I got to thinking about it last night. Why have I responded so well to it? What is it about this class that makes me
actually want to go? We seldom have the
same instructor, so I know it’s not a personality thing. In fact the one I prefer took a leave of
absence because of her school schedule, so she hasn’t even been there in
several weeks. One of the instructors is
like a German drill instructor who is struggling to be nice but not doing such
a good job of it. The other is actually
is nice, almost too much so. We never
get a lot of cardio work when she is in charge.
So what is it? Beyond the fact
that I need it really badly, of course.
Here’s the list of reasons I came up with
last night while working my nightly crossword puzzle in bed. Why I enjoy water therapy:
1.
It happens at the right time.
7:45 in the morning. Yep. I am a morning person. I most assuredly function better in the
morning. Always have. Just ask my older brother. I used to drive him crazy by singing early in
the morning. Of course I’m a terrible
singer, so that had something to do with it as well.
2.
The exercises are varied. That, I’m
sure, speaks to my attention span. I can
remember a time in my life when I thrived on solitary pursuits like long distance
running. When we lived in Colorado I
reached a point where I was running six miles every day. Of course I always wore headphones so I could
listen – not to music necessarily. I
have always wanted a connection to reality, to what is happening right now. I even listened to radio talk shows while I ran. So I have never been one to just listen to cd’s
for example. I welcome the comments from
the on air personality, because they give the sense that if something happens
that I need to know about, then they will tell me. May or may not be true, but that’s the
assumption my head operates on. Chris,
on the other hand, can’t stand the interjections by the DJ’s. She would rather drive hundreds of miles in
silence than have someone on the radio talk.
So much for listening to radio talk shows. But I digress. The variety of exercises keeps my
attention. I don’t get bored. And they work every part of my body, not just
my legs.
3. And,
there is water. The volume of the water
really does make it easier on my joints.
I am able to do so much more than I can on land. Oh, there is a tweak every now and then, but overall,
the total support makes a huge difference.
4.
And finally, the water is heated.
It feels good. So good in fact
that I would really like to get our hot tub repaired. We haven’t ever had it fixed since Hurricane
Ike, so it probably needs a new engine or motor or whatever it is that swooshes
the water around. And we still have to
have the electricity rerun. But just
imagine … the “feels good” without the workout.
Put it on the list.
Psalms 42:1 says, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O
God.”
Father, thank you for the qualities of
water that have made it possible for me to exercise again with so much less
pain. Amen.
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