now, if I don't walk I get a cough. I'm sure I have COPD but I still smoke and I know its bad but I do it anyway since most of long time smoker's pay the Piper even after quitting, or that's my excuse anyway.
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My husband has smoked for at least 50 years; I guess he will keep smoking till he dies. He has tried quitting many times over the years but has never been successful. So far he doesn't seem to have any health issues; he gets a chest scan every year. He also never smokes in the house or our vehicles so a lot of people have no idea that he's a smoker.
 
Ken Anderson said:
In the past month or so I haven't been doing much in the way of exercise because I've been busy traveling or doing other things, but I had been walking 10-15 miles a day on reasonably good days, 90 minutes or more on the elliptical machine, or a combination of those two, as well as some other exercises.
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Amazing Ken, all that workout is something else.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
My husband has smoked for at least 50 years; I guess he will keep smoking till he dies. He has tried quitting many times over the years but has never been successful. So far he doesn't seem to have any health issues; he gets a chest scan every year. He also never smokes in the house or our vehicles so a lot of people have no idea that he's a smoker.
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Beth, we haven't smoked in a house in almost 40 years stopped when my friend lost her first grandchild from crib death, which she blamed on so many of us adults smoking in the house.
We will smoke while driving with windows down, AC or heat still window open when smoking, but not in heavy traffic or sitting still.
 
Ken Anderson said:
In the past month or so I haven't been doing much in the way of exercise because I've been busy traveling or doing other things, but I had been walking 10-15 miles a day on reasonably good days, 90 minutes or more on the elliptical machine, or a combination of those two, as well as some other exercises.
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I'm going to need a nap and then a massage for my achy muscles, just after reading about all that physical activity. 😅
 
I use a 10 lb. dumbbell for overhead presses, curls and rows doing only 3 repetitions daily plus pushups. Every other day I go for a 15 minute walk down in the basement going in circles or figure eights. No need for a treadmill. In the summer, grass cutting will replace the basement routine. All that doesn't seem like a lot, but when I left the hospital after 2 weeks on my back, it was a real struggle to do much of anything, so it's possible to improve your stamina with just persistent movement.
 
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Ed Wilson said:
I use a 10 lb. dumbbell for overhead presses, curls and rows doing only 3 repetitions daily plus pushups. Every other day I go for a 15 minute walk down in the basement going in circles or figure eights. No need for a treadmill. In the summer, grass cutting will replace the basement routine. All that doesn't seem like a lot, but when I left the hospital after 2 weeks on my back, it was a real struggle to do much of anything, so it's possible to improve your stamina with just persistent movement.
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My oldest granddaughter sent me the hand weight's a few years ago and they come in handy.
 
Jake Smith said:
I bought, Marie, one which she doesn't like so much. She would rather walk around her trail. So yesterday I put it upstairs out of the way until, she decided to use it, and I covered it with a blanket to keep dust down.
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In the summer here, I walk outside too, but during the winter, the ice and snow make longer walks difficult. It is easy to use, though and has handrails to keep me from falling should I lose my balance.
 
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