Walking for Exercise Again
How did you do with the Summer Kickoff Challenge? Let’s start with exercise. Did you get at least a 15-minute walk or some other activity done—especially if you’ve been sedentary? As I said last week, this was my first attempt at walking with a purpose since my knee replacement surgery. Of course I’ve been walking around the house and doing spring yardwork, but walking to exercise is different: heel through toe, step after step, keeping some form of pace.
I have a half-mile loop across the street from my house. The first day, I finished two laps in 19:12. I didn’t really notice anything unusual in terms of pain or discomfort the rest of the day. I walked the reverse route the next morning; I was a little stiff but finished in 18:34. The rest of the day was miserable—every muscle in my lower body was stiff and sore. All of that and I was never even breathing hard during the walk! I took the next day off to stretch and let the muscles recover.
How did you do? Let me know, especially if you changed your mode of exercise. Why would walking have such a dramatic effect when we’ve been exercising with other modes for so long? That was the topic of the very first Super Bowl webinar I ever did, and I’ll tell you that on Saturday.
What are you prepared to do today?
