I tend to do things in a group I feel I cannot accomplish on my own. This is a piece of self-knowledge I value as it is something I recently learned. I was exercising with my husband for a while. He is in great shape and I am very proud to say that he ran his first marathon this year. I on the other hand am in terrible shape, think old woman trapped in a 20 something body. To top this off I am very lazy and was one who often said "I will run when lions are chasing me". No matter how I tried to make this arrangement work because, I loved running with my husband, it didn't work. I was too slow and he had to slow down. I was cold and longed for my treadmill while he was more challenged and eager on an open trail. So, I had to find a new group and he has his running group and everyone is happy. I found that although I don't love to run I love to dance and do yoga and there are free classes to teach me how!
As I am afraid to hurt myself or burn out on exercise entirely by going full steam I have figured out that if I add a class a week I will be able to work up to my goal of an 2 hours of exercise 5 days a week.
First I do a half an hour in about 15 minutes on the treadmill, then I go to class, then I walk my moose of a dog for another mile. This week I missed Yoga Monday and my dog's walk due to snow. I also missed Tuesday Zumba due to my smoking cessation appointment but I finished the week strong. Wednesday and Thursday I did both walks and my Zumba. This meant that, Fail, I can't move my arms today and have done my best just to walk the dog and clean up the house.
Next week's schedule:
4 days of 2-hour workouts with Friday off as it is quit day for Goal 1.
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