Fitness Walk

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Fitness walks. 

I live in an RV park in Arizona and have developed my own fitness walk using whatever is handy.  While I am making laps around the perimeter of the park.  One lap is just under 1/2 mile.  While I am walking, I do arm strength training using a blue stretchy band.  I also stop at a picnic table and do squats, arm dips, ab crunches, and 45 degree angle push ups using the table edge for support.  There is no way that I can do a regular push up on the floor.  I have a fear of falling flat  and smashing my face in.  Not rational, I know, but  that is what I see happening.  I also do a sideways “grapevine” move for a section of my walk, one row in each direction.  Then I do a row walking backwards.  I belong to a gym and  occasionally  use it, but I really prefer to be active outside AND I am basically a loner so I sort of do my own thing most of the time. 

I also do laps using walking poles.  That makes my arms move like they do on the elliptical and I walk faster when I use them.  

When I do a fitness walk I try to walk for at least an hour.  Just walking is nice but I get too bored, doing these other activities at the same time keeps my head occupied.