Rounding out the fitness plan

Ellyn Ritterskamp

It's not always fun to do stuff we're not good at. But if we only stick with the activities we're great at, we don't grow so much.

That's what a friend told me a few years ago when I started a fitness journey. I like to lift weights, and she said that's great, but I can't only do that, or my body will get used to it, and plateau.

I have to swim and run and play basketball and do stuff like that, that I'm not so good at. Like in school, where we have to take classes in some subjects we may not be so good at. That's how we get to be well-rounded people.

And though rounding is hardly the goal in fitness, in the larger view, it still fits.

So, today I will swim. Tomorrow, shoot some hoops.

Onward.