With school starting, it's time to rethink my exercise goals. School around here means that I have a lot more responsibilities, something I welcome, but responsibilities mean less time. Thankfully, both my kids are required to have 30 minutes of physical movement each day Monday through Friday to satisfy their PE requirements. This means I have willing exercise buddies! Today, we walked over a mile. The last two days, we rode our bikes.
My summer goal was to ride my bike 25 miles a week. I discovered that left me kind of lop-sided. I was having trouble walking short distances without feeling majorly tired, but I could ride my bike 20 miles and feel great? So, I started doing a little of both, and now I am up to longer walks, without trouble.
So turns out, I need to walk, do my weight training, and core strengthening, too. I actually think walking is the hardest thing for me to do. I have a bit of arthritis in my right big toe that makes walking painful. I bought new walking shoes and inserts, hoping this will help.
I love riding my bike the most of all forms of exercise, but with winter coming, it will be a good thing to find others avenues.
I read something the other day saying our bodies get used to exercises we do after 3 weeks of doing the same thing, and we can hit plateaus because of it. I'm not sure if that's true, but it's an interesting though. I get bored after a while anyway, but I agree, I like biking best too.
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