The balancing act of working out

The hour is early; well at least for me but apparently not of the neighborhood birds that are squawking louder than what I can sleep through. Don’t those feathery creatures know that it isn’t even 5:00 am?

As I toss and turn trying to figure out a way to muffle their constant chirping I can’t help but think of everything that is on my plate for the day, the balancing act that is my life.

What needs to be done for the day? Work, home and then of course when will I get my workout done and how much time will I have to devote to it in the few hours that I can call my own.

So I sit here typing before the sun comes up because the birds were so loud this morning that sleeping really wasn’t an option. And so my day begins.

I went to the local cement-swimming hole yesterday and enjoyed every minute that I got to spread my wings and glide through the water. I love the freedom that swimming allows me, especially the quite it provides me to just let my mind go and my thoughts run wild as the water washes over me.

There are only two months out of the year that I can make my early morning swims a part of my daily workout routines and I try to fit it in as often as the weather and my schedule allows. The fact that my morning crawl at 50 yards a minute burns about 540 calories per hour is a great plus for me.

I know that swimming isn’t for everyone but walking in water helps take the pressure off aching joints and provides 12 times the resistance of air. The calories you could burn can equal my efforts of doing my morning swim.

Every morning the pool is filled with older women walking back and forth for hours. The 86 year-old woman that walks beside my swimming lane is there every morning and she often comments to me that she is just glad to be there every day and smiles about how she looks forward to just waking up tomorrow and getting her feet wet.

I just smile back at her and smile and tell her that I couldn’t agree with her more and then we are off to enjoy our summer workouts.

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