I added a new fitness class at work today. Friday is spinning - that's the one I started with. Then after a while I added cardio kick - that's on Tuesdays, and showcases my lack of coordination. Since I've reached the stage where there's a couple of days when I can actually walk, I decided to add a class on Monday - it's called "Basic Strength Class." Here's the description:
"Basic srength and conditioning, light weights, core strength included."
Sounds harmless, doesn't it?
I am one enormous over-cooked noodle. Every muscle in my body is just... done. Tired. Wobbly. Check, please. Right now, it's a full body effort to get out of my chair. That little blonde lady kicked my overweight, out-of-shape, middle-aged, housewife butt.
Tomorrow morning is probably going to SUCK. The warmup for kickboxing is probably going to hurt. But I really, really want to get under 200 pounds. I'm close. So close...
I'm too old to be this out of shape.
"Basic srength and conditioning, light weights, core strength included."
Sounds harmless, doesn't it?
I am one enormous over-cooked noodle. Every muscle in my body is just... done. Tired. Wobbly. Check, please. Right now, it's a full body effort to get out of my chair. That little blonde lady kicked my overweight, out-of-shape, middle-aged, housewife butt.
Tomorrow morning is probably going to SUCK. The warmup for kickboxing is probably going to hurt. But I really, really want to get under 200 pounds. I'm close. So close...
I'm too old to be this out of shape.
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Oh no it isn't. WEDNESDAY morning is going to SUCK. It always hurts worst two days afterwards.
But you are gonna kick that <200-lbs!
I'm forty-three and exercising for the first time in my life. If I can lick all the emotional baggage I have around exercise that still haunts me from high school gym class and work out/sweat/flounder next to co-workers - that "2" in front doesn't stand a chance.
Off topic, I just sent a book to you and Dorigen via media mail. Should be there in a week or so.
My butt is currently too fat for words and in excess of 200 pounds, mostly due to a major decline in my eating habits and my butt-sitting desk job that I love and stresses me out. So that is bad for all kinds of reasons, but thanks to regular swimming for the past five years I actually have both aerobic stamina and strength like I have NEVER had in my adult life. I can outswim my 6'1" brother-in-law, I can haul a Christmas tree up a steep hill at the tree farm while my husband can't, and some other mind-bogglingly STRONG things, too. So, more power to you babe!
BTW, I have sent you one or two emails lately. Didn't hear from you, want to make sure you got them?
I'll never outswim anyone, because even after something like six years of swimming lessons, I still can't swim. But I'm okay with that. :-)
I'll check my spam filter - AT&T gets a little over-enthusiastic sometimes...