Sunday, August 28, 2022

 

Life Involves Action

 By Donovan Baldwin

Life involves action. Our bodies are designed to move, not to sit or lie down for long periods.
While years of research shows that there are many health benefits of exercise, there is a lot of discussion about how much of it to do, when to do it, how to do it, etc.
One thing overlooked in all these discussions, are that most of us simply spend too much of our time sitting...at desks, at computers, in front of the TV. Almost everything we do in our modern society can be done sitting down...except for those times we choose to stand up and get moving.
I have seen other studies which seem to indicate that doing as little as standing up and stretching once an hour can help counteract many of the negative aspects of sitting too long.
However, simply getting out of the chair is not really "exercise" that improves your body. Mainly, it just counteracts many of the negative results of too much time spent sitting.
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Monday, August 22, 2022

 

Lady Walker In Scrubs At The VA

 By Donovan Baldwin

Thinking Out Loud:

I recently went to the VA (U.S. Veterans Affairs) outpatient clinic for a skin check. I'm a wee tad prone to skin cancers and had a few spots, but, that's another story.

They took me out of the waiting room, did the blood pressure, temperature, and 20 questions thing, and then had me sit in a hallway until the Physician's Assistant was ready for me.

Wound up taking about 30 minutes, and, about every minute and a half, a lady in scrubs would walk briskly past, doing various upper body exercises with some handheld weights.

First time she passed, she said a very friendly, "Good morning, Sir," and continued on. She passed several people while I sat there and she made an apparent rectangular loop in the hallway around the exam rooms.

She slowed down for people using walkers (VA's full of us old people), and politely let everyone go ahead of her... but, she never stopped moving for at least 30 minutes. I have no idea how long she had been doing laps before they sat me down in the hallway.

My first thought was, "You go, girl!!!"

My next thought is that so many people say they want to get fit, healthier, lose weight, get rich, become famous, whatever, but, it takes effort. This lady, my guess, wanted to be healthy and found the time and space to "git 'er done".

If you want "it", whatever your "it" is, you usually do.

Monday morning as I write this. A little earlier than when I got there the other day, but, I bet soon, she's at it. Working towards her goal.

You go, girl!!!

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