Wednesday was my light workout day at
Wellness. On this day I supposedly do less heavy lifting which
supposedly gives my muscles a rest. On this day I do the arm bike, I
do my usual 30 min. plus cooldown and then I work with these colored
bands which I stretch against an supposedly gives my arms a workout
just not as heavy as with the weights. However I've noticed as I've
gotten to the green band which seems to be a little harder to stretch
against. I'm really straining my muscles. Wednesday I think I
strained my AC joint on my left side which has been causing me some
pain and difficulty to the point that I elected not to go in today
and give my body a rest. I of course felt guilty for shirking my duty
to my body and I kind of felt bad for the staff for not showing up
but really they don't care that's okay. I am at wellness for me. So
I'm using this day to rest .
So this posting dovetails with the
last blog posting. I am wondering how much I use the Wellness program
as a form of socialization and if I should develop this home gym like
we are considering, I would probably go in less to Wellness and
work more at home or at the Holiday Lions Recreation Center. DD has
been researching the recreation center and we have both been
impressed at how much the center has to offer especially for the
amount of money involved. I am particularly interested in the
recreation center since they have a very nice, heated pool which is
majorly accessible. The recreation center is really not that far from
our home 1015 min. Besides the pool the rec center also offers access
to free weights, machine weights and even a quasi arm cycle. I'm not
sure how much I would actually use the weights at this facility as
much as I would use the pool.
What really surprised me when thinking
about the alternative health options was that in spite of myself I
think I would miss some of the old farts at Wellness. There are a
number of fellows close tot my age that come in on a regular basis. I
was not going to engage with these folks and just focus on my
Wellness but that did not last long and I have gotten to know some of
these folks and it's interesting. It's interesting to have other
males my age with disabilities attending this program that I can
actually communicate with if I so desire. I don't know how much I
would want communicate with these guys or you see them on the social
setting outside of Wellness but the option would be there and these
are folks that I know now. They have become part of my orbit and
social network.
We will have to see what happens in the
next couple months and see if we actually follow through with the
equipment we've been talking about. The drawback of such equipment is
the footprint they will take up in the house. There is little room in
the house as of this just for us but the opportunity is there now to
be in control of my weight and muscle mass. It is not important how I
maintain these items what is important is that I do it. Then, if I
have to force myself to socialize that will have to be a hurdle that
I forced myself to jump over. I cannot understate or overstate how
important the wellness concept is to me right now. Wednesday was my
light workout day and wellness on this dayOn this day I supposed to
do less heavy lifting
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