Life Beyond the Casinos

Granted I have only tried this for three days, but I am not liking chair yoga.  It’s simple enough to do but sitting is all I do most of the day. The guy in the video looks old. The guy in my mirror looks old. The guy in the video is thin and only fills half the chair. The guy in the mirror well you get the point.  I can’t straighten up and do some of the moves cause sitting down I have a big pot in my lap., so I fill the chair and rest on the back which doesn’t require me to engage my core much and feels like I am doing it wrong.

I will keep at it a few more days and see how it goes. I have been telling it that it’s too easy. Maybe some better moves will be added tomorrow.

Aside from that I am fighting depression over what is happening in the world. I try not to watch too much news.  In fact I do yoga when the View comes on to avoid the first 29 minutes which are usually political. One good thing about the yoga it recenters me.

I want to take action, but I am relying on the young or at least strong citizens to do that for us.  I love the protests. If one is close by I would attend but mostly I am not in the know until it has already happened.

I can’t dwell on things.  Take them as they come and deal with it.  Or risk sanity.

This isn’t my usual post.  I am okay really.  I just need to let go of some of these things that are weighing me down.

This is what I have been doing for exercise all month. I thought it would be fun to find some videos describing the correct way to do some of these swims. We all want the swimmers build right? I you believe social media descriptions most of you already have one. I know this is silly but watch this video closely and you will see the one guy in the speedo has some strange tan lines. His feed even have sandal markings. But he is slim and looks great anyway.

Another routine I do in the pool is called aqua jogging. It’s the perfect alternative to running. Aqua jogging is a simple workout that involves jogging in the deep end of a pool with a flotation secured around your middle section.  Our pool has two shallow ends and the deepest part is 5 feet, so I actually don’t need a flotation device. It is a great low impact cardio workout.

This is the pool I have been using. The main pool is under renovation. Even though it has an odd shape you can do laps from this deep end to the the other and get quite a workout. When I do the aqua jogging the pool looks like a mixing bowl. I tend to displace a lot of water. Lucky for me not too many people want to be out in the summer heat swimming. I usually have the pool all to myself on weekdays.

Another exercise I do is kicking. I grab the side of the pool and kick for about 5 minutes. I have had to replace this with more jogging lately because the edge of the pool burns my hands. I supposed I could get some gloves or something.

How to keep track of time? I have a waterproof watch, G-Shock. I love it. It is great to monitor my time but I still need to keep track while doing the exercise without constantly looking at my wrist. The solution is counting. I count to 120 and repeat 3 times. That is approximately 5 or 6 minutes. I check my watch at the beginning and the end of the counting.

Remember to take breaks. Even though you may not feel hot because you are emersed in the water you are burning energy and increasing your heart rate. Between exercises I sit on the steps or just float around and catch my breath. If it’s not too hot you can get out and lay in the sun for a few minutes. Remember to put on sunscreen. Here in the desert you can fry very quickly.