Okay, everyone! Get ready to share that-which-is-hard-to-quantify!
Are you playing a sport?
Do you dance?
Garden?
How about yoga, pilates, stretching or rehab exercises?
Breathing exercises?
Do you lift weights?
Climb stairs (in an exercise type of way)?
Juggle?
Jump on a trampoline, with or without your kids?
Snorkel or scuba dive?
Rollerblade or ice skate?
It doesn't matter if the things you do take a lot of effort or a little effort -- if they are good for you and head you in the right direction, physically and mentally, then you should share them!
For example - just about the easiest thing I do in my life besides sleeping are the stretching exercises prescribed by my chiropractor. But they are just about the most important things I do for my health. So they get reported! And you can all chide me if I don't do them every day!
How do you report? It's easy! Here are some examples:
"Two Haitha yoga classes"
"Danced around my living room for thirty minutes"
"Salsa-dance class"
"Played frisbee with my dog for an hour"
"Here's what I lifted this week"
"Did my knee rehab exercises six out of seven days" (Super Bob!)
"Water aerobics class"
"Twenty minutes on the balance board"
Don't forget to include your more standard forms of exercise, if you're doing them: walking, running, biking, rowing, swimming laps -- all of those things that can be measured in miles. You don't have to report them in miles here, though; you can say, "walked around the block" or "biked for one hour."
Remember that what's easy for some people will be a real challenge for others. So be proud when you report "played catch with my grandson" or "bowled two frames at a family outing" if these are significant for you.
I'll start a new thread each Friday, which will cover the Friday-to-Thursday before. So rack your memories for the things you did this past week, and we'll start tomorrow morning!
Are you playing a sport?
Do you dance?
Garden?
How about yoga, pilates, stretching or rehab exercises?
Breathing exercises?
Do you lift weights?
Climb stairs (in an exercise type of way)?
Juggle?
Jump on a trampoline, with or without your kids?
Snorkel or scuba dive?
Rollerblade or ice skate?
It doesn't matter if the things you do take a lot of effort or a little effort -- if they are good for you and head you in the right direction, physically and mentally, then you should share them!
For example - just about the easiest thing I do in my life besides sleeping are the stretching exercises prescribed by my chiropractor. But they are just about the most important things I do for my health. So they get reported! And you can all chide me if I don't do them every day!
How do you report? It's easy! Here are some examples:
"Two Haitha yoga classes"
"Danced around my living room for thirty minutes"
"Salsa-dance class"
"Played frisbee with my dog for an hour"
"Here's what I lifted this week"
"Did my knee rehab exercises six out of seven days" (Super Bob!)
"Water aerobics class"
"Twenty minutes on the balance board"
Don't forget to include your more standard forms of exercise, if you're doing them: walking, running, biking, rowing, swimming laps -- all of those things that can be measured in miles. You don't have to report them in miles here, though; you can say, "walked around the block" or "biked for one hour."
Remember that what's easy for some people will be a real challenge for others. So be proud when you report "played catch with my grandson" or "bowled two frames at a family outing" if these are significant for you.
I'll start a new thread each Friday, which will cover the Friday-to-Thursday before. So rack your memories for the things you did this past week, and we'll start tomorrow morning!
