It’s Really Happening – I’m Getting In Shape!
A while ago (October 2010) I wrote a blog asking for advice as to whether or not I should take up Yoga or Running in an attempt to get into better shape. I’ll be honest. I didn’t do either.
However, here we are some 15 months or so later and I’m again looking at getting into shape. The difference this time is that I’ve already started the work.
As you’re by now aware because of my consistent tweets and status updates and videos and blogs – I’ve quit smoking, and I’ve been told that’s a good step in the right direction. I’ve also started doing work in small bits that is starting to quickly show results.
In the office we’ve got a chin up bar that I use 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) for no fewer than 15 pulls a day and some day many more. I also swing around the 10lb baseball bat shaped weight which has helped with my muscle stamina and my bat speed (I’m gonna hit bombs this season). At home I’ve been rocking a bunch of push-ups and even grabbed some padded grips/handles from Winners which lower the stress on your wrist and increase the range of motion to better include the chest in each push-up.
And today, for the first time in years (years!) I put on shorts and my running shoes and went outside and actually went for a run. An honest to goodness, one foot in front of the other – no stopping – good pace – heart rate up – run. The loop around my block is almost a perfect kilometre with some downhill to start and uphill on the way back. And I went for it.
Guess what, it hurt! My lungs were on fire when I stopped running. I coughed and hacked and felt like I was going to throw up. And now that it’s been a few hours I realize that all that makes me want to do is get better!
I’m not sure how often I will be working a run into my routine. I would like to get to a point where I can be running home from the office which is about 3.3km.
So ya, I haven’t had a cigarette in 50 days (#BreakItOff), my arms and chest are already showing results and soon I’ll be burning off some of that unwanted body.
Look out world, I’m gonna be awesome!
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