Yes I did. Today I’m counting digging a hole as
exercise. This was no ordinary hole, no
sir. It was a big hole and there was a
very distinct purpose for the hole that had to be dug.
As you know I have a leak. After five hours of re-plumbing yesterday I
discovered that I had to replace a portion of the main water line into my
house. That required digging. A lot of digging
In the end, the hole I had to dig was about two feet by
three feet and about three and a half feet deep. That is moving quite of a bit of earth. I sincerely thought that afterwards I would
go to the gym, since yet again, we were going to have rain, however, I did not
anticipate being as complete and totally worn out as I was.
Physically I was shot.
My back hurt, my legs hurt, my hands hurt, heck, my whole body
hurt. I was worried that I wasn’t going
to be able to get my 30 minutes of exercise in, but as I was
filling in this massive hole I had an “ah ha” moment. On the Biggest Loser they have advocated
moving furniture and other everyday activities as exercise. One of these exercise in particular popped into my weary
mind. If you have seen the show you may
already know what I am talking about. It
involves a 5 lbs sledgehammer and a giant tractor tire. A contestant hits the tire over and over
again and they consider this exercise. Well considering the amount of sweat and
energy expended I am counting digging a hole as exercise.
You may be interested in knowing that my plumbing problem
is fixed now and I have no leaks. Two days
and ten hours total and a complete reworking of not just the water pipes under
my house but the main delivery pipe in, I now have no leaking pipes (golf
clap).
After clean up and some gardening I was exhausted and
there wasn’t any way I would be able to do much else. I felt guilty but not for long. Mowing and digging,
both fall in to the same category, a category I would like to call everyday
life. No matter how hard you try sometimes there are things that just get in
your way and it is up to you to decide if they are obstacles or opportunities.
I am counting digging today as an opportunity since it
allowed me to work some core muscles and burn a massive amount of calories.
Daily Recap;
Matt: Digging one
huge hole and working against an incoming storm to complete a very important
home project.
Kelly: TBD
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