Wounded warriors and disabled give back in many ways. Thanks!

When we think of technology it pushes ahead with an idea, competition, but often in advances because of the desire to overcome the bad things that happened life. I came across good story from the Washington Post, you might have read about it. Rob Jones, marine Corps veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan, runs 31 marathons in 31 days in 31 cities to raise money for the wounded veteran charities.

War and prosthetics have come along way from the hook and peg leg. Rob has lost both legs fighting in Afghanistan. Raising money for the wounded warriors he ran 806 miles in a month. Like Forest Gump people run with him. Making it possible are the adapted prosthetics for running. War has brought many medical advancements that help us all. 

Another unwanted conflict that inters the human experience are all kinds of handicaps. Over the years technology gets

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developed to help with these handicaps. It is often costly project but what we learn and experience often can benefit us all. The vets wanting to stay active in their lives use technology that in turn benefits ready handicapped people, who do now can act more independent an active. Their experience benefits the rest of us went through some unwanted injury or aging we can use what we learn from them to help us. 

So this Thanksgiving season, give thanks to the wounded Warriors and the people with handicaps with their own struggles to stay independent and active because what they we learn from their situations well come around help us when we most needed. Keep walking. Thank you Rob for using your struggle to help fellow vets. Hurrah! Keep walking

Desk top reminders this winter - goal to help aerobic capacity by 12%

With the use of sticky notes I can record my daily progress. My winter goal is to improve my overall aerobic fitness. Somethings I am already doing.
The fatman exercises, adapted body weight movements: pushups, dips, squats, lunges, heal raises, sit-ups; Hitt recumbent biking 20-45 minutes 3x's a week resistant band workouts 2, 3 times a week.
Adding on off bike days stair work 4 minutes and 4 minute run in place; 10 minute walk - Leslie Sansone, outdoor walk w poles or without. I will be adding knee pads. I know outdoor walking has risks; but I can't give up yet.
Stair workouts and running in place I may add time as with the walking. My immediate goal of 6 to 10 weeks is to improve my aerobic capacity by 12%. These activities can be done around my time of the computer.
All of this stuff has my doctor's consent, both GP and cardiologist. Alternating days biking with walking on stairs gives my knees is a chance to recover. I may find walking in stair work may have to be twice a week and go from there.
Right now biking and strength training works for me. My 10 minute walks right now are three and four minutes at a time. During the day I think many brief walks 30 seconds to a minute. My goal of a 10 minute walk is for practical applications.
I take time to give you a little detail because there are a lot of people who are sedimentary and need to think through how to get moving again. There are also people who are recovering and there are a lot of ways to get back on your feet.
What I am doing is based on my problems with cerebral palsy and mobility problems. Being overweight doesn't help. Taking psychotropic medicine that puts on weight doesn't help either. I have recently taken steps on that front as well. While I take the initiative for these changes it is based on health plans by my doctors and not self medicating.
In the picture are the Lockhorns, like Leroy I hate the scale at the doctor's office. (reality check) DBarb in contrast does not nag. But for many of us we are heavier than we need to be. All of the stickies remind me to move and eat smarter. Keep walking

Make progress with chronic problems - waking up and they are still there

This actually what I trying to get back to

How can we be healthier when we experience the same problems over and over? As we age we are likely to run into a problem or problems that are chronic. Unlike a movie, a book, or TV show which has a resolution; in real life, life moves on with to be continued.
If we struggle with heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, strokes, obesity more than likely we will continue to have these problems, we hope for remission or some progress. Just observation on my part but since I am the fat-man walking, how many people obese or overweight actually return to a healthy BMI. I think very few. Easy to move from one strategy to another, but harder to actually be successful. Progress might be more encouraging. For example moving from obese to over weight.
Now me, I am working on that first step after all these years. I notice as we get older we do tend to put on weight. Add to this the weight put on is more fat while muscle is being lost.
I don't want to be negative because if you are like me you want to live as we get older and do positive stuff, like enjoy God's gifts in creation, friends, family in shelter that keeps us warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Living and celebrating our days meets enough challenges with accidents or temporary illnesses. As we age we may also have to bugger on when we deal with problems that are chronic.

Not a fitness model
Ha!

I have a list of chronic problems but I won't list them here. I will bring up one problem I have but, I know I am not alone. Due to aging, falling with CP, injuries pursuing the sports and activities I have loved the joints, bones, tendons are either wearing out or hurting. The reality I have discovered is that these aches and pains do change your life. In my late teens I loved boxing, handball, basketball at the Y, softball and an occasional football game. I picked up tennis and loved to play when it was the hottest. I was a hacker but I did play on two college teams. If I played at the Y today, I hear the games are still brutal; I would take 2years-to the grave to recover.
My theme here is to live, so I bike and move around, shadowbox. To still push back a little and exercise for stamina, strength and flexibility, In so doing I include movement to help my balance which has worsened in the last few years. These activities keep the door open to move about in nature, camping, fishing, swimming, snorkeling, be out with Barb in gardening, enjoy grandkids.
How can I stay independent and do things around the home, care for self if I don't? I really believe I would go down hill pretty fast. I want to live and not be so impaired health breaks down. Life on earth is brief enough, I don't want to speed it along.
Look into the science of strength training for seniors, it is worth doing. Spending part of day exercising, doing physical activities has great benefits as we get older. Progress not perfection Keep walking