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[MommyChick]

What a great topic idea!! I had fun reading over everyone's comments. 

My word would have to be...
Sweetheart ♥

[jbeany]

I'm brobdingnagian.

And insatiable. 

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1571.0

[Gerald Lively]

I’m not a doctor but I play one now and then.

My ancestors on the Lively side were plagued with arthritis.  Back in 1970 I started to lift weights.  I didn’t really know what I was doing.  During a one day training session I was told that circulation in the legs is so important, especially when we grow old and decide to sit.  So, I jumped around, did squats with the limited weight set I had and it did make my legs feel better. 

Off and on again training and I emphasized leg training.  After my third bout with cancer I got serious (about 64/65 years of age) about full body training.  My investment in leg exercises seemed to pay off when I got under the bar with 420 lbs on it.  It didn’t seem amazing to me but it did shake up the Powerlifting Competition circuit.  Old guys don’t do that – baloney.

Even if all you ever did was free standing squats (no weights) and only went half-way down, your knees will thank you.  The further down you squat the more you involved the hamstrings and gluts (butt). 

I have been sitting or laying down next to a dialysis machine since early 2008.  My legs were aching.  Once I was able to crawl from beneath that mind numbing fatigue that came with kidney failure, I began doing free standing squats.  Better, much better.  The whole idea is to improve circulation and you do that by making the muscles work a little.  If you can move your knees, try it.  Just do one set and work your way up to 20.  Your legs will love you.

I have arthritis in my wrist and hands.  Squats didn’t help.  Bench presses did wipe out my shoulder pain.

Kootieman
Peace