I think I am allergic to exercise
apart from dog walking but have rough schedule from cardiologist last time I was there and want to improve my figures for next bike test. Also need to improve suppleness if I want to go back to riding properly (as opposed to ambling on enormous armchair horse which is my current level). With riding, you have to have "shoulders like a soldier and hips like a whore" and it is your core that absorbs those contrasting movements. Except I currently don't have one
. My core has essentially buggered orf. Need to try and spot it amongst the flab and seize it back!
As I've mentioned the other day, it is horrifying that it is nearly May already. I have never known a year go so fast. I did have surgery at beginning of Feb which rather ate up time but still... . It's like I am only starting to do things now, that I normally do in January!
I had plantar fascitis really badly a while back (when I started doing "farm" work
) fully recovered by resting totally (which is just not poss if you walk to work or shops but just mentioning it because I did the spiky roller treatment thing and stretching exercises but only total rest cured it). It does recurr slightly if I do something very active wearing the wrong footwear but I am better at spotting the signs ifyswim.
Since then I have discovered everyone over here wears Vionic shoes and New Balance trainers for plantar fascitis or when foot arch needs support. They both work well. Friends have gone to private podiatrists and had special foot support (ionics? not sure of name?) made for them, and without exception, none have worked! They've had just as good, if not better, success wearing standard foot supports off Amazon (there's a brand that are bright green and they are good, will try and find) or wearing shoes above. One very good tip though is to buy a slightly wedged slipper and NEVER walk around with bare feet! This to me is counter-intuitive, as one assumes walking with bare feet is naturally good for you, but there we go!
As for storage of sports kit etc, we have a very tall house, so it made sense for us to store it in the hall. Unless you have excellent, expansive , bedroom storage, I also think it makes sense and is more efficient, to separate sports kit from mounds of ordinary clothing. At various points, DD has done at least nine activities (not all together!) but maybe three or so at a time. So the best solution I found was to buy a long coat hook rack with slots for identification cards above each hook. This can be as simple as a plank of wood with hooks screwed in, with blackboard paint painted rectangles above each hook, then get a load of cheap drawstring swim/gym bags off Amazon, or sew them (I did both) and hang each one up under peg marked "gym" or "badminton" etc. I found it easy to just grab kit from hanging bags, launder them, and return directly to same bags in hall without giving the stuff opportunity to go wandering around the rest of the house! Water bottles can go in on the morning of the activity. And if you need helmets/ shoes or any bit of extra kit that doesn't go in bags, they can be easily accommodated by a simple bench or crate underneath the pegs.
Each to their own, but having experimented, I have honestly found that this is the most efficient way of doing things. I'm lucky in that I have a fairly big hall, but friends have adopted the same system, but rotated the kit bags from hanging in bedroom to hall the night before it is required. As long as everything for one activity is accommodated together in one bag, you are winning
.
Have a productive start to the week everyone!
The office (DH) hasn't prepared work for me to do yet, so I have an unexpected full domestic day!
Ta da:
Morning routine inc s&s, wms &TD on, fed wms again, shined sink, emptied DW, and DH walked furries.
Just having coffee and then out to do small supermarket run for ingreds to make cake for teachers who went on trip. And then going to make batter and onion gravy for supper tonight (toad in the hole). Might try and make a soup too if I have time!
Then need to hoover bathroom, finish collecting outdated prescription meds and take to chemist. Then hour in boudoir.
Then try and sort out dirty clothes from clean from dd's bags left open and scattered about on hall floor (sigh) from trip. That might wait until she comes in from school actually!
Have a productive start to the week everyone!