Good morning! Another beautiful day to enjoy here in Nerja. I´m Paddly, the paddle bag. I am the structure and the stamina. I could be your personal trainer, as I know a lot about exercise.
Ok, here we go. The first thing you need to do is to decide that you are willing to do the work. Motivation is the key and visualizing where you want to be. No one else does it for you. Then you must make your own routine. It´s easy really. Decide what kind of training you want to do and get out of your bed. Here in Nerja, there are so many things to choose from: Golf, running, different gyms, cross-fit, tennis, swimming, and yoga are a few examples.
Mr and Mrs Smith decides on today’s ventures
While you think we can do some warming up, stand up and raise your arms straight up into the air. Breathe. Now flex… Sorry, I hear Mr. and Mrs. Smith talking. They´ve just woken up. They are also speaking of exercise today.
– But Janet, Mr. Smith says. It is so lovely to take a lazy morning, making it into another one of the lazy days. We can do some workout tomorrow instead
– If you always say “tomorrow” you will never work out. There will never be a better day than today, Janes said.
– Ok. What do you want to do?
– It would be nice to try out the paddle court nearby.
– In paddle, you need to be four.
– We can ask our neighbors Johan and Sofia to join in. It would be nice to get to know them a bit more.
– The tired couple? Do you think they are awake yet?
– If not, they will wake up when I call them.
– Poor people. Let them sleep. And me too.
– No Gary, it’s almost nine. If you go to bed earlier you don’t have to sleep all morning.
– But the nights are so magical in Nerja. I love to sit on the upper terrace and listen to the cicadas.
– And drink local beer.
– Aow, that hurts. I want to live each day to the fullest, you know.
I hear a clattering sound. I think she pats his belly.
– Up we go, the day is already long gone. I will go and call Johan and Sofia.
That’s right Janet. Good on you! Exercise is the way to good health and longevity. And of course, what you eat and drink. Ok, the last words are easy for me, Paddly, as I don´t have to eat nor drink. I am one of the bags that the Smith couple has at their villa in Nerja.
It’s a good choice to let Johan and Sofia join in. You need to be fit when you work as much as he does. He should definitely sleep more, drink less coffee, and play more paddle.
At the paddle court
Finally, here I stand on the bench at Club de Tenis y Padel La Raqueta. It wasn’t easy for poor Mrs. Smith to get Mr. Smith here – he always uses his painful leg as an excuse when he doesn’t want to do a certain thing. But Mrs. Smith found this nice paddle court just 200 m from their house. Then she had to manage to get the tired couple Johan and Sofia out of bed.
Now the game is on and Johan is complaining about missing the balls from the Smiths. He slept so bad last night, he says. Sofia says that they should have had more coffee. Not even the intense blue light of Costa del Sol is enough to get Johan and Sofia awake. After 15 minutes they are all having a nice game. They like it because the rules are simple and it’s easier than tennis as the ball can bounce using the walls.
Learn paddle from the best
While you are in Nerja you might want to learn paddle from those who are trainers. In Nerja there is Sebastian at Padel Nerja and he is located at Hotel Parador.