Walking

[Smithy]

Do you do any daily Walking exercise?

I walk around 2 hours a day to clear my mind, ears phones in enjoying the leaves growing back on the trees in the early spring.

 

[Krystal]

I DO enjoy walking! I have always walked for excercise. But to be honest, I haven't gone for any great length of walks regularly for awhile now. I have developed Goldielouck Syndrome. The weather and conditions have to be juuust right!! Not to cold, not to hot, not too windy,etc. I am going to have to remedy that though. I feel better when I walk.

 

[Nomad]

Walking is my favorite way to get healthy and fit. However, I do not walk every day. I walk three times a week. I walk for 90 minutes. I enjoy walking because I get best ideas when I go for a walk.

 

[Joe Riley]

When I walk, I am syncing my brain with real time, and I am moving at the speed of life. Driving does not do that. I need to walk more.

 

[Shortie]

I always attempt to head out and walk as much as I can as long as my health permits. Most days I at least manage around 30 mins but do more if I can.

 

[Joe Riley]

 

[Marie Mallory]

I always attempt to head out and walk as much as I can as long as my health permits. Most days I at least manage around 30 mins but do more if I can.

Most of my walks are only about 30 minutes, although I do a lot of forest clearing too all the housework, etc.

 

[Shortie]

Most of my walks are only about 30 minutes, although I do a lot of forest clearing too all the housework, etc.

On top of any time I can spend walking outside of the house I also do a lot inside as well with all the chores I have to do in the home too definitely keeps me busy

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Years ago I loved hiking in the woods. Gary and I hike around a lot of National Parks. But the older I got, the shorter the hikes got. (It's was the same for my bike trips.)

Now I have to use my wheelchair as a walker just to walk from my desk in my bedroom the 34 steps to get to my kitchen and open my fridge. Otherwise I get wobbly, my balance goes haywire and I slam into things.

But I keep telling myself that I sure had a great time playing guitar for a living, it's everything else that went along with it that wore me out before my time.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

Years ago I loved hiking in the woods. Gary and I hike around a lot of National Parks. But the older I got, the shorter the hikes got. (It's was the same for my bike trips.)

Now I have to use my wheelchair as a walker just to walk from my desk in my bedroom the 34 steps to get to my kitchen and open my fridge. Otherwise I get wobbly, my balance goes haywire and I slam into things.

But I keep telling myself that I sure had a great time playing guitar for a living, it's everything else that went along with it that wore me out before my time.

I used to always walk a lot, too, especially when I lived in the country and had horses and livestock to care for. Now, I mostly do my walking back and forth in the house, because it is harder for me to balance on unlevel ground, so I do not even do as much yardwork as I used to do.
Using the vibration plate is helping my balance, and i am starting to actually walk, instead of shuffling along; so I have hopes of being able to walk around more outside again.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

What is a vibration plate? I'm open to all suggestions to relieve pain without drugs.

When we were kids, Gary would sometimes join my grandparents and I when we went to a National Park for two months. We would hike all over the parks while my grandparents volunteered for the National Park Service's Volunteers In Parks (VIP) program. They usually worked in visitor centers, and by the time the two months would be up, Gary and I would usually have hiked and or biked every trail within 10 to 15 miles.

My Grandfather was a climber, and volunteered for the NPS Rescue Climbing Team in Grand Teton National Park. In addition to our usual hiking and biking, he took up on a basic climb on the Grand Teton. The view from up there was fabulous...

 

[Yvonne Smith]

There is a thread I started on here about mine, and that will give you a better idea of what they are and how they can help your health, @Axel Slingerland .

Thread 'Using a vibration plate to help circulation and lymph .'

Mar 1, 2025

This device was covered under my Medicare advantage plan, and after reading about it and watching some YouTube videos, I got one last month. There are a lot of different ones available at all sorts of prices, and the one I got is a Merach Vibration Plate. It is square instead of oblong, which means i can stand on it in either direction.
Forward gives a side to side vibration, and if you stand facing sideways, then you get a front to back vibration. Both feel really different on my body.
In just using it for these few weeks, I can already feel a big difference.
Even after a 10 minute...

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I have been using mine for about two months now, and can really tell the difference ! It helps my circulation, helps the leg/feet swelling from the CHF, helps with lymph drainage, and amazingly, it has helped my balance a whole lot.
I use mine standing on it 1-2 a day, and before bed at night, I sit on my chair and put my feet on it. I can feel the difference in my circulation.
There are YouTube videos, but a lot of them are from athletes balancing and doing exercises that my body could not possibly do standing on the vibration plate (or even without it), and not as many about how it can help older people who are not athletes.
I even feel good/happy mood after using the vibration plate. However, it is important to check with your doctor if you have health issues that might be affected by it. My doctors said it was fine for me, and would be beneficial, and it is.

 

[Smithy]

I went for a 2 hour walk yesterday with my dog.
I might do the same today if the weather stays nice.

 

[Schwallenstutter]

Don't usually walk, but I do it on occasion. Running is more for me.

 

[Mary Stetler]

I went for a 2 hour walk yesterday with my dog.
I might do the same today if the weather stays nice.

Dogs definitely help the walking schedule. I don't have one now, though.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Years ago I loved hiking in the woods. Gary and I hike around a lot of National Parks. But the older I got, the shorter the hikes got. (It's was the same for my bike trips.)

Now I have to use my wheelchair as a walker just to walk from my desk in my bedroom the 34 steps to get to my kitchen and open my fridge. Otherwise I get wobbly, my balance goes haywire and I slam into things.

But I keep telling myself that I sure had a great time playing guitar for a living, it's everything else that went along with it that wore me out before my time.

I wish I had learned to play the piano. Many guitar players also play the keyboard, too.

 

[Marie Mallory]

First walk around trail in a month or so, I wasn't sure I would make it when I first started out, then got my second wind and did ok.
Taking breaks from my walk is not a good idea.
I got up at 5am had 3 cups of coffee, around 7 I walked.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Many guitar players also play the keyboard, too.

Yep, I did. But like the guitar, I played by ear and even more so on patterns on the keys. I couldn't read a note of music if I tried...

 

[Marie Mallory]

Don't usually walk, but I do it on occasion. Running is more for me.

Last time I ran was when I was in a softball league, I was 50 and realized my ball playing days were over, since everything was co-ed men and women on the team.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I used to play basketball. The least time was about 15 years ago. I tried to do a half court shot and my arms hurt for a week after that.