Sometimes I worry about things. I worry my favorite TV shows will go away (that actually happened last week \u2013 not happy about it). I worry that I will miss out on a good joke. I worry that bad health things will happen to me.<\/p>\n
That last one can take up some serious brain space, which is why I broke down a month or so ago and joined a gym.<\/p>\n
Even though I hardly resemble someone who had an OK career as a college athlete, I have tried to maintain some sort of physical fitness, especially in recent years.<\/p>\n
I have mainly restricted those efforts, however, to long walks and the occasional session on an old, somewhat broken exercise bike in the basement.<\/p>\n
Anything more strenuous went on the backburner for a couple of reasons. First of all, I have a lot of trouble running because of knee and ankle injuries from my wrestling days. Secondly, I\u2019m lazy.<\/p>\n
But I finally overcame that second recently when I saw an offer I could not refuse. I had looked at buying a treadmill or something similar for the house many, many times, but just could not justify the expense. An affordable membership fee made my cheapness (I guess that is a third reason) a moot point.<\/p>\n
With that obstacle out of the way, I have managed to conquer the second reason. By looking for natural openings in my daily schedule, I have put in more than 20 workouts since starting this project in early April. I have even done some long outside walks on days when I either can\u2019t go to the gym or feel like a change of pace.<\/p>\n
The bonus is that, thanks to the elliptical machines, I can get a more strenuous workout without having to worry about my bad knees and ankles. I have worked my way up to almost three miles at a running pace.<\/p>\n
When I shared one of my successful workouts on Facebook \u2013 I rarely do this because I don\u2019t want to be \u201cthat guy who is always talking about his workout routine\u201d \u2013 a college buddy joked that I had probably never run that far before.<\/p>\n
I know he was kidding, but I made sure to point out that when I used to wrestle, I regularly ran more than two miles a day. I credit thank kind of background with letting me get back into the flow of things so easily.<\/p>\n
Sure, I had tried to get back into shape before, but my creaky joints and my laziness teamed up to foil those plans. Now that I have found something to make it a little easier on my body, I fell back into hold habits much easier than I expected.<\/p>\n
Like any normal person, I never really liked running, but I remember the feeling of accomplishment after a good solid workout. I have started to feel that way again. I even considered breaking into a jog while taking a walk through town \u00a0one day last week, but I thought about my knees.<\/p>\n
The worries about my health haven\u2019t completely subsided, but I definitely feel better about things. In fact, I feel good enough to consider running in a 5K sometime this summer.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when I\u2019ll really worry about my health \u2013 my mental health.<\/p>\n
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