We are always working on something

A 40 mile trail is being developed around the Sea of Galilee

I am looking forward to trail walking tomorrow. Several bloggers I shared their participation in race walks. Their daily walks help them to train for their events. If you have the opportunity you may enjoy traveling to locations for hikes like this. Walking I think adds to any vacation or weekend getaways. Even a half an hour walks or an hour can be done on an outing. It would add a pleasurable activity for any age and most fitness levels. Walking three to five times a week can get you ready for short trail walks.

My push up and sit up routines are getting easier. Yesterday I did 60 pushups. One set of 20, two sets of 15, and one set of 10. My pushups are done off a bench level cement border around the school I work at. I either do them at lunch or while waiting for my wife to pick me up. When we walk our local hiking trail I use the benches. I tested myself at home and I am able to do 15 to 20 regular pushups, so I know it is working. Sit ups I have been doing 24 a night. I also do 20 to 30 squats off the bed. Three times a week I use free weights of resistance bands for a full rand of muscle work outs. I am a long way from when I worked out as a young man, but at 60 it is neat doing these things. For me the sit-ups give me a range of motion that I don’t get with crunches. I add crunches three times a week.  

No Charles Atlas

Don’t get the idea that I am a chiseled Charles Atlas; no, I am the fat man walking. But my good cholesterol is improving and the strength training helps my bones, movement and flexibility.   Along with walking it is good for my heart. Secretly I think I am being persuaded by reading “Spencer” novels from Robert Parker. Spencer is hooked on pushups. The science of it comes from reading Dr. Ken Cooper books and website. I also use these exercises to help me with anxiety. I have confidence to be able to get off the floor and out of bed and practical things like ability to do things and improve mobility. Simple exercises can distract anxiety attacks and may be used at part of a personal mental tool box to fight anxiety. Reading enjoyable books for fun and music can help as well. James Bond used leg lifts, 20 at night to keep his core fit. The fun of fiction, but in the real world I feel better and stronger.

With the cooler temperatures I am thankful for this old house I live in. Several families lived here before me. The house is over 130 years old. I have added insulation and every year I replace the older windows. When I am with the Lord somebody else will live here and find shelter from the cold Midwest winter. They may sit where I am and enjoy the space and improve things I never got around to. Most of what I have done has been to improve our experience here. A house lived in is a home. Like our lives a home is never finished. There is always something. Keep walking