The Blog of littleduckie

As I posted not long ago, I've been getting a lot more exercise since I separated from monsieur & moved back in with my dad.  I've been trying to walk or bicycle every day, and I do get out there most days, although I am really a very lazy person & I've missed a few!  Anyway, I've been noticing that walking uses more muscles than biking.  I can feel it in my back, my abdomen, my bottom, etc.  But when I'm biking, I feel like I'm really only using my legs.  I also found a great article in an old issue of Cooking Light magazine about exercises you can add to a walk to get even more benefits out of it -- I'm not ready for that yet, but I hope to be soon!

So anyway, I'm writing this because I wanted to post some resources for anyone else who is interested in walking as a form of exercise.  Both of these look pretty good:

http://www.thewalkingsite.com/

http://walking.about.com/

I'm also going to start doing some light weight-lifting this week -- my arms have never been strong, and I really need to work on them.  I found some good information & descriptions of exercises here:

http://weighttraining.about.com/

Please write me if you have other good resources to share, or if you're also trying to get more exercise & want a kind of online exercise buddy to help you stay motivated.  I know when I have to account to somebody, I get more done, so it would probably help me a lot. 

Oh, that reminds me -- I have another Web site that I LOVE: Joe's Goals.  You can set up positive or negative goals and check tasks off as you complete them, and it really does help.  You can make your goals public so they can be shared, which might be helpful if we got a little group going!