So I finally have an appointment with LZ, and since I am in GV I thought I would try some swimming. I am hesitant about this whole endeavor, mainly because I am afraid that I won't be able to work hard enough. I really don't know how to workout anymore. I have not done a workout where I ache all over since I was swimming in High School, and even then I didn't do it that often. That kind of work takes more then physical training it takes mental training as well, and I just don't know if I have it.
I have walked to the point that I have ached all over, but that was different, I couldn't stop because if I did I would never get home. And walking is different, it doesn't really take any strength, it just - walking.
Swimming is different. I find my arms start to burn - I stop. I find that I am getting out of breath - I stop. Any physical discomfort - I stop. And I am weak on top of all that. After 37 years of not using my arms, my strength is almost gone. I wonder, can I even get it back?
I don't have a full size pool, just the Endless pool (swim against the current.) I don't have the current cranked up high because I don't have the arm strength to keep up. But at a low current I can swim forever - sort of. But it also doesn't give me a aerobic exercise. I doubt that my pulse gets much pass 75.
Anyway that is my dilemma.
I have walked to the point that I have ached all over, but that was different, I couldn't stop because if I did I would never get home. And walking is different, it doesn't really take any strength, it just - walking.
Swimming is different. I find my arms start to burn - I stop. I find that I am getting out of breath - I stop. Any physical discomfort - I stop. And I am weak on top of all that. After 37 years of not using my arms, my strength is almost gone. I wonder, can I even get it back?
I don't have a full size pool, just the Endless pool (swim against the current.) I don't have the current cranked up high because I don't have the arm strength to keep up. But at a low current I can swim forever - sort of. But it also doesn't give me a aerobic exercise. I doubt that my pulse gets much pass 75.
Anyway that is my dilemma.
I watched you swim & it looked pretty darn aerobic to me. Remember that blood pressure medicine tends to keep your pulse rate down, so you actually were working harder than you thought.
ReplyDeleteAren't you glad for the hot tub?
By the way, the pool was 94 degrees versus the hot tub at 104, so it was definitely a summer workout (much colder in GV during winter)