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cjsmith ([personal profile] cjsmith) wrote2018-12-14 06:33 pm
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Fitness goals

I'm missing anything to do with physical fitness in my life.

My foot problems make many activities challenging or downright not worth it. For well over a decade, I've just ignored the whole physical fitness realm. But I'm getting tired of being a complete couch potato.

I guess the first step is to decide what my goals are. Do I want to build a STRONG body? A STURDY AND RESILIENT body? A FLEXIBLE body? A body that MAY AGE WELL?

(Note the total lack of "slender" or "sculpted" in this list of possibilities. As long as I'm still carrying breasts around there's really no point making any minor optimizations to the rest of me, and besides, I think I am past the age where skin shrinks.)

Those of you who do or who consider doing physical fitness stuff: what are your goals?
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[personal profile] zahraa 2018-12-18 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I started doing aerial dance because I had plantar fascitis and couldn't dance on my feet anymore. I never thought that an injury would lead to better fitness, but it did. I thought I had core from belly dancing. Ha-ha-ha. NOW, I have core. And even upper body.

My goals? To do the 1-arm hang from a hand rather than an elbow. To climb an 11a so I can get a lead belay certification.