Fitness Log #206 And Friday Firsts

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.

I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.

Friday Firsts

This week’s firsts:

  1. I stayed up too late on a week night because I was too excited by something on the TV to turn it off. That’s not totally a first, but what is the first is that this was… classical music. Khatchakurian’s Gayne Ballet Suite, if you are interested. Mr. PiN and I had heard snippets on the Light Classical channel, but the Classical Masterpieces channel played at least an hour (maybe more) of the work. Very exciting stuff.

Fitness Log

The goal is to get 150 minutes of moderate exercise, of which (ideally) 60 minutes should build strength (yoga counts); if I am working in the hospital, my goal is just 90 minutes, which is a more realistic stretch during those busy days.

How did I do?

A giant with fire around his legs and the sun shining behind him. Horsemen ride through the clouds around his knees, and a woman is seated at his feet.
I feel pretty good about my exercise progress this week.
  • Saturday:  I woke up feeling not quite well. A COVID test was negative, but I elected to rest at home (no exercise). It made me quite cranky by the end of the day.
  • Sunday:  Walked twice: once in the morning, for 31 minutes. Later, before dinner with Mr. PiN, for 25. Total: 56 minutes.
  • Monday: Session with my trainer after work, 30 minutes.
  • Tuesday: An untimed walk after work with Mr. PiN, I would estimate it was somewhere between 20 and 35 minutes. I will call it 25.
  • Wednesday: A tennis lesson today, my teacher is running me around the (very warm) court. I felt old and out of shape, but tried to keep going (with water breaks). 60 minutes.
  • Thursday: I had planned to run an errand after work and walk home; but the weather did not allow (errand was run, I returned home in the car). At least I have already hit my exercise goal for the week.
  • Friday: A walk partway home from work. 20 minutes.

Total: 101 minutes walking, 60 minutes of tennis, and 30 minutes of strength training, for a total of 191 minutes. I seem to recall that last year, when my goal was 210 minutes a week, I felt a lot better. I definitely felt better this week with the extra exercise.