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Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 17, 2023 | Replies (4297)Comment receiving replies
What a wonderful group we’ve got! And everyone’s ready to get started, some on their feet, some on bikes, and some doing chair exercises. Everything counts, we just have to do some kind of exercise and increase our time by 5minutes a week. We’re a varied, but determined, group of people who have cancer or autoimmune diseases or back problems or or or.... Two of our walking partners even have 4 legs and fur! Take a minute and get to know each other se we’ll be ready to go on Sunday!
Guidelines say to try to exercise 3-4 days a week and not to overdo. Keep a log of your progress and report in every Friday or Saturday and have fun!
Week 1 is March1–7 and 5 minutes of warmup, then 5 minutes of exercise, then 5 minutes of cool down. Let’s go!
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@becsbuddy- You have done a fantastic job! See you Sunday.
Oops. Started yesterday as had not been following the plan outlined here but had been thinking of increasing my walking for some time. It is a part of my broader "Healthy Lifestyle" initiative that I have on the go which includes 3 components - physical activity, nutrition and the mental aspect of it. Each of those have sub components such as mental includes social and mental health aspects.
I have adapted my approach to concentrate on distance/steps to start as I cannot walk for any length of time and only for a distance of less than a block continuously. I also will only doing it 5 days a week for several reasons - (1) to avoid overloading myself as I am busy working on other aspects of my lifestyle improvement plan and (2) avoid burnout. As usual I will reviewing this plan periodically as I go as that is usually required to keep on getting better at what I'm doing and adjusting for issues that arise.
Hi Becky. This is my first experience with a group walk. Would you like us to report in, or are you just encouraging us (wonderful) to get moving? The weather today was great, a day without rain, and feeling pretty well, my walk was in the supermarket, (I hope that counts). Walked for 28 minutes, slow with stops for items, but moving none the less. Right now I’m getting my breath back to normal. Definitely needed to rest a bit. Thanks for putting the group together and the encouragement.
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@becsbuddy Im ready our chair exercises are tomorrow so I.ll still start Sunday on our program. We,ll have fun