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People keep insisting I need to get into shape. I keep reminding them, "round is a shape!"
It's my age I suppose but I'm straying into round too.
Mid 20s I bought my own place and after several cases of leaving parental home for university courses I finally left for good. I promptly fed myself and put on a lot of weight for me. Ten to over fifteen stone. I didn't look fat at fifteen stone in any way. Lost it quickly and went back to genetically skinny.
Now since turning 40 my midrift has kind of flopped out. I'm not fat just got a ring of fat. Not healthy so exercise will sort it out. Might try the 5-2 diet / lifestyle. Not sure it's good for me because I don't take cutting food intake that well.
The one thing I do rate, if you're a gym member ask of there's a freedom machine. It's a pulley and weight stack based resistance machine with two adjustable arms. It allows you to pull the weights from all angles. Intended for disabled (wheelchair users) but sat on a gym ball you get excellent core and full body workout. I used it to target muscle usage that matched kayaking closely. It tones the midrift nicely. It certainly hurt when you pushed it. It's better than situps for sure.
Freedom machine?
From your description it is just a re named Spanish Inquisition device !
Gaining weight is normal with increased age.
From your description it is just a re named Spanish Inquisition device !
Gaining weight is normal with increased age.
Keeping fit helps you get to old age in a state you can still make use of it. I think I'd rather be a 67 year old running 65 miles in less than 24 hours than someone who's slowing down and feeling tired with possibly underlying health conditions.
Two couples late 60s/early 70s, one couple are active the others are not Guess which ones have the most health problems!
BTW that machine is hard work but only because it works so much of your body. Most resistance machines work groups of muscles but not the muscles that usually work in balance. This machine works better because you're not doing a stable action. There's movement or a kind of wobble in other directions to the motion against the weight. This means deeper muscle use and obviously those muscles aren't utilised as much so you feel them more. But such a deep exercise of your muscles, especially your core, gives you so much stability. That can help through your body by improving posture and can affect your whole frame. By that I mean an issue with your knee can be because of a lack of strength in your back. I had knee issues like this once. Partly needed to strengthen the quads and muscles around the knee but also core muscles. Simple load bearing exercises that were about being in an unstable position to work the main muscles and the complimentary ones.
Anyway, if I had the spare money and space for one of those freedom machines I'd certainly think about getting one. You can pretty much work your whole body with just the one machine in a way that mimics how your body utilises muscles not just focusing on one or two main muscle groups.
Two couples late 60s/early 70s, one couple are active the others are not Guess which ones have the most health problems!
BTW that machine is hard work but only because it works so much of your body. Most resistance machines work groups of muscles but not the muscles that usually work in balance. This machine works better because you're not doing a stable action. There's movement or a kind of wobble in other directions to the motion against the weight. This means deeper muscle use and obviously those muscles aren't utilised as much so you feel them more. But such a deep exercise of your muscles, especially your core, gives you so much stability. That can help through your body by improving posture and can affect your whole frame. By that I mean an issue with your knee can be because of a lack of strength in your back. I had knee issues like this once. Partly needed to strengthen the quads and muscles around the knee but also core muscles. Simple load bearing exercises that were about being in an unstable position to work the main muscles and the complimentary ones.
Anyway, if I had the spare money and space for one of those freedom machines I'd certainly think about getting one. You can pretty much work your whole body with just the one machine in a way that mimics how your body utilises muscles not just focusing on one or two main muscle groups.
i know quite a few people, including myself, that were very active physically when young, but various damaged and medical problems has done this less and less possible.
Gyms, special activities, most seem to be designed for healthy bodies.
Yoga seems to be the last activity many of us has resorted to.
Do not count you will be a healthy and active 67 year old, as the chances are greater you will not be. Health is a bonus in life after 55!
Gyms, special activities, most seem to be designed for healthy bodies.
Yoga seems to be the last activity many of us has resorted to.
Do not count you will be a healthy and active 67 year old, as the chances are greater you will not be. Health is a bonus in life after 55!
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