MS sometimes makes it hard to keep moving, exercising, stretching, so we do less and less. Before long, its not just MS that interferes with our mobility and health, its also atrophy of muscle causing more balance problems and more muscle weakness.

So, we started a Club to support and encourage us to keep moving --You use it or you lose it! So, what do you do-- do you stretch, do you walk, swim, aquacise, isometrics, lift free weights, Wii,calisthenics? Please join the club.
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I swim a mile a day. In 2004, I was so weak, I could not walk across a room. Now I swim a mile every single day and I do free weights twice weekly to help with osteoporosis prevention. Cherie (clinical1) was able to stop using her w/c after she religiously worked on a pool based stretch/exercise routine daily.

What do you do

Happy New Year, BBS!!

I did it .. and I stuck to it ... a new weight-loss/workout program ... started yesterday!

I'm on a 4-day "sassy water" drink ... fast ... monday starts with a new eating healthy program!

yesterday - I worked my 4 - 10 reps of arm weights and 15 push-ups against the cupboard ...

will post later of what I will do today ... goal: walking up/down the stairwell - 10 times (should be 200 steps) ... the arms, and push-ups!!

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update: I got the arm reps DONE .. and 20 push-ups DONE ... will work on the stairs this afternoon!!

So far30 min walk at the gym + weights for upper body...good way to begin the new year!

My 84 year old Mother and I go to Silver Sneakers fitness class twice a week which is great. Some insurance plans will pay for the classes which ours doesn't but we still go.

I have Wii games and Wii fit and have been doing those every day for a half hour or until I get tired.

The only thing I don't like is I am not able to do some yoga poses and it "scolds" me for not standing still!

I have tremors and I can't stand still but other than that I do pretty well.

well I did yoga early this morning!! Plan to do yoga most days if I get time... cause it feels so good on my body! hugss all, sarah happy 2010

I got up on my own two feet today.

I actually went to the gym today with my dad and treadmilled for a half hour.

It was warm in the gym, but getting warm from exercising was totally fixed (or ruined?) by going back outside. We've got dangerous windchills right now. During the day it was freaking cold, now tonight, it's really really freaking cold.

I had a bad headache before I went (and no, I wasnt drinking last night) but something about the walk seemed to help that.

I got an exercise DVD from Betaferon and thought I'd try some of it out yesterday.
Now bearing in mind I used to do triathlons, swim for hours on end, rock climbing, parachuting, hill walking, horse riding, yaddie yaddie ya, I was most upset to realise that I was actually having trouble with the first section - On the spot marching with syncronised shadow boxing.

Damn nearly killed me!!! I can't do arms and legs together!!! and I got really really tired.

I'm very upset at this. It was like I could see all the small subtle changes that have accumulated and left me with this pathetic feeble shell of the person I used to be.

I think new year fireworks wore me out too and have been on the sofa for practically 36 hours.

Oh well, I can find comfort in a bowl of triple choc ice cream..............

my exercise for the month of January is.....shoveling! oh, and snow blowing, oh and sweeping the snow off the steps! oh, and dusting the snow off the cars! oh, and clearing the snow off the deck so that the birds can get to the feeders.

I really hate January in this neck of the woods. its alot like work!

Well, we are off to a great new year : Look at all of this activity!!! I swam a mile today: cold pool, 78, colder air: 51 with wind. Wetsuit surely helped me!

Hi Dejibo: shoveling is amazing work, it always made me sweat inside my snow suit

puds, those exercise tapes are very different than "real life" exercise arent they?

Erin: Nice job. Exercise is anti inflammatory, maybe that was helpful to the headache?

Sallyc: I like seeing you get up onto your two feet

sabimax: Yoga is awesome, I never could do it , and I tried several times!



azjanie: I love the name Silver Sneakers Good for you for working out like that.

debbieD: Great job!

Vonn: That is a fantastic new workout program. Keep us posted on your new program.

Happy new Year to all--keep on moving~!