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» One tool every stroke survivor needs!

Hey guys!  What a day!  Yesterday when I was working out I realised I’ve been leaving out a really essential tool in all my talk about exercising and the importance of exercise for the stroke survivour and keeping down your weight.  I forgot about heart rate monitors!
Man, if anything is an essential item for [...]

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» Exercise till you die…

Yesterday’s video came from a blog post on exercise I came across on Dr. Gupta’s (CNN) blog.
I thought the comments were even better than the post.   The coolest one was about a woman in her 90’s who exercised at the gym every week.  She’d participate by exercising  in aerobics classes and pretty much do [...]

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» Granny C. takes on the Bulletman!

I retired from teaching martial arts a few years before my strokes.  Then began teaching again afterward to earn a bit more money. 
There were days I taught from my wheelchair and days with my walker or cane.  It was the most fun I’ve ever had teaching and my students were a joy.  Best of [...]

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