Quote: Ellie - were you very athletic before you climbed Mt. Whitney?
like you, I never considered myself very athletic. Riding my bike to the beach to go tanning was pretty much the extent of my high school athletics. Nothing much in college. In grad school joined a gym with roommate and did aerobic classes.
In medical school I decided to be more adventurous and learned to windsurf some. Then I met my H, and he took me hiking and tried to teach me to ski once or twice. Extreme lack of time and money pretty much limited our excursions at that time, though, and in the meantime, I gave up going to the gym because it seemed like H resented the time being taken away from him.
Later, my problems with my overactive thyroid limited me - we had just started some rock climbing together - not a good sport when you are really shakey
Did some weight-training and walking over the years - neither of which H will do with me. And learned to ski at 35 when the kids started, but never got better than mediocre.
Ironically, when I think about it, most people would consider me reasonably athletic. Most of MY friends and family, at least It's only in comparison to the extreme athleticism of my h and his family that I suffer.
I'd say, start working out doing something you love first (check out the www.bodyforlife.com site for a great weight-training program). If H doesn't join you in that, then start looking for activities that you could share together. Hiking is nice because it's not competitive, the scenery is great, and women tend to have good lower body strength that helps.
I know that it really meant a lot to H to see me training for and working towards my goal of climbing Mt. Whitney. Maybe if you started the 12 week BFL challenge he would get excited about you taking on that challenge? Maybe you could even ask him to coach you through it?
