As I've stated before, I've joined the Honor Honor Harrington fan club, which is a pretend space navy. I haven't attended many club events, but I've had fun at the ones I have. With Convergence behind us, and the months of bridge building, PT has started up again. The space navy may be pretend, but the pain is real.
I've never exercised as an adult. I never exercised as a kid either, outside of gym class. Sure, I've done things that involve getting exercise. I actually walk quite a bit. But I've never really tried to get exercise aside from a few pushups at the start of my day.
So what was I thinking going into my first physical training? I thought I could do it. My joins are good, and my muscles get some use everyday, if not strenuous use. What I found should not be surprising.
We did it in sets. Sets of squats, and different kinds of sprints. We did five, then stretched a bit, then five more sets. I kept up. I was out of breath, but I'm still young, and minorly active. Then we started jogging.
I did fine for the first block. I made it the second and third. Then I started power walking, and sprinting in spurts to catch up. After about a half a mile I started the slow walk back on my own, the short way.
As I said, this was a renewal of the PT. Most were out of practice. Only one guy met me back at out beginning still jogging, and he is on active military duty. I was not alone.
My take away from all this is that my endurance is low, and I don't want it to be. I've decided to start jogging in the morning. A couple times a week to begin, and see where it goes from there. Currently my commute is long, and it really wouldn't add much time to my morning commute to replace one bus with a jog.
As always, I'll keep you informed.
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