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Leslie Sansone videos can be found for free on youtube. For strength (and a lot of exercises you do while lying down on the floor:) Mari Winsor pilates are good - they just opened a new website with an affordable yearly charge - stuff for all ages- it looks like her entire catalog is there, stuff for oldsters too. With pilates just do what you can and you will see results - if the exercise calls for legs straight up in the air and that's not possible, just keep yours bent. Between Leslie and Mari you will feel better and stronger. thewinsorpilates.com

Hard to beat yoga for balance and lots of free videos on youtube
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Way, that's the best exercise!!
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Have a 20 lb toddler on one hip and vacuum. Push a kid in a stroller on a long walk with hills. Bend over a bathtub to give toddler a bath . Walk up and down the stairs carrying a toddler multiple times a day . Lift her in a high chair , in and out of the crib , bathtub.

I babysit 2-3 days a week and she is in a pick me up and carry me everywhere phase. Apparently she’s decided the honeymoon phase of her learning to walk is over.
Lol.

This is my exercise, other than my housework . I need to get back to walking on my days home but it’s been too hot .
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Ana that's awesome!! So cool playing hockey, not something we do in NY.

CX, that's awesome!

I just got home from boccie, won all 3 games.☺️ It was hot and I'm tired.
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In an attempt to keep my osteopenia from heading over the cliff to osteoporosis, I’ve started weightlifting.

I’ve discovered that it’s been having an incredible help to my mental health.

I do an hour MWF and walk an hour on Tues and Sat. Thurs and Sundays off.

💪
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Having dogs forces me to walk - rain, shine or blizzard. Even on a “no exercise” day I often take 10,000+ steps just putting away laundry, walking the yard to fill bird feeders, vacuuming pet hair, grocery shopping. I swim during pool season. I am so fortunate that knee tweaks and PT have allowed me to return to my favourite sport: ice hockey. Yes, I am Canadian. I’m one of five women in the league and the oldest by about 25 years. (maybe 30% of the men are my age or older) I hope to add a 2nd game per week, or a training drills session. The aggressive workout is excellent for blowing off stress. I started playing in my early 40s. Do not underestimate what you can do!

As I age I have to play smarter and begrudgingly accept my limitations.

Sadly, I am still very overweight. Working on it...

My circle of female friends box, play volleyball, swim, do martial arts, bicycle and lots of walking. We’re all 60-ish.
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Yoga. If unable to do regular yoga, there’s chair yoga.
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Totally agree with CWillie. Though I haven’t done them in a while, I have the Leslie Sansone dvd’s and know her program to be solid. And purposely taking more steps instead of fewer is something I’ve incorporated into my day. I walk back and forth cleaning up yard debris, way more times than needed, just to get more movement. Back when I was taking my dad to PT they always had him stand on one foot as balance was a challenge. I try to alternate standing on one foot while brushing my teeth and have built up the time I can last at it.
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Trying to stand on one leg. Apparently it is one test many drs do for aging like 50-60 group. Not sure for how long we need to stand?
Does it count as exercise moving house and for the last two months, constantly up and down, I must have lifted hundredths of pounds.
Actually big improvement as I wear tank tops, (you know those arms which go just a tad flabby)appear better.
So I am motivated now to lift weights, just need to find them!
Walking is impossible as we reached 40s ( or high 80 for our American friends) and it is smoky from fires.
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Yes Cwillie, your right. In the winter when I know I need to move more , I often wash clothes, and fold one towel, then walk to put it away, them another, and go back and forth, just for movement
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Thank you for a new exercise thread.
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I think we are conditioned from childhood to do things to save ourselves steps - trying to do things in one trip down the stairs instead of two or multiple trips or carrying all the dishes at once when setting the table instead of walking back and forth multiple times - sometimes we need to make a conscious effort to do the opposite of that in order to add some movement to our days!
I've bored people here before with my gushing over Leslie Sansone's walk at home program, that and my fitbit reminding me to get off my azz every hour has truly been a game changer for me.
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