[Sportsandrec] Statistics on Fitness in Blind Community

[Bill Kociaba]

Hay Julie,
First thanks for the nice words.  I am glad what we discussed worked well 
for you. Also glad to hear you are healed and back to running.  Not my 
favorite form of exercise but if it works for you then go for it.  That is 
the key and Julie says it clearly below. Find something you enjoy doing...
Your training program must be fun or you will fail!  You need to look 
forward to those workouts with joy not dred.  That is the most important 
part of it. If you enjoy it you will work that much harder at it and the 
results will come surprisingly fast.
Bill Kociaba
CRUISEONE
Bill at Ycruise.com
954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Statistics on Fitness in Blind Community


>I agree with what Bill has said here.  It's the hard truth.  I did take him 
>up on his offer of setting up an exercise program that would mesh well with 
>my physical ability while I was recovering from my foot injury.  He was 
>very easy to work with and the exercises he came up with allowed me to 
>continue to maintain my fitness while not aggravating my injured foot.  A 
>big thank you to Bill!
>
> I also wanted to add that I have started running just in the past few 
> weeks.  At first I could only make it a few feet before I was breathing 
> hard and my foot was throbbing.  I kept at it, doing a little bit more 
> each day.  When I got up to being able to run longer stretches I began 
> taking every other day off so that my foot could rest and recover.  Now I 
> can run all the way around the block where I live.  I realize this is a 
> very short distance, but it feels amazing to have made that much progress.
>
> I do not have a gym membership.  Where I live there is no dedicated 
> workout facility like that and no YMCA either.  I have had to find ways to 
> keep fit with not a lot of resources.  I walk a lot for my main exercise. 
> We have public hike and bike paths here that are very nice for walking or 
> running.  The high school track is open to the public, of course when the 
> students are not using it, but that still leaves quite a bit of 
> opportunity.  I also found quite a few useful workout videos on you tube. 
> Not all of them had excellent descriptions, but they gave me ideas to add 
> variety and keep things fun.  Unless you have some specific sport goal in 
> mind or want to be a professional weightlifter, I don't think it matters 
> so much what exercise you do.  If your goal is to be more fit, you can do 
> just about any sort of movement that you find enjoyable and it will get 
> you going in the right direction.
>
> Julie
>
>
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