Self-Exercise Motivation With Some Help From My Friends

I have been in an self-exercise rut.

The Dark Side of Exercise

Years ago, when I first hurt my back, I ended up in bed for over seven weeks.  Then I was up on crutches, with a numb right leg. After years the numbness,  it  slowly went away. That is the short version of a very long and painful story.

The Newburyport Runner can exercise

Fast forward, about five years ago I stopped my daily exercise. I rode my bike, I did gardening, I walked, and I did yoga. Then I started to have trouble standing for any long period of time. I went to the Doctor and he told me, it was my back. I was in total denial.

My Exercise Shoes Glowing

So, I really had to get back into my routine of exercising. I would do anything except exercise at home or as I call it self-exercise.  I kept moving my yoga mat around the house. I fooled myself that I was getting enough exercise and did not need to stretch.  I could not motivate myself.

One day, I started to exercise with my friends: Sting, BBKing,and Paul Simon. These guys have helped me get my exercise/stretching grove back. I tuned into New Orleans music, Muddy Waters, and Ella & Louis.  The louder the music, the better.  I found out that loud music kept my new kitty out of the room and off of my yoga mat.  I am back doing back stretches and yoga. I am feeling each muscle as I stretch slowly.

So as I song goes, I get by with a little help from my musical super star friends. They keep me rocking and rolling.