Health and Wellness

[sandbur]

I read somewhere that fully engaging your brain can help stave off cognitive issues. I am left handed and can do almost nothing with my right hand. I make a point to brush my teeth every night offhanded. It was a struggle at first. Very sore gums, but it has gotten better and I feel like my motor skills are improving. Building this latest shed I even drove some nails right handed. Quite the accomplishment and once I apply the tin you will never know I did it!


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I have shot deer both left and right handed with a rifle.

 

[Tree Spud]

Want a challenge... wipe your butt with the wrong hand!

Now that's just askin for trouble ... clean-up on isle 7!

 

[Mortenson]

I agree with NH. Made it my new year's resolution to do daily stretching. Haven't been perfect, but I squeeze in 4-5 times per week. Mostly just the stretches I learned in high-school distance running, plus some back stretches and planks. My best time is morning after I've drank a couple cups of black coffee and paced around a little. 15 minutes is about what I need to get it done. Been a game changer.

 

[Native Hunter]

As you get older, flexibility becomes more important than strength. I’m 69 now and do a 28 minute intense stretching routine at least 5 days a week. I eat decent but don’t go to any extremes. If I felt my feet would take the punishment I would still be running, but I don’t think it would be a good idea. However, I do get some good exercise just working at the farm and home.

I had a checkup early this week. BP was 124/78 and heart rate 48 bpm. The only med I take is a the lowest dose they give of Crestor. But, life can change at any minute. The next week any of us may find out we have a month to live - or maybe less.

I have an update to my earlier post. I’m still doing the stretching, but now I’ve started running 2 or 3 times a week. I used to run and enjoyed it, but I had a bout with PF in my right heel and never completely got over it. That is still the case, but If nothing changes for the worse I plan to continue this and possibly increase it some - especially at times I’m not getting good exercise in other ways.

 

[g squared 23]

As you get older, flexibility becomes more important than strength.

I would like to politely disagree with this statement. Strength is THE most important thing. If you don’t agree, ask the old gomer that doesn’t have the ability (strength) to get up off the toilet seat on his own. His flexibility doesn’t matter a bit if he has lost his independence to weakness. We don’t all need to be powerlifters, but increasing your muscle mass will improve your quality of life. Weight training reduces all cause mortality at every age. Full range of motion weight training normal human movement patterns (squatting, picking something up, lifting something over your head) increases flexibility enough to perform those critical everyday movements. It improves your bone density which makes you more resilient to injury. Flexibility training assumes a baseline or foundation of strength that must be present first. My perspective, I mean no offense of course!


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[Howboutthemdawgs]

I would like to politely disagree with this statement. Strength is THE most important thing. If you don’t agree, ask the old gomer that doesn’t have the ability (strength) to get up off the toilet seat on his own. His flexibility doesn’t matter a bit if he has lost his independence to weakness. We don’t all need to be powerlifters, but increasing your muscle mass will improve your quality of life. Weight training reduces all cause mortality at every age. Full range of motion weight training normal human movement patterns (squatting, picking something up, lifting something over your head) increases flexibility enough to perform those critical everyday movements. It improves your bone density which makes you more resilient to injury. Flexibility training assumes a baseline or foundation of strength that must be present first. My perspective, I mean no offense of course!


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Er doc buddy says his number one predictor of longevity is having some muscle mass

 

[Catscratch]

Lol, g squared - your post instantly made me think cardio is better for longevity than heavy lifting (but of course your points about standing and whatnot are very well correct.). Of course I'm a life long distance runner and that skews my perspective. So I thought I'd do some research. Seems we are both right for many points, but a combination of the 2 appears to be best.


"This article from the British Journal of Sports Medicine noted a:

1. 9% to 22% decreased risk of death in people who only practiced strength training8
2. 24% to 34% decrease in death risk when people only engaged in moderate to vigorous aerobic activity8

But even more interesting is that when people practice both strength training and aerobic exercise throughout the week, they saw a whopping 41% to 47% lower risk of death compared to study participants who didn’t exercise at all8.

So, while strength training and aerobic exercises are powerful, they’re even stronger together, doubling the reduction of death risk."

 

[g squared 23]

Good conversation. A combination of both is important. Powerlifters and body builders are actually not healthy, and ultramarathoners wouldn’t do as well in an accident as a stronger guy that lifts and does cardio too. The input from the ER doc is interesting, I’ve heard similar tidbits.


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[Native Hunter]

It's all important. The most important thing at any given time is what you don't have at the time you need it.

As far as flexibility goes, I've known of at least two or three old people who pulled out on the road and got smacked by a speeding vehicle because their necks were so stiff that they didn't do a good job of looking over their shoulder.

 

[TreeDaddy]

Keep moving, mentally and physically

People don't wear out, they rust out

"Rust never Sleeps"

bill

 

[Tree Spud]

Keep moving, mentally and physically

People don't wear out, they rust out

"Rust never Sleeps"

bill

Motion is lotion

 

[Catscratch]

Keep moving, mentally and physically

People don't wear out, they rust out

"Rust never Sleeps"

bill

That's a quote I've kept in my daily life for at least 20 years... "it's better to wear out... than to rust out".

 

[g squared 23]

Keep moving, mentally and physically

People don't wear out, they rust out

"Rust never Sleeps"

bill

I’ve always commented that people only get “old” when they stop moving. The couch can be a seductive mistress, but it’s a succubus that has swallowed too many folks before their time.


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[Mortenson]

Well my mom packed my lunchbox this morning. She has a good sense of humor. To be honest I did grill the chicken last night. Any keto guys in the house?