The schedule, that is. In my first full week of exercise I ran three times, skated every damn chance I could (including a great session yesterday afternoon), did weights/bodyweight work three times, and did yoga once. Not too bad for a first week, I think. I would like to try and start getting up earlier and getting my workouts in before work, but I've never been a morning person. Who knows, we'll see. It didn't happen today. I'm looking at the rain fall down right now, and thinking about running.
This morning I had a great chat with an old friend, Kevin, about this project. I told him some of the goals, and we talked about other options. We discussed trying a month of Crossfit, but, as I said in my last post, I don't want to join anything. I want to come up with the workout/exercise plan that works for me. The best exercise is the exercise we enjoy. I can't tell you what YOU should do for exercise. I can share what might work for me. I know most people won't start skateboarding for fitness. Maybe they'll bike instead. Exercise is a personal thing. More personal than it gets credit for being.
Some of my week:
Tuesday made me feel a little more positive about running. I didn't walk much, and ran over 2 miles. I even started to feel like my old self again for a minute. That is LITERALLY one minute. Not to seem too positive, I learned that my additional weight has brought something new to my running adventures. It is a thing called chafing, and it sucks. My legs never rubbed together when I weighed 150 pounds and could run for an hour. 25 pounds changes the game a bit.
I worried about Wednesday. I have my son for the night on Wednesday, and I have called it "pizza night" forever. Well, he went for something other than pizza pretty easily and all was good. I also never get any exercise on pizza night, er, "something healthier than pizza night," but this time I threw in a DVD after the kiddo went to bed and Rodney Yee and I got our yoga stretches on. I just can't do any of the neck twists. If I try to twist my neck, I won't be able to turn my head sideways for a week.
Thursday was the real 1 week but Friday works better so Fridays will be my week's end posts.
So, one week down and 30-ish to go. Oh, I decided that at the end of each month (meaning 4 weeks, not calendar month) I'll post a progress picture of the damn near 40 year old body and we'll see if there is any progress. Starting next week I'll begin posting some food/recipes/nutrition items. I'll also begin to discuss another item of fitness, namely mental fitness. After all, what good is having a fit body without a fit mind?
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