Fitness

I am almost beside myself… two fitness stories with a week.

First, I was waiting outside Jo’s office on Thursday, admitting the calm breeze, tranquil water feature, and lovely trees, when I noticed a rather large woman exit an office. Now, I have nothing against fat people, and in fact, think that too much pressure is placed on society to conform to a specific size. However, what caught me off guard was that this woman was exiting a health clinic on the second floor. This lead me to believe she was visiting the clinic for fitness reasons.

Good on her! We, as in Americans, are for the most part a lazy group who fails at each attempt at regular exercise. As she approached the exit of the second floor of the open air complex, she was faced with a dilemma. Stairs or elevator… to go down one flight. She chose the elevator! I chortled to myself. So much for being committed to fitness.

Then yesterday I was able to meet up with some friends to play some flag football. It was a great experience. I haven’t thrown or played football since my undergraduate years. I really wasn’t prepared for it, since I’ve been training a little for some planned hiking. That means long bouts of hitting the treadmill at 15% – no running.

The constant full-out running and killed my legs. I could barely lift them yesterday. Proof that I need to do a balance of running and hiking to get into shape, since we’re planning a rematch in two weeks.

Despite my lack at running skills, I did come up pretty well for the morning: 2 receptions (1 drop), 3 batted balls, 3 sacks (flag pulls), 1 near interception, 1 TD. Our team won 5-3.

I really hope I can make it next time. It was a good deal!