Tag Archives: Exercise

Fit at 70 – Update #1

Posted on 12 February 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Cute cat video! No, but the next best thing: a video update on my Fit-at-70 program. Continue reading →

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Splish, Splash

Posted on 24 July 2016 by Isabel Gibson

Lessons learned while kayaking. Continue reading →

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It’s a Crime

Posted on 20 September 2015 by Isabel Gibson

On the Sunday of the Terry Fox Run, thinking about how little I do with two nominally good legs. Continue reading →

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Physiotherapy and Buttercups

Posted on 30 August 2015 by Isabel Gibson

Applies the famous Gibson Disappointment Scale© in musing about the undeniable fault with physiotherapy: It doesn’t work. Continue reading →

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A Trial Separation

Posted on 09 November 2014 by Isabel Gibson

It’s the equivalent of at least three full flights up to the airport lounge, but I head to the stairs. As I round the first landing, it hits me. I’m all alone on this climb. I mean, I knew it … Continue reading →

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Hike!

Posted on 09 March 2014 by Isabel Gibson

Bravely tackling a challenging hike under harsh conditions, I am dismayed to encounter folks much older than I, seemingly finding it easy. And it only gets worse from there.   Panting just a bit, I clamber out of the final … Continue reading →

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You Talkin’ to Me?

Posted on 15 September 2013 by Isabel Gibson

A tai chi lesson becomes a lesson about learning styles – both in physical activities and in life.   Drop your shoulders. I look around. You talkin’ to me?  I don’t use my outside voice, but the thought likely shows … Continue reading →

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What You Don’t Know

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Isabel Gibson

What were you following? The words are delivered just a little north of dispassionately, just a tad too intensely to indicate mere enquiry. No, something more is afoot, in more than one sense, as we make our careful way back … Continue reading →

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Six for Artistic Impression

Posted on 29 July 2012 by Isabel Gibson

Life lessons learned by watching the Olympics.   Clicker box in one hand, snack bowl in the other, I lurch stiffly to my feet. This hands-free, grunt-free levitation earns me personal-best marks for both technical and artistic components. Before setting … Continue reading →

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