response 23 of 23:

Aug 3 01:06 UTC 2008

I did pay for a membership at the county rec. department--and was able 
to use the discount for being on disability [even that was a bit of a 
stretch for me; some birthday money and a bit of my stimulus check 
helped a lot, though].

I wanted to spend some of my workout time in a pool; there's a number of
 things to do along with the traditional lap swimming.  And in the
summer  and the winter when the weather makes it difficult to do stuff
outdoors,  all of the indoor stuff at the rec center makes working out
during those  months so much easier.  

In the recent past, I've  been working on the treadmill instead of the 
indoor track. I like being able to set the speed and the incline [as 
well as seeing how many calories that I burn, and can adjust the 
workload if my heart rate is too high or low]. Granted, I can do that 
while walking on my own [monitoring my heart rate] but when I do a 
regular walk [vs on the treadmill], it's harder for me to vary my speed 
up or down on my own [my mind wanders to much to keep track, thus, the 
treadmill can do that part for me].  Granted, once I'm in better shape, 
I'm really going to enjoy the longer walks outdoors in the cooler 
weather...  I just MIGHT be able to return to the Grex walks again some 
day.