Finding Fitness at 50

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Like the wheels on the bus …

January 31, 2008 at 3:42 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

I was talking to someone this week about exercise. I shared that right now I am mostly doing cardio work at the Wellness Center. I do a whole lot of walking around the track.

“Doesn’t that get boring, just walking around and around and around?” I was asked.

Not really. First of all, I’m trying so hard to stay focused so I can keep track of the number of laps … just because I want to make sure I get in a mile (10 laps) at the very least. Usually, I try to do more than 10, and I just like knowing how I’m doing.

Also, I’ve filled my little purple iPod Shuffle with lots of tunes that keep me going.

I see lots of folks watching TV and reading while they exercise. I can’t do that. For me, it’s music that inspires me to walk an extra lap or two. Or keep on pedaling.

My picks probably aren’t what you’d consider typical workout tunes. I’ve got some Beatles, Fogelberg, Vienna Teng, Garrison Starr, Dar Williams and lots of others that keep me moving … around and around and around.

Whatever works.  

5 Comments »

  Blair wrote @ February 1, 2008 at 1:51 am

The track at my gym (a YMCA) requires 17 laps to reach a mile! I lose track after 5 or 6.

  Ginny wrote @ February 2, 2008 at 7:10 pm

I like to read magazines while I walk the treadmill. I will have to invest in an iPod to make walking the track more interesting!

  tupelobizbuzz wrote @ February 4, 2008 at 10:20 am

I like music at the gym also, but I need to get better headphones. When I’m “pounding asphalt” on the elliptical machine, my iPod ears fall out. What kind do you use?

Also, what do you think of the new colors at the Wellness Center?

  lesliecriss wrote @ February 4, 2008 at 10:33 am

I had the same problems with those crazy little ear bud that came with my Shuffle. I felt like an idiot walking around the track and having to slow down every few minutes because one or the other bud had fallen from my ears.

I found these little earphones that sort of clip on behind the ears. Wonderful. Never fall out.

I may look like a dweeb, but I don’t have to keep stopping to put ear buds back in!

  Brenda wrote @ February 5, 2008 at 9:19 am

I find that KC and the Sunshine Band makes for some of the best walking music. The tempo is just right.


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