Bauer
Level 8 Valued Member
My wife was watching Grace and Frankie the other night and I noticed that Jane Fonda appears to be pretty fit. The rest of the crew, too. The four "elderly" were all born between 1938 and 1940! So maybe Jane Fonda had a point with her aerobics VHSs from the 80s.
Which made me think about the recent discussions here on the forum about cardio training and especially steady state zone 1-2 training for stretching the heart and building stroke volume, IIRC.
Practicing S&S gives me plenty of heart benefits. And I walk a lot, use a carrier to get my baby to sleep and commute exlusively by bike, so I get a lot of easy locomotion daily.
The classic way to build on that would be running, rowing, MTB or rucking - at least in this community, to get more into the heart stretching zone (~110-150 BPM HR).
But what is your take one Step Aerobics, dance and Zumba classes and what have you?
Might not be as steady state, and favored by sissies ??, but then again it includes different movement patterns which could even help with mobility and joint health.
You know, I picture doing OS style stuff rhythmically for time and in a circuit, like marching and standing cross-crawls (even with a step-up), easy carries, easy jogging in place, jumping jacks, jump rope, dancing around, crawling, fast joint circles, etc.
What do you think?
Which made me think about the recent discussions here on the forum about cardio training and especially steady state zone 1-2 training for stretching the heart and building stroke volume, IIRC.
Practicing S&S gives me plenty of heart benefits. And I walk a lot, use a carrier to get my baby to sleep and commute exlusively by bike, so I get a lot of easy locomotion daily.
The classic way to build on that would be running, rowing, MTB or rucking - at least in this community, to get more into the heart stretching zone (~110-150 BPM HR).
But what is your take one Step Aerobics, dance and Zumba classes and what have you?
Might not be as steady state, and favored by sissies ??, but then again it includes different movement patterns which could even help with mobility and joint health.
You know, I picture doing OS style stuff rhythmically for time and in a circuit, like marching and standing cross-crawls (even with a step-up), easy carries, easy jogging in place, jumping jacks, jump rope, dancing around, crawling, fast joint circles, etc.
What do you think?