What keeps me going…

Okay so I’m not any sort of exercise monkey or anything, and frankly I don’t like it very much.  But since I like food, I gotta do something.  So in order to burn calories, I strap on a headset and walk the neighborhood.  And I mean HOOF.  Between 3.5 and 4.5 mph the whole way.  And I live in the foothills of the Appalachians, so my neighborhood ain’t exactly flat.  I use the music to keep a steady pace (for roughly 3 minutes at a stretch) and find  good-paced music to work the hills.  Like Tush by ZZ Top. Or Prince’s I Would Die For U.  Or Lady Marmalade if you need to slow the pace but keep a long stride. Any of these will get you up a 10% incline without too much agony.

And I’m the kind of person who can just walk.  Point me in a direction, provide me with a music player, and I’ll just go. And go and go.

Anyway so I have the music going the whole time, but about 2/3 of the way into the neighborhood circuit I find myself turning up the volume.  A little more and a little more and a little more.  At first I was thinking it was because I was getting into a zone and really liked the songs on the playlist so I was using the added volume to zone into the music a little more.

I don’t think that’s it though.

I’m pretty sure that I turn up the music really loud so I can’t hear my hamstrings screaming at me.

As an addendum, I also realized that the last segment of today’s walk was entirely motivated by the hot dog I plan to eat for lunch.

Whatever gets you through the day I guess.

~ by bronwynjoye on June 2, 2009.