Friday, April 25, 2025

Exercise

I always thought that exercise 

Meant pumping up your heart,

Which every sport, to some extent,

Does right off, from the start.


In classes I took years ago,

Aerobics was the theme.

We marched and jumped and stepped,

The workout every heart-pump’s dream.


Yet other types of working out 

Have always had their place,

Though never offering a skill

I thought I could embrace.


Until I tried a stretching class

Without a single jump,

Just using weights and movement

With my heart a steady pump.


And man, I was exhausted!

Which to me was a surprise 

And allowed me to see exercise 

Through very different eyes.



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