I've been meeting with a friend one afternoon a week after school during term time almost every week for about the last two years. We started out just walking around the primary school while our kids were at band practice, did homework or just played together (special mention to a friend's older boy who has taken on an impromptu mentor role for our boys - they adore him).
It started out with an idea that our kids wouldn't let us quit because they would want their socialisation time... but it's now something we look forward to every week and really miss when we can't get there.
These days we walk or jog or sprint or run... we make the decision when we get there based on how our day went. Some days it's all we can do to walk the path, other days we need to sprint off some anger or frustration - I guess it's cheap therapy ;)
Today we did our first strength session with kettlebells.
Keeping it simple and just going with the flow. I am so insanely proud of my friend.
We recently moved over to the new high school campus and they have a proper sized oval. She jogged that entire length and powered up the stairs in addition to doing 2 sets of strength exercises using the kettlebells and bodyweight.
It was nothing strenuous - she's new to it, so we did the basics. Squat, hinge, push, pull, single-leg move (step ups), lunge and a basic core (mountain climbers).
I think she may have caught the strength bug.
And she may still talk to me, even if she can't walk properly tomorrow.
But we'll do it all again next week.
Yeah, it's only one day a week. But that's what is currently doable, so that's what we're doing. Slow, steady, and sustainable.
Meanwhile, that was my second session for the day. I don't know how pt's and group trainers do it. I'm freaking tired. So I'm going to bed.
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