Yard Work: 1 - Tricia: 0
Owie. I cannot believe how much some yard work yesterday kicked my butt! The back of my thighs are so very sore today that it even hurts to sit down. All I did was clean the yard, but I guess I did too much squatting. At the time I didn’t have a clue that I would hurt this bad today. Sometimes I wonder why our bodies don’t give us a better warning to stop doing something so it doesn’t hurt so bad the next day LOL.
Surprisingly, my arms are fine given the amount of raking that I did. Since this is the first raking after a long winter, you really have to put some muscle into the rake to get up all of the leaves that have been pushed to the ground. I think those push ups have been working!
When it comes to exercising, I do prefer doing something like yard work versus spending some time on the elliptical. I like working on projects. There’s a bit of pride that I like to feel when I look back at a raked section of lawn and see how much better it looks. I like that satisfaction.
Don’t get me wrong, I do feel a sense of pride when I finish exercising on my elliptical. It’s a little different, though. Perhaps because there isn’t something immediate to show for it. Although, there would be something to show for it if I kept at it every day!
I didn’t do any more yard work today since I couldn’t bend over. Tomorrow, I will work through the pain and work on another section of our yard. I get some fresh air and get some exercise. It’s a good thing.
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just reading that I feel guilty
please to come here and stand over me and make me do our yard.