I was taking Ibuprofen, Claritin 24 hour and Sudafed and it allowed me to keep going, but it did not clear up the infection. Went a 7 day round of Amoxicillin I got from a doctor, that was filling in for my doctor, and it was getting better but lass then 48 hours later it returned. Went back to the my doctor yesterday doctor and he told me it should have been a 10 day prescription since sinuses do not get much blood flow and he prescribed another med that I currently cannot remember the name of, I will let you know what that is later. In the past (about 2 years ago) what worked for me best was a Zithromax Z-Pak. Pretty much when they get bad you need an antibiotic
Actually starting to feel better on this new Antibiotic. Woke up this morning without a major sinus headache for the first time in a couple weeks. Also cutting out caffeine and so far, with only one incident of willpower weakening (homemade Chinese pork Baozi) I am sticking to the Ovo-vegetarian diet. Workouts have bee sparse Thursday January 18, 2018 In an attempt to feel better Baduanjin (8 pieces of Brocade) Yoga Friday, January 19, 2018 Yoga and a forced climb if 6 flights of stairs, the dang elevator in my parking garage was not working...but at least it forced me into some cardio Going to separate Strength and Cardio, and work towards heavier weights again, not as heavy as in my misspent youth, but heavier. Been reading about geezers training (since I am a geezer) and strength training is very important so I will start strength training again. Not to the extent I did when I was a youngster (in my 20s and 30s ) but more than I have been. Keeping some total gym (if for nothing else in an effort to keep Chuck Norris from hunting me down and asking me why I stopped using it ) because I actually like working with it. Yoga stays, I like Yoga Qigong stays Taijiquan stays (obviously) Adding about a 20 to 30 minute cardio 3 or more times a week, yes I know it should be every day. adding some, old guy, strength training 2 to 3 times a week. It will likely be all dumbbell work, easier on my arthritic knees, shoulders as well as my old beat-up back
Another thing I am learning about old guys (Over 50) and training. When weight training it is better to focus on large muscle groups and not so much on isolations January 20, 2018 10 minutes -treadmill - fast walk - 3 mph Squats 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Dumbbell bench press 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Deadlifts 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Overhead press 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Bent over row 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Pullups 1 x 12 - Total Gym Level 4 Chinups 1 x 12 - Total Gym Level 4 Yoga - Long Routine
I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully you have ways to really improve whatever is happening. It is good you are not going to stop doing everything. I wish you best of luck.
01-21-2018 Yoga, short routine Total Gym all 3 sets of 12 reps at level 3 Triceps kick backs Rows Yoga standing routine Is it weird, but for some reason, at this moment, I miss training Baguazhang. I never trained that much of it, and it was mostly Cheng style, but I want to go and train some right now..... strange
Sounds like you are doing an excellent job of keeping your body working and moving. I'm a relatively young man but I'm already feeling the ravages of age and a decade of hard training. Things are harder than they used to be. If I'm as active as you in my fifties I'll be a happy quinquagenarian! I hope I will be. Good on you.
Thanks, but arthritis is slowing me down. My recommendation is keep on doing what you are doing, but if you ever get injured, and I hope you do not. Listen to what the doctors tell you. My mistake was to not listen... until I hit 50 and I have paid for that bit of stubbornness. At this point I am hoping I'm still moving at 60, and I'm closer to 60 than 50
January 22, 2018 10 minutes -treadmill - fast walk - 3 mph Squats 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Dumbbell bench press 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Deadlifts 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Overhead press 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Bent over row 1 x 12 - 20lbs Dumbbells Pullups 1 x 12 - Total Gym Level 4 Chinups 1 x 12 - Total Gym Level 4 Chest Flys 1 x 12 - Total Gym Level 2 (surprised how weak I am here)
January 22, 2018 Later in the evening Baguazhang Tea cup exercise, using a 4 lbs medicine ball - left and right, 4 rounds each side Yang Long Form
January 23, 2018 Yang Long Form x2 Baduanjin Short Yoga standing routine 4 flights of stairs (parking garage, decided to walk instead of taking the elevator.
January 24, 2018 10 minutes Treadmill 3mph @incline of 5 Total Gym 3 sets of 12 reps at level 3 Triceps kick backs Rows (3 different hand positions) Pull ups Pull ups hands (palms) parallel Chin ups Triceps extension Total Gym 1 sets of 12 reps at level 3 Seated Chest Press Chest flies Yang Long Form - did this after above workout and I do not think I will do that again, next to impossible to remain sung while doing the forms
still on 01-24-2018 Decided to give Yoga Sun Salutations again, use to do them a lot years ago. 1 round is right and left lunge Mountain forward bed lung plank hindu (aka karate) push up downward dog lunge forward bend chair pose mountain Discovered I'm a wimp. Use to pound out 10 no problem, 2 tired me out
Depends on what you're after. Mostly Cardio, go though them fairly quickly Some cardio with strength, hold for 3 to 5 breath mostly strength, hold for 20 to 30 breaths You can also go the Ayurveda approach and find out what your Dosha (body type) is Vata, Pitta, and Kapha and that will tell you how fast or how slow you should be doing a Sun Salutations. I do not follow the Dosha approach at this time, I have in the past and being Kapha means I do these quickly, but, like I said, it depends on what you’re after There are different sun salutation routines, I have been taught a few, and you can find examples of them on YouTube. The one I do is what I have come up with as best for me. But... it also is showing me how much of a geezer I have become
Sorry, I forgot two poses Mountain Back Bend Forward bed Lung Plank Hindu (aka karate) push up Cobra Pose Downward dog Lunge Forward bend Chair pose Mountain I did this right after I posted to see what I am doing now and this is how it went this morning Mountain hold for 10 breaths Backbend hold for 5 breaths Forward bed hold for 10 breaths Lung hold for 1 breath Plank hold for 10 breaths Hindu (aka karate) push up - I just do this, slowly, and go directly to Cobra Pose Cobra Pose hold for 5 breaths Downward dog hold for 10 breaths Lunge hold for 1 breath Forward bend hold for 5 breaths Chair pose hold for 5 breaths Mountain hold for 10 breaths Then repeat for the second half of Round 1 - a round to me is based on the lunge, 1st time through the right leg goes back, second time through the left goes back - that is 1 round Other days, or I should say the old days (when I was younger) I go right from one to the other fairly quickly and remember to breath properly, but plank is held. There is another one that I actually saw Tony Horton do where the he adds a regular push up (plank to push up and back to plank) and then the Hindu push up to Cobra to downward dog. I have also seen the sequence done without the Hindu push up and without Cobra.
January 25, 2018 Sun Salutations in the morning A modified yoga routine in the evening 1. Standing back bend and side bend 2.Forward Bend 3. Chair Pose or "Utkatasana" 4. Tree pose 5. Mountain Pose 6. Warrior 1 7. Warrior 2 8. Triangle Pose 9. Half-moon pose 10. Cat - Cow pose (10X) 11. Downward Dog 12. Plank 13. Cobra 14. Boat Pose 15. Crunches 16. Bridge Pose 17. Shoulder stand 18. Reclining Cobbler 19. Shavasana 20. Sukhasana (Easy Pose) 21. Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose or "Viparita Karani"
January 26, 2018 Did 5 flights of stairs. Yoga Stort form Did not do anything else, no energy and it felt like the sinus infection was returning. Decided to research meds the doc has me on for sinus and discovered the nasal spray had the side effects of headache, and making your sinuses feel full....discontinued spray.
January 27, 2018 Meant with my Taiji shifu for the first time in over a year, had a private lesson and he taught like he did when I first started training with him about 20 years ago. Stop form, correct form, repeat form, for 1 hour. If you don't think taiji can make you seat you never trained with my shifu. Legs are still tired, but its a good tired.
