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Does a sauna help with heart health?

My knees are not in great shape. I’m looking for ways to maintain cardio health without putting a lot of wear and tear on my body. My running days are over thanks to an old sports injury and osteoarthritis. I still do walks when I can but I’ve read recently that IR saunas have cardiovascular benefits?

The research I’ve seen claims that heat stress can mimic moderate-intensity walking or even a light jog in terms of heart rate and blood flow. I don’t have any experience with saunas so this was news to me.

Is the cardio benefit real? And if this is something you’ve incorporated into your routine,

what’s your protocol?

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u/emmancano12 — 2 days ago
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Just hit 54 😱

Just hit 54 on May 1st and thought I’d start the process of the Benjamin Button affect. Trying to hit 300 push ups, 5 miles, and some kettle bells on a daily basis. Not bad so far and it’s the middle of May!

I think our generation is the generation that aged so well. I mean look at us. #over50

u/benito3426 — 2 days ago
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Driving app I made for my older dad

Hi everyone. I hope this post is appropriate for the community. I just wanted to share a new iPhone app I made for my older (80-something) dad. I figure there will be others here with older parents who might find it useful.

It's called TapDrive, and it's a quick launcher that makes it easy to kick off one-way or round-trip driving directions to favorite locations.

My dad is still driving, and on a recent visit, I saw that he used the Apple Maps app every time he drove somewhere to assure himself that he wouldn't get lost.

But I realized the built-in maps app did a lot, *lot* more than he needed. He's retired and drives to the same places over and over, so a much simpler app would work for him. That's where TapDrive came from. You set up a list of favorite locations, and then with a couple of taps, you can launch the Apple Maps app with the navigation ready to go.

Anyway, if you're interested, you can check it out on the App Store. I hope it proves useful to someone else too.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6765589314

Thanks!

P.S. And in case someone wonders, I intend to add support for other maps apps (Google Maps, etc.) in the future.

u/iseekthereforeiam — 2 days ago
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Need advice about fashion

I work from home and don’t need corporate wear, but I don’t want to wear leggings and sweatshirts everyday. My fantasy fashion style is to dress like a retired art teacher from the Hamptons- flowy, loose, chic. I also like an Asian influence. Any advice where could I buy these kinds of clothes?

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u/Autoclaver_4_life — 3 days ago
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First album -- a question for us "oldsters."?!

Rick Springfield -- Working class dog. My brother's? AC/DC -- Dirty Deeds. My first cassette? Foreigner 4....The memories!! lol

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u/Inevitable-Yam-9741 — 5 days ago
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Bumble dating app

58m here. Has anyone had success using this app. Women are supposed to make the first move I thought. Two women swipe my direction. Unless they accidentally did, they aren't chatting. Wth?

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u/RewardTraditional672 — 6 days ago
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How does someone make friends with people over 50 who might be on the spectrum?

I'm autistic and my best friend died during COVID and I'm married but my husband is boring, there's no nicer way to say it, and I mostly an introverted person & very direct like and I like to do things once in awhile like go to the jazz fest take a day trip somewhere Go to the beach and listen to some music or just talk or read a book go to the library go out to eat once in awhile, I don't know how to make friends here especially being autistic because I don't go to the clubs I don't go out to drink I go to the movies and stuff often by myself and I would love to get a group of people together who are on the spectrum to do things like go to the gym go walk together explore trails go on some day trip adventures, are there any groups out there that I'm not aware of, I've tried some of the apps but people are kind of creepy on there and think you want to hook up and I don't want to hook up I just want to be friends

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u/Any-Tap-5123 — 13 days ago