lockdown movements

[tei]

I'm curious what everyone's physical practices are looking like if you're mostly on lockdown due to COVID? here, it's finally gotten warm enough to be outside comfortably for activities other than running, so I've been trying to do some gymnastics-type training in the park and am considering ordering a slackline and some rings that I could hang from a tree branch.

The downside is that I really don't like people watching me. :P

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[jesse_the_k]

I've got a standing date with a neighbor pal: every day she strolls nearby, reporting on the progress of spring in flora and fauna, talking to me on the phone while I walk in my house on my very slow treadmill (which arrived a week before safer-in-place happened). Treadmill walking is easier because it's predictable -- I don't have to scan the path to avoid tripping on uneven ground, won't be tempted to tilt my head back to admire a cardinal (and then pass out). Last time I managed 0.31 mile (0.5 km) in 23 minutes.

I'm continuing my a 30-minute stretch-and-strengthen routine that's mostly body weight, somewhere between pilates and yoga, cooked up by my Miracle Worker PT/OT/Craniosacral therapist.

I'm SO missing my thrice-weekly swim. Miracle Worker suggested separating the swimming activity into legs and arms, while supporting myself on a 65cm exercise ball. It's something, but it's not swimming.