Friday, day 10, I woke up, hopped out of bed and landed on my butt. My right knee felt like someone put a dagger thru it. I have no idea what happened. I was fine when I went to bed. Instead of exercising I laid on the couch and read for most of the day. It was cold and damp.
Saturday when I got out of bed I was careful. My knee worked. It still hurt, but more like the knife was pulled out and it was healing. I did some errands and then laid on the couch and read. I thought about doing one of my walking DVDs until I discovered that my new computer doesn't have a DVD slot.
At 4:00 I headed to my brothers church to volunteer at a fundraiser. I didn't go far but I didn't stop. I actually got almost three miles in walking fifty feet at a time. Again, it was cold and damp.
Today the sun was out and I was ready to walk. Life, got in the way. I spent the morning doing laundry and the next five hours hauling my sisters around. I walked a lot, two miles worth. But I never got a real workout in.
I didn't want to go three days without working out. Especially since I have that cardio kick boxing to go to tomorrow. I was reading the Sunday paper and saw a mention of chair balance. That sent me to Google to see if could find something. Save the knee for tomorrow, and still get a workout in.
There wasn't much in that initial search but I was lead to an article "18 Chair Exercise For Seniors". It's one of those list things, that gathers resources from multiple sites. That's when I found this 20 minute workout. I played the first three or four minutes and said this should work. And it did.
There is a lot of upper body work, which is to be expected. But we moved everything but our butts. And it kind of moved as well. I worked up a sweat.
Mission accomplished.
12 Days of Christmas: #10: What is a leaping lord and where do you find one?
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12 Days of Christmas: #10: I forgot to put on the drumming music during the workout.
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