Category: Exercise
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Side Benefits to Exercise
18 comments on Side Benefits to Exercise…and I’m not saying anyone has to exercise. Goodness knows a lot of the “Exercise Shoulds” do nothing but spoil the party. But as I’ve tried to let go of the Shoulds and exercise for my own reasons, I’m discovering some things I didn’t expect. I’m generally sleeping better. Less low back pain. Walking or aerobics tends to get rid of my nervous energy; I find weight…
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Friday Fluff: Dream PE
The Onion had a story about the majority of Americans forgetting their physical education skills. Naturally, being The Onion, there’s a fair amount of ridiculousness: Many Americans claimed that once they finished high school, skills such as increasing joint mobility and building muscle strength were no longer necessary. “If something needs to get from one place to another, I can just use my cell phone, or hop…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Friends and family who listen to me whine about work and general stress. 2) We are at the peak of sunlight here … so it won’t be getting worse, and I will be (hopefully) getting better sleep in a few weeks. 3) Continuing fun with weightlifting. 4) Getting faster at walking. 5) I’m sitting by an open window and there’s a nice, soft rain starting outside.…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Back at the gym with its many different sorts of weight and cardio machines … 2) … and my knees are NOT hating me. :) 3) Not getting embarrassed when I start sweating and breathing hard before my workout partner (who’s on the next treadmill over). 4) A good weekend away from work. 5) The man of the house…just because.
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Notes on Sunday’s Web-Surfing
A few notes on things I ran across on the web. Note 0: Fat asthmatics may need weight-based dosing. Suddenly I don’t feel guilty that I sometimes need 3 inhaler puffs instead of 2. Note 1: “The Drink-8-Glasses-of-Water-a-Day is a myth” story has hit Fark. Maybe doctors will get it soon? Note 2: Some of these other medical myths are interesting, too. Note 3: And exercise…
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Thankful Thursday
Many of my coworkers on vacation will be back next week. A friend got a job offer. Enjoyed the three-day weekend (America’s Memorial Day, for non-North Americans). Got some longer walks in over the weekend. A husband who likes to cook.
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Fat Yoga in the News
I was surprised to see an article on yoga classes that target fat people in a mainstream newspaper (in this case The New York Times). Overall it’s a good article. The main thrust is that different body types can result in needing to adapt poses. Poses considered standard for those who are fit or slim — standing with the feet together in mountain pose, kneeling with the…
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Fun with Breathing
Manufacturer’s pic of my CPAP mask Sunday night (and Monday morning) I kept waking up due to my CPAP mask blowing a stream of cold air on my lip. I thought it was perhaps an inadequate seal between the rubbery “nasal pillows” and my nostrils, but futzed around and eventually got back to sleep. Monday night as I took my book to bed, I…
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Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for… 1) Antihistimines and my inhaler. They help me enjoy spring and not feel like I’m sick all the time. 2) Sunshine. It is a nice change after the dark-by-4:30pm winter. 3) It appears that most of the garden survived the winter. 4) Going for a walk on a stressful day…yes, it helps me unwind. 5) Watching Matt dance. Somewhere between the music…
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Mixed Links
A nice piece on beating stress & angst Contraceptive pills may reduce or prevent muscle growth. From an article on being fat and fit: As long as people see physical activity primarily as a way of losing weight, they are unlikely to keep it up, either because it doesn’t achieve that objective quickly or because they think they have to lose weight before they can take up…
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More: How Very Obese People Are Almost Completely Sedentary…
Or rather, on how the “almost completely sedentary” in “Very Obese Adults Almost Completely Sedentary” is defined. The full text of the study isn’t freely available, but the abstract is linked in here. The results include: On average, subjects took 3,763 ± 2,223 steps. That implies a range between 1,430 and 5,986 steps a day. That’s a pretty wide range of data, and makes me…
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Very Obese Adults Almost Completely Sedentary?
For all the freaking out in the media about the obesity crisis, there’s not much research on folks who are very fat. So a study on folks with an average BMI of 53 shows some promise…right? Sorry. The headline: “Very Obese Adults Almost Completely Sedentary“. I’m not sure how many people are going to read beyond that, but if they do, here’s what they’ll find: Only 10 participants.…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Another review of the book Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. “Bacon’s new book on HAES combines her medical background with social analysis and practical tools for learning to eat intuitively and enjoy being active.” 2) Getting enough sleep to wake up without the alarm. 3) Lack of knee pain! 4) iPod makes the treadmill less boring, and the greenery outside…
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Thankful Thursday
Obviously I’m on the west coast since it’s still Thursday here ;) 1) Time with my sweetie. 2) Have a new “exercise ball” to sit on at my desk at the office, paid for by work. No arms, so “arms digging into my hips and thighs” problem with the standard office chairs goes away. Plus it’s fun :) 3) Increased my morning “treadmill time” to…
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Knee Rehab: Feeling Good :)
Well, not completely. I am a bit amused that I can work up to a brisk, steady clip on the treadmill in my office building’s mini-gym with no limp, then limp as I’m walking to my office. I think it’s partly that I am usually walking a bit slower when I’m off the treadmill…and that the treadmill is level. I used to think of sidewalks and streets as…
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Walking review: Burke Museum
Since the knee has been bothering me lately, I’ve been making more of an effort to go for walks. The University of Washington’s Burke Museum, which focuses on natural history and culture, has a special exhibit on … Coffee. In Seattle. Of course. Cynicism aside, it was an interesting overview of the history of how coffee spread outside of Ethiopia with a focus on the present…
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