11-18-19, 11:17 AM | ||
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Location: Minnesota
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I do think we all need a healthy balance of flexibility and strength. If you're missing one, it's a liability. And...so often people think of getting in their workout and then they are basically sedentary the rest of the day. That's not life. We need a variety of functional movement including walking, climbing, squatting, twisting and turning. I love the documentary by Michael Mosely "The Truth about Exercise". It's fascinating how they compare a desk jockey, regular person, and waitress. The waitress rocks it in terms of fitness. She's moving around, twisting, turning, lifting, etc all day long. I like to follow Petra Fisher and Katy Bowman...personally I think we have it all wrong in terms of "exercise". I like Katy's take...."Nutritious Movement".
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11-18-19, 11:43 AM | |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: MA
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I have come to the belief that fitness done regulary is the key, consistency. you only need to do 15 minutes of KB so why not other exercises. You can't spot reduce so why not just spend time doing 15 and get it over.
I have felt inadequate with programs that do 25 reps. My goal was and is never to look like a body builder woman. I just want to stay active. I believe ½ hour is more than enough 3 x a week. Media really does blow. This is a spot that really gets my feathers in an uproar.
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11-18-19, 11:57 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2009
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JackieB, no offense meant. You are right that it can’t just be about exercise.
If someone regularly does physical things, then it isn’t necessarily only their exercise program that is allowing them a basic level of continuing to do the things. It is the actual doing of the physical things! (But how many people are -regularly- doing any physical work anymore?) I am talking more about getting older and losing muscle. And it depends what is meant by “heavy”. And maybe what kind of muscle base someone is starting with, and very much on what else someone does in her life. I know that Essentrics is strengthening. JMO, I don’t think it is strengthening for the upper body in the same way that lifting heavier weights is. In my own experience this is so; I did mainly bodyweight upper body (including lots of planks and pushups) for a long time, but I am able to pick up and carry heavier things with ease since I have been regularly lifting weights. But in daily life, hauling heavier things has become less frequent for me. If it was more of a regular occurrence, I probably wouldn’t need weights in my exercise program for the equivalent strength. Again, it depends on goals. If one gets to be in their sixties and seventies and never has need or desire to haul heavy sacks or large tree limbs or shovel or whatever else, then if they don’t train for these loads I think it is clear they will eventually lose it. Maybe I am wrong about Essentrics here, and I didn’t mean to pick on that method. I have similar thoughts about some other methods that do unweighted (and no bodyweight) arms, but they are just opinions. Every person is a little different, too, so as always, individual results vary. |
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