What do you do to keep fit?

When I feel happy and on top of the world I run with my dogs every day. When I feel less inclined I walk. I always do something though. To not have any form of exercise is not good for the mind let alone the body

I am 65yrs.
I try to walk 1000 steps a day.
I run- training for a half marathon.
I do a Zumba class and play badminton.

Sorry - missed off a 0! I try to walk 10,000 steps a day.

Walk at least one hour every day.

Can't believe how energetic you all are!

I think balance and moderation are important:

age 69.5. two children, back and hip pain, but for my body I do line dancing once a week and table tennis once a week (for two hours), walk maybe twice a week, sometimes use the exercise machines in the local park, gardening, cleaning, occasional diy, or if I feel I have been too inactive I do some yoga at home.
For my brain, i do soduko and read a variety of books, I like foreign authors.
For my soul i attend a meditation class and a music appreciation group.
I eat a healthy diet on the whole but have at least one treat a day (on the weekly shopping day it is a fresh cream chocolate eclair).

I am 74 years and 8 months, and exercise seems to have almost completely dropped out of my life. Ten minutes on the exercise bike this morning.

Just how long are you supposed to keep this keeping fit thing up for?

My granny lived until well into her nineties and I don't remember her dancing round the kitchen, or jogging up and down the lane. She didn't even go shopping. I had to go and fetch things for her.

Does chasing after DGD and waving my arms around to a Disney CD count?
I did dance quite a lot the other night

Perhaps people who don't exercise are avoiding this thread anyway

Yes! Guilty as charged.

OK! All the non-exercisers, come and 'fess up now. Make me feel beter. Pleeease!

I think that the trick is to keep active, although DHs heart lessons say you should do strenuous exercise -that is enough to get out of breath. I don't do that hardly ever!!

I'm 'fessing up. I've got a trampoline, hula hoop, weights, running gear, Zumba shoes, yoga mat, fitness dvds, treadmill that's useful for hanging clothes on, pedometer. If I don't get points for just having these things I won't score many on here. I don't drive, so I do walk about more than most. When I'm looking after the DGS though, that's at around one mile an hour.

I'm getting up now. I'm going to get the yogalates dvd on (I might even do the exercises).

Loads of points Maggie for actually getting up at quarter to eight!

I'm going on the exercise bike now, and then I'm gonna walk to the shops. 's shining!

I do my post natal exercises (tummy squeezing etc.) every morning first thing and then I walk for 40 to 60 minutes every day.

I also Hoover, dust, iron, cut the grass, wash the car and pursue a range of quite energetic tasks which must count something towards an exercise quotient.

But that's it. At three thirty I stop, have a cup of tea and a slice of cake and do nothing else but potter.

Having retired recently, and spending time catching up with friends over coffee and cake, I was determined not to pile on the pounds, so I do some form of exercise every day.
I walk/jog in the morning, then do some of the yoga poses I like best, do some weights, and ab exercises, I try and vary it and add in some wii games. I put on my music and do any necessary chores around my flat to the music, it really helps you get motivated.
I make sure I have me time over a long lunch then have a nice long walk in the afternoon, no matter what the weather, I listen to my MP3 to put some spring in my step.
I give myself the weekend off and enjoy nice treats (be it yummy food/cakes or glass(es) of wine) without the guilt as I feel I've worked for it! Good luck ?

Pilates Pilates Pilates!!! Excellent - I am 66 and wished I had started this years earlier. My body absolutely thrives on it . . . and has changed shape [interestingly no weight loss!] something that years of playing 5 hours of tennis each weak never did. I miss it dreadfully when something pops up that causes me to miss it.
And the star pupil is a 77yr old who has had 3 hip replacements and remains a wonderful example to the rest of us. And as to getting up and down we have an 88yr old who can do that with ease and get her leg almost up to the ceiling. Lots of different issues with the women . . . strokes, heart ops, hernias etc and our teacher allows for it all with individual instruction for each one of us so that we advance at our different abilities. I love it!

Disabled so just daily swim

Keeping healthy and exercising regularly when I retired from work five years ago became a goal. I had been enjoying yoga classes for a number of years during my working life, so it became such a treat to be able to join classes in the morning and not at the end of the day.

So, in my late 60's I started taking tennis lessons - hadn't ever played - and after the course finished I took my courage in both hands and joined a local tennis club. I"ve met some like minded ladies who were better players than me - but not that much better - so now I play regularly in foursomes two or three times a week.

Even though I am now nearly 74 and sometimes have creaky knees (from tennis) or achy shoulders (from downward dogs) I'm not complaining. The payoff is that I feel pretty satisfied with my level of fitness these days - but the best part is that all this effort has given me a whole new group of likeminded friends - most of whom are at the same stage in their lives as me.

Has anyone seen the YouTube video of Gillian Lunne exercising? Wow! She's 90!
I do Pilates twice, sometimes 3 times a week and walk in our hilly city every day. I bought some Sweaty Betty leggings with some of the money my parents gave me for my 70th last week. Expensive but a change from black and I refuse to do baggy or Lycra. Going to start swimming at our spa in the mountains next week. They do a cheap deal so it isn't as indulgent as it might sound but you tend to get the pool to yourself.

Lynne

I too walk. My daughter bought me a fitbit (other models available!) and since then I am 'rewarded' for my efforts. It gets me up and moving even when I am down.

I'm 64, I've had three children. I study Shotokan karate, training two or three times a week for 90 minutes and teaching it once a week. I've been doing that for 20 years. It's largely an individual activity so it's never too late to start! I walk my dog twice every day except Sunday, when I allow him a day off! I've just stated Tai Chi. Sometimes I jump up and down on the spot just because I feel like it. I have a weighted hula hoop which comes out now and then but it's a bit boring.