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Posted by Blackbeard on July 10, 2007 at 2:37:51 pm EDT
In reply to Getting back in shape - posted by SteveTheFolkie on July 3, 2007 at 11:15:53 am EDT

My problem, other than, er, uh, ......??

Oh yeah, my memory, seems to be arthritis in my hands. My metabolism isn't what it used to be. My hands swell when I walk for any distance. My back aches if I put a lot of bending work load on it.

I did, though, get to watch the paid advertisement for some exercise program where they gave you a big free ball to fix my 'core', whatever that is, in the emergency waiting room last night. Is that, by chance, what you're referring to, MTB416. I do know that Brooke Burke is hot, to paraphrase Paris. ;-)

You would have gotten a real laugh if you had watched me sprint to the house from the barn the other day. Now that really triggered, in my mind, the need to do something for my health. It felt like I had never ever ran before - real ackward. I've started rebuilding my road bike, and I hope it's true that you never forget, but then you better reread the second paragraph.

Anyway, health and fitness is something that I am realizing just now that you shouldn't lose. You should never need to "Get back in shape" once you attain shapeness(?). It's really hard to get it back at my age. I have quit smoking this year, walk 5+ miles a day, work in my garden, and things are still coming back very slowly, but surely.

I think SteveTF has the right idea. The added benefit of really doing things and experiencing what you are doing is the best way to get through it. I can't imagine riding my bike on a trainer even compares to riding it in real time on a real road.

I'm going to set a really high goal for myself, maybe a 5K run, in the next year. It doesn't sound like much, I know, but I really let myself go for quite a while. I'll report back in on how it's gone then.

Blackbeard

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