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Cue yet another post about how, upon starting up playing sports again, I am feeling decrepit and out of shape. This time it was softball...
Pull back. On Tuesday, I took the day off to do everything - bank, haircut, doctor, shopping and returns, installing a ceiling fan, dump run, oil change, picking up the parents at the airport, and housecleaning...
I wasn't suprised to hear the Doctor's advice - I need to exercise more and lose weight. (I stopped working out about a year-and-a-half ago) I'm now up to almost 200, whereas I was closer to 180 up to last year. To be honest, I should get down to playing weight - which for me was 165. But that would require dietary changes I'm not looking to make. So that doesn't seem likely any time soon.
The results though, are pretty obvious. I was never fast, and I'm even slower than before. I don't have much stamina, my back and joints are creakier than they should be, I don't have the jumping ability or athleticism that I used to, etc... Hopefully, by the middle of summer, I'll play my way back into condition. It didn't help that I'd had a tetanus shot Tuesday, and couldn't lift my left arm over my shoulder without pain... And then tweaked my right shoulder by throwing too hard. I really have to sort out my mechanics, because I used to be very good at this.
I really have to find some self-discipline. Does anybody have any extra they can spare?
Pull back. On Tuesday, I took the day off to do everything - bank, haircut, doctor, shopping and returns, installing a ceiling fan, dump run, oil change, picking up the parents at the airport, and housecleaning...
I wasn't suprised to hear the Doctor's advice - I need to exercise more and lose weight. (I stopped working out about a year-and-a-half ago) I'm now up to almost 200, whereas I was closer to 180 up to last year. To be honest, I should get down to playing weight - which for me was 165. But that would require dietary changes I'm not looking to make. So that doesn't seem likely any time soon.
The results though, are pretty obvious. I was never fast, and I'm even slower than before. I don't have much stamina, my back and joints are creakier than they should be, I don't have the jumping ability or athleticism that I used to, etc... Hopefully, by the middle of summer, I'll play my way back into condition. It didn't help that I'd had a tetanus shot Tuesday, and couldn't lift my left arm over my shoulder without pain... And then tweaked my right shoulder by throwing too hard. I really have to sort out my mechanics, because I used to be very good at this.
I really have to find some self-discipline. Does anybody have any extra they can spare?