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OUR NEXT ADVENTURE KAPAA BIKE PATH 6:30 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 2 BRING A FRIEND OR TWO (more details & location below) |
Friends in Fitness:
"Walk & Talk"
Aloha to the faithful readers of “In Health & With Hope” here at The Garden Island. After a full year of sharing my thoughts about exercise and eating with my Kaua`ian community, I think that it’s about time that we put a little more action behind my biweekly words of wisdom.
Thus, I am excited to announce the launch of Doug’s “Super Sunday Sunset Stroll.” These biweekly (every other Sunday) outings are 100% FREE and will be 110% FUN. Starting tomorrow, I welcome you to join me for a walk (and a talk) on the day following each of my columns in The Garden Island Newspaper. You can ask me questions about my most recent article. We can all just talk story, so to speak. Or, we can stride in silence.
Beginning this Sunday, July 23rd, at 6:30pm, I am encouraging my Friends in Fitness (this means YOU) to join me on Kaua`i’s Multiuse Path in Kapa`a. This is also known as the Kapa`a Bike Path or Ke Ala Hele Makālae (Hawaiian for “The Path that Goes by Coast”).
I always choose Sunday as my day of rest. My goal on Sundays is to give my body a break from formal, on-purpose exercise (i.e. Eccentrics in Strength, Stamina, or Stretching). In my book, physical activity is always encouraged on Sundays; intense exercise is not.
Sundays are supposed to incorporate fun, calorie-burning activities… not formal, cardio-busting exercises. I don’t perform any on-purpose intervals (Swings of the Stamina Scale) and don’t care about when, or how long, I work out. I just have fun doing a whole-body activity and enjoy it for as long as I see fit.
In general, as long as an activity utilizes at least some of the largest muscles in the body, in a rhythmic manner, it qualifies. If you have access to a treadmill, rowing machine, stair climber, elliptical machine, and an arc trainer... use all of them. If you don't have access to any of them, that's fine too. Kaua`i offers an abundance of my personal favorites: swimming, biking, and hiking. For now, and for a while, let’s choose walking and talking.
On my Super 7-Week Shape-Up System, Sundays are designed to be a day of casual activity, not formal exercise. Therefore, the intensity is always going to be low and slow; after all, it’s our day of “rest,” where smiling surpasses straining.
If you aren’t currently doing much in the form of regular physical activity, then a few minutes of walking along the ocean is surely a step in the right direction. Remember, the difference between doing nothing and next to nothing is tremendous. This is definitely not a race and you can most definitely set your own pace.
So, regardless of whether you are a resident or a visitor, you are cordially invited to join me for my non-record-breaking Sunday saunters. Please note that I am already juggling too many full plates and I am definitely not trying to bolster my business or cultivate new clients. I just love walking the Kapa`a coastline at sunset and thought that this might be a fun way to bring some like-minded folks together… and, I would appreciate the company.
If you happen to be completely unfamiliar with this amazing non-motorized coastline route, you would benefit greatly from watching my video journey of the complete trek, up and back, via bicycle. Please go to YouTube and search for “Kauai Bike Path… a Fun & Scenic HD Tour of Paradise!!” (OR CLICK HERE) I think that you’ll enjoy my 30-minute round-trip musical sprint to the very end of the path. Hopefully, we can do that as a group someday soon.
Again, I will not be leading you through exercises or stretches or anything specific. We will all be walking on our own, yet together. If you can only move so fast initially, that's fine with me. Pace yourself according to your specific condition and pre-conditions. Starting off slowly is preferred. For most, it's mandatory! In the long run, the turtle always wins the race, right?
NEXT "WALK & TALK"
Our "Walk & Talk" outings occur on the first Sunday of each month, approximately one-hour before sunset. Please check DougJonesFitness.com for the exact date and time. We meet in the parking lots of the Kapa`a Swimming Pool and Kapa`a Neighborhood Center, right behind Chicken in a Barrel BBQ on Kou Street. I’ll always be there, whether the weather is whatever… rain or shine, and always on time. Look for the guy with the smiley face hat. If you arrive on time, and it's your first time, one of them has your name on it. Yes, your first smile is always free! :-)
In Health & With Hope,
Doug :-)
Doug Jones earned his Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Maryland on a full academic scholarship and has served professionals and personalities as a concierge fitness trainer for decades. As a resident of Kauai and Connecticut, he has helped millions of people learn the secrets of fitness and fat loss through his Super 7-Week Shape-Up System. Doug has trained thousands of clients personally and is looking forward to helping you reach all of your health and fitness goals.
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