P-L-A-Y Ball the Umpire Yells!

As I was contemplating what to write about for the March/April Issue of The Alaska Wellness Magazine the idea of the "weekend athlete" came to mind. Do you know who I'm talking about? Is it your spouse? Is it you?

You know the scenario: all week you work at your job, family obligations, and wind-down time. There seems to be no time for fitness activities. On Monday morning you see an announcement on the bulletin board at work. It states that a new softball team is being formed and everyone is encouraged to sign up!! You think to yourself... "Well, I played competitive ball in high-school so it shouldn't be a problem now". Of course, it's been 16 years since graduation, but who's counting?

You sign up with all the enthusiasm of a child opening her Christmas presents. You are so excited that when you get home you announce to the family that you will be practicing softball on Tuesday evenings and you will be participating in the games on Saturday mornings. Everybody is cool with it and they are excited because they want to watch the games each week.

You go to bed that night and dream of the way you threw that last out in the final game of your final season some 16 years ago.Blue light blockers

The next morning you get up early and go out to the storage room to look for your old ball and glove... surprise, it still fits!! Now you are figuring that you'll need to buy new shoes. The team will be provided with shirts and hats. You are imagining your self in your new duds and envisioning your first time at bat.

H-e-l-l-o!! Aren't you forgetting something? Shouldn't you get into some kind of physical conditioning course? Why is it that that is the last thing that you think of? Just because you were a great or even fairly good softball player 16 years ago it doesn't mean that you can just pickup where you left off.

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