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Great advice. I prefer riding bicycles because it puts very little stress on one's joints and one can moderate how hard they exercise on a bike. If you're out of shape, take it easy the first few weeks and build up some stamina. Even slow riding will improve your fitness so that you can handle longer rides. I also pick up aluminum cans while I ride, so that limits my speed, but the stopping to reach down and pick up a can and then accelerating over and over again increases the physical demand on me as a rider. Once in decent shape, one can ride 30-40 miles and come home with 300-400 cans.

Walking is great, too. I've had friends lose 40-50 pounds just by walking around the neighborhood and going on hikes on scenic trails. Last year, I started walking dirt roads around my house and picking up trash. It gives me something to do (I enjoy picking up litter and recycling things for cash) while getting exercise doing it. It's low impact stuff, but you're out walking around, carrying a bucket or garbage can of trash, bending over from time to time when the grabber doesn't grab it, and cleaning up a patch of roadway which is instantly gratifying. I can feel my fitness improving after a week of walking roadways and picking up trash. Plus, crushing the cans by stepping on them adds even more exercise. It works up a sweat but so does breathing here in Florida. Every now and then, you find something of value like dropped currency, or a silver plate silverware set with sterling-handled cutlery. Last week, someone dumped a cup containing $1.80 of cents and nickels into a dumpster. It's amazing what people will discard.

I've thought of trying to recruit other seniors into cleaning up nearby roadways for exercise. However, I don't think they'd last long before they figure out that I'm totally nuts.

very nice set ... keep them coming !!

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@291fifth said:
More overpriced bullion.

It's all overpriced, but I'm still getting one myself.

Gonna get me one!