For seniors over 65 on Medicare, the Silver Sneakers program is free. We found a new, beautiful Gold's Gym just across the street from my Hot Yoga Studio. Every time Lacey introduces me to new apparatuses like the big cable machine, she shows me how to work the machine and do the exercise properly. Safety is her mantra, I'm sure. She always asks if I got sore. I answer "no". She starts with small weights. I tell her if we can go up or down.
After four lessons, numerous practice sessions on my own, I can report definite improvement. How you ask? Here is what I know:
- I am not getting fatigued standing to cook late in the afternoon.
- I haven't fallen in standing poses at yoga.
- My core balance is helping me get dressed easier.
- My walking is improving. It's not as jerky and the toe tapping is rare.
Since my goal is better walking, more endurance, and improved core strength, I'm happy with these results. Yes, it takes time but I figure this is my work, my job and it's really kinda fun!
We'll do more serious stuff next time.
You raise a very interesting point with evoking strength training improvements and yoga:
ReplyDeleteWith yoga you think of Mind-Body connection. If we think of mind as brain, a logical association, as we know, MS disrupts brain-body connection.
Yoga/meditation pushes mind over body....
With strength training what you are showing is happening is actually body over brain…through mind over body
In essence, the eventual conclusions that could be drawn from such results and data are the separation of :
a) mind (soul) and brain (physical body organ) and
b) physical body and brain organ that neurologically controls body
resulting in a completely new understanding, in my opinion, of the "mind-body connection” deal.
That’s really powerful.