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Don't think this is easy, though. Along with that 2% bone loss every year, you also have to combat 8% muscle loss, and a good percentage of cognitive loss. I have to keep going all the time, just to TRY to stay even. This means EVERY day, all through the day.
You certainly do NOT have to lose it, but to keep from that happening, you DO have to exert, at the minimum, an excess of the percentage of whatever you used to do to just "maintain."
My sister-in-law is 80, and she can run rings around me. But, she also exercise almost twice as much as I do... and I exercise probably 30% more than I did when I was younger..... and I am STILL gaining more weight than I want to. (I'm up to 235 pounds, and 36" pants are getting too tight.)
I am going to let you guys in on a gigantic secret that is so simple that many people won't believe me, and won't seriously try it
It is REBOUNDING. Of course, you have to do more than just that, but rebounding will actually reverse a good amount of aging. And they only cost about $100 for a pretty good one. Not to mention that they are fun and easy to use. (I would suggest getting one with the "support handles" to hang onto if your balance isn't all that good. (The stroke wreaked havoc with my balance.)
Google REBOUNDING, and watch some of the videos. You will be glad you did.
You certainly do NOT have to lose it, but to keep from that happening, you DO have to exert, at the minimum, an excess of the percentage of whatever you used to do to just "maintain."
My sister-in-law is 80, and she can run rings around me. But, she also exercise almost twice as much as I do... and I exercise probably 30% more than I did when I was younger..... and I am STILL gaining more weight than I want to. (I'm up to 235 pounds, and 36" pants are getting too tight.)
I am going to let you guys in on a gigantic secret that is so simple that many people won't believe me, and won't seriously try it
It is REBOUNDING. Of course, you have to do more than just that, but rebounding will actually reverse a good amount of aging. And they only cost about $100 for a pretty good one. Not to mention that they are fun and easy to use. (I would suggest getting one with the "support handles" to hang onto if your balance isn't all that good. (The stroke wreaked havoc with my balance.)
Google REBOUNDING, and watch some of the videos. You will be glad you did.
My second thought was John's just getting to releasing his hands from the walker, so he's not up to trampoline yet, BUT one of his training exercises is to throw a weight ball at a trampoline and then catch it. So, it's not like he's opposed to trampolines. I'm not sure he would be up to climbing on even with supprts for a week or two more, but...
But then the third thought hit. We have false ceilings. (The house is 100 years old, and I've seen what's above those ceilings. Looks like the ceiling of a Gatsby-like house, except it hasn't been maintained -- ever.) I'm 5'9" and can touch the ceiling. He's 6'1". Bouncing on a trampoline that looks like it's about a foot off the ground isn't going to work in our house. A real shame. We have a rubber band exercise contraption in the basement that would help him, except no railing for halfway down the steps in the basement, so he couldn't get to it to use it. (And same problem with the stepper part of the machine. We're too tall to use it because of the short ceilings.) That trampoline would probably be just right for the space issue in the house, so it would have been a great idea, if our ceilings were normal height.
It looks like fun.