I know it's been a long two years of this covid shit… Well I hope to be back blogging every month next year. I know ths is the time of year when people get together with family and friends. I hope you all got to get together with your loved ones. I've been busy the last couple of months. I've gone back to swimming. I'm trying to get back into shape because I hope I can go to BC next summer and do the Okanagan swim across the lake. I need to do 42 laps in under 3 hours and I am at 30 laps in two hours and fifteen minutes. Before this covid shit I was in the pool doing 30 laps in two hours and thirty minutes felt lke my life stopped. For me it felt like I needed to work out because if I wanted to get together with my friends and family I needed to be strong. If I don't work out I lose all my muscle and it's hard for me to be with my family and friends because I need my muscles to help me get around my parents house. I do all my transfers into and out of my parents' vehicle and in and out of bed by myself. I can't bring my motorized wheelchair with me and I have to use my manual one. That's why I have to work out.
In the summer of 2020 I watched a show on TV called american ninja warrior. When I was watching it I had an idea that I wanted something like that for myself and other people who have disabilities. So one day I went online to see if there was anything like that in the city where I live. And there was but not for people who have disabilities. So I emailed them a little bit about myself and what I want and I told them that I have an idea. In february of 2021 I went to see them to talk about my idea. They were open to helping me. They wondered what I can do, so I showed them and they were very surprised by my capabilities and they offered me if to train with them. I said “yes”because at the time I couldn't get back in the water. I was going twice a week with my worker and I felt happy that I got back into shape.
Over the next couple of months I lifted up to 85 pounds! At the end of the summer I was feeling so confident at the gym with my trainer, I didn’t need my support worker anymore. In the fall I started swimming twice a week in addition to working out. I was also in soccer two evenings a week! I was very active and I loved it. After I do the swim across the lake, my next goal is to create a ninja warrior course that I can accomplish. That's what I'm working toward this year.
In November when I was swimming I felt a pain in my neck and I thought I strained it. The next morning it hurt so bad I emailed my trainer saying that I couldn’t make our session that day. I had to halt working out and swimming for the better part of two months. If you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you may recall a few years back when I had a stroke while I was at a very active time in my life. This current setback feels like the same thing is happening all over again. I don’t know why it always happens to me. I hate the pandemic but if it weren’t for everything being shut down I never would’ve found a personal trainer. I wouldn’t be as strong as I am today mentally and physically. In time, I know I’ll see the light at the end of this tunnel I’m in.. I’m just not quite there yet.
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