As Soon As

-

 It’s now too hot and humid for me to walk outdoors.  My wife and I are working on some things so I can get back to the gym.  As soon as we get it all figured out I’ll get back to the gym.  Walking is still best for me, but I want to work on light upper body work just to keep my muscles in shape.  I’ve done some studies for those in my age group, and while the treadmill is best too often seniors neglected their upper muscles.  

I’m not wanting to be a trainer for seniors, but my studies show that too often upper body muscles are neglected by seniors.  It begins with how easily they can get out of chairs.  If getting up from a sitting position is too much effort, they need to work on upper body strength.  Before I go back to the gym I need some idea as to what I should be doing there other than treadmill work.

Cardio is best for me, but in doing only this I’m neglecting my upper muscles.  I don’t need access to a full gym.  I don’t need a personal trainer as I can do this myself.  So, I have to wait a bit before I can get back to the gym.  But I have time to do my homework to see what I need to do once I get there.  My heart is in good enough shape to wait.  I’ll get back into the groove of going to the gym.  

Meanwhile I’ll work on my mind to keep it as sharp as I can.  At 73, I’m a bit slower than I was, but still for my age I’m in pretty good shape.  I try to keep my weight somewhere between 185-190.  I work on diet the most right now.  Overeating is the worst.  I seem to know when I’ve had enough.  

Some might say any kind of tobacco use is bad.  But I have said it before and I’ll say it again.  Smoking a pipe lowers my heart rate and BP.  If it were detrimental I’d quit right now.  But I can only speak for myself.  I am not an evangelist for pipe smoking.  I am an exception and not the rule.  I won’t explain that further.  My pipe this morning is my Peterson System Pipe and my tobacco is Autumn Evening.  My coffee this morning is Trader Joe’s Joe coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It's About Balance

-
 I seem to struggle week after week as to how much football I am going to watch.  There for awhile I was watching all the analysis of the collegiate games and decided I was simply paying too much attention to football.  I cut way back last week and as the season begins to unfold I have to ask myself how much is too much?  I didn't watch one pro game last weekend and hadn't followed the analysis of collegiate games all week.   Then I found myself having a kind of withdrawal and decided I can watch whatever football I want to watch as long as it doesn't interfere with my Spirituality.  But at what point is too much too much?  My wife and I talked about this last week as I cut back on watching and we both decided that I like football and I shouldn't have to be thinking about how much or how little I watch.  I enjoy the games.  College more than the pro's.   I don't have to watch the analysis, but I like College Game Day and I like...
Read more

Strange

-
 I can never predict how any of my posts are going to be received but I do get a reaction from my wife quite often, but I'll post about my Spirituality thinking I've said enough and apart from a few other subjects my Spirituality posts do quite well.  I had yesterday's tobacco review done a few days ago and saved it for yesterday and again, it seems my tobacco reviews do quite well.  Then I wrote about my age and it seemed no one cared that much   My wife says that it's my titles for my subjects So, while I have so many subjects to choose from, today it is about how my tobacco choices influence my Spirituality or do they?  Not really.  It's just that I can't smoke my pipes without tobacco.  I could be smoking a lot of things.  Like the question asked when someone thinks you are crazy, " What have I been smoking?"  Well, at least you know.  It's never any "funny" stuff.  You could be asking what I've been drinking.  I have ...
Read more

Old Ads

-
 My wife liked my post about old things we remember.  And a lot of what I remembered was good.  But there was some bad things back then that are different today.  Back in the 50's and 60's and even into the 70's advertising in both magazines and TV were incredibly sexist.  I don't have the space in one post to list all the ads, but really they can be summed by saying that a lot of advertising was incredibly sexist. I 've mentioned my wife lit my pipe for me just a few times, but these days she can barely tolerate the aroma of my most flavorful Aromatic tobacco.  She liked everything I said in that post except my mentioning Old Professor pipe tobacco.  Ironically, I like Old Professor the most and she hates it the most.  So, when I mentioned it, she did too.  But back in the day a man smoking a pipe was his lifestyle.  Today, it's a hobby, and not just for men. But too back in the day, no woman could walk down the street without some perv...
Read more