At last....

Finaly got to go out for my usual walking session today. Although the weather forecast has been saying we are in for a really snowy week with subzero temps, its not really been like that. Sure its been cold but nothing special, so today after a few days doing the Zumba, i went out for my usual 5 mile walk.

I enjoyed my 13,000 steps today, and the biggest thing i noticed and probably thanks to my three days of dancing with Zumba, is how light i felt on my feet.

This is hard to explain what i mean, but one thing i noticed when i had been walking for a few weeks and my fitness levels were up, i still couldn't spontaneously skip up steps or skip up on the kerb.. I still felt heavy in my legs even though they were now strong enough.

I seem to think over time that your body either forgets how to leap into action, or becomes stuck in a rut so it doesnt want to.

To cut a long story short, today i was deliberately skipping up the kerb, then back down again as i was walking along, you know, a bit like a kid does as he/she is playing in the street.. (flash back to singing in the rain)



People must have thought i was loopy, but i dont much care.....

How many Steps

I did an experiment today with me not going out for my walks these last few days with it being really wintery weather.

The experiment was to wear my step counter while i was doing my 45 minutes Zumba routine.

The results were 45 mins of Zumba resulted in 8,000 steps.

Now i know this isn't as many as i was doing with 13,000 and 14,000 steps on my walk, but these 8,000 steps are'nt steady walking, these 8,000 steps are like this and got to count for something......
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.........