nightshooter09
Happy "Taking Time for Health" Tuesday (Early) . . . "To try to be better is to be better." ~ C. Cushman
Hi Health Partner(s):
Hope you had a healthy-wise weekend. I've heard from many on Flickr this week! I was inspired by YOU. Thanks.
This past week, my successes included breaking my exercise routines into 15 minute segments. At the end of 15 minutes, I decided if I was hurting too much to continue.
My top days were 4 and 5 15 minute segments. I warmed up slowly with stretches. (1:15 of straight exercise included 15 minutes with home exercise equipment; 15 minutes of soft #1 pound weights; 15 minutes of my familiar #8 weights with only very slow, gentle, controlled movements; TWO-15 minute segments of dance "reward" to my favorite music ~ Gloria's CD). I felt wonderful and the end and because I was slow, gentle and cautious, the day after was totally manageable. That's my update. Would love to hear yours (thanks LLT and Red for writing yours).
Tomorrow I may not have time to upload my "Take Time for Health" Tuesday photo, so here it is.
Now I am challenging you:
My suggestion is to try doing one SMALL thing for your health that you didn't do last week. Then let me know what it is (you don't have to leave it in comments, you can flickrmail me . . . just try to do something a little better for your health this week than last week).
Check with your doctor first, if you haven't. Or contact a professional for ideas.
How about walking? The "Arthritis Foundation" has some wonderful articles and "Diabetes Today" does to . . . a person doesn't have to have either condition to be helped.
“If your goal is simply to improve your health, research substantiates as little as 30 minutes a day is sufficient activity to get health improvement, and that time can be split into three 10-minute bouts,” says Shirley Archer, health educator at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Here's a link to an article that may inspire you to start something small (including that quote from Archer):
www.arthritistoday.org/fitness/walking/tips-and-strategie...
ALSO this includes a direct link where one can write to the AF and ask their own questions and get professional ideas.
Me? I'm just trying to figure my own solutions out . . . just like many of you.
I'm going to be very busy, but I'll be thinking of you, Health Partners.
Good luck!
Nighty ;->
nightshooter09
Happy "Taking Time for Health" Tuesday (Early) . . . "To try to be better is to be better." ~ C. Cushman
Hi Health Partner(s):
Hope you had a healthy-wise weekend. I've heard from many on Flickr this week! I was inspired by YOU. Thanks.
This past week, my successes included breaking my exercise routines into 15 minute segments. At the end of 15 minutes, I decided if I was hurting too much to continue.
My top days were 4 and 5 15 minute segments. I warmed up slowly with stretches. (1:15 of straight exercise included 15 minutes with home exercise equipment; 15 minutes of soft #1 pound weights; 15 minutes of my familiar #8 weights with only very slow, gentle, controlled movements; TWO-15 minute segments of dance "reward" to my favorite music ~ Gloria's CD). I felt wonderful and the end and because I was slow, gentle and cautious, the day after was totally manageable. That's my update. Would love to hear yours (thanks LLT and Red for writing yours).
Tomorrow I may not have time to upload my "Take Time for Health" Tuesday photo, so here it is.
Now I am challenging you:
My suggestion is to try doing one SMALL thing for your health that you didn't do last week. Then let me know what it is (you don't have to leave it in comments, you can flickrmail me . . . just try to do something a little better for your health this week than last week).
Check with your doctor first, if you haven't. Or contact a professional for ideas.
How about walking? The "Arthritis Foundation" has some wonderful articles and "Diabetes Today" does to . . . a person doesn't have to have either condition to be helped.
“If your goal is simply to improve your health, research substantiates as little as 30 minutes a day is sufficient activity to get health improvement, and that time can be split into three 10-minute bouts,” says Shirley Archer, health educator at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Here's a link to an article that may inspire you to start something small (including that quote from Archer):
www.arthritistoday.org/fitness/walking/tips-and-strategie...
ALSO this includes a direct link where one can write to the AF and ask their own questions and get professional ideas.
Me? I'm just trying to figure my own solutions out . . . just like many of you.
I'm going to be very busy, but I'll be thinking of you, Health Partners.
Good luck!
Nighty ;->
nightshooter09