I drove up to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area to see Fall before it passes me by. I enjoyed seeing the blazing baby aspens along Camp May Road. I was amused by a chipmunk pair that leapt from boulder to boulder, disappeared under my car, and then chased each other through the golden grass at the Los Alamos County Camp May Park. The sun was very bright and I got warm in the car even though the outside air was chilly. When I stepped outside the car briefly, my breath created smoke. How cold does it have to be for that to happen?
It was with regret that I left to drive back home. When I started back, the sun was low over the top of Pajarito Mountain and the lower ski slopes were in shadow. I drove very slowly in low gear on the way down, not wishing to leave the mountains and the beauty of the autumnal colors. I was filled with intense longing, wishing to be traipsing through the golden grass alongside Camp May Road.
I read a newspaper article today about children nowadays not getting outdoors enough and spending too much time on the computer and in the thrall of electronic playmates. The author fondly reminisced about how in his youth, he hardly ever spent time indoors if he could help it. He referred to himself and his buddies as semi- feral children. That's what I felt like as I took a "Sunday drive" down Camp May Road and watched as all my former haunts (pre-foot injury) rolled by me - semi-feral, longing to abandon the car and disappear into the forest.
It's important, though, that I heal as well as I can and when I resume hiking, that I go about it in an intelligent way - use hiking poles, don't ever hike on a foot that hurts, get orthotics, and get supportive hiking boots for the rough hiking that has infected my blood and for which I hunger right now.
I did see a truck parked at Camp May and I inwardly blessed whoever it was that was lucky enough to be trekking the mountain when I couldn't. I'll be back, though, hiking those mountains one day!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Need Foot Transplant
Just kidding but that may be easier than getting my foot to heal. Dr. Sauer took the time to study the MRI, along with Dr. Lee, a radiologist. He concurs with Dr. Miller that I don't have a calcaneal stress fracture.
As a side note, he says I have a ganglionic cyst which is somehow connected with the posterior tibial tendonitis. He's not worried about that.
He says wait to get the orthotics until the foot is healed and suggests a cast or cast/boot to rest the foot. I'm going to research cast boots. Dr. Miller says that he'll put on an air cast/boot if it's not healed by November 4 (it isn't). Dr. Sauer could also outfit me with a cast boot but his looks much like the monstrosity that Walgreen Home Options has. Dr. Sauer says it might heal in a month if I wear the cast. He says that the removable casts often don't work because people only wear them 50% of the time. I don't want a real cast because then I can't even go to water aerobics. One advantage of getting the cast boot in Los Alamos is that if there are problems or adjustments with it, I could go in to see Dr. Sauer. Guess I could do that also with the air cast/boot from Dr. Miller - have Dr. Sauer follow me. Then, what's the point of going to Albuquerque?
Next week I'm going to start going to the Therapy Fun and Fitness on Monday-Wednesday-Friday because I read that doing range of motion (ROM) movements in a hot shower is a good thing. The warm therapy pool might help me to heal. Dr. Sauer also suggested ibuprofen and ice. Everything I read, though, says ice is best in the first 72 hours of an injury and that time period is long past. He says no stretching or strengthening but I was reading that for rotator cuff tendonitis, stretching and strengthening help the healing process as long as no pain is caused. I'm not going to take ibuprofen. I will stretch and strengthen in the Therapy Fun and Fitness class and the water aerobics.
All this infuriates me because in the meantime, while I'm not doing any weight-bearing exercise, my bones are going to decay. Only thing to do about that is to make sure I do some seated and floor weight lifting to try to maintain my bones.
As a side note, he says I have a ganglionic cyst which is somehow connected with the posterior tibial tendonitis. He's not worried about that.
He says wait to get the orthotics until the foot is healed and suggests a cast or cast/boot to rest the foot. I'm going to research cast boots. Dr. Miller says that he'll put on an air cast/boot if it's not healed by November 4 (it isn't). Dr. Sauer could also outfit me with a cast boot but his looks much like the monstrosity that Walgreen Home Options has. Dr. Sauer says it might heal in a month if I wear the cast. He says that the removable casts often don't work because people only wear them 50% of the time. I don't want a real cast because then I can't even go to water aerobics. One advantage of getting the cast boot in Los Alamos is that if there are problems or adjustments with it, I could go in to see Dr. Sauer. Guess I could do that also with the air cast/boot from Dr. Miller - have Dr. Sauer follow me. Then, what's the point of going to Albuquerque?
Next week I'm going to start going to the Therapy Fun and Fitness on Monday-Wednesday-Friday because I read that doing range of motion (ROM) movements in a hot shower is a good thing. The warm therapy pool might help me to heal. Dr. Sauer also suggested ibuprofen and ice. Everything I read, though, says ice is best in the first 72 hours of an injury and that time period is long past. He says no stretching or strengthening but I was reading that for rotator cuff tendonitis, stretching and strengthening help the healing process as long as no pain is caused. I'm not going to take ibuprofen. I will stretch and strengthen in the Therapy Fun and Fitness class and the water aerobics.
All this infuriates me because in the meantime, while I'm not doing any weight-bearing exercise, my bones are going to decay. Only thing to do about that is to make sure I do some seated and floor weight lifting to try to maintain my bones.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Kick Butt Water Aerobics Workout!
As I was going into the Walkup Center today, I saw a woman who's in the water aerobics class and she said that yesterday's workout, which I missed because of the chimney sweep coming out, had "accelerators" which are 2 minutes fast intervals.
Stephanie, our water aerobics instructor, did the accelerators again today and all I can say is "Oh, baby!!" These fast intervals are just what I need to feel alive and what I should have added all along to my former land-based exercise routine. I'm going to enjoy these accelerators because they are an aerobic challenge and good exercise.
The hardest accelerator is the one where we pretend we are on a bicycle, with no assistance from our hands - we hold them out of the water like we're holding a bicycle steering wheel - going up and downhill. On the uphill, we bicycle our legs slower but with bigger circles which creates more resistance and on the downhill we bicycle with smaller, faster circles. I didn't think it was possible to overheat in the water but my face felt hot! Needless to say, I didn't bother with swimming laps afterwards as I was exercised thoroughly enough during the class today!
The teacher was late. It turned out that she has a gas leak at her house. She said she wondered why she was getting headaches. She didn't have time to bring out the boom box poolside to play music, a Thursday tradition, but she will next week.
Twice this week, high school ROTC members have taken up half of "our" deep end during part of our class. They practice jumping in in their clothes and retrieving an object from the bottom of the pool.
There's a woman in the class who has taught water aerobics and, even though she's overweight, she is very, very fast. I complimented her on that. She has plantar fasciitis and likes Dr. Blake, another podiatrist who comes up to the medical center.
Coincidentally, I found a book on water fitness in the Mesa Public Library non-return shelves today. Even more coincidentally, it was from the Walkup Center, having LRWAC written on the cover (the full name of the Walkup Center is the Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center, named in honor of a Los Alamos County recreation director who died at a young age)! It's more about swimming for fitness, though, than water aerobics.
Stephanie, our water aerobics instructor, did the accelerators again today and all I can say is "Oh, baby!!" These fast intervals are just what I need to feel alive and what I should have added all along to my former land-based exercise routine. I'm going to enjoy these accelerators because they are an aerobic challenge and good exercise.
The hardest accelerator is the one where we pretend we are on a bicycle, with no assistance from our hands - we hold them out of the water like we're holding a bicycle steering wheel - going up and downhill. On the uphill, we bicycle our legs slower but with bigger circles which creates more resistance and on the downhill we bicycle with smaller, faster circles. I didn't think it was possible to overheat in the water but my face felt hot! Needless to say, I didn't bother with swimming laps afterwards as I was exercised thoroughly enough during the class today!
The teacher was late. It turned out that she has a gas leak at her house. She said she wondered why she was getting headaches. She didn't have time to bring out the boom box poolside to play music, a Thursday tradition, but she will next week.
Twice this week, high school ROTC members have taken up half of "our" deep end during part of our class. They practice jumping in in their clothes and retrieving an object from the bottom of the pool.
There's a woman in the class who has taught water aerobics and, even though she's overweight, she is very, very fast. I complimented her on that. She has plantar fasciitis and likes Dr. Blake, another podiatrist who comes up to the medical center.
Coincidentally, I found a book on water fitness in the Mesa Public Library non-return shelves today. Even more coincidentally, it was from the Walkup Center, having LRWAC written on the cover (the full name of the Walkup Center is the Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center, named in honor of a Los Alamos County recreation director who died at a young age)! It's more about swimming for fitness, though, than water aerobics.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Blogger Outage Scheduled - I'd Better Speed-Blog!
I have a new paradigm for water aerobics. Yesterday when I did the laps back and forth, I enjoyed the aerobic effect so much that today I did the aerobics back and forth with the noon class but when they switched to toning, I excused myself and water walked and jogged laps on the short course at the deep end.
I did better today than yesterday - I water walked and other strokes for 20 laps (wonder if I over-counted - that sounds like a lot and 35 on the short course is a mile) on the short course in a half hour. I wasn't actually in a lap lane but swam right beside the last lane. The Master swimmers are amazing to watch. It's like watching the Olympics!
I hope I didn't insult the teacher. I explained that I would be doing my toning at home with my weights for the health of my bones. I really, really like the teacher and I like the toning and stretching but, in order not to stay in the water so long, I have to use the last half hour of the class for aerobics. I stretched on my own and was out of the water by 1:15pm.
I came home and did a Kathy Smith tape with weights.
I made a potage of black beans, onions, garlic, acorn squash and cabbage. I'll freeze some but I'll be eating it for a long time!
The acorn squash seeds were delish - especially since I didn't burn them this time.
Grandson came over for an hour while daughter went to the Y to exercise. He lost a tooth while he was here so the tooth fairy gave him $2. He'll collect more from his Mom and Dad.
I did better today than yesterday - I water walked and other strokes for 20 laps (wonder if I over-counted - that sounds like a lot and 35 on the short course is a mile) on the short course in a half hour. I wasn't actually in a lap lane but swam right beside the last lane. The Master swimmers are amazing to watch. It's like watching the Olympics!
I hope I didn't insult the teacher. I explained that I would be doing my toning at home with my weights for the health of my bones. I really, really like the teacher and I like the toning and stretching but, in order not to stay in the water so long, I have to use the last half hour of the class for aerobics. I stretched on my own and was out of the water by 1:15pm.
I came home and did a Kathy Smith tape with weights.
I made a potage of black beans, onions, garlic, acorn squash and cabbage. I'll freeze some but I'll be eating it for a long time!
The acorn squash seeds were delish - especially since I didn't burn them this time.
Grandson came over for an hour while daughter went to the Y to exercise. He lost a tooth while he was here so the tooth fairy gave him $2. He'll collect more from his Mom and Dad.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Will Be Peaceful Here Tomorrow
Spouse will be going back to work after the 4 day weekend and the TV won't be on blaring political commercials, bad news about the financial institutions and tidbits I don't care to know about the presidential campaign. I prefer to get my news on the radio in the morning. Mostly I have it on to keep me company because I manage to tune it out when I read during breakfast or get on the computer.
I have to start getting up at 7am. I ate my breakfast smoothie right before going to the noon water aerobics class and it didn't sit well. I almost felt earlier like I was going to get the usual bowel obstruction but fortunately, I escaped that fate.
Going to cook acorn squash tomorrow morning. That will warm up the house and I'll get to feast on the toasted squash seeds!
Need to mail return back to Gaiam and buy stamps. I kept the foot pain dvd but am returning the strong bones and spinal alignment one. I should have only bought the foot pain one to begin with. The others are well produced and have nice props for the exercises but I'm more likely to use weights for strong bones than the rubber tubing props. The spinal alignment one seemed too subtle for me to want to do it on a regular basis. The foot pain one has a strap for stretching my foot (and hip and hamstrings) and a foam dome for stretching my calf.
Also, need to stop by Los Alamos Medical Center's Radiology Department to pick up digital copy of my right foot MRI and then go to Medical Associates to sign a release that they can fax to Dr. Miller's office to request the doctor's report. He never sent it to Dr. Church. I finally figured out this morning, after a flurry of phone calls, how the system works at UNM for getting the medical records and x-rays. It's more complicated than just requesting them from Dr. Miller's office once he has sent them to medical records and the film library.
After the water aerobics class, I water walked 10 laps (back AND forth) on the pool's short end. That took 40 minutes and is a little over a quarter mile. I'm going to try to do that at least 3 days a week so I can get some quality exercise. I was using various strokes learned in the class - sitting froggie forward and back, standing side stroke, flutter kick, cross country ski and water jogging. Mary, a women in the class, was also there doing some strength work and stretching. I suspect that we are two of a kind in that we both try hard to maintain our bodies.
I have to start getting up at 7am. I ate my breakfast smoothie right before going to the noon water aerobics class and it didn't sit well. I almost felt earlier like I was going to get the usual bowel obstruction but fortunately, I escaped that fate.
Going to cook acorn squash tomorrow morning. That will warm up the house and I'll get to feast on the toasted squash seeds!
Need to mail return back to Gaiam and buy stamps. I kept the foot pain dvd but am returning the strong bones and spinal alignment one. I should have only bought the foot pain one to begin with. The others are well produced and have nice props for the exercises but I'm more likely to use weights for strong bones than the rubber tubing props. The spinal alignment one seemed too subtle for me to want to do it on a regular basis. The foot pain one has a strap for stretching my foot (and hip and hamstrings) and a foam dome for stretching my calf.
Also, need to stop by Los Alamos Medical Center's Radiology Department to pick up digital copy of my right foot MRI and then go to Medical Associates to sign a release that they can fax to Dr. Miller's office to request the doctor's report. He never sent it to Dr. Church. I finally figured out this morning, after a flurry of phone calls, how the system works at UNM for getting the medical records and x-rays. It's more complicated than just requesting them from Dr. Miller's office once he has sent them to medical records and the film library.
After the water aerobics class, I water walked 10 laps (back AND forth) on the pool's short end. That took 40 minutes and is a little over a quarter mile. I'm going to try to do that at least 3 days a week so I can get some quality exercise. I was using various strokes learned in the class - sitting froggie forward and back, standing side stroke, flutter kick, cross country ski and water jogging. Mary, a women in the class, was also there doing some strength work and stretching. I suspect that we are two of a kind in that we both try hard to maintain our bodies.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Feeling a Little Sad
Sometimes it really gets to me that I can't freely walk or hike without pain. Probably I'll feel better tomorrow after getting some water aerobics in. It's not the water aerobics per se but just the act of moving my body that boosts my spirits.
I finally made it to the Santa Fe REI and returned some items. I bought another pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8. At first the poor employee thought I was looking for size 14 in women's and told me they don't make them past size 11. He took it well when I told him I needed size 14 in MEN'S!
Another embarrassing incident was when I went to the restroom, I must have had a lot on my mind because I forgot that I had placed my REI gloves in my pulled down pants so I didn't have to put the gloves on the floor. Well, I forgot totally about them until I saw, while I was speaking to the aforementioned employee, that the gloves were peeking out of my lower pants leg. I hastened to show him the holes in the fingers to make it known that I hadn't shoplifted the gloves!
I also bought a pair of SOLE Heat Moldable insoles to try them out. I'm not going to heat mold them but will try to wear them a little bit each day to get the idea of how a custom orthotic, with its higher arch support, will feel.
Maybe tomorrow daughter and grandson will meet me at the pool for the open swim after my class.
Son in law, daughter and grandson will come over for supper tomorrow night - mahi mahi, swordfish, shrimp, rice and salad. I'm going to kid grandson that we have red beets for him for dessert!!
I finally made it to the Santa Fe REI and returned some items. I bought another pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8. At first the poor employee thought I was looking for size 14 in women's and told me they don't make them past size 11. He took it well when I told him I needed size 14 in MEN'S!
Another embarrassing incident was when I went to the restroom, I must have had a lot on my mind because I forgot that I had placed my REI gloves in my pulled down pants so I didn't have to put the gloves on the floor. Well, I forgot totally about them until I saw, while I was speaking to the aforementioned employee, that the gloves were peeking out of my lower pants leg. I hastened to show him the holes in the fingers to make it known that I hadn't shoplifted the gloves!
I also bought a pair of SOLE Heat Moldable insoles to try them out. I'm not going to heat mold them but will try to wear them a little bit each day to get the idea of how a custom orthotic, with its higher arch support, will feel.
Maybe tomorrow daughter and grandson will meet me at the pool for the open swim after my class.
Son in law, daughter and grandson will come over for supper tomorrow night - mahi mahi, swordfish, shrimp, rice and salad. I'm going to kid grandson that we have red beets for him for dessert!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Foot Frantics
I could make researching how to help my foot a cottage industry as it takes up so much of my time. I can tell, even after 4 weeks of no hiking or exercise walking and taking up water aerobics in the last 2 weeks, that my foot will go back to hurting exactly like it did before. If I walk normally, like putting out the trash and recycling last night, the foot hurts. All I can do is keep researching how to help myself. I feel fairly sure that I have posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) which is something that will hang on forever and ever and just get progressively worse unless I can figure out how to help myself.
I called Dr. Sauer's office and will see him next week to discuss how he would treat someone with PTTD. He said that whether it's that or plantar fasciitis, the treatment would be the same - orthotics but I think a critical component is missing - at least according to a few papers I have read on PTTD - some kind of rehabilitative exercise to strengthen the feet .
I am devising some foot exercises with the water aerobics "noodle" at the pool that involve plantarflexion, inversion and eversion but I have to figure out how to do dorsiflexion. Perhaps, though, when I hang my heels off the edge of the pool ledge, it's dorsiflexion.
After today's swim, I went to the therapy pool and stretched my feet and massaged them with the water jets in the side of the pool. Tomorrow I will go to the 11am Therapy Fun and Fitness class to see if they have any ideas on how to help my foot and afterwards I'll go to the noon hydro power class. Spouse is deserting me for the WRSC hike which is in Santa Fe.
I called Foot Solutions to ask about their orthotics. They cost $395 but it may be worth it to go in so they can evaluate my feet.
I called Dr. Sauer's office and will see him next week to discuss how he would treat someone with PTTD. He said that whether it's that or plantar fasciitis, the treatment would be the same - orthotics but I think a critical component is missing - at least according to a few papers I have read on PTTD - some kind of rehabilitative exercise to strengthen the feet .
I am devising some foot exercises with the water aerobics "noodle" at the pool that involve plantarflexion, inversion and eversion but I have to figure out how to do dorsiflexion. Perhaps, though, when I hang my heels off the edge of the pool ledge, it's dorsiflexion.
After today's swim, I went to the therapy pool and stretched my feet and massaged them with the water jets in the side of the pool. Tomorrow I will go to the 11am Therapy Fun and Fitness class to see if they have any ideas on how to help my foot and afterwards I'll go to the noon hydro power class. Spouse is deserting me for the WRSC hike which is in Santa Fe.
I called Foot Solutions to ask about their orthotics. They cost $395 but it may be worth it to go in so they can evaluate my feet.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Noon Hydro Power (Deep) Is Best!
I like that she didn't make us go into the therapy pool to do stretches. We exercised in the deep water for the full hour. Maybe it's because the therapy pool was closed. Also, this class gave me the best exercise because it was more vigorous and consistent. In addition to aerobics, we also did abs and stretches. I "jogged" around the perimeter of the deep end several times after the class ended. I guess in some ways, it's good to go into the therapy pool afterwards because it helps you to warm up. Today's teacher will play music on Thursdays. She's excellent!
Yesterday evening I tried the Supreme Water Workout (Shallow) but that's more impact and I stayed on my tiptoes to protect from hitting my heel on the pool bottom. I really liked the shallow water teacher and the music that she played but it may be best to stick with the deep water for a while.
I walked from the senior center parking lot today to the County Clerk's office for early voting. My foot did OK but when I tried to walk completely normal, it didn't feel entirely healed.
I'm going to go to the LA Fitness Center a few times on a day pass to try out their classes and cardio machines.
Had grandson over briefly this afternoon. He was good.
Yesterday evening I tried the Supreme Water Workout (Shallow) but that's more impact and I stayed on my tiptoes to protect from hitting my heel on the pool bottom. I really liked the shallow water teacher and the music that she played but it may be best to stick with the deep water for a while.
I walked from the senior center parking lot today to the County Clerk's office for early voting. My foot did OK but when I tried to walk completely normal, it didn't feel entirely healed.
I'm going to go to the LA Fitness Center a few times on a day pass to try out their classes and cardio machines.
Had grandson over briefly this afternoon. He was good.
Friday, October 3, 2008
A Regular Esther Williams!
I went to the 8:30am Deep-Water Fun and Fitness class today. It was more vigorous than the Hydro Power. We stretched again in the therapy pool. Afterwards, I went back into the deep end of the pool and dog paddled, back-stroked and side stroked back and forth over the short width of the pool for 20 minutes. I would occasionally try swimming (like freestyle but with my head above water) but didn't want to get my ears and eyes full of water so that didn't last long. Swimming may not build up your bones but it requires some strong cardiovascular effort.
Yesterday I mentioned that intensity was missing from my 4 mile a day walking exercise program. I read last night in a book called Exercises for Osteoporosis by Dianne Daniels that intensity is what helps to strengthen bones but duration is what keep our cardiovascular system healthy. She mentioned 1 hour of exercise a day as being the standard to aim for.
I bought a 3 month pass that allows me to swim or attend classes for 3 months. I've developed a real system of all the stuff I have to bring to change into afterwards so I don't freeze. I bring coconut oil to rub into my body after soaking all the moisture away from my skin in the pool. I had to get my photo taken for my ID - that was pretty scary.
There's two more water aerobics classes to try next week - Therapy Fun and Fitness and Supreme Water Workout.
I think that the full range of motion that I can attain with my foot in the water will help it to heal because it will bring better circulation to the area. My foot felt good last night after the class.
Yesterday I mentioned that intensity was missing from my 4 mile a day walking exercise program. I read last night in a book called Exercises for Osteoporosis by Dianne Daniels that intensity is what helps to strengthen bones but duration is what keep our cardiovascular system healthy. She mentioned 1 hour of exercise a day as being the standard to aim for.
I bought a 3 month pass that allows me to swim or attend classes for 3 months. I've developed a real system of all the stuff I have to bring to change into afterwards so I don't freeze. I bring coconut oil to rub into my body after soaking all the moisture away from my skin in the pool. I had to get my photo taken for my ID - that was pretty scary.
There's two more water aerobics classes to try next week - Therapy Fun and Fitness and Supreme Water Workout.
I think that the full range of motion that I can attain with my foot in the water will help it to heal because it will bring better circulation to the area. My foot felt good last night after the class.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Swimming Fun!
I went to the deep water Hydro Power class. Although it was a little underpowered for my taste, it was a lot of fun to be in the water and be able to freely move around with no pain to my foot. We wear flotation vests. There were 7 women.
The water gets cold after 1/2 hour but the class is one hour long. I won't say the time flew by but I did enjoy it. We finished with stretches in the 94 degree warm water therapy pool. I felt faint when I got out of that warm water which I attribute to being hungry as I took the class over my usual supper time. The large pool water temp was 81 degrees - big difference.
We didn't use the water dumbbells today but we used the noodle. The idea is to always stay as upright as possible in all the water aerobics moves to create more resistance against the water and to work the core muscles.
I asked spouse if he'd ever want to go swimming but he declined. Daughter and grandson might be interested one day. There were a lot of people lane swimming at the pool. The warm water therapy pool has its own coed dressing room. I'll go again tomorrow for an 8:30am class, maybe buying a ten class pass until I decide how long and how often I want to go. I want to try each one of the 4 different water aerobics classes. It will be interesting to see how many people are using the pool in the morning.
One good aspect of my foot injury is that it's forcing me to rethink my fitness program and make it a little more varied. One feature that was missing from my walking 7 days a week for 4 hours a day was any intensity training. I never did intervals or really pushed myself. I'm looking for that kind of experience now. I'm not sure that I'll find it in water aerobics but it's certainly a fun change of routine. I used to love playing in the water!
I'm going to return the swim cap and swim goggles that I bought from REI. The cap is so tight and so are the googles. I tried them on this evening but didn't use them.
Boy, you can really give yourself a good manicure and pedicure after soaking so long in the pool!
The water gets cold after 1/2 hour but the class is one hour long. I won't say the time flew by but I did enjoy it. We finished with stretches in the 94 degree warm water therapy pool. I felt faint when I got out of that warm water which I attribute to being hungry as I took the class over my usual supper time. The large pool water temp was 81 degrees - big difference.
We didn't use the water dumbbells today but we used the noodle. The idea is to always stay as upright as possible in all the water aerobics moves to create more resistance against the water and to work the core muscles.
I asked spouse if he'd ever want to go swimming but he declined. Daughter and grandson might be interested one day. There were a lot of people lane swimming at the pool. The warm water therapy pool has its own coed dressing room. I'll go again tomorrow for an 8:30am class, maybe buying a ten class pass until I decide how long and how often I want to go. I want to try each one of the 4 different water aerobics classes. It will be interesting to see how many people are using the pool in the morning.
One good aspect of my foot injury is that it's forcing me to rethink my fitness program and make it a little more varied. One feature that was missing from my walking 7 days a week for 4 hours a day was any intensity training. I never did intervals or really pushed myself. I'm looking for that kind of experience now. I'm not sure that I'll find it in water aerobics but it's certainly a fun change of routine. I used to love playing in the water!
I'm going to return the swim cap and swim goggles that I bought from REI. The cap is so tight and so are the googles. I tried them on this evening but didn't use them.
Boy, you can really give yourself a good manicure and pedicure after soaking so long in the pool!
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