All Posts Tagged With: "exercise"
Old Men Walking, And Falling Down
I am a senior. That is the life designation we get when we are between middle age and elderly. My health is generally good. I walk about three miles every day and as a result I take no medications for any heart or respiratory conditions. But walking of late has become a treacherous proposition. I […]
23Oct2012 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Old Men Walking, And Falling Down | Continued
Lessons On Exercise For Seniors – And The Need For Stretching
I am a senior. That is somewhere between middle age and elderly. Everyone wants to live a long time but no one wants to be old, as the saying goes. I am just another person trying to delay feeble living. I have learned a few hard lessons along the path to regular exercise. I wrote […]
26Aug2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Lessons On Exercise For Seniors – And The Need For Stretching | Continued
Gospel Kitsch – or Kitsch Gospel
My son (who writes this magazine with me) has both a greater appreciation of Art and of the Gospels. He can point out yard art in rural America that qualifies for kitsch. I’m talking about those pink flamingos and beer can sculptures found regularly in northwest Missouri. The same folks who have beer can art […]
22Feb2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Gospel Kitsch – or Kitsch Gospel | Continued
Of Weight Gain and Aging – No Excuses Please
It seems like decades past that I attended a class in college on Physical Activity. Actually, it was only about forty or fifty years ago. I remember talking about height and weight, about charts and graphs, and about the relevance of somatotype. Now, decades later, I am wondering about the relevance of young adult measurements […]
10Aug2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 4 comments | Continued
Of Courage Undaunted
Mental illness strikes at the soul of man. The insanity degenerates with the ‘righteous’ who are quick to pull the sin card. Meriwether Lewis, that great American icon of exploration, suffered a mental illness that we know of today as depression.
6Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Old people exercising
A couple of months ago this writer decided that we needed to get our body into shape, one more time. We were once an active member of the local YMCA for about thirty years. A few years ago we stopped exercising and began to really enjoy evening ice cream and a movie. We are paying […]
5Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 6 comments | Continued
Exercise – jog-a-long in the snow
Son, I just did my first winter jog-a-long of the season. It is 30 degrees outside with a wind chill index of twenty degrees. The wind is from the north and there is mixed snow and rain. The snow is sticking on the grass but not on the pavement. I have not made this sort […]
22Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Exercise – jog-a-long in the snow | Continued
Exercise – the age factor
Son, I was out walking again today. My brain almost refuses to accept the age of my body. “Come on,” the brain says, ” if you had not been so lazy you would not be in this mess.” My body argues in return, “You are Management, production has lagged because of inept management.” I feel […]
12Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Exercising back to health
Son, When I was 30 years old I ran a 15K race organized by our local Parks Department. They also had a 5K and a 10K run simultaneously. The reason for a 15K was because that was the distance between the North Side Park and the South Side Park, traveling along the parkway. 15 kilometers […]
10Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Exercising back to health | Continued
I walked today – and I was careful
Son, This chronicling my new found attempt to get into shape has not gotten off to the start I had hoped for. There are bumps in the road of new exercise programs. Particularly if one has lived a sedentary life for about five years – and has begun the steep descent into the depths of […]
9Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Going for a walk – I hope
Son, I have been sick all week. After my strenuous walk last week – the violation of self thing – I became ill. I canceled all of my planned exercise for the week while I recuperated. Yesterday I thought that perhaps I had a minor heart attack while exercising. I thought I might have been […]
9Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Going for a walk – I hope | Continued
Exercise – violation of self
Son, As you know, I have been trying to get back into shape – just one more time in my life. My age plays a role and I do not yet understand that role. My brain thinks I am 30 years old – my body is not cooperating. The last five years has seen me […]
4Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Walk Fast, Run Slow – but exercise
I am beginning my third month of irregular exercise. It is irregular because I get going pretty good and then I over do it. Then I have to take extra days off to heal. My brain will not cooperate – it thinks my body is young and healthy and strong. The memories of two-hour racquetball […]
2Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued