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ADD and exercise
Aug. 6th, 2008 11:33 amSo, it's hard for me to concentrate on exercise at all. Which is why I almost never do it. But Nick and I clearly are suffering from lack of exercise (though, somehow, he's losing weight anyway), and so we decided to go ahead and get an elliptical for the bedroom.
Living in a building full of fit gay men means it's nearly impossible to get on either of the two ellipticals in the gym. And I really just don't like being around people when I exercise, anyway. So, right, elliptical hunt.
But that's not what I'm writing about today. While we were actually in the act of purchasing the elliptical, I began fiddling with the 15-lb kettlebell that had been sitting on the counter. My hands, arms, and neck have been rife with tendon pain, and I keep futilely trying to stretch, rest, or crack anything that aches. So I kept swinging the kettlebell, trying to stretch out my arms, my shoulders, my neck. Swing, twist, stretch. It took about 30 minutes for us to finish the whole process, and then we were off.
"Hey, don't walk off with that!" I was already putting it back on the counter. I thought about getting it then, but at $35 I figured we'd spent enough money for one day.
The next day, my neck and shoulder didn't hurt at all. (hands still hurt, but that's another matter)
So I went online and ordered a few. (Online was much cheaper, too.) They arrived on Friday, just in time for the Great Flood of Nick's A/C. When not in use as floorboard presses, I've manged to swing them around a few times a day.
Today, however, I managed to combine them into a 30-minute weight-assisted yoga routine. A whole 30 minutes where I didn't get bored and wander off the yoga mat. This is pretty much a first.
Also, my shoulders and back feel pretty good right now.
As a side note: I can carry a 65-lb box of kettlebells. I cannot carry said box if I try to put 11-lbs of textbooks on top. Knowledge is heavy, man.
Living in a building full of fit gay men means it's nearly impossible to get on either of the two ellipticals in the gym. And I really just don't like being around people when I exercise, anyway. So, right, elliptical hunt.
But that's not what I'm writing about today. While we were actually in the act of purchasing the elliptical, I began fiddling with the 15-lb kettlebell that had been sitting on the counter. My hands, arms, and neck have been rife with tendon pain, and I keep futilely trying to stretch, rest, or crack anything that aches. So I kept swinging the kettlebell, trying to stretch out my arms, my shoulders, my neck. Swing, twist, stretch. It took about 30 minutes for us to finish the whole process, and then we were off.
"Hey, don't walk off with that!" I was already putting it back on the counter. I thought about getting it then, but at $35 I figured we'd spent enough money for one day.
The next day, my neck and shoulder didn't hurt at all. (hands still hurt, but that's another matter)
So I went online and ordered a few. (Online was much cheaper, too.) They arrived on Friday, just in time for the Great Flood of Nick's A/C. When not in use as floorboard presses, I've manged to swing them around a few times a day.
Today, however, I managed to combine them into a 30-minute weight-assisted yoga routine. A whole 30 minutes where I didn't get bored and wander off the yoga mat. This is pretty much a first.
Also, my shoulders and back feel pretty good right now.
As a side note: I can carry a 65-lb box of kettlebells. I cannot carry said box if I try to put 11-lbs of textbooks on top. Knowledge is heavy, man.
