Oh Harriet…
I definitely come home tired and acky after working with the horses. There’s a lot of heavy chores to do at the care center especially loading manure in to w wheel barrel and then having to run it up a ramp to dump
It. Takes to people to do that part.
Yesterday I helped loading a truck with 20 bales of hay on to a truck which required me to climbs two story hay “squeeze” … hay stack…pulling bales of hay out and dumping to the truck below. I worked with another gal. Still have to move the bale. Pick it up and then push it over the side
When I come home I shower with hot water, take two ibuprofen and use either a heating pad or lay on top of my electric blanket.
Most days I do a round of specific core exercises as it’s my lower back muscles that bother me. Also I’ve started getting deep tissue massages which hep. And although all this helps my body I am very aware that I’m still not as strong as I was 18 months ago. COVID and my lack of physical activities during that time is the result, but I am determined to get back as much as my strength as I can.
My mom was a runner from the age of 49-83 running 3-5 miles daily until she turned 78 when she cut back to 1-3 miles. Though running is great for cardio it’s not good for the body unless you add some strength training. The results for my mom were she began to get balancing issues and she ended up having to use a walker.. which she hates
My trainer, Jason, stresses good core muscles are needed to maintain good balance, and at this point I am looking to the future today to start healthy in my later years. Different mind set