TUES: How are you moving?

How are you moving today?

Me?

I plan to take surfing lessons so I think I'll get QUITE the workout!

Goin' to the club!  cardio and weights

Feeling swamped at work and it looks stormy here today. I will have to try to get to the gym since a long walk outside looks like a bust. Unlike RP...I don't fancy walking in the rain! 

I would really like to do more physically, but I am restricted until the end of August (at a minimum) so I will walk, walk , walk.

Matata

Elena,

Cool, surfing lessons, good for you......

If the weather corporates, I'm meeting some friends tonight to start training for the 5K.

Kelly

I rode my bike for 14 miles this morning.  The last three were pretty wet.  One thing I discovered is that some bugs don't taste very good when you are breathing hard and they end up in your mouth.  I guess that statement implies that some bugs don't taste too bad when they end up in your mouth, which is true.....not that I go biking with the intention of getting in some tasty extra protein along the way.

I am finding is that if I wake up feeling frustrated or troubled and I push myself hard during an early morning workout, I feel much calmer for the rest of the day.  It works better than food ever did.  Yesterday was my first day back to work after 10 days in the north woods and it was as if my vacation time had no effect on how frustrated I felt by the end of the day.  Neither weeding in the garden nor mowing the yard did anything to diminish that feeling, so I went on a bike ride just before dark.  I pushed myself harder than I should have (my ostensible excuse being that I needed to return home before dark).  I felt better after that, but not great.  I rode the same route this morning and somehow I felt much better.  This is not the first time I have noticed that morning workouts leave me feeling better than evening ones.  Weird.

I also walked three miles at lunch time today.  It sure was humid!  I walked by a house on Nicollet Island that had huge, ripe red raspberries and I was tempted to swipe a few, but I somehow I contained myself.

RP

RP wrote: I am finding is that if I wake up feeling frustrated or troubled and I push myself hard during an early morning workout, I feel much calmer for the rest of the day.  It works better than food ever did. 

Wow - now that is pure encouragement for this soon-to-be-scheduled RNY gal!  I was pretty active in the past, and have forgotten what good stress relief it is  I can't wait to partake.  Right now, with one knee replacement last November still bothering me, and another knee with osteoarthritis, plus foot problems, I can barely more. 

I'll hope to join in on the action soon after surgery!

Mary:

I am thrilled that you found encouragement in my words!  I assume that with your knee replacement surgery, you worked with a physical therapist on range of motion, strengthening, and the like.  Did they introduce you to isometric exercises (sometimes called plyometric exercises)?  Isometric exercises are static, that is they don't involve motion.  I am wondering if such exercises might help you get started or at least help you feel like you are getting started without putting too much stress on your aching knees and feet.  My oldest son did some isometric training when he was recovering from knee surgery awhile back.  In general I don't find strength training as much fun as doing anything outdoors, but if it helps you feel better, it might be a concept worth exploring.

Good luck on getting scheduled,

RP

Up before work and did a quick walking lap around the pond in my neighborhood - if weather permits will be joining friends this evening to train for the  upcoming 5k!