Thursday, May 1, 2008

I am just beat.

I am sure I have posted about this but it is worth saying again. Exercise in the morning is far superior to exercise in the evening, in my opinion.

Last night I went and walked. I walked 3 miles in just under an hour. I was not pouring sweat like I do on the elliptical, but it was a good workout. In fact I think I am going to start adding that to my routine. Whether it is on the treadmill or just outside I am gonna start to walk more. Partially in preparation for the 5k I signed up for, but also because it is just different. Over time I will work up to running portions of it, but for now I need to work on the walking and build up the strength in my knees.

So why the title? Well I tried to wake up to get to the gym this morning and just could not do it. I was able to work out Monday night and make it in Tuesday morning, but I think my turn around workout limit it 1 per week. So hence forth if I end up working out / exercising in the evening, I will not be working out the next morning. I lose all the energy return goodness from the morning workout if I worked out the night before. Not to mention I am helping to build a deck this weekend. I am not sure what kind of activity points I get for that but I am sure it would be a few.

2 comments:

Kathy said...

Did you ever think you'd have to force yourself to slow down, pace yourself, and not work your muscles too hard? You should be so proud of yourself!

TB--Milwaukee said...

I do love morning exercise, but I hate waking up. I to find it hard to wake up early to exercise again if I've exercised in the evening. I try to wake up early, early in the week and if I don't later in the week, I still have the evenings. Did that tonight. Just could not get out of bed, but I had "Charlie's Angels" to finish so I wanted to exercise ;)