This Isn’t World Peace

 Week two of post-daylight saving time training is nearly done.  I am now fully oriented to all the weight machines in the gym, plus Danny has me on a pretty rigorous schedule of cardio training.  I also have a trainer at the Y who is assisting me do some other simple and age-appropriate stretches, balance drills, and core training.

Is my whole life focused on this?  It seems that it is.  But for now, that is OK.  I know that these next weeks and months are going to fly by and if I want to do well at Worlds I have to make use of every moment to prepare and train.

We aren’t talking world peace here it terms of importance.  But for the first time in my life, I have the time to do this, and not a lot of outside commitments that can conflict with reaching my goals.  It is sort of liberating.

Lifting weights is a whole new training element for me.  I’ve done a lot of walking over the years, and certainly played a lot of disc golf in the past few years.  But I’ve never had a regimented weight lifting program before.  I’m finding that I really enjoy it.

Part of the reason I like it is that I can log in to my fitness center and see my workouts that I’ve done each day.  It is fun and oddly satisfying to see the amount of weight increase each workout.  My account also shows me how WELL I’ve lifted at each weight machine.  That gives me direct feedback as to how I’m doing.

I’m not going for buff here….but I would like to end up stronger and certainly with more muscle tone.  Only time will tell!