Ask the Readers: Exercise Goals and Obstacles [Zen Habits]
In the week after my marathon, I’m itching to run again. I’ve decided to take this week off running, as I’ve read that it leads to faster recovery. So I started walking yesterday, and I’ll do a little strength training today.
But man, do I miss running.
Next week, I get back into running, just doing a few days of light running. It’s something to look forward to. Until then, I’ll be recuperating and trying to decide what my next fitness goal will be. It’s a lot of fun to contemplate goals — there are so many possibilities!
My current thinking is that I want to focus on strength training for the next couple of months while building up my running again and doing a few shorter races. I’ve never been very consistent with strength training, so that’s a challenge I’d like to beat. After that, I’ll get back into endurance training, and do some 20Ks and a half marathon in the fall, and then another marathon in December (I’m thinking Honolulu at this point).
I really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s running and exercise stories yesterday, in the comments of my marathon post, so today I thought I’d ask a couple questions to kick off a discussion (as I focus on book writing today):
1. What are your exercise goals? And how do you decide what they will be?
2. If you’re having a hard time getting into exercising (or back into it), what are your main obstacles? How are you trying to address those obstacles, or how have you overcome them?
I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
Original post here: Leo
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