FALLin’ for exercise…

For those of you living in middle Tennesse, you know that this Summer was brutal, and now Fall has been a big tease! One day we have highs in the low 70’s and then last few days we’re back in the mid-80’s. It’s ridiculous. I’m ready for Summer to see its way out, because I don’t like sweating. Well, “glistening,” because Southern women don’t sweat.  

While I’ve been complaining of the recent heat wave, some days have been really nice. By sun set, it’s even more comfortable, and that’s made outside activities a little more enjoyable.

In the recent weeks, my husband has been working a few more day shifts and so we’ve had our evenings together. If you dont know him, Neal is a very active guy. He’s also very creative. These two attributes have given us outlets to try new sports and activities, and most of them are FREE, which is even better.

In the last few weeks, we’ve tried our hand at disc golf. Hendersonville has Saundersville Park with 18 holes of disc golf, so we stopped by our local disc golf shop and bought used discs ($3 each) and headed down to the park. It’s a beautiful park surrounded on one side by Old Hickory Lake and tons of mature trees everywhere. We played about 15 holes of disc golf until we got to one where you had to throw the disc across a portion of the lake. Needless to say, one amateur, who shall remain nameless, lost us $3 and one beautiful purple disc.

We’ve also picked up tennis. (Some better than others.) And my recent favorite, plain ole’ Frisbee throwing. It doesn’t sound like much exercise, so we make it into that. We do drills, long runs, jumps, etc. It’s a great workout!

Over the weekend, I tried my first corn maze. It was awesome! We went at 7pm, so we bundled up and brought flashlights. Shuckle’s Corn Maze (http://www.shucklescornmaze.com/) is a 6 acre maze in Hendersonville. They’ve added on to the activities over the years with games, hay rides, concessions, etc. We went with an intention to not only have fun, but to MOVE too! We walked the maze for over and hour, until we got to the end. I really wish I had worn my pedometer, because there’s no telling how many miles we walked.

Jenn & Neal at Shuckle's Corn Maze... just being corny!

If you’ve never been to a corn maze, then you should definitely try it out! Its great family fun and you work out without even noticing it. So grab a partner and head out to your local corn maze for a lil' Fall fun and maybe even a little exercise, too!

~Jenn