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Living with arthritis: How do you stay active?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 5 11:07am | Replies (94)Comment receiving replies
@jimhd, 32+ hours a week of yard work is certainly no small feet. I grumble if I have to do more than 1-2! Battling weeds in landscaping is admittedly one my least favorite and most frustrating things to deal with. I wish I had learned to play the piano. I forgot to mention that around the time I started playing golf as an alternative, I also started playing electric guitar. Those two things were my saving grace in middle school and high school. I spent about 6 hours a day playing guitar from the ages of 14-18. I also agree on the biking, it's zero fun when it's cold. I often see the cyclists riding throughout the winter here in MN and can't help but think it has to be absolutely miserable.
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I bought an adapter to ride my bike in front of my TV in the winter, about $75-100 and worth it. Training athletes use them. Check Facebook bicycle groups, they can help inform you locally. I work out with 10 lb weights and lunges while watching TV too, for my particular case of osteoporosis. I work full time. Walk the dog 30 minutes each morning.
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I delivered newspapers in upstate New York on my bike. I was in better shape then, maybe more so in the winter, with a couple of feet of snow on the ground and slush on the road. I remember biking across untouched fields in the snow. Not that I enjoyed it.