Incremental progress is still progress

[mundungus42]

Last night on the bus I broke ground on a better idea for my current lyrics project, and I like it much better. I still need to massage the transition from what appears to be intimate romantic love to universal love, but imagery helps. Yaaay

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[too_dle_oo]

THIS, I UNDERSTAND: "Whoa, nelly! Remember how much it sucked when you strained your coracobracilais and couldn't swim for weeks? So do your easy 100 free and thank your poor old muscles by resting before moving on to the next set, 'kay?"

Only I get it from a gymnastics perspective. I often teach my friends' kids things like somersaults and round-offs and backbends, and every so often, I'll get it in my head to think it's a good idea to attempt an aerial (cartwheel no hands) or front handspring. For the record: it is NOT.

[mundungus42]

I think it also twinges me to remember how much fun it is to be young and healthy and fit and to have to remind myself that I'm not quite that anymore. But it sure beats getting injured!

(edited because heh, you are far fitter than I am, but yeah, perhaps busting out aerials isn't the best idea)

[too_dle_oo]

I think fitness ebbs and flows for most of us during our lives, and half the trick is figuring out how to use your body with whatever is age-appropriate, how to challenge your body in the right way for where you are, fitness-wise.

I landed the aerial on my knees (OW), but the front handspring pretty much on my back (DOUBLE OW + KNOCKED MY AIR OUT FOR A MOMENT). There's a reason that you don't see hobbyist gymnasts in their sixties, unlike running and yoga, where you can keep going through your 90s!

Like these guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFRkFPPh2hw.

Don't swimmers go pretty late in life, too? Low impact on the joints?

[mundungus42]

*winces in sympathy* Oh man, OW is right. Yoga is sort of like super-slow gymnatics in some ways, but yeah, far lower impact. And knocking one's air and/or knees out definitely sounds like too much impact!

Swimming is absolutely a thing one can do at any age and any fitness level. But as with any exercise, overdoing it too soon is all manner of OW. I accidentally scared Mr. 42 off weight lifting because we overdid it on day 1 and hobbled up and down the stairs bemoaning our fates for a week.

*cheers on the nonegenarian sprinters*

[too_dle_oo]

I accidentally scared Mr. 42 off weight lifting because we overdid it on day 1 and hobbled up and down the stairs bemoaning our fates for a week.
Ha ha ha ha!!!! I KNOW THIS FEELING. I've been the Mr. 42 in this scenario, though, where a friend convinced me he'd show me how to use all the weight machines properly. He then proceeded to kind of "bro" his way through my session, just seeing how much I could do, and... yep. The "I'll just roll my body across the living room floor because I'm not up to walking" feeling is REAL.