So, instead of a fresh start, I'm just continuing along the journey I've already started. If health and fitness are really a journey, there is no start or finish. Even if today is the first day you've exercised, there is some level of health and fitness there (or unhealthy fatness!), but, you're never starting from zero!
I do have 3 goals already for the first next couple of months related to health --
- I signed up for a challenge at my gym where you get points for weight loss, fat loss and how many sessions you come in for. You go back and weigh-in and tally points between March 15 and March 31 and if you have the most points, you win $500! Now THAT'S motivation! The top 5 pound losers get a 5-session personal training session. To kick it up a notch!
- I'm signed up to walk the More Magazine half-marathon in NYC in April. A group from spin is doing it as a team and I have a 12 week training plan to follow. It'll probably be all walking for me, but it gives me something to work towards.
- And, I'm signed up for the Gears with Girls bike ride in April -- a fun, charity ride to raise money for an organization that teaches women about preventing heart disease.
So, while they're not resolutions and I'm not "starting fresh", I do feel a renewed sense of motivation and a fresh outlook on this journey.
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Re; rowing machine… try changing your grip wider or narrower on the handle and use your fingers just like hooks. Don’t grip tight. For the shoulder pain, make the connection with your feet through the bottom of your shoulder blades, not the top. When I teach novices to row, I tell them to think of each full power stroke as jumping up 4 steps with both feet, half power would be 2 steps, no power is like walking. I find that at 62 my hr is around 140 to 160 when I row @ level 3 resistance, sr 20 and 500 meter splits at 2:45-2:50. That takes me to 10K in about 58 minutes. I don’t know your age or fitness level but you might try a variation on this to bump your heart rate, try lower resistance to protect your lower back and increase your stroke rate in a pyramid; 2 min @26 sr (strokes per minute rate), 4 min @28 sr, 6 min @30, 4@28 and 2 again at 26.
Hey Ginger, what's up? Still out there? I looked and looked but couldn't find your email addy anywhere so I thought I'd say "hi" here.
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