Move More, Exercise More Regularly - Any Novel Exercise Ideas?

[QuietButBold]

We all know that we always recommended to keep moving, move more, build-in extra exercise habits - as regularly as possible (within each individual's capabilities) as part of supporting our optimal liver health.

I saw these two short BBC videos about older women enjoying skateboarding (I must admit, I hadn't thought of that!).

"People said i'm too old to skateboard":

bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c798v...

"Meet The 65-Year-Old Skateboarder | Amazing Humans":

m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ8A4...(Not working as expected?)

It set me wondering; what breadth of novel "move more" ideas might each of us have begun to try building into our refreshed healthy liver "exercise" habits?

(I think mine seem rather tame compared to those wonderful women on their skateboards!).

A few of my ideas (by way of contribution to the thread):

Regularly:

- park on the outskirts of Town and then walk a longer distance to complete: errands / shopping / attend medical appointments / meet a friend or relative for coffee (aided by: 1) a modern fabric design two-wheeler shopping trolley, 2) a rucksack, 3) a large British wicker shopping basket, and 4) a waist bag / cross-body bag instead of a handbag).

Often:

- gardening.

- or "window gardening" = walking around local garden centres.

- take a longer walk near my home, with a picnic stashed in my rucksack (have thermos flask / food flask / trangia triangle / small ghillie kettle ...will travel!).

Sometimes:

- skipping rope / jump rope in the garden.

- resistance bands (at home).

- tai chi (at home).

- playing upbeat music while cooking - as it keeps me going for longer when batch cooking good dishes for freezing ahead.

- visit the grounds of stately homes / woodlands / arboretums / reservoirs - for more hours of walking - with the added benefit of new things to discover along the way.

- setting aside time for enjoying outdoor photography (you walk more than you realise, you are stood bracing your bodyweight to be the substitute tripod).

- hang a hammock between my 2 apple trees (admittedly: more in support of "wellbeing" than "move more").

Rarely:

- sea fishing, for hours, for supper, on a beach, out of tourist season (beach casting for a meal, rather than sports fishing).

- wash my car by hand.

Working Up Towards It (honestly!):

- I fancy a swingball set for the garden (I thought it could go in the same place I stand the rotary clothes line - although I see that, these days, you can get some with a portable base like that for a sun parasol).

- join a local wellbeing walking group.

- eyeing up my 2 apple trees; to see if either of them would be sufficiently mature now: to host an adult-sized swing.

[NieceByMarriage]

Your ideas don't seem tame at all. I am not sure of your age or sex. Everyone, but especially more mature women, benefit from training that puts sufficient pressure on bones and joints to stave off osteoporosis. Your occasional work with resistance bands and skipping is excellent for this purpose so keep it up! I myself am a woman in her 50s and my exercise is mainly powerlifting and boxing. Mobility/flexibility work is also important, as is balance work. Your car washing, photography and tai chi will be ticking those boxes. Go you!

[McEwan1962]

tap dancing, fabulous fun and a lot of laughing

[QuietButBold in reply to McEwan1962]

Tap dancing - how excellent!

(Please don't try this at home): What about that "mild peril tap dancing" of nearly 100 years ago?

Tap Dance on Roller Skates 1929

performance by "The Foxetts" chorus girls

at the Capital Theatre, Washington D.C., USA

To the music: "Miss You"

(an up tempo arrangement of a popular Fox Trot)

from an Hearst Movietone Newsreel:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=abgD3...(Not working as expected?)

(Quite astonishing).

I have seen more modern videos of seated tap dance classes ...that might be a safer place from which to start.

[Vicars-wife]

I feel exhausted just reading your post. You are doing amazing things, walking up stairs without using the hand rail is my ambition! I think you are certainly looking after your liver and giving it the best care possible. One piece of advice, if you do decide to start skateboarding, wear knee pads. Go you, you are practically Joe Wicks...

[Breakfastbabe]

Quite a simple one but standing on one leg while brushing your teeth is really good for balance.

[SirRobert in reply to Breakfastbabe]

I do that!! Albeit when waiting for kettle to boil!!

[QuietButBold in reply to Breakfastbabe]

I haven't tried the "one-legged" tooth brushing routine. That sounds worthy of a ponder.

However, I do have my own version of "active tooth brushing" - not quite sure what you would call it mind you!

Hard to describe it very well; ...sort of: micro-tai chi footwork (i.e. constantly shifting your bodyweight, from side to side, from one foot to the other, briefly holding the "empty" foot just off the floor by the inside of the "full" foot, with a shoulder-width sideways step taken as the weight returns to the opposing side. (Added bonus: it acts like a kind of natural timer; as, by the time I start to tire of the balancing side step repetitions: I have probably completed about enough brushing too).

[Sunnyskies33]

Not unusual but I love yoga twists and core classes. I can feel the area of my liver getting massaged with it. I think it helps tone up the area around the rib cage which hopefully helps with liver fat.

[Dogfish123]

All of the above plus plenty of sex!

[mantana]

Ride a bicycle or an electric bicycle for any errands, like shopping, visiting nearby family and friends and so on.

[QuietButBold in reply to mantana]

Ah, nostalgia ...I miss the time when I used my bicycle without giving it a second thought at all! My relatives were all keen cyclists, so I used to road cycle quite a bit too.

Where I used to live, decades ago; I would think nothing of riding 10 miles to meet a friend, shop at the nearby market town etc. (as the surrounding road network in that County was safe and suited to cycling).

Unfortunately, my current house is at least 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 miles (each way) ...from anywhere, in each direction - with (these days) increasingly dangerous rural, yet, speed-freak-frequented roads.

When I first moved here; it was pretty OK to cycle - e.g. if you avoided the rush hour traffic (but I wouldn't risk it now at any time of day - both the frenetic nature and increased volume of the traffic, plus the really poor condition of the road surface is now an entirely different scenario).

(I have tried a static, indoors, exercise bike ...so very much "just not my thing", I am afraid).

I had been wondering about (maybe) getting a folding bicycle to put in the car and e.g. take to a regional reservoir / parkland with a 5 mile circuit where you are allowed to cycle. That could perhaps be a longer term project - not something I would address for the next a couple of years. (It is good to have a forward project in mind).

[AyrshireK in reply to QuietButBold]

Hubby and I love our e-mountain bikes. In May 2023 we rode 400 miles in the Cairngorms and loved it. Sadly, by November 2023 and due to HE hubby could no longer even manage to mount his bike. I've been back on mine for a wee while and hopefully later this week (almost 9 months post transplant) my hubby hopes to get back on his - we got it all cleaned up and maintained yesterday and we look forward to future adventures together.