Month #6 - Week #26 - Stamina

"The Weekly Workouts"

Those who've attended a "Longevity Kickstart", know that our plan involves systematically working on 10 unique attributes of fitness. We also approach each of these attributes in two separate ways; a monthly approach to help us GROW and improve in that attribute, and a more regular, weekly and daily approach. This second approach is much more casual and fun in order to maintain our fitness towards that attribute in particular (Our "Use It Or Lose It" application).

We welcome you to follow this plan as we tackle our 6th month and 26th week of a two year cycle. No worries that you're just joining us now because we'll simply be repeating the cycle for as long as we can! For more information on how the plan works, you can either schedule your "Longevity Kickstart" session (the preferred option), or you can read about it on the Methuselah Fitness Project main page entitled "A Unique Approach to Aging and Fitness". I'm certain you'll recognize that this may be the surest way to ensure that the "The Rest of Your Life, be the Best of Your Life"

Month #6 Week #26

Our Monthly Attribute for May: Agility


Wrapping up the monthly focus on Agility this week! Since we've been without classes for the majority of the month, I'm really going to give us plenty of opportunity to work this domain of Agility for this entire week.

Let's remember that agility is important! We know that it's not a regular element in the majority of our active pursuits as we get older, and we also know that neglecting any element of fitness for years or even decades means we're going to lose that ability!

Our Weekly Attribute for Week #26 is: Stamina

Your "Lifestyle Application" of Stamina

In this section of "Lifestyle Application" I've traditionally focused on leisure activities related to the said attribute. While I will indeed list some leisure activities to help us to utilize the attribute of stamina, I need to remind everyone that the "Living of Life", with it's necessities and responsibilities are often enough to adequately challenge us here. Grocery shopping, yard work, our jobs & family responsibilities can all be considered boosters to our ability to push the envelope when it comes to stamina. When the "stamina" week rolls around (as it does every seven weeks for us), we simply want you to perhaps push the envelope a bit and see if we can't last, just a little bit longer, in our daily grind to just the other side of being comfortable (tired!)... Please remember too, that our attitude is important to reap these desired benefits. If we approach these challenges with a positive expectation for improvement and a thankfulness that we can still push ourselves, we're that much more likely to see those results. 

We can also approach this attribute in our leisure activities by:

• Taking any of our regular aerobic/strength activities to a longer than usual level
• Going for a long hike
• Going for a longer bike ride
• Perhaps an extra round of golf? (It's tough, but you can handle it!)
• Perhaps tackling that unusually large project around the house that you'd been meaning to tackle (Not exactly leisure unless that's your "thing")...

Since I'm not leading any small group classes at present, I'll be skipping the three daily attributes this week and I'll leave you with the above! (Should be sufficient!)

Have a good week everyone!