The following program
is designed to demonstrate
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simple workouts
that you can use to
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improve your health.
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Be sure to
consult your physician
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before beginning
any exercise program.
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The most rapidly
group growing Americans
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nowadays is the senior citizens.
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What's happened,
the baby boomers are
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growing up, but there
is good news for them.
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Exercise will help to
give you a good quality
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of line. Find out how
next on Body and Spirit.
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Hello, I'm Dick Nunez,
Wellness Director of the
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Black Hills Health
and Education Center,
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welcome to Body and Spirit.
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Today, we're gonna
do an exercise program
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that's designed for
seniors. Yes seniors can do so
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much more than
they originally thought.
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They've done all
sorts of testings and
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programs on them
and probably one of our
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most famous
seniors is Jack LaLanne at
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90-years-old the guy
is still going around the
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country like a kid.
He was getting ready do
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I think it was like a
26 mile underwater swim.
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The guy is absolutely
fantastic in his physical
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conditioning and
people often times ask him.
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Jack, have you added
years to your life and he
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goes I don't know.
Why would I add life to my
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years and that's
what we like to see.
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We got people as old
as 93 come out to our
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Wellness program and
they've said, well looks
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like longevity is on my
side. So, I might as well
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enjoy the rest of my
life as much as possible.
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So, exercise will
help you do that and we're
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gonna talk more
about training for seniors.
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But, it's time to get
started in our exercise.
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And helping me out
today will be Jenny Baker,
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who is a PE teacher
from Inverness, Florida
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and Jenny and I are
gonna do a little exercise
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program here and we're gonna do
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it sitting in chairs.
Because the chairs will
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help us to stabilize
our self and some of the
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seniors can't get
around very well, but we can
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still get a good
workout here in the chairs.
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We're gonna find out
very shortly, but let's
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warm up a little bit
by bringing the arms up
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and around and up
and around and up and
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around and up and
around. Now, let's go the other
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direction, up
and around and up and
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around, 3 more
and around and 2 more,
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around, last 1 and
around. Okay, now we're gonna
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do is, we're gonna
act like we're pressing
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in a seated
position. We're gonna push out,
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bring the fist together
at the end, bring it back.
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Okay, push out, bring
it back and as we do this
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we wanna concentrate
on flexing our chest,
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as we bring our fists
together and press out
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and press out and
press and press. We're gonna
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do 10 more, there is
1 and 2. Focus on what
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you're working, think
about your chest, needs
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to push. Imagine
you're lifting a really heavy
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weight Jenny
and push and 5 more,
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and 2 more, last 1
push out, good. Okay relax,
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now let's put our
hands behind our head and
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push our elbows
way back, push back.
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Okay, give our self a hug here.
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Okay again, we're
gonna put the hands
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behind the head
and push the elbows way
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back, push back
and bring it across.
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Okay, now what we're
gonna do is we're gonna
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bring our elbow
up. We're gonna put our
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other hand underneath
the elbow and we're gonna
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push down like this and
then push it back up and
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then drive it down
and then back up and then
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down, and up, and down,
and up. This exercise is
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working our upper back
area. We're using our opposite
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hand to give
ourselves some resistance at the
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elbow, as we pull
down and down and down
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and down. We're gonna
do 10 more, there is 1
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and 2 and 3 and 4 and
5. Let's go 5 more, 1, 2,
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3, 2 more, 4, last one,
5, good. Let's switch over
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now, other arm, okay
drive it down, and up,
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and down, and up, and
down. Try and think about
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your upper back area
as you're doing this.
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We've done research
projects on seniors in
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the Boston Hebrew
Rehabilitation Center;
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they took people 87
to 96 gave them a regular
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exercise program
and found that they were
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getting so much
better in three months.
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The average increase of
strength was like threefold.
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They were getting rid
of their walkers, getting
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rid of their wheelchairs,
getting rid of their
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canes and the somesthesis.
They were able to leave
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the nursing home
because now they are
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able to take care
of themselves again
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and that's good news,
because a lot of people
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that are in
nursing homes wish they
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weren't and it's
because they haven't taken care
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of themselves and
let their muscles go.
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So, by getting a
good regular exercise
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program we can avoid
a lot of things we don't
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want to have happen
to us later on our life.
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Okay, let's do 2
more and last 1, good.
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Arm up over the
head and stretch;
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hold it for 10 more seconds.
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There is 5, 4, 3,
2, and 1, now switch,
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and pull whenever you stretch.
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Don't pull too hard,
just make it comfortable for
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yourself. We wanna
hold each stretch for
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about 15 seconds and 5
more seconds, 4, 3, 2, 1,
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good. Okay, now we're
gonna take our hands to
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this position
Jenny. We're gonna do a
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shoulder press, coming
up, and a lot of time this
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is, even this motion is
hard for seniors, just to
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push up and that's
really sad for me, because
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when you look at
seniors, by the age of
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75, one-third of all
men and two-thirds of all
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women can no longer
pickup 10 pounds and
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that's very, very
sad. Because now they can't
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pickup their grand
kids and they can't pick,
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carry their own
groceries, if they were to
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fall down, they can't
get themselves off the floor.
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We've an 84 year
woman come out to our
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program, who couldn't
get up anymore and her
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whole goal was be able
to get off the floor and
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we got her working
out and it wasn't too long
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that we've to lie down
on floor and up she came.
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So, we see tremendous
progress in seniors, but
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yet people can still
be foolish enough to say,
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but why would I
wanna take good care of
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myself and live to
be 90 like Jack LaLanne.
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I rather take poor care
of myself and die at the
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age of 70 and
Jenny when we think about
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that how silly that
is. Those people, they
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might die at the age
of 70, but how many years
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of bad health are they
gonna have before that.
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Right. I mean,
how many years of bad
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health do you think
Jack LaLanne has had.
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Probably not very,
the old bouncing around.
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Doing whatever
he wants to do, when
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somebody dies at
the age of 70 inevitably
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somebody will say,
well what did they die of?
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Because they know
they died too soon?
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But if somebody
dies at the age of 105.
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People don't say
what did they die of?
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Well, come on they were 105.
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Okay even though
we're not using any weight,
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you should start to
feel your shoulders.
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I know I'm feeling mine.
You starting to feel yours?
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You're feeling yours,
okay Jenny that's good.
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Okay, let's try and do
5 more and there is 2 and
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there is 3 and
there is 4 and 5 good.
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Now, what we're gonna
do is, we're just gonna
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try and drive our
elbows back into the chair.
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Push back, push back
and this is an excellent
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exercise you can do.
As well as sitting down
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while you're
watching 3ABN or doing
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whatever of course when
you're watching this show.
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You're supposed to
be exercising at anyway,
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but I do get a lot of
people say I turn your
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show on and watch it
all the time. Well, you do
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it, no but I like watching it.
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Okay, let's relax a
moment. Get a couple
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of good deep
breaths, in through the nose
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and out through the
mouth. Okay, let's drive it back
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in there again. I feel
kind of good, so lets do
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it again, drive the
elbows back into the
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chair and you should
be contracting your upper
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back while you're
doing this and this is an
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excellent exercise.
It's a nice symmetric type
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movement to help
strengthen your upper
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back area. Now I now,
I'm feeling the muscles
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around my scapula
contracting and it feels good.
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A lot of seniors when
they start working out
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they go oh! I feel so
good, I feel like I'm live
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again, I can't
believe how well I'm moving
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around and I tell
people all the time.
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When you feel
strong, you feel young.
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When you feel
weak, guess how you feel?
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Old. That's right, okay,
relax. Alright, let's just
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shake the arms out,
okay now we're gonna
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do is we're gonna do
our biceps. We're gonna
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do that just by
turning our palms up
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and keeping them
up the whole time and
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we're gonna curl
our hands up and back
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down and we're
providing the tension
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just by flexing
the muscles hard.
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I found out in body
building, when you flex
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the muscles hard,
you can really fatigue
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yourself even
though you're not using any
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resistance. You're
just squeezing your muscles
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and for a lot of the
seniors, weight is gonna
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be difficult so just by
doing this, now we are gonna
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have to do quite a few
of them, but that's okay.
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Let's do them nice and
slow and controlled and
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try and flex your bicep
Jenny each time you do it
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and we're gonna
try and do 30 of them.
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There is 12 and 13,
14, 15, very important to
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have strong arms.
Those strong arms will
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help you do a lot
of things in life.
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That you still
wanna be able to do,
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okay we're gonna go
10 more, 1 and 2 and 3
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and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10. Good shake the arms
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out, okay very good.
Okay, now we're gonna
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go the opposite
direction, we're gonna
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push down now.
We're gonna press our arms
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down, backup, push
down and up and down
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and up, push down,
and up, and down, and up,
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and down, and up, push
down, and up, push down,
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and up, push down.
Good, flex your tricep
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each time, we're
gonna go 10 more.
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Now we better get 15
more, now its sounds better.
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There is 2, 3, 4, 5,
10 more, 1 and 2 and 3 and
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4, and 5, and 6, 7
and 8 and 9, 1 more time,
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good flex it hard,
keep it flex Jenny.
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Come on, alright go
ahead and relax, shake
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your arms out.
Okay, now we're gonna do
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some legs and seniors
sometimes have trouble
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getting around and
they'll say well, I can't
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walk, I can't
exercise my legs, that' not the
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case, we can do
some leg exercise.
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What we're gonna do is,
we're gonna put our left
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leg out and we're
gonna extend it up and back
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down, and up, and down, and up.
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We're gonna turn the
toe outside slightly,
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so we get little more emphasis
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on the inside of the knee.
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Now, this will
help stabilize your
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knee more effectively.
You know it's amazing
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how many people tell
me they have weak joints.
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Now, so everybody has
weak joints, but a joint
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is just a bone coming
to a bone with ligaments
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attached to it. What
is it that gives joint
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movements, its
muscle, so when you loose
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muscle, of course
you're gonna have weaker
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joints, but we're
here to change that.
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Okay, we're gonna do
10 more, and 3, and 4,
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and 5, and 6, and 7,
and 8, 9, one more, hold it
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up there, flex it.
Keep it flexed. Is it firm?
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Umh! Its supposed to
be firm if you grab that
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and all you feel is
jelly and that's not good.
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You wanna have a
nice tight leg there.
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If you, that's all you
have is soft tissue and
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that's all supporting
it. You gotta have some
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muscle there. Okay,
relax, well guess what
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you have to do now. We
gotta do the other side,
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okay. Let's extend
out and up, and up.
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We're gonna do 30 of
them. There's 5, 6, 7, 8,
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9, 10, 11, and just
by focusing on what you
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are doing, you can get a good
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contraction on
the quadriceps muscle.
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Alright, 18, 19, 20,
good, keep going, 2, 3,
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4, 5, 6, 7, three more,
8, 9, and hold it up, flex it
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hard, make sure
that leg is tight, Jenny.
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There. Okay,
alright. Okay let's relax.
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Now we are gonna do
the opposite, we're gonna
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try and work the hamstring area.
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This is gonna be a
little more difficult.
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We're gonna dig our
heel into the carpet and
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we're gonna hold it
tight and now we're gonna
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move our foot a little
bit in, dig in and pull.
00:15:03.34\00:15:07.17
Now, a little bit
more, and dig in and pull,
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okay, now come flat
footed and pull back
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still, pull, pull, and
go up under the toe and
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pull, good. Let's go
out one more time with that
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foot. Dig in and pull.
Let's move a little bit.
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Dig in and pull, little
bit more, dig in and pull.
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Now we wanna go flat
foot again, and pull, and
00:15:45.47\00:15:50.77
bring it back a little
further so we're on the
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toe and pull. A
little harder from that
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position, but it
forces you to try and flex the
00:15:55.83\00:15:58.08
muscle in a fully
contracted position.
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Okay, let's put the other
leg out and dig in and pull.
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Now, let's bring it
back a few inches and dig in
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and pull, and
bring it back some more.
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Dig in and pull. Okay,
now make it flat and pull.
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Now up on the toe
and pull some more.
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Yeah, I feel that.
Oh you're supposed to.
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That's my design, okay,
let's put the leg back out
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again. Dig in.
Contract the hamstring.
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Okay, move the
foot. Contract again
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and move it a
little more, contract,
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and come to a
flat position and pull.
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And now up on the toe and pull.
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Okay, good. Now we're
gonna slide to the edge
00:17:15.02\00:17:17.16
of our chair, put
our feet in behind us and
00:17:17.19\00:17:21.15
we're gonna push up
on our toes, way up high
00:17:21.18\00:17:23.08
then back down, and
up, and down, and up,
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and down, and up, and
down, and up, and down,
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up, down, up,
and down, up, good.
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This should be
working the calf area and by
00:17:40.72\00:17:43.17
moving forward we
help the extension down.
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Try and press the heels
down as much as you can,
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and we're gonna do 10
more. For a lot of people just
00:17:55.64\00:17:58.57
getting their muscles
flexing again is a, quite
00:17:58.60\00:18:02.75
a stimulation that
they haven't experienced
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in a long time. And
it just makes me so sad
00:18:04.70\00:18:08.19
to see people in
wheel chairs and walkers and
00:18:08.22\00:18:10.89
so forth, and you
know, they put themselves
00:18:10.92\00:18:12.64
there by lack of
activity. And it's really sad,
00:18:12.67\00:18:15.65
and let's do 2 more.
Last one, okay and push
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down and keep the
stretch. Keep stretching,
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stretch it, stretch it.
Let's go 10 more seconds.
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Okay, and relax.
Now, another area that
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seniors have to
worry about a lot Jenny and
00:18:41.32\00:18:43.05
that's their hips.
You hear a lot about
00:18:43.08\00:18:45.43
grandma falling down
and breaking her hip,
00:18:45.71\00:18:47.30
but actually what
happens is grandma
00:18:47.33\00:18:48.94
breaks her hip
and then falls down.
00:18:48.97\00:18:50.25
That can happen to grandpa too.
00:18:50.28\00:18:51.99
And so we want to
work the hip area now.
00:18:52.02\00:18:54.47
What we're gonna do
is we're gonna put our
00:18:54.77\00:18:56.18
hands on the
outside of our knees and
00:18:56.21\00:18:58.57
we're gonna push our
legs out and then push
00:18:58.60\00:19:00.89
them back together
again, and give ourselves
00:19:00.92\00:19:03.79
resistance as we do this
abduction exercise, good.
00:19:04.62\00:19:09.66
Push out, and back
in. Push out, and back in,
00:19:10.45\00:19:14.66
and along with
getting some leg work out now,
00:19:16.98\00:19:19.01
we are also get a
little more chest work out as
00:19:19.43\00:19:20.93
we try and push it together.
00:19:20.96\00:19:22.16
So, it's a dual
benefit exercise.
00:19:24.52\00:19:26.22
And we get some
repetitions in here,
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we've done 17,
we're gonna go to 30,
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and 10 more. You
feeling that at all, Jenny.
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Oh! Yeah. Good, and 5 more.
00:19:47.06\00:19:50.76
Okay, now we gonna
put our hands on the
00:19:58.64\00:20:00.31
inside and we are
gonna squeeze our legs
00:20:00.34\00:20:03.20
together and we are
gonna force them back out.
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.24
And again we'll get
a dual purpose on this
00:20:06.16\00:20:07.91
because we're gonna
work our shoulders at
00:20:07.94\00:20:10.09
the same time as
working our abductors.
00:20:10.12\00:20:13.21
This is going to be
helping your hip area,
00:20:14.43\00:20:17.55
give you a better stabilization.
00:20:18.71\00:20:19.98
The stronger the
muscles are, the more
00:20:20.01\00:20:22.33
stability you're
gonna have around the joint.
00:20:22.36\00:20:23.92
And again we're gonna do 30.
00:20:27.43\00:20:28.86
That's 10. If you have to
stop before 30 that's okay.
00:20:30.67\00:20:39.63
Take it at your own
pace. Everybody is going to
00:20:40.07\00:20:42.81
be at a different
level. Jane, you can handle
00:20:42.84\00:20:47.46
this pretty easily
and I know although she's
00:20:47.49\00:20:49.81
threatened me to be
on the inch of my life,
00:20:49.84\00:20:51.65
not to reveal her age.
I'll tell you she is not that
00:20:51.92\00:20:54.33
far away from
having this be a qualifying
00:20:54.36\00:20:57.92
program for her. That
was tackle enough I think.
00:20:57.95\00:21:01.90
Oh! Yeah. Ten more.
00:21:01.93\00:21:04.68
Good. Your
friends back home will get
00:21:09.51\00:21:12.79
appreciation of that one, Jenny.
00:21:12.82\00:21:14.04
Oh! Yes. Three more times.
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.55
Here is 1 and 2 and 3.
Good. Now you're gonna sit
00:21:16.58\00:21:22.09
back and I want
you to get a hold.
00:21:22.12\00:21:24.50
Let's go behind the
knee and pull our leg up
00:21:24.93\00:21:27.62
towards our chest.
We're gonna hold that
00:21:27.65\00:21:31.15
stretch,
stretching the hamstring area,
00:21:31.18\00:21:33.59
and let's hold it
for 10 more seconds.
00:21:36.30\00:21:39.76
Should feel that in
the hip area and in the
00:21:40.88\00:21:42.39
hamstring, okay, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1. Okay, we're gonna
00:21:42.42\00:21:51.20
switch over now. Pull up.
00:21:51.23\00:21:53.43
Even if you're in the
wheelchair you can do this.
00:21:59.05\00:22:01.85
A lot of people come up
to me over the course of
00:22:02.77\00:22:04.74
my time during
Body and Spirit on 3ABN,
00:22:04.77\00:22:07.48
which is covered
quite a few years now and
00:22:07.86\00:22:09.69
tell me how much better
they feel since they've been
00:22:10.15\00:22:11.68
doing these simple
exercises in the comfort
00:22:11.71\00:22:14.07
of their own living
room and that's what
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.27
the whole purpose
of Body and Spirit was
00:22:15.30\00:22:16.77
for, is to get people
exercising right there in
00:22:16.80\00:22:20.10
the comfort in their own home.
00:22:20.13\00:22:21.21
Five more
seconds, 4, 3, 2, 1, good.
00:22:21.24\00:22:26.96
Alright, the final
area we're gonna focus in on
00:22:27.85\00:22:30.78
is the abdominal and
the low back, and the
00:22:30.81\00:22:33.22
way we're gonna do
is sitting in a chair,
00:22:33.25\00:22:34.51
we are gonna fold
our hands in front of us,
00:22:34.54\00:22:36.27
so we can actually
feel our abdomen and then
00:22:36.52\00:22:38.96
what we are gonna do
is we're gonna sit forward
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.27
trying to keep our
lower back into the chair all
00:22:41.65\00:22:44.28
the time. Then we
come back, we're gonna push
00:22:44.31\00:22:46.95
back into the
chair. Now we're gonna come
00:22:46.98\00:22:49.95
forward and we
gonna go back, push back.
00:22:49.98\00:22:54.56
We gonna come
forward and we're gonna
00:22:54.59\00:22:58.62
push back and
forward and back and forward
00:22:58.65\00:23:05.68
and back, good.
Let's keep going.
00:23:06.76\00:23:09.91
Contract the
abdomen as you go forward
00:23:11.78\00:23:13.60
and push back into
the chair, contract
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.11
and back, contract and
back, and contract and back
00:23:17.92\00:23:25.36
contract and back,
and contract and back,
00:23:25.39\00:23:31.84
Good. We're going to do 10 more.
00:23:31.87\00:23:35.87
There's 1, and 2 and
3 and 4 and 5, 6 and 7
00:23:37.73\00:23:55.46
and 8, two more
times, 9, now we are gonna
00:23:55.49\00:24:00.91
hold the crunch
forward. Hold that for 5 more
00:24:00.94\00:24:04.66
seconds; 1, 2, 3, 4,
push back. Push back into the
00:24:04.69\00:24:11.11
chair and hold that
now for 5 more seconds;
00:24:11.14\00:24:14.78
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, good.
Now as we're sitting here,
00:24:14.81\00:24:21.19
Jenny we are gonna
work our neck a little
00:24:21.22\00:24:22.65
bit, so let's look over
to the left and let's look
00:24:22.68\00:24:26.54
to the right. Now
the left and now to the
00:24:26.57\00:24:31.50
right, into our left,
into the right, and turn and
00:24:31.53\00:24:40.52
turn and turn and
turn. Now we're gonna look
00:24:40.55\00:24:46.30
to the ceiling and
back to the floor and up,
00:24:46.33\00:24:51.15
and down, and up,
and down, and up and
00:24:52.88\00:25:00.75
down, and up, and
down, 3 more times,
00:25:00.78\00:25:05.75
and up, and down, up,
and down, up, and down.
00:25:05.78\00:25:14.65
Now let's get forward
towards the front of the
00:25:14.68\00:25:16.69
chair, and we're
gonna turn to the side.
00:25:16.72\00:25:18.70
And you can use the
chair to help pull you.
00:25:19.12\00:25:21.05
Let's go the other way.
00:25:24.38\00:25:25.35
And turn and
turn, alright, good.
00:25:32.42\00:25:46.53
Okay, Jenny, I
think that should do it.
00:25:46.56\00:25:49.11
During my career
I've seen tremendous
00:25:53.59\00:25:55.52
changes in seniors
who have come to our
00:25:55.60\00:25:57.58
Wellness Program.
We had one woman who is
00:25:57.61\00:25:59.89
73 years old. She had
never exercised before
00:25:59.92\00:26:02.97
and she was in such
pain, she was heading
00:26:03.00\00:26:04.89
for wheelchair, but
yet she was determined to
00:26:04.92\00:26:07.88
get better and within
2 weeks she was walking
00:26:07.91\00:26:11.35
incredible 6 to 10
miles a day. We had a group
00:26:11.38\00:26:14.39
of people come
from Detroit, Michigan.
00:26:14.42\00:26:16.45
Three of them were
in wheelchairs because
00:26:17.01\00:26:18.49
they all had rheumatoid
arthritis. They were also
00:26:18.52\00:26:20.94
all around 80 years
old and they were in a
00:26:20.97\00:26:24.37
situation where they
easily could have given up.
00:26:24.40\00:26:26.83
But, they were very
determined to carry on.
00:26:27.35\00:26:30.03
One woman even
though our Wellness
00:26:30.31\00:26:33.03
Center is 300 yards
away from our cafeteria
00:26:33.06\00:26:35.68
and it's uphill which
is fine going down, but
00:26:36.09\00:26:39.16
she was determined to
walk every time and her
00:26:39.19\00:26:41.54
determination paid
off, because during the time
00:26:41.57\00:26:44.26
she was there we saw
her strength quadruple.
00:26:44.29\00:26:46.99
She said I am not
here to take a ride up and
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.88
down the hill in a
car to go down and eat.
00:26:49.91\00:26:52.17
I am here to walk and
I am here to get better.
00:26:52.63\00:26:54.28
And no matter watch
she was so determined
00:26:54.86\00:26:56.84
to carry on. The
other woman in the group
00:26:56.87\00:26:59.31
also saw the determination and
00:26:59.34\00:27:01.28
they started going.
In fact, one woman was in
00:27:01.31\00:27:03.46
there because she
was in line for hip
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.46
replacement surgery,
but when she got back
00:27:05.49\00:27:07.50
home her doctor was
flabbergasted by her
00:27:07.53\00:27:10.07
change and said
what have you been doing,
00:27:10.10\00:27:12.10
you no longer need the
hip replacement surgery
00:27:12.40\00:27:14.48
and the other
lady experienced equal
00:27:15.05\00:27:16.57
benefits as they all
found themselves very
00:27:16.60\00:27:19.25
able to walk without
the use of a cane and here
00:27:19.28\00:27:21.93
they are with
rheumatoid arthritis
00:27:21.96\00:27:23.53
and 80 years old.
So, we see this happening
00:27:23.56\00:27:26.63
on a regular basis.
People have given up.
00:27:26.66\00:27:29.02
Don't think they can
do anything, but we find
00:27:29.42\00:27:31.43
that they can. And all
that it takes is a little
00:27:31.46\00:27:33.35
determination and a
lot of faith and we know
00:27:33.38\00:27:36.27
that that's a vital
component because the
00:27:36.30\00:27:38.20
Bible tell us in
Philippians 4:13 that we
00:27:38.23\00:27:40.91
can do all things
through Christ who
00:27:40.94\00:27:42.80
strengthens me. And
that doesn't go for those
00:27:42.83\00:27:45.11
who are just young
but seniors as well can
00:27:45.14\00:27:47.76
claim that promise
with assurance, knowing that
00:27:47.79\00:27:49.96
they will
improve. Good bless you.
00:27:49.99\00:27:51.93
I will look forward
to seeing you next time.
00:27:52.09\00:27:53.51