Anti-ageing Getups!

It has been proven that seniors who can bring themselves from the seated position to the standing position live longer, have lower chance of injury and have an overall higher quality of life.  I figure if I can do Getups with progressively bigger weights as I get older I will live forever!  And if not forever at least I can avoid asking for help just getting in and out of chairs.

Todays workout is something of a 'tonic' workout.  A tonic is an old-school expression that means I am doing a different variety of exercise than usual, typically at a lower intensity than my usual workouts.  The goal of the tonic workout is not to gain strength but to instead speed up the recovery time in between stronger workouts and simply get the blood flowing. 

I did 3 rounds (from standing to prone, back to standing) on each side with no weight followed by 3 rounds with the 8 kg bell.  I rested as much as I wanted  in between sets and made it a point to not break a sweat.  I have an upper back issue that makes it somewhat painful to hold my arm overhead for more than few seconds which I why I am using the small weight.  I'm looking forward to putting bigger weights overhead in the Getup but I'm in no rush!  Since I've been doing these Getups my upper back has been feeling much looser/better so I'm gonna stick with it :)