Let’s see if we can find ideas to beat winter, cold, snowy, rainy days. Just comment and I’ll get a page or a post getting all our ideas together.
Entries Tagged as ‘tips and tricks’
September 30, 2008
Tips and tricks: about pedometers
On a site recommended by Sara, Prevention.com, there’s this interesting tip about using pedometers, one that we already practice here at ElderExercise
Easy Ways to Walk Off 10+ Pounds
Find out how you can use a pedometer to your advantage
Smart pedometer wearers burn more than 100 extra calories a day, according to Stanford University research. That’s up [...]
September 7, 2008
Holly – new member
Hi everyone, I am delighted to be joining this group and sharing my progress with all of you. By the way have you heard about Nike Plus? I wrote about this on my blog a while back:
Thanks to Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Students and New Media Director Columbia University Journalism School and Technology Reporter for [...]
August 2, 2008
Sara – sneaky calorie burning tips
I will credit Prevention magazine with many of these, although some are variations on things I have thought of too — and probably things you have thought of as well. Major stumbling blocks for me are lack of motivation and boredom/succumbing to routine. In fact I seem to have a positive aversion to routine…and since [...]
July 12, 2008
Sara – Pedometer to try…
Hi, everyone — a quick report on the painting — the CEILING is DONE! And I’m pleased that the muscles that were driving me crazy after the first round of ceiling seem to have adjusted now and I’m feeling no pain. but painting ceilings is very boring…
Steps of late: Wed – 10,000; Thurs – 2232; [...]
July 10, 2008
Tips and tricks – standing, museums and more, things that ARE exercise
When I found out about having high blood pressure and cholesterol on top of being overweight (didn’t mind much about being overweight), I participated in a workshop in hospital, during which we were advised about eating habits, (they refused to call it dieting), and exercising.
Each of us was questioned about things they enjoyed to help [...]
July 1, 2008
Claude – How about a ‘tips and tricks’ section?
I’ll start with my feet
I was thinking of that last night as I was answering Lilalia’s query about my feet.
In the winter, at one point, one of my heels’ skin just cracked and started to hurt. I went to see a podologist because I can’t let anything happen to my feet as they [...]
