Category: Exercise

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 11  12 13  14 15  16 17 18 and 19) Here's what I wrote a few days ago about transition plans: But even though the main plan needs to be simple, it also has to be ready for changes, expected and unexpected.  That's what the backup plan and the transition plan are for:  to keep your induced exercise from falling through when your…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 11  12 13  14 15 and 16 and 17) Drawn from comment box, email, and my own life.  The first one is my beginner's plan: Plan #1:  "I'm a swimmer, an individual athlete."Swim Monday evenings at the YMCA for 40 min while husband watches the kids.Swim Thursday evenings at the YMCA for 40 minutes while kids are in lessons and husband watches…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 11  12 13  14 15 and 16) Readers who are still with me most of the way through what is turning into a very lengthy series:  Help me out.  I need some material to work with. Got any exercise plans?  Ones you hope to do, are thinking of doing, are already doing? Let's see if we can't get it into…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 11  12 13 and 14) Even though we have picked up on some other threads that need to be covered — psychological "flow," and feeling like an athlete when you mostly need to use exercise tapes or books at home — I have to finish out the Big Four parts of an exercise plan. I have already…

This is just a short note from the road, to be filled in later. Mark was skeptical about my definition of an athlete, pointing out that high school athletes (he's been one, I haven't) aren't exactly characterized as long term thinkers, and also that many athletes are willing to risk permanent injury to make the…

and 13) In the last post, I urged you to take up at least one activity that will help you claim the title "athlete."  Commenter Mary asked rhetorically, "If I just do exercise videos, what kind of athlete would that be?" A reasonable question.   It's hard to feel like an athlete if you're "just" doing exercise tapes at…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 11 and 12) It's time now to consider different kinds of activities you might take on.  But before we move to specific sports, I want to suggest the principle that should guide your selection, as much as you can within the constraints you have.  This is the principle: I don't just want you to…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9  10 and 11) Let's talk about juggling.  Juggling is the sort of thing that is learned in stages:  one object at a time.   First you learn to handle one bean bag, tossing it from hand to hand, feeling its weight.  Then two, passing the first from hand to hand while the other comes down from…

(Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9 and 10) I posted number 10, "Use your imagination," just yesterday, and really, I think if you haven't read it first, you should go read it, and maybe give yourself a couple of days of thinking about it before moving on to this post.  I personally spent about four months contemplating the image I describe…