A couple of weeks ago I told you that I had moved to a new home and that I am working to create new routines. I have to do this because I’m in a new environment. My first challenge was how to safely walk my dogs in the morning. I walk very early in the morning and the street I now live off of is busy and there are no sidewalks. I solved this dilemma by deciding to put the dogs in my car and drive a couple of miles down the road to a beautiful park that has nice wide sidewalks and street lights.
My next challenge is to workout. I used to live about 10 minutes from a fabulous gym. I worked with a personal trainer for half an hour twice a week. It was a great routine. All the different muscle groups were addressed and I even got some stretching in. I’m about 20 – 25 minutes away from this gym now. That would mean I’d need to allow about an hour of travel time for a half hour workout. That makes no sense to me. I’m working to establish a good workout routine here at home.
I have space in which to exercise. I also now have 3 levels in my home as it’s a townhouse. No need to spend time on a stair master! I’m walking my dogs twice a day instead of once a day but I don’t want you to think that’s real exercise as my dogs like to stop and sniff every few feet. We walk about 1.5 miles at a time but it’s stop and go walking.
Are you asking yourself what’s the problem here? Well, the problem is that I want to get back to a regular workout routine. Left to my own devices I can find lots to do (other than workout). I work well when I have a schedule and a plan.
I thought back to the exercises that I did with my trainer and wrote down some of the ones that I can do without machinery. Then I made a plan to workout 3 days a week. I figure since I don’t have to travel anywhere I should be able to fit that in. The three days don’t always have to be the same – my client schedule is not the same every week – as long as I keep to my plan of three days in a calendar week.
I know that there are some yoga studios not too far from where I live now. My next step is to investigate them to see if I can get to a yoga class once a week which will help me with balance and stretching.
I’m beginning this new routine this week. I’ll keep track in my daily calendar the days that I work out and I will check into the local yoga studios. That’s my plan and I’m going to do my best to stick to it! As I know (and I think you know too) creating a new routine is work. It takes consistent and conscious effort to make a change and then continued practice to create the new habit.
Wish me luck! I look forward to reading your comments.
