Ok, truth be told, I am not marching.
I am ambling.
Maybe loping.
Perhaps even strolling.
My point here is that I am not moving with any particular speed.
However, since it is still March and will continue to be until we reach April, I guess I *am* technically Marching for now and I will be Aprilling as of Monday.
Yes, I do find myself funny.
So, my point here is that despite labelling this month ‘Move More March’ I realized that I didn’t actually set myself up to do a lot of extra work.
Basically, when I made my plans for Move More March – to exercise for 20 hours – I didn’t actually consider how many hours of exercise I already get in an average month.
Between TKD, walking Khalee, and my mobility exercises, I already automatically get around 18 hours of exercise per month.*
Basically, by setting a 20 hour goal, I was asking myself to do 4 extra minutes of exercise a day.
Not hard exercise. Not specific exercise. Just four minutes of anything at all – stretches, walking, patterns practice, anything.
I mean, I’m all for making small changes but since there was nothing incremental about those extra minutes, no specific level of effort, I hadn’t created much of a challenge for myself.
And that’s fine, really.
I’m not being hard on myself here.
Sometimes, you are really trying to push forward and sometimes it’s enough to just maintain your current position.
I just found it funny when I realized that my challenge wasn’t a challenge at all.
So, with all of that said, I do want to work a bit harder in April.
I haven’t decided what I’ll focus on but I do know that I want to get away from just thinking in terms of time spent.
Instead, I want to choose a focus that relates to increasing my effort.
I’ll update you once we are Aprilling.
*My exercise intensity varies considerably from day to day. I don’t mean to give you the impression that I am putting in 18 gruelling hours every single month.