Al Roker has revealed he’s using an ‘exercise snack’ method to stay in shape as he faces a third knee surgery in four months following a life-threatening health scare .
Today’s host, the 68-year-old, is an avid walker but relies on taking small increments throughout the day to reach her fitness goals before undergoing knee replacement surgery in late April.
“I got a shot in my knee,” he explained on Tuesday’s show. “I can’t walk normally.”
Roker told co-host Dylan Dreyer that he was walking on the treadmills in the changing rooms and using the NBC Fitness Center for the first time since the pandemic.
Weather forecasters move as stealthily as possible. Today contributor Jill Martin says he walks during meetings, too.
Studies show that exercise snacks (those that involve short bursts of exercise throughout the day) can improve fitness and overall health.
In January 2022, Exercise and Sports Science Review states that regular vigorous exercise of 1 minute or less throughout the day is “a feasible, well-tolerated and time-efficient way to improve cardiopulmonary fitness and reduce the negative effects of sedentary behavior.” published a study that found that “a good approach to
Roker celebrated walking a whopping 13,667 steps on his “hip knee” this week.
He took to Instagram on Tuesday to post a photo of his Apple Watch showing the number of steps he’d taken the day before.
“Yesterday was the best day when it came to this #bumknee step before having a knee replacement in late April,” Roker wrote in the caption.
The weatherman also thanks the Start Today “family” for supporting the show’s 30-day walking challenge.
Last week he shared on Instagram that he was happy He is facing his third knee surgery in 20 years and is set to walk over 10,000 steps again.
“Before my left knee went south, it wasn’t a big deal to walk more than 10,000 steps a day. explained. “But this 22-year-old’s knee replacement surgery is just around the corner.”
In 2001, Roker required surgery on his left knee due to lingering injuries from a car accident that were compounded by his struggle with weight.
“I was hospitalized for 11 days due to complications,” he said. today“And after some grueling rehab, I’ll be back on air in a month.”
A year later, after promising his dying father, Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., that he would lose weight, he underwent gastric bypass surgery.
He also underwent surgeries, including a right knee replacement in 2016, a hip replacement in 2019, and a shoulder surgery in 2021.
March 15, 2022, On the 20th anniversary of his gastric bypass surgery, Roker said he’ll “never forget” how much he’s come since losing more than 100 pounds.
He marked the occasion by sharing a photo on Instagram I took a picture of myself in old jeans to show that I’m half the size I was 20 years ago.
“It’s hard to believe it was 20 years ago today. I’m here today weighing 340 pounds and wearing size 54 Levi jeans on gastric bypass,” he wrote in the caption.
“It’s still a struggle, but I’ll never go back,” he added.
He also shared footage of himself trying on old Levi’s that easily slip off without unbuttoning them.
Roker maintains his weight with regular exercise, including power walking and a healthy low-carb diet.
Last June he shared what he has I lost about 45 pounds by combining a daily walking routine with a low-carb diet.
“Do exercise, not extreme exercise. We do the 30-day walking challenge. I think it improves your mental health,” he said on the show.
Roker faced a life-threatening health scare At the end of last year, after suffering from blood clots and internal bleeding,
he I underwent nearly seven hours of emergency surgery to treat two bleeding ulcers. Doctors had to remove his colon, remove his gallbladder, and repair a tear in the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine that leads to the stomach.
Roker triumphantly returned to the Today Show on Jan. 6 after a two-month medical leave that included a total of four weeks of hospitalization.
“My doctor said it was because walking and cardio probably saved my life,” he explained.
