Are you overweight, out of sorts, or not as fit as you once were? Then this simple training manual could be your saviour.
Has your doctor, osteopath or other health professional suggested you should lose some weight and do some exercise?
10/01/2022
Good morning everyone and Happy New Year! As some of you would know, I turned 80 at the end of last year and my children gifted me an updated edition of Walk, Trot, Run that is now available for purchase on Amazon via the link below - in hard copy or digital version. Let's make this the best year yet!
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Hey team,
I started a series of exercises for you, based on the plank. Unfortunately I have been a bit crook, and had to have a couple of stents inserted in an artery. Good as gold again, and back to running.
So let's complete The Plank and see how we go.
Here we are with the side plank to strengthen your oblique which help to stabilise your core when you are running.
Been practising your push-ups? Great.
Now let's try a plank.
Get down to the push-up position, on hands and toes, with your body nice and straight. Hold for 15 seconds.
Bend your right arm and lower yourself onto your right elbow. Do the same on the other side till you are supported on your elbows. Hold for 15 seconds.
Now climb back to push-up position again. Hold 15 secs.
Repeat. How many can you do?
Yesterday I suggested a few exercises to help out with your fitness. Let's try a push up, one of the best exercises of all times.
If you haven't done many, or if it has been a long time, get down on your hands and knees. Now lower your chest towards the floor. Go down as far as you feel comfortable, and push back up to the starting position. Do as many as you can without busting a gut.
Hi team,
A few exercises would be a good idea today. If we get into the habit, we can maybe keep it going.
We try to do a run one day and some exercises the next. Try a few push ups, some squats, some dips and a plank. You might even repeat this twice or even thrice . It's just for the good of your health.
Hi, been for a walk today?
Our daughter lives on the side of a hill, and provides us with very challenging walking/running tracks.
We are getting stronger and fitter as we huff and we puff up these hills, and we can feel it doing us good.
Is it easy?
Not at all, but we know we need to do it,
It's just for the good of our health.
Happy New Year to everyone. Trust 2020 is everything you hoped for.
I'm hoping some fitness activities are on your new year resolutions, and I will try to help you with those.
Walk Trot Run provides a simple program of fitness activities based on a walking/running program, designed to be good for your health. I'll share some thoughts with you over the year.
04/12/2019
Turns out our run in Berlin was quite inspirational to others. Congrats for winning the marathon lottery in Berlin!
#2020
Next thing I have learnt about my feet is that they need regular massages. Using a tennis ball, I have been rolling the ball under my bare feet with varying degrees of pressure, concentrating on areas that are tender. It seems to be making a difference. Give it a try.
Runners are not just lean but they are strong. This doesn't all come from the running, in fact running can actually cause your leg muscles to deteriorate, and so regular strengthening exercise is essential
So, starting with my feet I'll be doing lots of toe curls, dragging a towel under your foot with your toes, while standing still. What I have to do is keep my toes straight at the same time, to strengthen the toes. Tricky!
Next gripping episode soon.
