Category: Exercise
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Seventeen years later (part II): looking back at a series I wrote about “Gains.”
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No comments on Seventeen years later (part II): looking back at a series I wrote about “Gains.”In the last post I looked back at 2008 and a series of posts I wrote about, back then, learning to face some serious mental issues around food. I’m sort of looking at how far I have come, how my thinking has evolved over the years, and where I am now. Especially, I’m inserting some…
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The new ground rules.
For a couple of years, 2008 or so, I wrote frequently about exercise and eating strategies. Sometimes I wrote about how those intersect with theology of the body, or Thomist morality. I returned to the topic sporadically, but not steadily, since then. It's been a while since I've written much. I wrote all that because…
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How I know I’m coming to acceptance.
I believe it is necessary and prudent–but I still don't much like being under the stay-at-home directive. I'm getting used to it for the most part, and have developed some compensatory practices. For example: Did you know that you can freeze whole milk in its original plastic container, and thaw it again, and it will…
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Catchup post: a good son, a Chicago getaway, my IT band, and something to read.
On account of the two weeks since I last wrote a post, I'm going to do a catch-up roundup. Here we go: + + + In mid-July I wrote about sending my oldest off to World Youth Day. He spent twelve days there, and returned safely. I didn't make it a secret that I…
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New IT experience.
In the summer, I like to get up early on Sunday mornings and go for a run around Lake Calhoun. A breeze comes off the lake even in high summer. Most of the way around is tree-shaded. It's never crowded at 7 am on a Sunday. The scenery is pretty all the way around,…
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Tired, in the pool.
Yesterday evening I arrived at the YMCA pool to find it moderately crowded — three lanes occupied by swim lessons, and three lap lanes each occupied by one swimmer. I picked the swimmer closest to the wall, waited until she came up for air at my end, and asked, "Can I split with you?"…
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Weight bearing II: Adding deadlift.
I must be feeling gung ho about the new weight training program I started, because for the first time in quite a while, I dragged the kids to the gym in the middle of the day to avoid missing a workout. My teenage son carried the baby around for me while I took my time…
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Weight bearing (sometimes these titles write themselves).
So… having got medical clearance last week, I went to the Y on Tuesday evening, not to swim, but to start a weight training program. Now. If you know anything about me at all, I'm sure your first question is, "Erin! What book are you using?" So let's save time. I'm using a pair of books…
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(Two-)Armed and ready.
I mentioned a few days ago that I was going in to see a sports medicine specialist about my old wrist injury to find out whether it had any implications for starting a strength training program. I had called my dad and asked him if he still had my medical records from the surgery; indeed…
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Upcoming consultation.
Last night I made an appointment with a sports medicine doctor, the same one Mark has been seeing ad libitum to deal with his assorted chronic injuries. I've never had a single sports-related injury in my entire life. For the first 34 years of my life, I attributed this to having assiduously avoided the number…
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Cooperating, not competing, priorities.
That put-on-your-swimsuit-for-your-kids’-sake post that I wrote about has spread its influence throughout the feminine half of the blogosphere, at least the sector* populated by mothering mothers. Elizabeth Duffy, writing at Patheos, had a good post the other day: One of the swim coaches stood on the side of the pool in a handsome black tank,…
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Embrace the suit.
Simcha Fisher pointed at a HuffPost piece entitled "Moms, Put On That Swimsuit:" You've got two choices every summer — to put on a swimsuit or to skip it. I have a lot of friends who do the latter. They go to the pool with their kids, but they only put their feet in the…
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