Over 60? These 5 Exercises Are Better Than Walking — Surgeon Approved

TIMESTAMPS – counting down to MOST important:
⏱️ Intro – 0:00
✅ Exercise 5 – 02:12
✅ Exercise 4 – 05:07
✅ Exercise 3 – 08:07
✅ Exercise 2 – 12:00
✅ Exercise 1 – 15:50

DESCRIPTION (counting down to MOST important)

5th best: Wall push-ups with hold – builds upper body & reaction time.


4th best: Seated leg lifts with resistance – boosts walking speed & stair climbing.


3rd best: Standing heel raises with balance – improves circulation & fall recovery.


2nd best: Modified squats to chair – enhances daily sit-to-stand ability & independence.


1st best: Bird dog hold progressions – strengthens core, balance, brain, and bone health.

Only 20–25 minutes/day, 3–4 times/week, for superior results compared to long walks.

Key principle: progression over perfection — start small and build up.

Sept 20, 2025 of Low-SOS Vegan Plan

(This blog began 3/15/2015)

MEDITATION:

* Adviceline episode

* Ecclesiastes 4:1-10  “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”

EXERCISE:
* PT APP workout
–lower body stretch
* Jog outdoors in community 5k
–low back stretch / strengthening

WATER:
(2) × (32) = 64 oz (+)

EATS:
* pancakes (banana, oats, almond milk, bit of baking powder) w/ raspberry jam, maple syrup & Meati brand breakfast patties
* veggie spaghetti w/ my vegan cheez sauce, sourdough biscuits

… SUN HAS SET …

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommonly excessive food, and wautéed means water-sautéed

Trainer recommends targeting ‘non-mirror’ muscles for healthy aging process in older adults

“Most people train what they see in the mirror — chest, arms, quads and maybe abs if they’re feeling ambitious,” trainer Marfred Suazo told Fox News Digital. “That’s what I call ‘mirror training.’”

“You need non-mirror training — training the muscles you can’t see but feel every single day. These are the muscles that keep you standing tall, moving with power and living without pain.”


Power zone: Glutes and hamstrings

Posture zone: Upper- and mid-back

Stability zone: Core and obliques

Mobility zone: Shoulders and rotator cuff

Grip zone: Hands and forearms

https://www.foxnews.com/health/older-adults-should-target-muscles-when-strength-training-says-fitness-pro

Rustic No Knead Bread from Brand New Vegan

[Compare this recipe to this ONE, or THIS!]

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

½ tsp instant yeast

1 ½ cups cold water

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients

2. Make a well in the center, and slowly add water

5. Mix until all the flour in incorporated and you have a loose, shaggy dough

6. Cover and let rise 12 hrs

7. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface

8. Form into a loaf by folding edges in

9. Place onto a well-floured cloth or parchment paper – seam down – and cover

10. Place an oven-proof pan and its lid (I recommend a Lodge Dutch Oven) into your oven and preheat to 450° F.

11. CAREFULLY remove the HOT pan (and lid) and place the dough inside, seam UP

12. Replace the lid and bake covered for 30 minutes

13. Remove the lid and bake uncovered – an additional 20 to 30 minutes

14. Let cool and serve