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Old Sat, Oct-13-01, 10:36
LindaW LindaW is offline
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OK, I'm gonna give this a try, but what you will read is what I call what I do. I don't know the fancy names, but I do these things faithfully. I am 54 years old and very overweight...

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I do between 6 and 10 miles on my stationery bike. On Saturdays my husband and I walk - about 2 miles. Sunday I rest. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I do the following - remember I don't know the correct names.

My warm up is 5 minutes of easy stationery bike riding.

Then I do 3 sets of 12 step ups on the first stair step - in between these sets I do 5 pushups leaning on the 4th stair.

Next I do 3 sets of 12 arm lifts from the back of my shoulders up.
I do this with an 8 pound dumbbell.

Next I do 3 sets of 12 - what I call twisters - arms out and sway back to the left then to the right. I use 5 pound dumbbells in each hand. In between these sets I do 12 toe touchers with the same dumbbells. (I've actually haven't touched my toes yet, but close )

Next I lay on the floor and do 3 sets of 12 leg pull ups. (Knees to my waist - Or close anyway ) In between these sets I do 6 leg lifts and hold them about 5 seconds. (Before they drop to the floor)

Next I do squats, but with my bad knees I only do 6. The first day I couldn't do one....

I end this with another 5 minutes on the stationery bike to cool off.

I plan to add a 15 minute yoga tape prior to exercising beginning next week.

I would love feed back - comments. Linda
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Old Sun, Oct-14-01, 04:53
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Hello LindaW ...

What you are doing is a good at-home workout ... and you make GREAT use of your available equipment.

The only exercise that may be trouble is the "twisters" ... make sure that you are doing them slow (like 2 seconds to the right, then 2 seconds to the left ... going to the point of the greatest stretch on each side and hold it for a split seconds). If you are doing them fast (swiniging back and forth) you run the risk of putting too much strain on your spine and you may torque it out.

Just looking out for you ... Stay with your program and keep us posted!
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Old Sun, Oct-14-01, 11:24
LindaW LindaW is offline
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Thanks so much for the advice and help. I do pause at the end of my twist and I don't believe I swing too much, but I'll pay better attention in the morning when I do them. Did you notice anything else I might need to do? Thanks. Linda
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