My workout today a walk run

Today in my emphasis for steps I will work up a program that I have this spring to be able to run in 20 minutes in the summertime. Last year I tried the same thing but was only able to get 10 minutes. 

One of my goals in my training just to do things without falling. Another goal is to stay within my heart range. I would not be training to win a race but to complete one. 

Every half hour I get up from the computer and do a house walked inside. I am included two fat Man exercises at my kitchen counter where I do adapted push-ups and dips off the counter. When I do the dips I also include squats with the movement. With my hand on the counter I do 10 lunges with each leg and then I finish the workout with 12 Heel raises. On every hour today I did five minutes of indoor walking with Leslie Sansone and topped that off with a one-minute run. I did three cycles of that. This gave me 15 minutes of walking the pace she laid down which was a mile walking in three minutes are running. Now don't picture gazelle running, more like a slug. This afternoon I will go over to walk around’s with my walking stick outside. Throughout my working day I will continue every half hour with small walks. My efforts today should push somewhere between 6000 to 7000 steps. 

The one principle that seems to elude me is consistency. Changing the pace every day or the workout that I am emphasizing gives my body and opportunity to work different things. 

Movement is probably the greatest friend to anybody who has cerebral palsy. Moving your body through full range of motion will give you your best opportunity for a healthy flexibility. A muscle in motion both contracts and elongates stretching out muscle. Of course when you have CP your muscles are constantly contracting. At the end of the day you're wore out and very tight. Those of you who do not have cerebral palsy may find as you get older your muscles become less flexible. 

Here are a few ideas I think might help you:

• Talk to your doctor about how you can become more flexible
• Ask about if physical therapist who specializes in helping older people. Here you might want to check out your search engine to find ways to be more flexible as you get older. There are a lot of good ideas out there. (I often do stretching from a chair or off the side of the bed.)
• Before you go to bed consider a hot shower or bath, your body is gently moving in these activities. Take a few moments before you go to bed to gently stretch and relax your body. It is a good time to do some pleasure reading and having some relaxing music in the background. Using a strong belt or towel can be used to stretch out stubborn muscles. I work my stiff achilles' heel using my navy belt.
• If you have CP, progress is very slow. But one of the real cool benefits to keeping up the fight to be more flexible is that it reduces more pain then any pain pill. I doubt many people realize how painful it is with cerebral palsy when the muscles are tightening up. Every person with cerebral palsy needs a physical therapist. We also need to learn to do is many things that we can do for ourselves because support isn't always there. 

If you have CP, I would love to hear from you. You probably have learned things that have helped you. Keep walking, rolling, and fighting back!