tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post4758059805322544102..comments2024-03-27T13:20:02.905-07:00Comments on The Quotidian Reader: All the King's EsquiresWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-7249408584297224782011-06-20T10:40:28.383-07:002011-06-20T10:40:28.383-07:00For weight lifting -- hang all your laundry on a c...For weight lifting -- hang all your laundry on a clothes line and fold it as you're taking it down. ;-)<br /><br />Most of my "exercise" is that kind of thing, plus yardwork -- especially pruning shrubs and pulling honeysuckle out of everything. LOLKellyhttp://www.badgermum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-47661966290815911272011-06-19T23:23:39.592-07:002011-06-19T23:23:39.592-07:00Hi Kelly,
Interesting, especially on interval trai...Hi Kelly,<br />Interesting, especially on interval training. Most of my bike settings are programmed for that on/off type rhythm. I can handle it as long as I'm not building up too much cumulative pain.<br /><br />I think ballroom dancing is a fantastic way to be active without having to think of "exercise". My daughter and the young gentleman who is courting her have a custom of dancing a couple of times a week. It is beautiful and dignified and teaches grace of motion, which I understand was an important element of "gymnastic" to Plato and to Charlotte Mason, for example.<br /><br />I haven't figure out a way to do weight-lifting gracefully though using relatively light weights and doing slow movements helps a bit.Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-75200392425806766992011-06-19T21:45:36.660-07:002011-06-19T21:45:36.660-07:00"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou m..."Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." <br />:-)<br /><br />I like to walk and add a sprint or two during my walk. Gets my heartrate up quickly and then going back to a walk trains it to recover quickly.<br /><br />Also, Mike and I have been going to place that teaches ballroom dancing. Twice a week they have an hour-long introductory lesson of one dance follwed by two hours of social dancing -- we've gone to three so far: swing, waltz, and foxtrot. We're beginning a six-week class of swing dance at the end of the month.<br /><br />I've found that short periods of intense activity followed by longer periods of low-key activity work best for me. I have asthma so I'm guessing that's why I've never been able to manage a long spell of moderate activity, like what's generally recommended for aerobics. <br /><br />On lactic acid buildup -- when you sprint just until you're out of breath, then walk two or three minutes till your heartrate and breathing have recovered you don't have the problem of l.a. buildup. <br /><br />What I have read will happen though, is that your body will get the message that excess fat is a hinderance and it'll cause you to burn it off. On the other hand, longer spells of moderate activity (like jogging for half an hour at a rate where you're still able to carry on a conversation) will tell your body that you need to maintain plenty of stored energy for that activity, which is why joggers tend to put on weight pretty quickly when they quit running for some reason -- or so the theory goes.Kellyhttp://www.badgermum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-29278413410307563732011-06-10T20:20:57.131-07:002011-06-10T20:20:57.131-07:00Hi Mystie, I like the idea of setting modest goals...Hi Mystie, I like the idea of setting modest goals. That reminds me of Charlotte Mason's short lessons. When you can see an end to something and a way to make progress, sometimes it reassures your inner esquires. <br /><br />It is interesting that you mention 3 month cycles because I seem to operate that way too. I've always wondered whether I should go with it or try to resist it (my king's counselor seems to dither like Hamlet sometimes). When I wrote the chapter for A Little Way of Homeschooling, I wrote about "seasonal schooling" but I think I am seasonal about almost everything!Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-75677087372799349372011-06-10T08:08:23.758-07:002011-06-10T08:08:23.758-07:00I relate very closely to your descriptions. We mus...I relate very closely to your descriptions. We must be kindred spirits. :) <br /><br />For the last year it's been about a 3 month cycle of doing the plan, not doing the plan, working up the gumption to get into it again, and then struggling to begin again. I'm in the struggling to begin again phase right now.<br /><br />So how does fitness become more a part of the whole person? I have been trying to work myself up to that point where I see it, and I feel like I catch glimpses of it but can't quite get there.<br /><br />Part of the dilemma is that the length I have to go to to lose weight past my current plateau is significantly different from what I have to do to maintain. Maintaining where I am would be simple and enjoyable, and I still struggle internally with whether or not it's worth it to get myself down to the next level, when I am comfortable where I am. When I analyze it and apply my reason, I am sure another 10-15 pounds or another size down is ideal -- not skinny, still substantial (as fits with my build), but finally in the healthy BMI range and within 10 pounds of where I was before babies. But all the other "counselors" like to question that conclusion and so my motivation suffers.<br /><br />I hate running, but I've never gotten such quick and startling results from anything I've ever done before, but after the first go at it (where I got to week 7 of 9) I've never been able to keep it up again past the second week.<br /><br />This week I decided to make a more bite-sized goal and set a deadline. 5 pounds in 7 weeks. That would get me past the point I haven't been able to break yet, and 7 weeks is our tenth anniversary, so it gives me a nice fixed point to focus on.Mystiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489205990532734556noreply@blogger.com