Five Minutes of Exercise
Exercise February 20th, 2008A friend suggested I do 5 minutes of exercise on my dust-ridden elliptical machine. She had just bought one and was excited to have it. I commented that I never use mine. Bought with the best of intentions, of course. And quickly abandoned.
So yesterday evening waiting for my DH to make it home I hopped on with a book in hand and reset the timer from when I used to go one hour… a lifetime ago…
5 minutes was HARD for me. I must have looked at the clock every 15 seconds or so. I felt my thighs burning and was breathing hard. Wow I am so out of shape.
But 5 minutes is 5 minutes more than I’ve done of serious exercise in a long time, and I was really happy with myself for doing it.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Yes, the smallest increment of effort it takes to do it the next day. This is a baby step. Congratulations Sarah!
February 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
… to do it *again* the next day .(I was worried I didn’t word that properly.)
February 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I remeber the first time I got on the elliptival and could only do a minute so I told myself everytime I get on I will do a minute longer and now I can go for days. Slow progress is still progress Keep it up!
February 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Way to go! Will become easier with time. Of course you know that.
love,
iniya
February 20th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Great job! Your 5 mins will turn into so much more, just keep pushing on. =)
February 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Way to go! 5 minutes is 5 minutes, and I’m sure you’ll be able to work up to longer too!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:19 am
Five minutes is completely respectable! Yay for you.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Yeah for you! That is great and 5 minutes is great! YAHOO!