Here's to Your Health in 2013

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Well, it's a new year and resolutions are all the rave. I don't make resolutions but strive to be better at things in my life. 

My goal is to get back to my regular exercise routine because I was sidelined due to lower back and leg problems. I finished physical therapy just before the year ended and on the first day of the year, it felt very good to exercise and run without pain.

I was going to go to a spin class at the gym but it was cancelled. Instead of leaving the house, I decided to workout in my home gym. I ran in five minute intervals and did a variety of strength training exercises with my body weight and 10 pound weights. I did this  routine for 40 minutes. Something like this is considered interval training; alternating burst of intense activity (running) with intervals of lighter activity (squats). 

My physical therapist told me to build up my exercise intensity as long as I don't feel any pain. I'll continue to do the physical therapy exercises as well so that I can continue to get better.

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right," Oprah Winfrey. Here's to your health in 2013 and always.