Back to swimming!

[cjsmith]

Even the merest shadows of that weird rash have faded from my shins, so this morning I went swimming again.

Dear Fitness Fairy, please send me an upper body. Thank you.

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Uh... you have a rather nice upper body, IMHO, but probably not in the same way you're wanting. ;-)

I have no arm strength to speak of, either, having concentrated on bicycling, so I understand. If you keep swimming, maybe it'll help?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I want to trade it in for one that's nice for ME. Better function and less drag! ;-)

Yeah, I've been a runner (and hiker and backpacker) for way too long. Plus I'm a girl, so upper body takes extra work, work I have never given it. Swimming and some weights, that's the ticket.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I want to trade it in for one that's nice for ME.

That's the important part. :-)

Swimming and some weights, that's the ticket.

I may need to take advantage of the Purdue Rec Center when I start there in August. Probably not swimming, but other stuff.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ever since college I've been aware that my upper body is very nice for other people. But yanno, I'm 38 now, my lower body is useless, and all those other people have had their turn. It's MY turn now.

Having a rec center sounds convenient. That's a huge boon to an exercise program: low overhead.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

It's at the opposite end of campus, of course, but that's like complaining about finding close parking at a gym, IMHO. Going there to exercise, anyway. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I am the only person in the universe allowed to complain about not finding close parking at a gym ;-)

[ambar.livejournal.com]

Weights!

Soon I will be done with school. Should we plan a "design a weights program for CJ" date sometime after that?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sure! That'd be great!