What exercise have you done today?

I haven't done any formal exercise in a few days, but while I was visiting my daughter and her family I did help get all three little ones into and out of the car, and I chased around the 18-month-old twins—and plucked them off of the coffee table, which they kept climbing, at least a dozen times each. I could tell by their grins that they found it a very fun "game." But I'm wiped out!
 
KSav said:
I haven't done any formal exercise in a few days, but while I was visiting my daughter and her family I did help get all three little ones into and out of the car, and I chased around the 18-month-old twins—and plucked them off of the coffee table, which they kept climbing, at least a dozen times each. I could tell by their grins that they found it a very fun "game." But I'm wiped out!
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Totally counts!
 
Another ridiculously windy day, so a running alternative. I usually run 2.5 miles in 17 - 18 minutes, so I walked very briskly for 18 min. with a 20 lbs weight vest and a pair of 15 lbs dumbbells. It almost seemed too easy, but at the halfway point my heart and lungs were working hard. At the end I had a kick left so I dropped the dumbbells and flat out ran for 2 more minutes with the weight vest on, not quite a full on sprint but faster than jogging speed. Success! I was breathing very hard and sweating a lot afterwards, it felt good(y)

This was around my circle gravel driveway which is about a hundred yards a lap, so my dumbbells were close by;)

And yes, my arms were suffering after a while🤣
 
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I researched / reviewed many youtube videos about Senior Fitness; a few of the more compelling “experts” assert that military-style calisthenics are far better than weight training … especially for older people, like me. (Weight training just puts muscle UNDER fat. And body weight exercises do not put undo strain on the joints and low back, etc., like weight lifting does.)

Target: Three sets of 12.
1. Pull Ups
2. Deficit Push Ups (Hands up a few inches so your chest can descend below the level of your hands.)
3. High Box Step Ups
4. Inverted Rows
5. Dips

So I started Sunday afternoon. Zowie! That was harder than I expected.

Monday morning I thought I'd been hit by a truck!

Tuesday morning (today) I felt like I must have fallen down a flight of stairs.

I'm having difficulty typing this as my shoulders seem to believe I attempted to detach them from the rest of me...!
 
Phil 1:21 said:
I researched / reviewed many youtube videos about Senior Fitness....
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I wonder how many of you have noticed what I experienced....

You click on "Senior Exercises" and you get a 28-30 year-old kid who looks like they could compete (and WIN) in the Crossfit Games teaching you how to do a round of exercises THEY can do with ease. Clearly, they know nothing about what we Senior Citizens experience.

It was a chore to hunt and find someone close to my age giving the instruction.
 
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