Is walking considered a workout?
Yesterday, Wednesday, I didn't workout per se but I woke up and went for a 2-3 mile walk with my neighbor. Does that count? I'm thinking of counting it... I didn't sit on my duff all day and truth be told, it felt just like what my body needed. After a few days of working out really hard core, a walk was perfect.
Today was a near perfect day!!
I woke up and went to a 90-minute flow yoga class this morning. It was a doozy, I was drenched in sweat! But I always feel so incredible when I leave there- long, limber, flexible, and strong. I love it.
I went to the office for a client appointment then went home for lunch. I have to be here at the office super late tonight for a group coaching webinar I do Thursday evenings so I thought I'd take a break and go home for a bit.
I ate lunch- I had little bread pieces with goat cheese, fig jam and proscuttio. Not exactly "clean eating"- with the bread and all. But it sounded really good! I was craving goat cheese for some reason and along with the fig jam, it was delicious!
Then I headed to the office and had another client appointment over the phone.
I had a few hour break so I opted to go for a run. I ended up doing 3 miles in about 33 minutes so nice & fairly easy. It's beautiful outside here today- a perfect 77*. I loved being outside in the middle of the day!
I have a million other "work" things I should be doing but honestly, they can all wait. There's nothing urgent and there's something about getting out and going for a jog midday that feels amazing!
So I'm counting both of today's workouts which means I'm up to 16 workouts so far in February. With just two days left in the month, I won't likely hit my 20-workout goal but I did good considering I was sick the entire first week.
Yesterday, Wednesday, I didn't workout per se but I woke up and went for a 2-3 mile walk with my neighbor. Does that count? I'm thinking of counting it... I didn't sit on my duff all day and truth be told, it felt just like what my body needed. After a few days of working out really hard core, a walk was perfect.
Today was a near perfect day!!
I woke up and went to a 90-minute flow yoga class this morning. It was a doozy, I was drenched in sweat! But I always feel so incredible when I leave there- long, limber, flexible, and strong. I love it.
I went to the office for a client appointment then went home for lunch. I have to be here at the office super late tonight for a group coaching webinar I do Thursday evenings so I thought I'd take a break and go home for a bit.
I ate lunch- I had little bread pieces with goat cheese, fig jam and proscuttio. Not exactly "clean eating"- with the bread and all. But it sounded really good! I was craving goat cheese for some reason and along with the fig jam, it was delicious!
Then I headed to the office and had another client appointment over the phone.
I had a few hour break so I opted to go for a run. I ended up doing 3 miles in about 33 minutes so nice & fairly easy. It's beautiful outside here today- a perfect 77*. I loved being outside in the middle of the day!
I have a million other "work" things I should be doing but honestly, they can all wait. There's nothing urgent and there's something about getting out and going for a jog midday that feels amazing!
So I'm counting both of today's workouts which means I'm up to 16 workouts so far in February. With just two days left in the month, I won't likely hit my 20-workout goal but I did good considering I was sick the entire first week.
I think 16 workouts for February is pretty awesome. Especially considering you were sick.
ReplyDeleteI totally count long walks! Especially when I'm listening to my body and it's telling me that's what I need. I think sometimes we're too hard on ourself about working out. We think we have to go lift 100 lbs and do 15 exercises to get a workout in - it's a very modern culture thing.
I'm learning to take rest days. It's tough to learn. I want to DO ALL THE THINGS all the time and it's just not the way to health and happiness.