It started out as a joke. “I lift weights to stay in shape
for moving,” I’d say. Then giggle. Like an “it’s true, but mostly I’m joking”
type of giggle.
I think that was three years ago. Since then, I have moved or
helped someone else move about six times. I will be completing move number
seven in a couple weeks.
Prior to that, I’ve moved an average of one time per year
for the last 17 years. (I used middle-school algebra to figure that out.)
Sometimes my greatest mental challenge is remembering my address. I try to play
it off by saying something like, “I just moved,” which is true, or, “It’s been
a long day!”
Now that I am getting to the age where things don’t heal as
quickly as they once did, I’m valuing the gift of good health. And
chiropractors. And ice packs. I know that lifting has helped me avoid several
injuries, and I’m hoping this preventive effort will continue.
Lifting weights is the one exercise I can do consistently without
getting bored. It also gives me the appetite of a teenage boy (slight
exaggeration), so my second favorite exercise is grocery shopping.
The end.
