Found nice seated walking for rehab.

I have been out of the hospital now for about a week. I will be doing rehab at home. The balance is between allowing my body to heal and the need to move my muscles for flexibility and heart health. Part of me has to take it easy. But the reality is I still need to move.

I was on YouTube and I typed in seated walking for seniors and I came across a video of seated walking and I thought I'd give it a go. It was 30 minutes and it included upper body and lower body exercises.

I got one of my wooden chairs and I did the routine. I paid attention to how my body feels and I also was patient in how much I was stretching my body. I wasn't exactly trying to do the same thing that the person in the video was doing because my flexibility right now is very tight.

I kept up with the pace and a few times I was paying attention more to the movement than I was the pace. Afterwards, I did strength training with my bands. Earlier using my counter, I did push-ups, dips, and lunges. Adding up the minutes I did about 45 minutes plus extra stretching.

Throughout the day, I got up and did walking in my walker to continue strengthening my injured leg and bear weight. By all means keep walking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpuI-Eewspo

Can we learn from the past?

 Paul writes in Romans 15:4, "For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." This wonderful verse reminds us of

God has written many things in the scriptures that we should learn from and be encouraged to continue to walk with God with hope.

Somebody wondered whether we should learn history. It is really difficult, and we repeat the same mistakes repeatedly.

Life is a marathon, not just a sprint. By learning things that people did well and sometimes failed, God did not give up on them. We should take the Long view of our lives and be patient with ourselves. We will not always do the right thing, and even if we try to do the right thing, we may not be very good at it. God knows this and will help us grow and get better at it.

I did an introduction study introducing at least 50 characters from the Old Testament who lived righteous lives. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Even in the New Testament and church today, we need people living by faith and virtuous lives. It has to be possible and doable at the same time.

I was reading about Dwight Eisenhower and his father, who was a Russellite. A Russellite was an early Jehovah's Witness. Russell was a womanizer and a con artist, and after he died, the Jehovah's Witnesses did everything they could to distance themselves from him. The continuing leadership wanted a slice of the pie for themselves. Dwight's father spent all of his adult life trying to put together abstract ideas to make sense in life. And yet he failed at being a father and was too harsh and cold to his family. When he died, General Eisenhower did not go to the funeral.

We need to be practical in our walk with God. Our faith must be doable in the here and now, a faith that works in real life.

Now, I think we get that encouragement as we study the lives of God's people. If we can see people like ourselves who lived for God and did so practically, we can see that it works.

I hope these studies will encourage us to live for the Lord, improve our relationships, find ways to love people effectively and help people as the Lord helps us. So, I'd like you to consider joining the study with me as we go through these characters and challenge the perception that people have that a practical, doable, righteous life can’t be done. Life is somewhat dysfunctional—far from it, I think. Keep walking.

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Can we learn from history

 

Paul writes in Romans 15:4, "For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." This wonderful verse reminds us of many things God has written in the scriptures that we should learn from and be encouraged to continue to walk with God with hope.

Somebody wondered whether we should learn history. It is really difficult, and we repeat the same mistakes repeatedly.

Life is a marathon, not just a sprint. By learning things that people did well and sometimes failed, God did not give up on them. We should take the Long view of our lives and be patient with ourselves. We will only sometimes do the right thing, and even if we try to do it, we may need to improve. God knows this and will help us grow and get better at it.

I did an introduction study introducing at least 50 characters from the Old Testament who lived righteous lives. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Even in the New Testament and church today, we need people living by faith and virtuous lives. It has to be possible and doable at the same time.

I was reading about Dwight Eisenhower and his father, who was a Russellite. A Russellite was an early Jehovah's Witness. Russell was a womanizer and a con artist, and after he died, the Jehovah's Witnesses did everything they could to distance themselves from him. The continuing leadership wanted a slice of the pie for themselves. Dwight's father spent all
his adult life trying to put together abstract ideas to make sense in life. And yet he failed at being a father and was too harsh and cold to his family. When he died, General Eisenhower did not go to the funeral.

We need to be practical in our walk with God. Our faith must be doable in the here and now, a faith that works in real life.

Now, I think we get that encouragement as we study the lives of God's people. If we can see people like ourselves who lived for God and did so practically, we can see that it works.

I hope these studies will encourage us to live for the Lord, improve our relationships, find ways to love people effectively and help people as the Lord helps us. So, I'd like you to consider joining the study with me as we go through these characters and challenge the perception that people have that a practical, doable, righteous life can’t be done. Life is somewhat dysfunctional—far from it, I think. Keep walking.

 I have been working on in-home walking, including doing a sit-walk and experimenting with sitting in different chairs. I have duplicated the four basic steps in home walking. 

• Walking in place.
• Kicks
• Knee raises
• Side to side

One of the benefits of doing in-home walking is that you also get to practice upper body movements. Since I no longer have the balance to do the in-home walking without assistance, I have been trying to adapt to workouts with my upright walker and seated workouts. Using my upright walker, I am using my body's resistance in the walking steps. But I can't duplicate the upper body movements. The resistance for my legs is excellent, and I get the benefit of building stronger core and leg muscles and bones with resistance. Using sit walking, I get to the benefit of the upper body movements and the steps done in sit walking.

I am doing these workouts for one- or two-mile walks. I am continuing my biking, so many days, I am easily doing 45 to 60 minutes of aerobic exercises. I do feel the difference aerobically, and when I walk with my cane, it seems as if I am walking better.

This is all about making adaptions as we get older. I do believe that what I am experiencing is the loss of balance with my handicap from that experience. I can share these ideas with you because there will be times when you are recovering from something, and sit-walking can be very beneficial.

As they get older, I have noticed that people find it harder to get up from a chair, get out of a car, or perform other independent movements. There are many reasons for this, so I don't want to be too simplistic, but I do believe that people can be helped to recover from their difficulties. Some sedimentary people would greatly benefit from sit-walking. 

Check with your doctor and always listen to your body's signals before beginning any exercise program.

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Seniors can find ways to keep moving, some links to view

 I am finishing up rehab at the hospital. At the hospital they have various aerobic machines like a treadmill, upright steppers, stationary, bikes, and recumbent bikes, along with other equipment that targets, whatever weakness somebody has to work on. In my workouts, I've used the new step machines which I am finishing up rehab at the hospital. I have improved my aerobic health. Barb and I have joined Planet Fitness so that I can continue my rehab. Planet Fitness has aerobic equipment like the nu stepper and different types of bikes that I can use. Plus, I can begin resistance training and work on my strength level. When we are older, the process is slower. Still, we can do both resistance and aerobic training to increase our strength, flexibility, balance, and aerobic health.

I know many people who have become more sedimentary. Many people have fallen, and the odds are they do not return to a walking life. Others have become so overweight they find movement hard. I can speak from experience as I weighed more than Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective. He weighed in at a 1/7 of a ton. You can do the math to find the actual weight.

There are ways we can exercise safely. Below, I have posted YouTube videos that deal with workouts that you can do standing or sitting. If you have balance issues or cannot stand up, do these exercises from the chair. First, check with your doctor if you can do a physical rehab. Second, watch the videos before you do them. Some of these videos can help you wherever you're at. Others may be more advanced and something you could try as you get better.

Most of the advertising you can skip after a few seconds. The ads may be questionable, and with any health ad, before you take their advice, it's always a good idea to check with your doctor or physical therapist because if it sounds too good to be true. It isn't good.

Some of the workouts are from Silver Sneakers. Again, as they get into the exercises, they tell you you can do them sitting down. A few workouts come from two physical therapists, Bob and Brad. These guys have worked with many people who have fallen and maybe broke a bone. They have all types of senior citizens workouts, but watch them before you do them.

A word about sitting and doing workouts: first, they do work. Secondly, they work on the muscles we often experience weakness when we get older. Try a workout, sitting in a chair, no matter how healthy you are. It may help you understand how the workout out might help your older friend or parent deal with their aging issues.

Exercising with balance support can be very helpful. I am not an expert. I have looked at these things and tried them out. They appear very senior-friendly. That is why I advise you to check in with your doctor. You and your doctor know your health better than anybody else, and your doctor may connect you with a support rehabilitation to start your progress. Still, some are walk-in-home, and you may have to find balance support to do the exercises. I hope you find them helpful to keep walking. Here are the links

Senior exorcises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BcPHWGQO44

Bob and Brad https://www.youtube.com/watch?y=cYHOp4h4hAm4

Bob & Brad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_JcYAN7eU&t=607s

https://youtu.be/3dkKquMiQIk

Silver sneakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_JcYAN7eU&t=607s

Senior walk 2 miles advance https://youtu.be/jRWKYOhcWWU

Senior sneakers 30-minute walk or sit  https://youtu.be/cgyfL6Te_aA

 Silver sneakers 15-minute sit or stand https://youtu.be/nTdzz3-01sE

Balance (interesting) https://youtu.be/uth_9K3EmDI

Bob and Brad balance (good ideas https://youtu.be/atMJ2opvCvo