Slowly does it.
The whole plan for January was to get the consistency back into exercising. Actually the real plan was just to start exercising again. I think I've managed this quite well. I'm not fit enough to follow anything structured at the moment and to be honest, I don't really want to. So, all I've done is a bit of this, and a bit of that. It's worked well and I'm happy to be 'doing' again.
I've managed to run a couple of times a week for around 35-40mins. Nothing fast, and mostly done to HR to make sure I don't rush things. I've been listening to my body for the first time ever, and accepting that when I'm tired, I need to sleep and rest. However, despite of taking many precautions, last Monday I came down with a bit of a cold. I usually suffer at this time of year so it's nothing new. I just have to ride it out and wait until it's gone before I resume anything strenuous.
I've managed to include other forms of exercise like hacky sack, skipping, strength and resistance band stuff. A few twitter pals and I are doing a February challenge of skipping every day for a month. That should be good fun and kick start the metabolism. I used to do a heck of a lot of skipping during my competitive track days and it really does improve co-ordination, strength, speed, and agility. Must be one of the cheapest forms of exercise ever.
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