My Mother's Exercise Room And Program

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My mother's exercise room.

She now has everything she needs to workout at home.

I had her try each exercise for demonstration purposes.

This is her Bowflex M5.

Even on the lowest resistance setting...

it will provide a very thorough workout for my mother.

This incline sit up board will also serve as her bench for bench pressing...

and for incline pull ups.

I spot her.

She will only be in this room when I am there to supervise her exercise.

As my mother has not lifted for a few months...

we will once again...

start with light weights.

This is the Trap Bar Deadlift.

Regular exercise is one of the keys to a long and healthful life.

Right now...

besides these exercises...

we are looking into getting her into a good Tai Chi class.

All exercises will be conducted shortly before bedtime

(It drains the body of all stress...

sets the metabolic rate on high).

Nothing ingested but water until breakfast

(except on weight training days - 1 serving protein drink)

With nothing else to burn...the body burns fat all night long.

A hot shower or bath after a cool down to cleanse and relax the body.

All weight training will be with single reps

with 30 seconds to 1 minute rest between sets.

The set scheme will start with 10 sets. 

Each week 1 more set will be added until 25 sets are reached.

The next week weight will be added (5% to 10%)

and the sets will drop back to 10 to start the ascension once again.

As it stands now...

her exercise program will be as follows:

Sunday

Incline Situps

Trap Bar Deadlifts

Pull Ups

Monday

Bowflex M5

(steadily increasing the number of intervals done)

Tuesday

Tai Chi

(1.5 hours)

Wednesday

Bowflex M5

Thursday

Tai Chi

(1.5 hours)

Incline Sit Ups

Bench Press

Pull Ups

Friday

Bowflex M5

Saturday

Rest

Of course...

this schedule is tentative.

We have yet to find a good Tai Chi school.

There is one possibility we have yet to check out...

but Tues and Thurs are when it is taught there.

The key is to train without undue strain...

and to enjoy the process...

as well as the results.

The elderly adapt at a rate much slower than do the young.

If it is painful...

it will be too psychologically burdensome.

After each exercise session...

a cool down while drinking water (no food for the rest of the night)...

a hot shower or bath...

and then bed...

will lead to fat loss and deep restorative sleep.

The basic three:  

Exercise (weights and aerobic training)

Nutritious and Delicious Diet

Deep Restorative Sleep

The basic three will enhance all of life...

physically, intellectually, emotionally.

My mother is now 77 years old.

The greatest gift I can give her is the lifestyle of the basic three.