My goal for last year was to do at least 52 strength workouts – one for every week.  I was surprised to see that I actually achieved this.  I did 74 Peloton strength workouts.  It’s possible / probable that I may also have done a few more on my own.  I stopped all strength while I was struggling with my IT band injury as I thought the strength was possibly exacerbating my injury, so I thought perhaps I wouldn’t make my goal.  I also didn’t do any strength workouts during our month in Virginia.  However, I guess I must have been more enthusiastic than I remembered the rest of the time.  At $17 / month, I’m paying $2.50 per workout, which I’d call an excellent deal.  As we age, strength and flexibility deteriorate without active maintenance.  As someone who is neither naturally particularly strong nor flexible, I figure it’s worth a little effort and money to attempt to slow the decline.

I also had a goal to do 26 stretching workouts, or one every other week.  I did 8 Peloton stretching workouts.  I also stretched 15 more times, for a total of 23 stretching workouts.  My goal of 26 was very modest, and I didn’t even manage to achieve that.  Still – 23 is better than nothing!  I truly despise stretching and doing it even 23 times was pretty torturous.

What about this year?  I think my strength goal was reasonable – 52 weeks, 52 strength workouts.  I did my first one tonight; 51 to go.  After 74 strength workouts last year, I don’t feel particularly strong.  I suppose if I hadn’t done them, I’d be even weaker.

I’m going to up the ante and attempt 52 stretching workouts.  I feel ridiculously inflexible, and I think it’s not healthy.  It’s bad for running, bad for skiing, bad for basic function, increases risk of injury.   Sitting all day is just not ideal.  But there’s nothing stopping me from doing a quick 10 minute Peloton stretching session a couple times a week.  So here’s to 52+ times stretching in ’23.  My lack of flexibility stands in stark contrast to L’s extreme flexibility.  She is not really naturally flexible and is walking talking evidence that hard work works on just about everything, flexibility being no exception.