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Re: [RC] Health&fitness consensus - Bonnie DavisAbout pools, I have bad knees so swimming is my exercise (when I do it) of choice. A lot of hotels will allow swimming. Up at Yreka the AmeriHost hotel has a swimming class each day -- their pool is heated. And here in Fremont, Marriott Hotel 'rents' their pool. If you're a senior they'll often let you swim at a discounted rate -- about $25 per month. So try some of the hotels -- I've found if one applies the I'm-an-old-woman-trying-to-keep-healthy pitch I have better results. Age does have its advantages. Don't wear your glasses and you don't see the wrinkles in the mirror. Meals are 'senior priced'. Those young guys at the feed will load your sacks of feed for you without you having to ask (or being young, pretty and thin). If you disagree with someone they just think you're old and crotchy. And if you walk into the barn and can't remember if it was for the horse or just to turn the lights off, you can blame in on being a little senile. But the main thing about being old is that you can wear all types of clothes in all kinds of colors that don't match and you just don't care -- after all, this is the time of life when you enjoy just being alive even with all the aches and pains so to hell with what other people think. If they avoid you, well that's THEIR problem -- they just don't know what a fabulous person they've passed up..... Bonnie Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: [RC] Health&fitness consensus Sorry, had to jump in here. I have a LOT of different Pilates videotapes and one of the best I'd recommend for beginners is actually called Pilates for Dummies. Thank you for specifics. I've gotten quite a few responses discussing tapes, etc. but most telling me about one they saw but haven't tried. Unfortunately haven't gotten one from whoever on here it was (can't remember who) that said they'd been doing the ball and it helped a lot. I know there are plenty of tapes and some have got to be garbage so was hoping to get advice on which you all had been successful with. Forgive me for answering all at once but maybe it will help someone else and one of my ways of having more exercise time is to spend less time e-mailing. >g< Swimming: This is the number one thing people have recommended as low impact and good for beat up old riders (which I've found there are MANY of!) My problem is I have no access to a pool, the creek's cold, and I'm a pathetic swimmer. One person did point out she drives farther to get to a warmer pool which I wouldn't have thought of. I like WARM water and if I get to the point to have the option, I'll shop with a thermometer. I'm thinking about wading circles around the muddy part of my barn as an alternative low impact high intensity exercise. Pilates: Quite a few riders who have tried them have said the same thing... "They didn't feel like they were doing much but then I felt a great improvement". That has been my experience so far too. I'm not really sore, but feel I'm carrying myself better. For those who have asked, the video I'm trying is GAIAM Beginner Mat Workout. Today as Josie and I rode in the rain (don't ask) I mocked the woman on the tape and said, "pull your navel towards your back as if someone is pulling it with a string!" Then had a laugh when as we blew it out up the last long hill and Josie's horse was really blowing she quoted the tape to her horse with the same woman's voice "BREATH! Those muscles need oxygen!"g<Running: I thought not for me with these knees, however, I read yesterday that runner's cartilege doesn't seem to wear out any faster, and today when I went for my 3 mile walk I ran up all the long hills. (O.K. tiny jog, but enough to have me tripping on my tongue) The hills reduce the impact. I've always walked on the sides of my feet and I believe riding a broad horse with short legs and trying to keep my toes from hitting trees has accentuated that, which is rough on my knee angle. I'm considering orthotics since when I intentionally jog on the insides of my feet my knees don't hurt. Anybody done any "corrective shoeing" on an old woman with orthotics? Experiences? Weight Training: I know it's great for sculpting, but right now the shoulders are just too screwed up. Moving hay will have to do. I start physical therapy this week and found out my PTherapist is a 2nd generation horseman so am hoping he'll be able to work with me. Eliptical Trainers & Spin Classes: Very popular with Endurance Riders but I don't have access. Physical Labor: Where most endurance riders are working out. Stack hay, clean stalls, haul water, etc. etc. VERY popular with endurance riders. Weight Division Questions: Anyone who is teetering on the edge of a weight division, my advice is stay down...if you move up you've got 25 lbs. or so of guilt free expansion and you don't need that. Never train low and add weight to move up a division in competition. That is hardest on the horse... to train low and compete high. I still haven't had a specific workout recommended for the ball so I'm using exercises from here and there. Angie, I may not get perty but plan to have a low resting pulse and get an "A" on muscle tone. :-) ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! 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