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Back and hip exercises.
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ms spock
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Exercise yesterday 42 laps x 25 metre pool.
Today
30 clam shells on both sides of my hip exercises.
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30 clam shells on both sides of my hip exercises.
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Although it might not seem like much to some, I carried several bags of groceries up a flight of stairs...it was a big deal to me because I have stage 3 COPD and several other chronic illnesses. I got breathless and had to use a rescue inhaler, but at least I did not avoid the task.
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I did Pilates, and some hip and back exercises later on.
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I walk most every morning just prior to dawn...and most every evening just as dusk is settling in...so calm at these times no traffic or pedestrians.
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Walking today.
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Me too!
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I am hooked on exercise. I originally said 'addicted' but I dislike that word and think it is wrongly used so much now that I try not to say it anymore. But since I'm 'hooked' my weekly routine is easy. I'd go to the gym (my local YMCA which gives me a pretty good discount based on my income which is SSDI) daily if I were able. This is because working out does something to the trauma stored in my body. I always was pretty much a gym rat in my adult life but once trauma therapy started I became aware of the connection between the trauma stored in my body and anxiety and exercise. I have almost complete control of my weight and diet which accounts for about 80 - 90% of physical conditioning IMHO. 6' 1" 165 lbs, low body fat. My pot belly, which all I ever really wanted from exercise is a flat stomach, is still there but with visible definition so I might be getting somewhere with that finally.
I do 3 workouts currently, legs/back, chest/shoulders, bi's/tri's. After each workout which combine machines and free weights I do 3 stomach machines then 20 min of cardio divided amongst the different machines (10 on one then 10 on another I get bored easily) but not the treadmill I hate that thing. Stretching includes a full split for me which I started trying to do in my 20's and can pretty much do a full split now. It hurts so good. Then finish off with a half hour of steam/sauna/pool. I do a few laps sometimes in the pool but mostly just cool off from the steam and sauna. Finally, in addition to all this, I am managing to do sit-ups morning and evening in an effort to finally conquer my midsection. I'd like to eat to gain a little mass but sadly my body feels that any extra weight should be stored in my gut and that seems to be the easiest thing to make bigger. My arms are muscular, big I guess for a skinny. Skinny muscular is the best I can do. I really like it though, and the real reason I do it is anxiety relief and it moves the trauma in my body somehow which provides me a relief I can only get from painkillers otherwise. (or other meds that numb) Given that, being hooked to the gym is not all that bad.
The T and I were talking about it this week and she is going to shift gears a little and do some body work and possibly EMDR which I was surprised to hear but, whatever she wants. I don't think I was ready until now but the idea that 'I can feel the trauma stored in my body' and all this is connected to that is really in the forefront of my mind recently along with sex but that's another story. (of course, sex is what's really behind it all) It also helps a lot with my severe arthritis. This might seem counter-intuitive but the pain is of a different sort from exercise as opposed to inactivity and being overweight, which I was a few years back. (grand total I lost about 50 lbs) The inactivity pain and resulting loss of desire to do things and timidity were much worse.
I do 3 workouts currently, legs/back, chest/shoulders, bi's/tri's. After each workout which combine machines and free weights I do 3 stomach machines then 20 min of cardio divided amongst the different machines (10 on one then 10 on another I get bored easily) but not the treadmill I hate that thing. Stretching includes a full split for me which I started trying to do in my 20's and can pretty much do a full split now. It hurts so good. Then finish off with a half hour of steam/sauna/pool. I do a few laps sometimes in the pool but mostly just cool off from the steam and sauna. Finally, in addition to all this, I am managing to do sit-ups morning and evening in an effort to finally conquer my midsection. I'd like to eat to gain a little mass but sadly my body feels that any extra weight should be stored in my gut and that seems to be the easiest thing to make bigger. My arms are muscular, big I guess for a skinny. Skinny muscular is the best I can do. I really like it though, and the real reason I do it is anxiety relief and it moves the trauma in my body somehow which provides me a relief I can only get from painkillers otherwise. (or other meds that numb) Given that, being hooked to the gym is not all that bad.
The T and I were talking about it this week and she is going to shift gears a little and do some body work and possibly EMDR which I was surprised to hear but, whatever she wants. I don't think I was ready until now but the idea that 'I can feel the trauma stored in my body' and all this is connected to that is really in the forefront of my mind recently along with sex but that's another story. (of course, sex is what's really behind it all) It also helps a lot with my severe arthritis. This might seem counter-intuitive but the pain is of a different sort from exercise as opposed to inactivity and being overweight, which I was a few years back. (grand total I lost about 50 lbs) The inactivity pain and resulting loss of desire to do things and timidity were much worse.
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