Not the picture I thought I would be posting this week with Spring almost up on us. This photo was taken this morning, Pea’s paw prints as she enjoys her pre-breakfast walk. Hope everyone has managed to stay warm and dry.
This is an all inclusive club, to cover all activity and all abilities and the aim is for each of us to highlight our preferred activities to give us all new ideas for exercise. Please see healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... for previous ideas.The idea is for you to post your exercise achievements from last week and your proposed goals for this coming week. This will not be a competition, but declared plans are easier to stick to and encouragement and support from fellow members are good motivators.By setting ourselves short, mid range and possibly long term goals we achieve a little at a time and with the forum family encouraging us each step along the way we may surprise ourselves by what we achieve. Any and all exercise counts, from housework to marathon running, armchair exercises to wheelchair basketball. Your only limitation will be your imagination.We love to see photos, so please post as many as you wish of when you're out and about, in the gym, at your fitness class, or boogying down in front of your TV. Please take some time to encourage your fellow FiF'ers, as this is all about giving each other support and inspiration.
My own exercise regime has been sadly lacking this past month. Life, illness and work can all change quickly and alter our plans. So anything we can do, planned or unplanned should be celebrated. Any activity is better than none. More importantly enjoyment is the key, if you don't enjoy it you wont repeat it. So do whatever takes your fancy and have fun. This coming week I hope to walk as much as possible and do some ‘silver swans ‘ ballet.
Looking forward to reading all about your achievements and enjoying your photos!
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Well done henderslh! Fantastic amount of steps and mileage. The flights of stairs? Actually or virtually? I use the Active10 app too, find it easy and simple to use.
I am feeling much better thank you.Have a nice week.
Thank you for hosting this week I had a good week last week and actually did better than I thought. I managed 6 days of 10,000+ steps of which 4 were 15,000+ steps- work helped a lot with this I did achieve 2 sessions of Afrobics. I managed to achieve 100226 steps (63.7km) and 342 mins of brisk exercise (24 mins Afrobics and 318 mins brisk walking).
This week I am working 4 shifts again and I have Alfie staying with me overnight so I hope to achieve 6 days of 15,000 steps- hopefully I am not aiming too high and 7 days of 10,000+ steps🤞🙏. Due to work and having Alfie then I will be hoping to complete Afrobics twice this week, so a fairly active week planned
Really fantastic exercise those steps are brilliant 🥳🥳🎉🎉🎊🎊👏👏🎊🎉🎉I Hope you have fun walking Alfie and manage all the steps you plan to do this week... Have a gorgeous week
I hope you can do the silver swans ballet too and thank you for hosting this week Pollyw hope you have a lovely week
I have been at mums and catching up with her and my brother has been really good... My brother has sorted another TV for mum and it will be delivered on Wednesday... Then the fun begins trying to get it to work...
I have done walking and steps so really happy with that and I haven't used a lot of data so am going to see if I can do some yogalates tonight...
Fantastic step count Wine. Almost 120,00 😮. 2,000 minutes walked. It just shows that walking is all you need. If you dont like gym exercise or team sports, walking will do the job 👍. Variety is great if you are able too, different parts of the body and muscle groups used etc. but walking is fun I agree and so does Pea.
Oh IT is such great fun I have just spent the last hour trying to set up mobile WiFi ready for when I take over parent sitting from my sister next week My parents don't have WiFi and there is some work I need to do and need the internet for- I will be staying for 2.5 weeks and though I could use my phone as a hot spot since I am not sure how much I data I will need and don't want to buy too little or too much and lose it at the end of the month. So bought a pay as you go mobile WiFi and have just spent a frustrating hour setting it up and testing I can connect to the internet😧. That is some impressive stats and good luck with the yogalates
Thank you... But do you have WiFi you are happy with now... Hope you do... I didn't realise how far 50gb goes... I love my smart phone... Got to watch Netflix... Enjoy your 2.5 weeks
I hope I get onto zoom I really love the instructor and its a chair based exercise and I feel so good after it's finished... A lot like how you must have felt being able to walk without a stick... Still so happy for you on thatThank you i am really lucky to be able to still do it and appreciate it as well... It looks as if I am maintaining so that's a great nsv just there as being home usually triggered my eating to excess
Hi Pollyw and everyone, I love the piccy of the frozen paws🐾🐾 You're so right about choosing an exercise which we enjoy, it's no good slaving at something we hate. There are lots of possibilities and they all beat the sofa! I hope you feel up to doing your ballet, I'm afraid that's one form of movement which just isn't for me.
I'm quite chuffed as last week I completed level 2 of the NHS strength and Flex, so I listened to level 3 with my new ear buds while I was tidying up. (I'm showing off about the new tech!!) The main difference is that there are more squats! Not my fortè, but I decided to have a go anyway.
So last week I completed level 2 for the 3rd time but I missed out half of the squats because of my, cream crackered, knees. Today I completed level 3, for the 1st time, I'm still being careful with my knees, I did the stand to sit at a slightly higher sit, I'm using the sofa arm which is about 10cms higher than the average park bench. I don't think I'm cheating as I'm very tall, with 2 hip replements and I try not to sit anyhere low. 50 cms is doable,40cms is a little too low.
This evening I actually forgot my walking stick for the last Wiggles walkies, I managed to do our shorter walk around the park without problems.........................soo chuffed!
I hope you all get some better weather, it's no fun trying to exercise outside in the snow
This is steller 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳What a really good result... I am so happy for you... This is marvellous... I am smiling... You must be feeling so good.. Well doneHave another gorgeous week too brilliant... I love your post
I would imagine the ballet is very similair to your stretch and flex. It literally is just stretching and trying to be a little more flexible to move easier. I will look on the NHS website. Is that where its from? Or is it a programme tailored for you? And yes you are showing off, ear buds ☺️.Well done on no walking stick, make sure to be careful. Have a good week.
Thanks Pollyw I'm sure that your ballet is far more elegant than my Stretch and Flex . I found it on the Stretch and Flex forum, I haven't looked at the NHS site. The no stick just confirmed that the exercises are helping
Well done on a great week, and you are wise to adapt the workouts to your range of motion etc. My bursitis flared up a couple of months ago because I forgot that myself, and happily did loads of squats, on a couple of consecutive days, just because the bendy twenty-something on the telly was doing it! Well I royally paid for my lack of attention, although thank goodness it's getting better now.
Thanks Sue, I'm afraid I stopped watching the bendy,skinny 20 yr olds a long time ago. Many years ago now, I joined a gym, I was nearly 50 at the time, I thought it was a gentle stretch class, but it was run by a 20 something who just tried to make us all do the same thing, including bouncing about on pilates balls I never went back! I agree with you, we know our weaknesses and just have to be careful and honest with ourselves. I'm just sooo pleased that after just over 1 month I can feel the difference. Level 3 is just a little bit quicker and "squattier" lol.
You clearly have more sense than I do TheTabbyCat! 😆
I forgot to say before, but thanks for the tip about using the sofa arm as a higher seat for squats. I have tried pillows on the dining chair but that's a bit squishy.
You're welcome,Sue. After your comment about using the sofa arm I measured its height, just out of curiousity, it's 55cms and squashes down about 2 cms. The dining room chairs are about 43 cms so there's quite a difference.
Yesterday I managed to do the sit-stand exercise with my arms in front of me. I hadn't managed to do that the 1st time I tried 3rd level, I'm quite pleased with myself even if I'm doing it on the sofa arm🥰
After following the Pilates "full immersion" March MATness, I've learned that if we can nearly do an exercise, by the book, but not quite, we can usually find a way round the problem.
Hello everyone and it's good to see that so many people have had a good week. Mine was pretty good too. I did 2 hours of strength training (weights/pilates), 3 hours of yoga (mostly from a chair) and 3 hours of cardio (again, mostly chair workouts but some walking in there too).
I've also been doing half an hour a day on the physio for the dreaded hip bursitis and it is definitely getting better, thank goodness. I'm hoping to build up my walking gradually.
My exercise plan for this week depends partly on the weather - hasn't it been weird in the UK recently, with the snow and the gales?! This morning it's a beautiful fresh, sunny morning, so I'm tempted to go for a short walk outside. But otherwise I'll continue with the Youtube workouts, especially the chair ones which are easier on the hip. I'm quite surprised just how hard a chair workout can be. After all, you're sitting down, how much effort do you need to make? A lot. That's how much! 😂
Corr Sue you have been busy. Exercising from a chair definitely counts and it's certainly kinder to our sore hips. Walking will be easier when the weather is a little more spring like, after all your hard work indoors you'll be fit and ready for almost anything!💪🏃♀️💃🤸♀️
Brilliant amount of exercise 🎉🎊👏👏🥳👏🎊🎊🥳🥳I can feel all the energy in your post... Its fantastic when we achieve so much in a week... I do chair based exercise as well... Its fun and stretching so what a marvellous weekI love the plan for this week too... Its really good that you are keeping up with the physio too
Thank you Wine! Yes the physio really has worked well, so that encourages me to keep it going. Do you use Youtube for your chair workouts? Are there any channels you'd recommend in particular? I'm always looking for a bit of variety. My favourites are 'Senior Strength with Meredith' and 'Senior Shape'.
There is nhs chair yoga I did last year but my chair based is from my ww subscription so I can do yogalates and resistance bands for example from a sitting position
Just went on Google and put in nhs chair yoga in search and it came up with chair based pilates as well... Hope you like it as I will have to go back to it as well... 😁
Thanks henderslh! The bursitis has taken a good couple of months to heal, but I think I've got it well and truly on the run now.
Yes it was really painful. I rarely take painkillers but had both the gel and the tablets for this. Is your tennis elbow gone now or is it still bothering you?
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I never went back! I agree with you, we know our weaknesses and just have to be careful and honest with ourselves. I'm just sooo pleased that after just over 1 month I can feel the difference. Level 3 is just a little bit quicker and "squattier" lol.
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