Sunday, November 15, 2009

Exercise, exercise, exercise

I went back to work on a 6 month contract, AND I'm trying to complete some programming projects that I picked up while I was laid off - so I've gone from a lazy summer to a crazy-busy fall.

My frequency of exercise had gotten so bad (infrequent) that I even started to notice symptoms getting significantly worse. There were times at work when my hand would shake so much I would need to put it back down on my lap and concentrate on relaxing before 'trying again' to type.

I knew I needed to get back on the bike. I've been more consistent in the last few days than I have for the previous month, and I can definitely feel the difference.

A great friend at church has offered to help me commit to getting up in the morning on time to exercise. It's such a blessing to have good people 'in my corner'.

I've been asked - do you bike indoors or outdoors? It's indoors - this is my bike;

With my balance, it's best to be low to the ground. It's also a big timesaver as I don't have to get dressed or even put shoes on to get started - and I don't need a helmet  :-)

Here's my biking chart from runningahead.com. Notice the big gaps. I'm targeting consistency as well as pace for the next while.

1 comment:

monica said...

Rick, LOVE your bike !!!!!

As for the shaking, I was thinking youree working again also. It's a flare up not a setback. My hand tremors which are minimal otherwise, shake like an unbalanced helicopter rotor blade in a rainstorm whenever Im anxious, self-pressured or eat anything with caffeine or who knows.