Haven’t made any major leaps into exercising, but instead found other ways of doing it.
On the first I spent a couple of hours moving furniture and cleaning in a bar, now not exactly your usual exercising method, but the lifting, carrying, sweeping and mopping and likes certainly go me moving and sweating, isn’t that what exercising is?
On the second I had a bit of a long lie and then hit the streets, I spent a few hours walking around town and if you know Edinburgh there is a good few hills and steps to get you going, so I took each one as an obstacle pushing a deal harder to get up it, even to the point of jogging up one set (the steps at the mound by the galleries if you know them).
Tonight I plan to take on a Tae-Bo DVD...Yeah before I get the trolls saying anything (as people like to criticise anything and everything) I am doing all sots to get moving!
I don’t want to jump straight into destroying myself with huge runs and sessions at the gym as I probably would just destroy myself, by doing it this way I keep my steps manageable and therefore less disheartening and at least I know I am actually doing something and moving in the right direction rather than spending the whole night on the sofa!
I have also noticed an opportunity for another challenge. The Tough Mudder (http://toughmudder.co.uk/ and on twitter @ToughMudder) is another obstacle course similar to the others mentioned previously (Spartan Race and Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest) but seems to be crazier! The event is 12ish miles with some of the craziest obstacles ever invented by members of the Special Forces if you go by the website. So the question I am asking myself is, is 8 months enough time to prepare for it?? They have some great training resources on the site that again I could add to the schedule, so might see how that goes to see if I can get to the top set anywhere near the event. I may potentially just volunteer this year and make it one of my other targets for next year as I already plan to attempt the Coast to Coast event (http://www.scotlandcoasttocoast.com/).
I am also going to be hassling my friend who came up with the idea of Man Mornings with his missus. He liked the idea of heading to the meadows with some of the guys, doing some training and then chilling out for a bit with them on Saturdays or Sundays. I agree that it is brilliant and I might even be able to recruit some of the guys for the other events too! :D
Well that’s all the updates I have for now, please help me to make this interactive and comment, all info and conversation is greatly appreciated, internet trolls will be handled differently :D
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