Leading my first exercise session

Today was to be the first Ready Steady Mums session that I would be leading.  It rained.  It was really chucking it down and I didn't think anyone would come but I did a feed and a change, got the two of us waterproofed as best I could and walked over to the park.  

Halfway there the little one starts crying and I nearly turn back but decide that if anyone else has made the effort to come and exercise in this then it is my responsibility to be there and congratulate them.  The walk is a good warm-up, so I correct my posture, hold my tummy in and continue.  My daughter also continues with her crying.  Sure enough, the park is empty but I go through my planned warm-up just in case anyone turns up.  Nobody comes so we walk back home.


As I have just done 45 minutes of warm-up and this was my designated exercise time I decide to complete what I had planned to do in the park at home, with a few adaptations.  The routine works pretty well but takes much longer than expected due to breaks for more feeding and nappy changing.  I'll tweak the order slightly for when we do it in the park, but I'm pleased.  


I think I am developing a more rounded view of exercise.  There's 'keeping active' which I was doing  - and continue to do - in my everyday life anyway and there is 'exercise' which I think of now as being something more considered, such as improving stamina, working specific muscles, building core strength, cardiovascular work.  For me at the moment the two are separate but sit together quite comfortably but I'm aiming to get more 'exercise' stuff into the everyday.