Sorry for the info gap. :)

Two weeks every spring the beach is closed for "erosion control", bulldozers push stuff back where it is supposed to be according to parks dept, and two weeks later mother nature puts it back where she wants it. An expensive and pointless tug-of-war. Mother nature always wins.

As far as other places go, I can't do hard surfaces anymore (blown shocks) and don't have a membership anywhere with an elliptical, the other option, so I just wait it out.

The older I get, the more I realize that sittin' around just doesn't work out well.

Viva la Beach!!!!

:theisland:

My ideal exercises _ got to do one today!
 

Thanks to the warmer day here in urban N.E. Jersey, I got to ride my bike in the park and weave through the walkers (no bike path here), who were very accommodating (I live around very sweet people). With my music in my ears and the wind in my face and my body and bike as one pumping machine....almost perfection!! Did five miles at 7 per hour, so don't picture me as a female Lance without the enhancers. I started to stitch up because it's been so long since I've been breathing hard in the cool air and exercising. I'm sure that stitch will pass (what causes that, btw?)

Biking and swimming are my two top ones! Because I have slight (very slight, thank you Universe) knee-impact issues they are the best! Since I don't belong to a gym with a pool, I'll have to wait for that one when Kooch and I are back in Lakewood on some weekends after Labor Day.

Thanks for starting the thread! It's a good one.

Hi nycfembbw!
Considering I have had a severe case of torn chest muscles since December. Worst pain I have ever known. I started light duty exercise today.They will never heal if I don't quit doing normal for me. All the Pulmonary Specialist said was you will be in a lot of pain for a long time and please, please do not use that dewalt 20 volt max cordless reciprocating saw until you are totally well. It vibrates very hard. This demolition saw is so powerful, it will knaw through anything. Oh, so sweet! I could tell you some stories about it. I have been using my craftsman 6 AMP corded one. The doc made no mention of that one. She only said the cordless one. I think I just got some understanding and acceptance about it this weekend.

Today I have been very slowly organizing my lumber and painting plywood panels. My new lawnmower needs a waterproof home. Leaving to pick it up shortly. I'm so excited. This time I got high wheels in the back. :) Fun!

Happy day to you, nycfembbw!
Brock

I went to the grocer today...walking in heels totally counts, right?

easter exercise
 

Couch potatoing...deep bathing....no have to open greenhouse cuz aint no sunshine...thuh rain done come

My 'Happy Bunny-land Day' got off to a late start because I didn't get home until early this morning. I worked a concert venue last night.

The only thing I have planned for today is going to a BBQ this evening:
but to get there, I have to walk about 40 blocks after getting off the train. Getting there is easy (going downhill), but coming back I have to walk uphill.

But it's another gorgeous day here and I'm loving the sunshine and how warm it feels (about 70 degrees).

I chose not to workout today even though I should have. I decided to wait until tomorrow because I received a disturbing letter in the mail. It's amazing how some people can perceive a situation so differently.

Maybe if I write it here, I'll be accountable.

I've belonged to an inexpensive, no whistles and bells gym since November but got way off track :(. They have a program called Activetrax, in which you get a daily workout, alternating body parts-it's fun to increase strength and you get a neat little calendar of your progress. But I'm queen of excuses.

So, tomorrow, 1 April, I start over. Besides, with summer and Reunion coming up, I think I can do a lot of good over that time. Although just doing it for health and long-term counts more, I'm one of those who likes to have future events for motivation.

1.5 hours at the gym on a nice quiet Easter Sunday morning (elliptical, abs, weight lifting, stretching), then home for some good old-fashioned sex :D

Ohhhh, TMI. :blush:

Had a great time at the BBQ last night, but did not end up walking too much - friends picked me up, once I got out to the West Hills.

It's my day off today; so I plan to go swimming, then relax in the hot tub. There are trails around the recreation center, so I will probably warm up my muscles by doing a little bit of stretching and walk a trail, before I go swimming.

Yah baby!!!

Tonight I added a few stationary weight machines to my routine at the gym, a couple upper-body ones, and one where you stand, lean forward on a padded block and push with one leg at a time backwards, so that it is extended behind you. It feels like I would imagine water ballet feels. ("Ballet" sounds inflated but I don't know what else to call it.)

While I was waiting for one of the ab machines, I talked to a woman who told me she's 59, and had been away from the gym for a couple years and was just getting back into it. But she has a boyfriend, 37, who keeps her young. She's french/Spanish, and he's Jamaican, 6'4" and has two kids of his own.

I've found that since I stopped wearing headphones at the gym, I have a lot more conversations with people.

This is so true. When I am at the beach I don't wear headphones and I also don't wear sunglasses unless I am walking right into the sun. I think that the fact I am alone also makes me more approachable. People will stop and strike up conversation all the time. I have made a lot of friends just by not blocking them out or being too absorbed with my own thing. I think what you are doing is great!

:theisland:

I am attempting, for the 3rd time, p90x. I always get to the yoga day, the 4th day, and get defeated. That day hurts me so much I can never get past it. But THIS time I monitored myself and didn't put myself down for not doing all that they do in the video.
I Now got to day 5!!!!!
Hopefully I shall continue!!