New tip....

....hello, friends, here is another tip for today....as we get older, (especially women), it is more and more difficult to do exercises that are more jarring to the body....I use to run, and do a Mommy workout class at the park. However, running up and down stairs or on the road hurts.....admittedly, I kept doing it because it is better than feeling 'jiggly'.....lol! When my daughter was born, I acquired an injury while I was running one day, plantar fascitis.....not fun!!! It felt like I broke something in the arch of my foot....that took 14 months to heal. I started exercising again, and then, I acquired a new injury in my shoulder....I have extreme tendinitis! That took an MRI, needles, Rx, and PT to fix. Finally, this past year, I had a friend mention to me that she belongs to an indoor pool and does laps - sounds boring - right? Well, since we meet each other, it is GREAT! It is low impact, the cost of membership is very inexpensive, and I LOVE it! The pool is always warm enough to jump right in, I swim for an hour, and it has totally changed my life! It is an all over body workout! So, this goes along with one of my motto's of life, if you don't like how something is going, change it! You are in charge! Good luck and happy exercising! :)