So I went for another walk today after I dropped off The Little Ninja, with The Little Explorer in the stroller again. I followed a paved path today and tried to focus on my alignment - leaning back, feet pointing forward, not stretching my arms, pushing off with my toes. The path that I followed has a set of workout equipment along it and I did everything! Ha! Just kidding. I wimped out of a lot of it and the stuff that I did do wasn't spectacular. I did manage the inclined monkey bars - going down. This was after hanging for 30 seconds at the school playground, which I already do every day unless it's raining. I tried pull-ups... ha. haha. Clearly my upper body strength disappeared sometime after high school, when I could easily do 20. Though that was like 18 years ago now, so what did I expect?! the best I could do was 5 halfway up with some leg support/assistance. I couldn't go all the way up because I'm not tall enough. Maybe I should add that to the school workout - the bar's lower, but I don't want to look like a total loser in front of the school, failing at chin-ups.
Anyway. I've been feeling my back muscles since I woke up so maybe I've been overdoing it a bit. The long walk on Saturday, the walk yesterday, the stretches I did last night... Whatever. It doesn't HURT, so I'll just keep doing as I have been.
In other news, my Tula baby carrier arrived today, and I put the Little Explorer in it for a bit to try it out. It seemed okay but I think she'll prefer riding on my back. I don't want to try that without the Recyclist to help me until I get it all figured out. I then put the Little Explorer in the baby k'tan facing forward to make cookies with the Little Ninja. :) Just to build strength. She's wiggly though, so it wasn't a terribly long carry. Still. Every little bit helps, right?
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