Heavy Bag Workout -Rainy Day Motivation
Weight loss today 24.2lbs
Every day I feel more motivated to do more and today is no exception. This day has been very rainy and wet, we even had a weather warning regarding the rainfall. However I was sitting on the sofa in the morning thinking about how we make excuses regarding our health. Today it would be easy to sit inside after my lifting and hide indoors. I decided that was silly, it is August, warm and a little rain is not going to hurt me.
Few pushups in the morning, getting easier !
In spring I dug out my old heavy bag I used when I was young. I did have some notions of using it at the time but my main motivation then had more to do with getting it out of the way. I decided to set it up on a tree branch just outside an outbuilding, and there it has sat unused for months. That is until today when I dug out my old bag gloves. I started on about 1 minute of combos, left jab, left jab, right cross etc. Rain flew down off the tree with each hit. Contrary to being uncomfortable it was nothing but refreshing. To start I began with different combos with different forces and was able to produce some decent intensity. I rested between each minute of work for about 20-30 seconds. I had no real plan for intervals or combos and I am far from any kind of expert at boxing. Despite this I managed to put in a good effort and added a decent little addition to my activity for the rainy day.
The Heavy Bag
Increasing my Daily Activity
What doing activities like this means to me is that I am growing my portfolio of activities to use in bettering my health and life. Like any good portfolio, diversification is a good thing and this is just going to be another tool at my disposal. It really feels remarkable to be moving like I am now, with only just shy of 25lbs of weight loss. I can’t imagine what I could be capable of with my goal of 100lbs. That is in my calculations a year away and I am not going to try to focus too much on it. However I really can’t help being excited about the possibilities that could be down the line.
