43 down....481 to go on my Quest to have 524 new experiences in 2010
Now this experience I could have done without...I worked out yesterday morning in a boot camp for charity with five of the Biggest Loser Alumnaes joining in. They didn't run the program, so it wasn't like you see on the tv show, they joined us all in the workout and gave us moral support and a lot of comic relief.
Well anyway to the new experience...I am sore...I mean really sore because of a workout. I have never, ever, ever been athletic or much more than an observer in sports. I put some of the blame on my upbringing. I never once saw my parents exercise, nor any of my brothers and sisters before me. I went to a private school where funds were tight so there were no sports programs for girls. I remember as a young kid I was in everything, but then when middle and high school came...nothing was available so I did nothing.
Once college came around I was a competitive enough person that if I couldn't compete well I didn't participate (yep bad decision but what can I say). So my body did not know what hit it when I worked out yesterday in a fashion I had never done before. This morning every muscle appears to be advising me that that was not the brightest of moves...
Yet I know I am being a wimp. Whining about nothing. I watched the Olympics last night and saw an update on the cross country skiier who 'flew' off the path in warmups due to ice and hit a rock. She was obviously in pain but fought back to i think run in two heats and ended up getting third place. Turns out she did so with four broken ribs!!! Here I am walking down the stairs as if I'm a hundred years old. Went to reach up to get a coffee cup...YIKES! (I'm not sure if I have the push ups or the tricep thingees that you lower yourself to the floor from the chair to thank for that one). So as I make it through my day today, Aleve, a bath and a heating pad will be my companions. And as I sit with the heating pad on my sore back and watch the Olympics I will once again take my hat off to ALL of the Olympians and anyone that participates in atheletics, feels the pain, and continues ahead.
So this new experience was a learning one for me...I am out of shape and need to work out but I need to keep in mind my age and physical condition....I may look slender but I am definitely not in good shape.
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