This week marks seven months of consistent exercise. I'm proud of myself for that because it has been a long time since any exercise consistency, let alone for seven months, has happened.
There was a time when exercise wasn't even something I had to think about,convince myself to do; it was just something that was part of my day, that being physical thing.
Maybe it had to do with growing up at the beach where everyone is active. Or it could be that because I didn't own my own car until I was out of high school, most school days, freshman to senior year, I hoped onto my 3-speed Raleigh bicycle and rode to my high school 3 miles away.
Maybe it had to do with growing up at the beach where everyone is active. Or it could be that because I didn't own my own car until I was out of high school, most school days, freshman to senior year, I hoped onto my 3-speed Raleigh bicycle and rode to my high school 3 miles away.
I only just now made the correlation that riding is a part of my history and it makes sense that I'd have such a deep connection to it as a way to get my exercise on.
And here's the thing, the part that now believes there is this remembered history in my bones. On the days I'm feeling lumpy and uncomfortable in my skin, I know that hopping onto a bike and clipping in will transform me, (however briefly), and that is what I aim for, that sweet release.
And here's the thing, the part that now believes there is this remembered history in my bones. On the days I'm feeling lumpy and uncomfortable in my skin, I know that hopping onto a bike and clipping in will transform me, (however briefly), and that is what I aim for, that sweet release.
I have experience of this too (surprise). I grew up in a dance studio, spent my 30s as a fitness instructor, then hit the sofa with a child. But when, last year, I went back to the gym I had the weirdest feeling: an almost visible 'flashback' seen by my whole body, of the body that was still in there. Almost like images overlaid. It was absolutely my body's memory waking up. And while we let our bodies sleep, we will too. Here's to awakening. Love reading about your revolution x
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