Linda’s Favorites: A Round-Up
Parkinson’s Disease
There are lots of excellent sites for information about Parkinson’s Disease. All of us fervently hope that someday a cure will be found and we can erase this section from my website. Please visit the links below for more information.
- The Ten Best Parkinson’s Disease Blogs to Follow (EverydayHealth.com)
- Parkinson’s Foundation
- Michael J. Fox Foundation
- World Parkinson Coalition
- The Brian Grant Foundation
- Davis Phinney Foundation
- Rock Steady Boxing
- Parkinson’s Association of San Diego
- California Parkinson’s Support Network
- PMD Alliance
- Twitchy Woman
- APDA (American Parkinson Disease Association)
As a triple amputee, it’s a challenge to find exercises that are strenuous enough to increase my heart rate. Everyone knows that exercise can get boring, so I use a variety of videos, some of which are listed here. I’m always on the look-out for web sites or videos showing vigorous seated exercises. Please feel free to send me any helpful sites or info you have.
Chair Cardio Videos
Yoga Videos
Boxing Videos
More Resources
Dance
Mindfulness
Voice Training
More Exercises
CAROLINE JORDAN
- Full length chair exercise 27 minutes
- Hurt Foot 30 minute total body work/out
- 27 min Challenging Chair Cardio Workout
- 25 Minute Hard Cardio Chair Workout
- The Best Seated Workout
- 15 min Yoga
PAHLA BOWERS
- Seated Sweat 20 min
- Seated Cardio, Strength + Abs 35 minute Full Body Shaping + Toning Ladder Workout with a Chair
- One Hour Seated Cardio + Strength Workout. 60 Minute Full Body Full Length Chair Exercise Routine
- Seated Cardio Toning HIIT 35 minute high intensity body shaping and weight loss
- 25 min Seated Cardio + Strength Work-out
- 30 Minute Seated Workout—Full Body Chair Cardio + Strength with Dumbbells
- High Intensity Seated Cardio + Bodyweight Strength 25 min
- Quiet + Quick Seated Cardio HIIT 25 min
- Seated Bootcamp—10 minute stackable
KYMNONSTOP
- 20 or 40 min Intense Seated Workout for Disabled, Injured or Amputee
- 30 min seated cardio boxing work-out
- 22 min Challenging Seated Workout
- 5 minute Seated Ab & Arm Workout for Everyone, especially Disabled, Injured, Amputee or Paraplegic
JESSICA SMITH
OLIVIA CHARLOTTE
PAUL EUGENE
- Seated Boxing Cardio Workout 34 min
- Turbo Cardio Chair—Fat Burning Seated Exercise Workout 33 minutes
- Turbo Chair 2 Strength Cardio Seated Fat Blaster Workout! 30 minutes
- Turbo Cardio Chair! A Fat Burner! Seated Exercise Workout (Full Version) 34 minutes
- Chair Aerobics Sit, Exercise, Get Fit 25 minutes
People Doing Amazing Things
I love reading about people who Get Out and Go. A little vicarious living is good for everyone. Please feel free to share your favorite stories with us and I’ll add them to this list.
Give me a break…running one marathon kicks most people’s butt. Seven in seven days? On seven continents? Bret Parker defies description. Read about how he accomplished this in spite of having Parkinson’s Disease.
7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents and One man with Parkinson’s
When you’re done reading it, I challenge you to push yourself to do one hard thing today.
Erik Weihenmayer completed the Seven Summits, climbing the highest points on the seven continents over thirteen years. Yes, over four hundred people have accomplished this feat, but Erik is the only one who is blind. I really enjoyed his book Touch the Top of the World.
Climbing Back is Mark Wellman’s autobiography that tells his story of climbing El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite. What makes that special is the fact that he was paralyzed in a climbing accident at age twenty-two, so he climbs these incredible monoliths by pulling himself up hand-over-hand. Read his remarkable story here.
Several years ago we did the Western River Expeditions 7-Day Grand Canyon Rafting Trip down 188 miles of the Colorado River. Every day we descended deeper into geologic time as and more and more layers of rock were exposed. Stunning canyon views were accentuated by white knuckle Class II-V river rapids. Our large, motorized rafts (no, I didn’t paddle with one arm) gave us some sense of safety but there is no way you can minimize the thrill and danger of rafting Class V rapids in the Grand Canyon. So, the day I found the book The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko, I knew this was a must read book. It chronicles the ride down entire 277 miles of the Colorado River during the legendary flood of 1983. What an incredible feat! I highly recommend adding it to your bedside pile of books to read.
Linda’s Book Recommendations
