After a long winter, what a delight to be enjoying the sunshine and warmer temperatures!
Sunday I weeded the garden patch and planted the first of our crops, tomatoes and sqaush, with more soon to follow. The Wednesday Walkers, our walking group of teachers, administrators, and staff at school, will go on our first trek of [...]
Well, folks, I’ve returned to the YMCA as my work-out facility. Planet Fitness was good, but after touring the newly renovated YMCA facilities, I decided to make the switch. With the glassed-in workout room, working out at the Y for my needed weight-bearing exercise is like exercising in the all outdoors! Plus there is an [...]
Okay, OsteoDiet readers, we’ve wiped the slate clean on our “Walk Around the World” scoreboard. It’s time to slip on our walking shoes, pick up those weights, grab a tennis racket, or even pick up a broom and dustcloth, and rack up the miles!
How does it work?
1) Just click on the “Walk Around the World” [...]
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When I’m out walking or running as my weight bearing exercise here in Central Florida, I’m sometimes bothered by hungry mosquitoes. So, what’s a devoted bone builder to do?
Here’s a handy trick. You can keep mosquitoes from attacking by mixing in a spray bottle:
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup water
Spritz the mixture on your pulse points, [...]
Today I began keeping track of my fitness activities on our “Walk Around the World” tracker, posting 2.1 miles for Day 1. Here’s how it worked:
My fitness activities today included 30 minutes of upper body weight training and a one-mile walk at a moderate pace. According to the fitness activity chart, each minute of [...]
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Hello, OsteoDiet readers!
How would you like to join me on a walk around the world? It’s about a 25,000-mile journey, but we can take turns walking and chart it step-by-step. By the way, walking isn’t the only way to add to our mileage! Almost any physical exercise can be converted to miles, using a conversion [...]
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People ask me from time to time, “What exactly do you DO at the YMCA?”
One of the best ways to build bone density is weight bearing exercise, so most of what I do at the Y is work out on the Nautilus machines. However, I also walk and run on the treadmill and put [...]
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