Happy Friday People! Today IS, after all, Friday! It’s April 30th and looks to be a fine day here in Charlotte. Believe it or not, yesterday I passed into another realm of age-dom (Yep.. not a real word… bear with me) as I stepped into my 51st year of life on this planet. Over halfway there at this point… or.. at least I assume I’m better than fifty percent done with things. 🙂 Good times!
So… have to admit it… I’m feeling a bit frustrated. Why (You ask.. as always.. to these self-serving innuendos)??? Well, let me tell you! It’s what I’m here for!
The past few months I have doing my best to settle back into a decent workout routine. At least for me. What this generally means is I swim twice a week (Tues & Thurs) and then lift weights and do other forms of cardio the remaining days. Swimming is definitely my favorite workout as there is very little possibility of over-heating and, in general, it’s a great overall workout. The lifting weights and cardio stuff can leave me feeling a bit dizzy once I’m done, so I have to be a bit careful not to overdo it.
“Careful not to overdo it”… seems to me my doctor said those words to him when I last expressed frustration about being able to work out as much or hard as I would like. Well, I don’t know if those words were prophetic or anything, but last week I “pushed” things a bit and ended up feeling pretty awful the entire weekend.
When I say I “pushed” things, what I mean is… last Thursday I swam in the morning and then, as my daughter had tennis lessons late that afternoon, I walked for an additional 30 minutes. That’s the first time I’ve tried combining a workout like that since my last EXACERBATION (If you’re new here.. that means the last time my disease was active). Doesn’t seem too bad… right? I didn’t think so either. Anyway… I felt pretty good getting off the treadmill and, honestly, really good that I was able to do a good swim and walk the same day. I have been thinking about trying to do a short mud run (Excuse the word run here… Im one of the guys walking and tripping the whole way and getting in the way of real runners) late this coming Fall if I’m in good enough shape and this felt like a big step in that direction. Maybe that’s still a possibility and while I’ll remain optimistic (That is my middle name after all), I definitely have to figure out the best way to not wear myself out so badly that I feel like laying around for days. I’ll use that word again… FRUSTRATING!
Mentioning the need to not wear myself out so much… the result of that workout was… essentially… three days of feeling like garbage or crap (Excuse the language, but I’ll assume most of us are adults). More clarity on how I was feeling? Let’s see… let me count the ways… kidding kidding kidding. I’m not really THAT dramatic. At least, I don’t think I am! The best way to describe things: The dizzies were pretty bad almost anytime I was standing, I was so tired that I really didn’t feel like standing and as a result I was cranky and just like being a bum and laying around all weekend. Oh well. It is what it is. Right?
Also, did I mention my wife had planned a HUGE 51’st birthday party for me? Yep. She did. Who knew that I’d be feeling that way when most of my close friends were having a great time hanging out in the backyard? I’ll bet if you ask most of them, they’ll tell you I “Looked fine”. If you’re willing to bet… let me know. I’ll send out a survey! 🙂
Ok… enough about me for the week. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and talk to you next week!
Steve
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