We dropped out of our Sunday boot camp at the Y. The tipping point was Thursday, when we decided to try out the stairs just to test our limits. (FYI: that's our church there in the upper right side of the stairs).We did them twice. I'm not sure which is worse, going up (hard on the heart) or coming down (hard on the knees).
Bottom line: We're too heavy for the condition our knees are in.
I need to shed a lot more heft and strengthen my flabby body before I can enroll in a boot camp without risking major injury (or heart attack).
OY! It sucks being old, fat and wilted.
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No shame in knowing your limits- you tried, which is more than a lot of folks do. Keep moving- but don't kill yourself doing it : )
Thanks YG.
I've set what I think is a more suitable goal. Lifeguard training begins in February at the Y. I'm considering taking it, just to see if I can still do everything. It's hard. I remember it from back in the day, when one had to renew the certification every two years. That's how I supported myself through college, so I ended up doing it three times.
I agree. No shame at all.
My mom told me last week that the class was for young, in-shape people. Then pointed out that I am neither. LOL
Mothers are so good at telling it like it is.
Trop,
Hang in there and start small. When I started my weight loss journey I couldn't row more than 12 minutes, and that was killing me. It took me a long time to work up to where I am now.
Even walking is good, it's movement!
I know Sassy. It used to be that 20 minutes in the pool was all I could manage. Now I regularly put in an hour. My walks are up to four miles most days. I just have to keep at it.
(((Trop)))
What SF said ...
You can do it! I would say baby steps, but at our age(s), that seems inartful as a statement.
Hey- if you can do an hour in the pool and take 4 mile walks you are doing great ! My only exercise is toting law books around all day and walking up the stairs to my apartment.
you are wise.
(and I agree with yankeegirl... ain't so bad)
small steps and being consistant is the key - long term this will be better for you. Do you wear a HRM on your walks? I noticed that helps me out a lot.
Yep. I wear my HRM on my walks, just to keep me honest.
I've been down this road before. Nine years ago I shed fifty pounds, almost entirely by walking it off.
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