Resuming exercise
The hardest part of exercising is getting back to it once you inevitably fall off the wagon.
I started the year on a good streak of almost 2 months doing reasonably regular exercise, including 2 to 3 days a week of strength and at least one of low HR cardio. But then I got a new job, a stressful first project and some other life events. So it's been a couple of months off again.
I have not completely stopped moving. I've been hitting the skatepark on a BMX with my kids almost every week, but as I'm learning, the consistency and focus of an actual workout is the key to improving, especially well into your 40s [^1].
There's the part where you need to get motivated enough to start again, but even harder is the part where you need to re-adjust your expectations. You were able to do X pull-ups, run Y kilometers, and now it's less.
So I've started with low expectations. 20 minutes of yoga every day for a week. I need to work on a bit of low back pain and just get mobility in order, then I'll get back to strength and cardio.
This is day 3. 🤞
^1]: Beth Lewis said something in [The Art of Stability that stuck with me: > Don't let your sport get in the way of your training.