Well, well.
So much depends on where one was (fitness wise) before taking up cruising.
For us here it was all huge let down but then again we were probably combat fit 10 years ago when we started living in the
boat. We used to bike, run and ski big way and then we trekked whenever wx and jobs permitted. That was our shore life. Too good to be true. And so what.
It took some time to stop crying over the condition we once were and finding new ways of staying fit. I bet our shift from unhealthy to healthy stress was a way bigger benefit to us than the apparent loss of muscle and agility. One has to look at the whole picture to see what is good for one and what is not.
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