I didn't end up going to the gym today. But that doesn't mean I let my workout goal go. I went for a forty-minute bike ride with my daughter. We only went 2 km, so it wasn't an intensive speed-cycle trip, and it also involved walking the bikes up many hills. Yes, bikes. I walked the bikes while she walked behind me (she's only 7). But, with the beautiful sunlight out there (and the heat) it was still a decent workout. My step counter/heart rate monitor says I was in the cardio zone for nearly the entire time with 103 average bpm and a peak rate of 128 on the way home (more uphill on the way back).
Besides, your daughter wants to spend some time with you, it's gorgeous outside, she wants to do some cycling which gets her outside and active, and it still gets you your workout. Do I say "no sweetie, mommy doesn't have time because she's going to the gym to fulfill a goal she posted online?" so I can go and do a group class in a closed room that may or may not have similar results? I intend to do the drumming class tomorrow, there wasn't a whole lot of point in doing it today too. You'd be picking the bike ride too. In all honesty I probably could've still made the class because we came back with 40 minutes before it started... but by then I'd already convinced myself this was a sufficient workout. As I write this I am also doing some of the rolling exercises from the Yoga Tune-Up classes so I'm getting (sort of) a dual workout in. I said I wanted to workout everyday, and yes, I think at one point I said "gym every day", but there was no mention that it needed to be hour-long sessions each time. I may try to assuage my guilt later tonight and go do some weights or muscle building equipment before I go to my friends house. That's something I haven't done nearly enough of (a.k.a. I haven't done any).
Bike-riding has always been a big red flag of "not doing it" because of my shifting knee caps, when they aren't in place I can feel the bone grinding together. So of course, bike riding, with your knees bending and straightening at such an angle, is a sure-fire way to grind them faster. If I don't take care of them I could end up needing to replace my knee caps when I'm older. Yay! Surgery and plastic pieces! During the aqua class yesterday I could feel one moving and without even thinking I reached down under the water and tugged upwards towards my hips, and shifted it back into place. I don't know what I was trying to do, but not that. I felt it slide home with a solid "thunk" and then no more shifting. I've never done that before. Even when I was in Physio the doctor never did that either; it was always about strengthening the muscles to pull it back into place naturally. And a knee brace if it was really bothering me. Yesterday and today I was really happy with myself and "yay! That was super easy and now I can feel it's where it belongs". But now as I'm writing this I'm realizing that might not be such a good thing... Does that mean I've damaged something to the point that I can now just solidly slide my kneecap around? Or are the muscles so weak that they're really not holding anything in place? Or has my new workout «drive» done further damage?
Whatever it is, my knee did not hurt one bit while out cycling, nor for the rest of the day yesterday after I snapped it back. I'm not sure if I should try that again or not...
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I had a massage therapy
appointment this afternoon, and while that's not normally something I would
write about, I'm really happy I went. When I've been doing any activity where I
raise my shoulder with weights by lifting my arm straight out and up, I've been
feeling this grinding in my shoulder, and worried it was a bone-on-bone
feeling, but not sure. I don't want to be doing damage with my exercises, but
I'm also not sure it was a problem. Well I got that solved today. She was
working on the muscles in my neck and re-created that same feeling when she was
pinching it. When I told her about the grinding feeling she explained that the
muscle she is working on is located in a groove in my collar bone and it
controls that exact movement. It was really tight. So yes, the grinding feeling
was a tight muscle trying to contract, and not bone damage occurring. Yay! It's
important to be aware of your body; when something feels wrong, find out about
it. And an Internet search is not the best way to inform yourself about
anything. I like to tell my students; it's a good starting point to get base
information, but not reliable or dependable in any way. The number of people who take internet information as the solid and unquestionable truth is shocking.
Even if you see something on here that you think is interesting or valid or informative; check it out for yourself before spouting it as the "truth". I tend to check my facts for the most part, but not 100% about everything I write. For example: I'm not 100% confident I have the right muscle names anytime I write about them, but I'm too lazy to look up the anatomy and try to guess which one we were working, so I go off what I think the instructor said. Sometimes I just write "the [arm/leg/back] muscle". I have no degree related to anything to do with the body. I went to all three major post-secondary institutions here in Ottawa and graduated from programs at all of them. I have a certificate in Bar-tending (for all you teenagers out there: it's useless - totally fun course though), I have a Bachelor of Arts (in History and more History), and a Bachelor of Education. None of these are related in any way to human anatomy. I mean I took one course in Intro Psychology and that's not even related to studying anatomy and the workings of the human body. The rest revolved around languages, teaching, and ancient History. Hated high school history, went on to study combined honours in two different types of history at University because I loved it so much. Now I'm certified to teach high school history and still hated it the one time I taught it for part of a semester. I usually teach English or French, so don't worry; I won't be dragging your child down with my obvious disdain for Grade 10 history.
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