Springing into spring this week, using Denyse Whelan Blogs Taking Stock prompts. Admiring: Gardens coming into bloom during my first walk, more than 5k from home, on the day lockdown ended Becoming: A cyclist again, after taking time out due to lockdown restrictions Curious: To check out Mulga Bill Walking Trail, as I’m a […]
Exercising In Winter
Here we are, in lockdown number 5 in Victoria. Covid has rated its ugly head again so once more we have been lying low and obeying the restrictions. The rule is that we can only go 5km away from home for exercise, so there’s not much that’s exciting about my walks and rides at the […]
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Updating June 2021
FITNESS June was a great month of fitness for me. For the first time in a long while everything seemed to turn out the way I’d planned. As a explained recently, when I wrote about Goals and Planning, I had set a few fitness goals for June. Fortunately I was able to tick off all […]
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Exercise Equipment – My Favourites #sundaystills
The prompt for The Sunday Stills Photo Challenge this week is Inside. Terri from Second Wind Leisure hosts Sunday Stills, and each week there are different prompts. I’m not a photographer but I thought I’d just give it a go. I find this challenge opens my eyes to my surroundings, as I think about the […]
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Early Morning Workouts
For decades, I have exercised early in the morning. For me it’s the best time of the day to exercise, and I know that when I do it, I feel much better for the entire day. That was until earlier this year, when I lost my way. This was before the pandemic struck, so I […]
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End of a Decade: Looking Back
When I first started thinking about the decade coming to an end. My first thought was that it had been a quiet decade for me, with very little happening, and few changes to my life. But as I flipped through my diaries and online calendars, I realised that the decade was actually quite eventful. It […]
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February Plans #fitfabfeb2019
My blogger friend Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond has put out the #fitfabfeb challenge. Actually #fitfabfeb is not really a challenge – unless you want it to be. It’s more about becoming aware of our lifestyle and making small changes during the month to improve our health and wellbeing. If you’d like to […]
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Exercise and Extreme Heat
We’re Having a Heatwave We are having a very hot summer here in Central Victoria, with many days reaching temperatures over 40C. These days of extreme heat cause so much stress where I live, as we are in a very high bushfire danger area. I do worry about fires and our animals, on those days […]