Continuing to Exercise

In a few more days, I'll be finishing up my fifth month of doing the treadmill workouts. It can still be a struggle, at times, to work up the energy to exercise. I altered the routine while I was in Louisville. The Drury had an exercise room - with two treadmills. So, there was no problem gaining access to the equipment. Since I do my routine at night, the equipment was always available. But with all the walking I did during the day, oftentimes in very humid conditions, I didn't feel I had the energy to do my full workout.

As a result of altering my exercise routine while on vacation, I found it difficult to jump right back in to the same conditioning level that I was accustom to, prior to leaving Elk Grove. It has taken a little over a week to return to an hour a day, five day a week, program. I'm still committed to exercising, but I realize that any alteration from the usual regiment increases the risk of abandoning the entire program. I'm not really doing all that much, but even with my rather simple program, a lot of it is mental - just working up the willpower mentally to start the routine each night. There are so many excuses that sound so reasonable at the time, but which actually can under mind your health. I'm going to continue, on a day by day basis, for as long as I can generate enough energy. Currently I'm doing three and three quarter miles - walking at an aerobic level (3.6 to 3.7 speed). That is what is recommended for cardiovascular conditioning (for the senior types). I"ll do another blog update on my program, after I complete six months, if I make it that long. I'm not doubting that I will, I'm just being realistic regarding the "mental" aspect.