Adaptation

One good reason to experiment with different kinds of exercise lies buried in the fact that stuff sometimes happens.

When it’s a question of bad stuff, like poor air quality, injury, depression, sleep interruption, traffic, or hair-related problems, we have to find something that will keep us moving without making us feel worse.  If, for example, we have a knee issue, it might be time to do all upper body.  If the air outside makes us cough, it might be time to hit the gym or the mall for walking.  If we have trouble with weight-bearing, we can try swimming.

Even good stuff can require us to adapt.  Maybe we have been blessed with a new partner or baby or puppy.  Those new beings take a lot of time and energy and we might have to find ways to be extra efficient in our workouts (or invite them along) in order to make it work.

What we do doesn’t matter that much.  But we do have to do it.  Go play.