Well that was a surpise.

[lirion]

I went swimming today. This might seem like such a big thing, but haven't actually been since the car accident, and that's a fair while back now. I've been to the pool and done some running and spa and sauna-ing, but no actual swimming due to the back problems from the accident. And we haven't in fact made it to the pool at all the last 2 weeks. So, taking advantage of the fact that I'm not working currently, we wandered along today. And during the day the pool is 25 metres. This makes more of a difference than I thought it would. When I started swimming, I was a fan of the 50m pool as it seemed like it was easier to swim longer distances - less turning maybe.

But today, regardless of my lack of exercise of late - though i did quite a bit of walking last week - I swam 1km. I ahven't done that in aaaaages. And I did it in 40 minutes. Colour me impressed with myself :) It was relativelyt easy too. Though I felt it at the end. but that's what the steam room, spa and sauna are for (in about that order too). Did some brief running and starjumping in the pool after the steam room to stretch muscles tight from kicking and then jumpe din the sauna - I heard that the sauna works better if your heart rate is somewhat elevated before you go in because then instead of jsut working on surface toxins it helps clean toxins from deep tissue and muscle as well. Not sure how true it is - was some guy who uses the sauna as part of his training regime - but I figure it can't hurt.

So now I'm feeling good on post exercise endorphins as well as pleased with myself, and with floppy relaxed muscles.

Was also reading that it's apaprently quite good for you to do half of your laps with a kickboard when swimming, so I feel elss lazy about it. Though it's only a quarter - 2 laps freestyle, 2 backstroke, 2 breathstroke, 2 kicking (I on my front and one on my back). And it's still my arms that feel like they've worked the hardest...

Dammit, i need an exercise icon ;)

Comments

[vaingloriesque.livejournal.com]

Dammit, i need an exercise icon ;)

*grins*

Here you go!

[lirion.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe, you rock :)

Did you get my resume the other day btw?

[(Anonymous)]

Did I receive your resume? - Yes!
Did I completely forget about it? - Uh-huh!
Will I get onto it next week? - For sure!
Would it be a good idea to remind me on Monday? - Definitely!! ;)

Trying to knock over a whole lot of topology charts in anticipation of our IP Phone cutover in the next couple of weeks, am really flat chat. But will definitely look at it soon!

[lirion.livejournal.com]

*hug* Is fine, jsut thought I'd check. i'll prod you on monday then :)

[penguin2.livejournal.com]

~quiet wistful whimper~ (which is rather like envy with the envy bits removed) Go you! Unfortunately, it will eb - even in the best possible case - at least four to six more months minimum before I can even dare contemplate those sorts of things, sigh. For now, it's still tromp, tromp, tromp on my good days. Like this morning, when I managed about 40 minutes fast stomping before my muscles corpsed, and another 20 minutes' dragging myself the rest of the way home. Oh well, I *think* this past month's relapse-let is fading out day by day now...

Exercise icon? I need a body that can do "exercise" again :P