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[snapdragen]

Now I am reading a book called "YOunger next year for women" which says you should do 45 minutes of exercise a year to offset our crappy lifestyle.

45 minutes a year? Wow! I can do that!

[kelownagirl]

Hee hee, I'm done for the year then.

[Bad JuJu]

Rogue, I joined after I got the osteoporosis diagnosis. Now I am reading a book called "YOunger next year for women" which says you should do 45 minutes of exercise a year to offset our crappy lifestyle. No one (?) lives in a climate where they can ride 365 days a year, so a gym really helps.

For osteoporosis, you have to do weight bearing exercise and biking doesn't count AT ALL for that.
So i have to walk, run, stair step, and lift weights..

Well, I think the authors of Younger Next Year recommend a teensy bit more than 45 minutes of exercise a year. Sorry Mimi--couldn't resist.

The real point I want to make is that I read Younger Next Year for Women a while back and it rocks! Generally, most of us already know we should eat right, exercise regularly, yada yada yada. But this book gives an overview of the new findings in the science of aging that are behind its recommendations, which are to work out--hard--6 days a week and, as they put it, "stop eating crap," plus several other important recommendations--7 "rules" in all, for living better, stronger, healthier, almost to the moment of death.

I wrote a review of the book, in case anyone wants to check it out before plunging into this admittedly longish volume. Read the review on my blog, here: Younger Next Year for Women

[Bad JuJu]

Thank goodness for those female doctors at the turn of the century!

And the midwives, who have gotten such a bad rap from the medical community for a long time.

[Pax]

And the midwives, who have gotten such a bad rap from the medical community for a long time.

Hear, hear.

[KnottedYet]

And the midwives, who have gotten such a bad rap from the medical community for a long time.

I miss Lise. I liked her reports of babies she was catching. Glad she's happy with her new guy. She said she still wanders into TE once in a while. "Hi, Lise!"

I read your review of "younger next year", Juju. Thank you for posting the link! I liked the review, now I need to go get the book!

[mimitabby]

Yes, it was 45 minutes 6 days a week. Sorry, I wrote that right before I turned the lights out last night. Bad Juju, cool, you've read the book too.
I just got to the chapter where he tells you to buy a 5 thousand dollar bike.
YES!

I'm happy to say that my second son was delivered by a midwife.

[roguedog]

LOL.. this is me laughing slightly painfully at myself.

I found out.. I'm a spintard. What's that ya say?

I'm the newb in the back of the room whose pedals keep snapping out, thus causing slight cursing I'm the newb in the back of the room who can't seem to keep up when I stand up. HOw do you do the standing thing??

Everytime I had to do the standing thing I was either popping my pedals out or felling really uncomfortable on the bike. And now looking back I probably look like a poser spintard since I had my pedal and my bike shorts on. LOL

Ok sistas.. what's the trick for the newb in the back of the room???

rd -- team spintard.. currently weak kneed from her first spin class.

[Trek420]

mimitabby "I just got to the chapter where he tells you to buy a 5 thousand dollar bike.
YES!"

or buy 5 $1,000 bikes? Either way, it's in writing, I'm supposed to buy bikes!

Happy V-Day TE and TE TD. I hope you and all your two and four footed loves have a great day.

R-dog, I rarely stand in spin class (or on the road), bad knees you know. In class when others stand I bump it up to higher gears.

[Bad JuJu]

Yes, Mimi, I confess that was a big part of why I liked the book--that the authors are such advocates of cycling. And getting yourself the best gear you can afford. Roger that!

[Bad JuJu]

Hey, R-dog, check out the Spinning forum--there are a few spinning instructors who post there pretty regularly--they might have some words of wisdom for you. Me, I'm just hanging on by a thread in my spinning class. I try to make sure I've got the tension turned up before I stand, so the flywheel doesn't grab my knees and whiz them around, and I've learned to try to center my weight between the handlebars and pedals. Sounds obvious, but it never occurred to me until someone here recommended it--hah, what a knucklehead.

[LBTC]

45 minutes 6 days a week? How strenuous does it need to be? Does a brisk walk for 25 minutes count as part of it? Can it be in portions? My walk to work means I'd need only another 20 minutes after work. Yay! If I do 3 hours one day, does that let me take an extra day or two off? Generally, I think I'm on the way, and my body fat scale says my metabolic age is dropping again, so, YAY!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Bad JuJu]

Think it's more like an hour six days a week, and at least two of them should involve strength training. They say that if you're still in your 40s, four or five days a week can be enough, but once you're over 50, it's important to do six. And the reason it's better to do regular amounts on many days, rather than spiking it up to several hours one day then doing nothing the next, has to do with the blood chemistry that controls growth and decay.

Apparently, on the simplest of levels, our bodies understand two signals: grow or decay. After 50, the decay signal gets stronger, but we can overcome it with more movement: exercise, that is.

I'm WAY underqualified to be explaining this--I'm just paraphrasing from the book, which is an excellent read, even humorous in its way. Check it out!

[LadyinWhite]

Rogue, I joined after I got the osteoporosis diagnosis. Now I am reading a book called "YOunger next year for women" which says you should do 45 minutes of exercise a year to offset our crappy lifestyle. No one (?) lives in a climate where they can ride 365 days a year, so a gym really helps.

For osteoporosis, you have to do weight bearing exercise and biking doesn't count AT ALL for that.
So i have to walk, run, stair step, and lift weights..

I just want to toss out my 2c. I read Younger Next Year for Women two years ago and it genuinely changed my life. Not all the science explaining this and that.. not all the anecdotal evidence. But the simplicity of the basic premise. Exercise every day whether you want to or not. Stop eating crap.. etc.

It rang true to me.

Something clicked. I've lost 42lbs. I'm healthier and more fit than I've been in ages. I've become completely addicted to road cycling but will find a way to get the exercise in when I can't ride.

I'm only 42 and was just 40 when I read it. I know it's recommended for women in their 50's but.. for me.. it was just the kick in the pants I needed. Today, shoveling the driveway, I smiled thinking.. OMG, how great is it to be healthy? to be outside in the sleeting rain, shoveling wet heavy snow, face cold, wishing I was on a beach in belize.. but shoveling away, barely winded, lungs strong and not burning, body not even aware of being stressed b/c this was NOTHING compared to those *&!@ spinervals dvds!!

[mimitabby]

45 minutes 6 days a week? How strenuous does it need to be? Does a brisk walk for 25 minutes count as part of it? Can it be in portions? My walk to work means I'd need only another 20 minutes after work. Yay! If I do 3 hours one day, does that let me take an extra day or two off? Generally, I think I'm on the way, and my body fat scale says my metabolic age is dropping again, so, YAY!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

yes, walking definitely counts!