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Exercise to strengthen bones (for osteoporosis)
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 2, 2023 | Replies (205)Comment receiving replies
The thing about formal exercise classes (apart from the cost) is that regular attendance requires discipline and, for many women, finding the mental and physical energy after a day juggling career and children to opt for sweating in a gym over watching TV/reading a good book with a tub of ice cream. I'm retired so I have fewer excuses than most people not to go to some sort of exercise classes. But I look out the window and it is windy and raining/hot and stiffling/cold and icy and I look at the comfort of the couch. Standing on one leg while waiting for the elevator requires fat less willpower. A cartoon comes to mind. The doctor says to his fat elderly and unfit patient："There is no reason you can't live a long and productive life if you give up all the things that make life worth living."
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@bobbi2014
Very honest post and I love the humor. But (and a big but) is that anyone can find an excuse not to do something and yes it does take a little willpower and discipline. I have been going to the gym 3 days a week for classes since I retired 9 years ago. I can tell you, once you start, it gets to be such a habit that you structure your days around that time and you miss it if you don’t go. I have made and still have great friends I met there. The social time alone is worth the effort.
We are a chatty group in the same age bracket so we all have the same interests and problems. Before the pandemic we had monthly lunches. A lot of people never returned when things started to reopen but new people come all the time.
This is a senior class and believe me, they don’t get sweaty. They do what they can. The instructors out on the floor don’t really know about osteoporosis and I would suggest a senior class vs the floor. I do sometimes use the machines but not as much as I did now that I am up there in years (81).
My instructor is a year older than me and also teaches balance classes and core. He is amazing and is always teaching us how to prevent falling. He will tell someone not to do something because he gets to know them and often gives special time to them after class. Lucky to have him.
I am so much stronger and feel so much better after exercise….even my walking and some floor exercises I do at home.
Please try to find a class and get moving…yoga or exercise…contracts are not required at most gyms….just a monthly fee or your insurance may pay for silver sneakers….more are doing so.
You can trial a class also..it’s not just for the young crowd anymore. Get yourself some good sneakers and inexpensive gym outfits (may as well look cute) and you will find yourself literally living in the gym or yoga clothes.
FL Mary