@Madeleine Trichel Welcome to this group!!! I’ve kept up with you through your sister, and am glad to know you’re enjoying improved health. New Year’s blessings to you.

@Drew Hopper The very few times I’ve lived in snow areas, I used a cafeteria tray as a “regular item” for sledding.

@Drew Hopper Or just move vigorously during the commercials. I did this last weekend while watching an American NFL game that was, as usual, loaded with frequent and mostly inane commercials. By the time the game was over, I had gotten in over 90 minutes of moving.🏃‍♀️

Excellent session, Drew. I swam competitively in breast stroke many years ago and have been interested in how sports science and sports medicine have helped make the stroke more efficient and safe. The stroke is now taught as beginning with a backward sweep with the elbows slightly bent and the fingers pointing down. At the back of the stroke, the elbows are dropped and the palms are turned upward with fingers pointing forward. The stroke is completed with a forward thrust of the hands resembling the “serve bread” Pilates motion. The track of the whole stroke resembles a valentine heart, and the entire stroke safely activates more of the anterior pecs and deltoids, the rotator cuff, and the elbow and wrist joints. Took me a while to learn it and switch over to it. Not sure why I’m sharing this except for the fact that it’s how I modify the breast stroke in today’s session. I’m always looking for ways to maintain mobility in fingers, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Have I mentioned that you rock?😁

@Drew Hopper There are some very good YouTube videos that demonstrate this technique from several angles, including underwater.

@Drew Hopper Let’s not forget other December celebrations such as Chanukah, Kwanza, Bodhi, and probably many others we have never heard of. Global religions and theophilosophies have much to teach us about ways to live and move and have our beings.