I ended up skipping a lower body training session yesterday. I ate really well and did some gardening.
I’m already feeling less beat up today.
And I’m skipping my Sunday walk and taking a rest day, though Sundays => cleaning days. And as I just finished, I ate my snack and will read in the recliner… and likely be asleep in 10 min. This recliner is like the black hole.
My husband and I did 40 miles today, and we both felt great afterwards too. Riding on a perfect day is so much easier than riding in high heat and humidity. (Came home and eating some of the last junk food in the house, but we’ve earned it).
@calmom, I’m definitely NOT a runner, and am a certified light weight by the standards of many on this thread. My goal has been to do an hour of cardio, any cardio, 6 days a week. I post here because it helps me get off my behind and do it. I do light (very light) weights and some stretching and yoga.
This is a very supportive, non-intimidating crowd.
Great post @1214mom !!! ^^^^
We all started someplace. We were all not high school star athletes! 
I also agree with @MomofWildChild re: lots of runners because you lace up your shoes and GO. Walking is the same! I indulge and support BOTH walking and running.
I also think that “sports” that involve mileage tend to lean towards participants who naturally log and keep track of those miles. Noting the 2, 3, 5, 8 miles or more of whatever is a box checked off that you did something that day.
My main activities of choice are walking, running, cycling (spin class or airdyne). Dabble in swimming and kayaking when weather allows. Lots of outdoor work and gardening. My goals are not lofty - except they are - and that is maintaining activities that provide me with satisfaction and good health (mind/body) for as many years as is possible!
I sort of have a personal rule of thumb that while I’ll exercise in some form (minimum 30 minutes) nearly everyday, I need a more intense, SWEATY workout at least 3-4 times a week.
My allergy symptoms have morphed into the itchy/running eyes and lots of PND into my stomach making it feel blechy. It was really bad yesterday (Hence the day off). I did make it out for a run that had issues, but it’s done. The video of the day was Push/Pull. I found it mostly doable except for these jumping lunge thingys.
And i love to hear what everyone does - especially if it’s not running. It makes me more likely to try something new in the future. I am not in the camp of “running is the best exercise ever!” It’s just easy for me to do. Secretly, I would LOVE to be a Ninja Warrior! Sadly, I don’t have the coordination, strength, power, balance, coordination, coordination, and did I mention coordination?
Beautiful morning but my mileage is catching up with me and I was pretty dead. 4.2 miles before the crazy workday got started. Hope to do another mile later to keep up with my march across Tennessee.
I have zero. None. Growing up my dad (a natural athlete) gave up trying to teach me to ride a bike, swim, throw a ball, etc. I had to finally figure out the bike on my own, and was the last of my friends to learn to swim (thanks to some very patient teachers!) and my own determination. I can not throw a ball to this day. When my son was in middle school cotillion, I could not follow a simple box step at the parent dance. Six years ago I walked into a yoga class and it was terrifying. It took months, my own persistence and some kind and patient instructors for me to be able to “get it”. One of my kids attended OT as a preschooler partially due to proprioception issues. I knew exactly where that came from ! ( H actually was a HS athlete).
Anyway though I still struggle in some ways I have become a regular runner (partly because it was something I knew I could do), walker and have a regular yoga practice. It took a lot for me to get there. But I did. I do have determination and some willpower and as @abasket mentions I am one of those people who likes to track things like miles.
Its hard. I know.
@Zinnia203 I’m still struggling a bit but my plantar fasciitis has definitely improved. Several things that seemed to have helped:
- I changed my shoes. I actually didn’t buy new shoes, I went back to an old pair that are actually flatter and more flexible than my current ones. I also bought an insert inner sole designed for plantar fasciitis, I got it at Walgreens.
- I take an Aleve or Ibuprofen before/after walking.
- I stretch my toes back multiple times per day (push on the floor so your toes make an “L” ) and also “write the alphabet” with my foot prior to getting out of bed in the morning.
The burning heel pain was the worst but it has definitely improved. Still some pain when walking but not as bad.
I hope this helps! Good luck!
Glad the plantar fasciitis is getting better, @HMom16. I did my minor strength training, ran ~3.5 miles this morning, and then walked another ~3.5 miles while talking on the phone with a friend. I’m grateful for the time to do this, and–honestly, grateful for the distraction today. My heart is sad about so much in our country right now.
The below is why people (Including my husband) run - Put shoes on, go out the door, start running…
Wanted to get my hour in by biking around the neighborhood today, but pulled the bike down and the tire was flat. SO GLAD it didn’t go flat while I was 20 miles away from the car yesterday.
I have “loaned” my other bikes to my kids and their SOs, so I only have 1 now. We decided to “go tubeless” with our tires, which will help with not getting flats. Took both bikes in, and unfortunately my tire has to be replaced. BUT, so many people are biking these days they don’t have my tire in stock, and shipments from the manufacturer are much slower than normal.
Fortunately they “fixed” my tire, and put in a tube, and it “should” hold until the new tire comes (note - I won’t be going on any long rides until it does).
After taking the bikes into the shop, I was able to get a 4 mile walk in before I had to attend a meeting.
I picked the bikes up this evening, and will hopefully bike with a friend tomorrow.
Bikes of any kind are a very, very hot commodity right now!
Well, for squats only, I’m starting a new program today. Time for something new. My exercise ADD was acting up. 
It’s a 7/13 squat cycle, so you do 7 front squats immediately followed by 13 back squats. 4 sets today at about 55-60% of my 1-rep front squat max. 80 weighted squats. Tough!
I also worked on my snatches. Six sets of those. Then the HIIT was a 15-min AMRAP of pull-ups, push-ups, air squats and DB clean & jerks.
Our weather is so up and down! 60’s over the weekend, about 70 yesterday and near 90 today! 5k run out of the way bright and early this morning. When I’m out early (around 6:30am) and see people I feel like we are a special breed out there while others are still sleeping!
5.3 humid miles this morning. I think our cool spell has ended. Walked the dogs and added on a little after I put them in the house. Total of 6 miles across TN today.
3.75 miles today. My low back/sacrum has been giving me fits for the last two weeks…not sure running is helping, but it’s better than sitting. I didn’t want to go at all today, so even though it was ~15 min/mile, I’m counting it as a success.
I feel drained, but my workout was better today. The run went better and my video was “Strength and Power.” It was doable for me, mostly because I’m SO BAD at strength and power that it takes me awhile to get the hang of it and then it’s over. A lot of the moves remind me of the Xfit stuff that I was never good at, like the snatch. (I was good at power cleans though. Relatively speaking, of course.) Today, I was good on the core exercises and the rowing stuff, so that made 3/8 good exercises.
I did an Ashtanga yoga class (virtual) today and a walk to the town beach (2 miles). One of my yoga studios will be offering outdoor classes —the owner built a wooden platform area. You have to bring your own props. I always have my own mat and since COVID I have blocks and a strap. I’m not sure if I will go to the outdoor class. I am starting to like the convenience of the virtual classes.
@FallGirl I hear you about the coordination thing. It takes me longer than average to tackle new skills. But my husband is an order of magnitude worse. The first time I watched him try to iceskate, I worried he had a brain tumor. My oldest kid is similar. It takes him a long time to gain the muscle memory needed for new gross motor skills.
Thanks for the tips, @HMom16. My heel no longer throbs. And I need to double down on the toe stretch.
Got over an hour of biking in with a friend today, and did some exercises when I got home also.
@FallGirl thanks for sharing your story! My dad taught me to ride a bike but he gave up on teaching me to throw a ball. (and yes, it still kind of hurts my feelings!) It is still not something I can do. As a kid I liked being outside, building forts, riding a bike, climbing trees, and games like Capture the Flag. But I was terrible at all games with balls. Struggled horribly in PE. Also had extreme issues with left and right. Failed beginner’s level of swimming over and over until I was 12 and then had some really nice teachers and somehow learned to swim like kind of a normal person, not a swim team person!
A couple of years ago I started trying some zumba classes and I know I must still be pretty uncoordinated because the teachers are always SUPER nice to me and keep telling me to just relax and have fun without worrying about the steps.
But as an adult, things are better in some ways. I definitely saw when my kids were growing up that their coaches were actually teaching them step by step technical skills instead of just yelling at them to pay attention (which is at least how I perceived everything growing up.) I started taking some ski lessons once in a while and felt like I could actually learn to improve (if I could just spend more time in the mountains) and I’ve been learning a lot from the instructors at the gym. I just wish that I’d understood as a kid that there were ways to learn to improve. I grew up thinking everyone knew how to do everything and was just born athletic and I was just hopeless. Looking back I probably should have had occupational therapy as a kid instead of just getting yelled at in PE and swimming!
So now when I accomplish anything in my group exercise classes, I feel like it’s a real accomplishment. I also appreciate the ability to pay for classes where the instructors actually pay attention to me and give feedback and encouragement.