Saturday, August 20. 2022
I had to get up early again because I had my Saturday morning office hour for Step Up Tutoring. I had to limit my walk. While I didn't walk around the block, I did take on one of the side hills. After reading Gokhale's article on the benefits of walking down a set of stairs versus up, I walked down the hill as slowly as I could, moving from foot to foot with sustained movement.
The Gokhale article described an experiment to determine which creates greater muscle strength, walking upstairs or down. They had two groups: one walked up ten flights of stairs three times a week and took the elevator down, and the other took the elevator up and walked down the stairs. When walking down the stairs, the muscles have to stretch and resist at the same time. We had a clear winner: walking down the stairs promoted greater strength, reduced cholesterol, and more significant gains in bone density and range of motion.
The most effective way to kill a roach is to strike it with my hand. If I go to step on it, it gets away. If I go to swat it with an object, it gets away. My best guess is so few people hit them with their hands that the roaches still need to develop the necessary defensive senses. However, tonight, I swatted at one, and it was roach one, Betty minus zero. It got away, and I hurt my hand.
I walked 9,000 steps today. I was increasing the number of steps by one hundred daily. I planned to stop pushing the envelope at ten thousand.
I noticed Elsa limping. She was holding her left front paw in the air when she wasn't walking. I massaged the leg and shoulder to see if I could find the source of the pain. She didn't respond. I would wait a day before I called the vet. These problems often clear up on their own.
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