One of the fun features of Asperger's is a tendency to set a routine and adhere to it viciously, and nowhere has this been better expressed than in my gym attendance in the past four years: weight training Monday through Friday, alternating push and pull. Occasionally, the thought occurs to me to change routines, and so I do. Then I continue that routine rigorously for months on end, long after it has lost most of its efficacy.
I'd like to mix things up a little more this year, chiefly because my body is screaming for more cardio and flexibility work. The years of weights have made me dreadfully stiff. So, here's a tentative new weekly schedule. It will probably fluctuate (in fact, I hope it does), but at least there's a basic structure to it.
Sunday
Stretching. Yoga, maybe?
Monday
Weights: Pushing exercises.
Tuesday
Weights: Pulling exercises.
Wednesday
Cardio: Running, jump rope, or whatever else comes to mind.
Thursday
Weights: Pushing exercises.
Friday
Weights: Pulling exercises.
Saturday
Cardio: Running and/or hiking.
I'd like to mix things up a little more this year, chiefly because my body is screaming for more cardio and flexibility work. The years of weights have made me dreadfully stiff. So, here's a tentative new weekly schedule. It will probably fluctuate (in fact, I hope it does), but at least there's a basic structure to it.
Sunday
Stretching. Yoga, maybe?
Monday
Weights: Pushing exercises.
Tuesday
Weights: Pulling exercises.
Wednesday
Cardio: Running, jump rope, or whatever else comes to mind.
Thursday
Weights: Pushing exercises.
Friday
Weights: Pulling exercises.
Saturday
Cardio: Running and/or hiking.
