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Staying fit in advanced age

Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 20, 2024 | Replies (139)

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@mydogsbestfriend ,
First your I.D. is great. I am my dog's best friend. My wife and I have arguments as she thinks she is and this just makes the dog happier as he gets his way with us trying to please him.

You can do all the exercise you need in your home. Have you considered stretch bands. They come in all strengths and with instructions. I use them as went through PT for back and posture and fine them very good to address specific areas.

On bad days in here in Florida I walk inside house. I made a path that takes about 2 minutes to do a lap and try to do 20-30 minutes. If you can only do 10 it will help. You don't give your age or if you have an medical conditions that need to be address before doing exercises. Always check with your doctor before doing exercises.

I have heart failure and have an ICD/Pacemaker. Cardologist, PCP, Heart Failure doctor are adamant I exercise and I do. every consider a stationary bike or treadmill? As I mentioned above I walk inside when outside is not good. I do do water aerobics but it is addition to my other exercising.

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Thank you for your reply. I do walk 1+ miles each day but we just had 15” of snow so the rural road is not good now ( I could walk but the salt is bad for my dog); I am somewhat close to a couple of parks also but I don’t like driving in the bad weather. I am consider a treadmill, I find them expensive though I did have a manual one ( non-electric) until it wore out, so I am looking into those. I do have the elastic bands & just found a place in my house where I can use them for shoulder & arms stretches (steel beam in basement I’m sure I can pull it down 😭). I will be 77 this Fall and have bad disks in my spine and lots of osteoarthritis in my feet. I started changing my diet since my Nov wellness check but it’s never been bad. I get upset with my primary MD as my blood tests are usually a tenth (.1) more than the “normal “ numbers so he says I’m ( for example) prediabetic. . My glucose was 101 and my A1C 5.9. Just over the line. I only take a thyroid med and for the last 2 years Amlodopine ( lowest dose). Try to eat mostly no salt, no refined carbs and little red meat. I am about 10 pounds overweight. I just get discouraged when the doctors go by normal test numbers and tell me I should be taking ( ex) metformin. I refused.