I have been remiss in keeping up here.
Dialing back the hands of time to last Wednesday. I did my short Beachwalk and on that day I added an extra mile and a half barefoot. The sand and tide conditions were just right, and I had not done that for a while. That is my secret weapon in keeping PF at bay, it's really good for exercising all the little muscles in my feet when I get just the right squishiness and texture. It felt good, and I could tell that I needed it.
I also had another swimming lesson on Wednesday and learned a whole bunch of new stuff. I decided it would be good to start learning the fundamentals of breaststroke and treading water. Boy, who knew there were so many different ways to kick water.
Flutter kick makes sense. Frog kick is just plain weird, I can see where someone probably saw a frog doing it and it worked for the frog so they decided to try it, okay I get that. Scissor kick is a stretch but I guess maybe somebody watched an octopus one day or something. The one that absolutely befuddles me is the eggbeater. Who could ever possibly think this was a good or logical idea is beyond me. The whole scull with hands while egg beating with legs is just slightly worse than trying to rub your stomach, pat the top of your head, and chew gum, all at the same time.
I thought treading water was supposed to be the simple relaxing thing that you do after falling off of a boat.
The rest of the days have been pretty simple. Short, three-mile beach walk each morning, adding swim practice Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
I like Metro's combination of activities, seems well-rounded and complete.
Gemme is right about the ellipticals. Your arms are supposed to be moving, especially the folks who are hunched over and support part of their body weight with their arms. Totally cheating.
I always just used the ones that also had the moving arms to have to hang onto. There's a built-in penalty for cheating, they keep moving even if you let go. With my level of coordination, that means that if I let go I will probably just end up hitting myself in the face with one of those waving metal arms.
Okay, I think that's about all. Today's roster includes leaving now for the beach for a regular three-mile walk, and midday today I will have a practice session at the pool.
