Posted By Rich Bryant on October 9, 2009

Over the past few weeks I’ve begun to add some exercise to my program that extends outside the pool.  As noted in previous posts, I’ve begun doing sit-ups on a daily basis and have now, most recently, begun to visit the local rec center a couple of times each week for some weight lifting.

I started my weight lifting regime with some very light work and only working on the arms, shoulders and chest. The reason for this focus is because the sit-ups and my use of fins in the pool gives the lower body and abdomen a rigorous workout already (I still need to increase my number of sit-ups beyond 30 – but I’ll get there!).

After a couple of weeks of going to the rec center I’m already seeing some great benefits in the pool.  The extra strength in the arms and shoulders enables me to cut through the water with noticeably less effort, and it seems that the pool time required to get in a good workout has somehow been reduced as well.

The difficult job still remains ahead of me – which is to impose further controls on food intake.  Looking back over the years I can see some tremendous changes I’ve already made in this regard – so I know that this behavior modification is possible. I hope to be sharing here soon stories of the dietary battle – I think those will be the best stories of all.

(Thinking, maybe I need to revisit my own story, The Allegory of the Bedouin, for a little inspiration!

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