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Speaking of losing abilities - I just wiped out on my bike in my own driveway, I was testing the brakes and the abrupt stop threw me off balance and my sorry old body couldn't recover in time 🙄
What's even worse my indignity had a witness, my sporty neighbour was driving by and stopped to see if I was okay (I'm FINE. Thank you)
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I hate floor exercises, especially push ups. At my Jazzercise classes there are instructors who I'd say are at least in the their late 60s that can do these effortlessly. I guess they have been teaching these classes for years and they are operating on muscle memory..

I cannot match these women in quantity of push ups but I am aiming for a few good quality ones that I hope I can increase with time.

Squats are totally out of the question, I am afraid of destroying my knees.
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I can't put my socks and shoes on any more. I bought a tool for "old people" to help pull my socks on. I'm 63. I didn't think that was that old. When I go out (which is not often) I slip on my leather moccasin slippers from Minnetonka Moccasin.
I can't do squats any more. But I do "stand up, sit down" exercises. That is, standing up from a chair without using your hands. I do it a few times every time I stand up. But it's getting harder. 10 years of lifting my husband in and out of bed daily, when I thought I was so strong and fit, has really taken a toll on my poor body. My tendons snap when I move; my joints don't want to bend, then once bent, it takes a while to straighten out again.
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I tried my first Tai Chi class on Monday and really liked it.
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That is good news Brandee!
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Been wanting to try Tai Chi. This thread got me off my butt this morning for a movement workout. I find lately if I don't do it in the morning there's no way I'm doing it when I get back from mom and dad's...

Also if it's in the morning at least I did one thing for myself and have already "won the day"
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