Flexing My Mom Muscles

As I write this post, I am recently returned home from living in Spain for 5 months. Despite my great intentions and aims, I STILL got injured! Was the cause of my back and neck pain my new halter dress pulling on my vertebrae and/or carrying our son plus heavy bags throughout airports? I’ll never know. But here I am, back in physical therapy and doing the stretching exercises that are boring and take up to much time every day.

While my added core and upper body strength didn’t prevent my almost-43 year old body from getting injured, I continue to believe that returning to my strength training is still in my best interest. In fact, who knows, maybe I’d be worse off now if I hadn’t been as strong as I was before the injuries?

 I hope other 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90+ women read this and learn that it’s never too late to build strength and stability, and you don’t have to do a lot to see results. And while we can’t prevent all ills from befalling us, we can decide that how we feel on a daily basis and our own self-care rank very high on the ‘most important’ list.

Next week, look for my special strategies for making strength training a consistent part of your life.

For more about what’s sabotaging your desire to exercise, check out my blog www.essentialsteps.net/blog