I am a British born, living in Canada since May of 1989. My blog is about all aspects of my daily life.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Oldies Exercise Class............
Add gallons of sweat pouring off me and that image above would be correct. I swear I ache in places I didn't know existed. Yesterday was the first time I had been since the end of August so to say I was out of shape wouldn't be an exaggeration.
I was shocked though when I walked into the place as it was packed. Did a sneaky count while I was stretching and there were over 50 of us there. There were only 4 lb hand weights left, so I took a couple of them, but they were way too heavy for me. So I need to pick up some hand weights of my own. Not sure if it's because golfing season is over with; so that's why people start to come to the classes?
Regardless I had a good time, though I was disappointed only one of the steroid ladies was there and I was behind her, so couldn't really see what she was up too. There was a couple of older gentlemen there whom I had never seen before; both probably in their late 70's to early 80's and one in particular when I saw him I said, "Oh Bless Him," to myself. He obviously didn't own any clothes to exercise in as he was wearing a pair of regular shoes, a pair of regular slacks/trousers and a very nice sweater/jumper. I couldn't see from where I was if he had a shirt and tie on underneath it, but that wouldn't of surprised me.
He actually sat down for nearly all the class, but I would have given him 10 out of 10 for effort, he really did well. I too sat down for bits of the class, and I am at least 20 + years younger than him!!
The good news was, what with my early morning walk and walking back and forward to the exercise class and doing the exercise class, I had logged in over 11,000 steps and over 90 minutes of exercise all by 10:30 am on Tuesday morning.
I am getting back into the swing of walking and exercising!!
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6 comments:
Wow! Well done you! I want to walk after dinner but with no street lights on the roads in the village, I'm a bit nervous, to say the least. I am looking for alternate options, however.
So inspiring to hear how you're doing! xx
Well done
The old men are doing better than me!
Good for you! I have been consstently walking too but the muscle cramp is back. I have been generously applying Ben-Gay, Tiger Balm and the like. As soon as I start walking, it starts bothering me. On Monday, I had to stop after just 2 km. I normally walk 5-6 Km. Tonight, I will walk again and see what happens.
Reading your post, puts me to shame. I really must make more of an effort to exercise on a regular basis.
Keep at it!
While I walk every day, I really need to add more exercise to my daily routine. Wish we had an exercise class for the more mature here, I think I could manage that.
God bless.
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