Already dreading the fone call that's coming in a week, hai, Tp4, this is Stephanie, it seems you haven't renewed your membership for this month..
Never was inside a gym after high school
I've had severe health problems, but I've found my routine:
4x 30min a week high intensity interval bodyweight training. My body is my gym! The program was derived from military training by Mark Lauren (90 Day Challenge). My goal is only to achieve and maintain health, scratch vanity if it starts to get unhealthy, so no heavy weights (my body is heavy enough
) or marathons. On days off I do stretching, because mobility is way underated. Maintaing all this is extremely important for body and spirit alike (which are always linked).
You can always adjust exercise difficulty, for example push-ups:
- easiest way: standing upright, push from a wall or door. Everyone can do that
- harder way: one leg up on a chair, the other leg lifted, your hands on the floor
Before that, doctors suggested moderate, slow running with forefoot strike (important!!), but that just got me tired and did not fix my health problems.
My message is, be in perpetual movement, and find what works for you; try out everything! And, gentlemen, no excuses please.