OK, I have to start this off by saying that there have been times in my life when I took exercising WAY too seriously...like crazy obsessive seriously...like having a chin-up bar across my bedroom doorway and setting a goal to use it each time I passed through. Yes sillies, use it to DO CHIN-UPS, not to hang my dry cleaning on. This was back in the early 90s...back when Linda Hamilton was Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 and even if you weren't into those movies you couldn't help but be inspired by her busting out some serious chin-ups...NO SPECIAL EFFECTS NECESSARY.
That stage was ages ago...before college. In college staying lean was pretty easy because once I bought all of the materials I needed for my art projects I had no money to buy food...there's an effective diet plan for you.
These days I'm finding it more and more challenging to pull on a pair of jeans without scolding myself. I know, I know, we should all have good feelings about our bodies, etc., but you know how it is. And these days I really don't enjoy exercise quite like I did all those years ago...sure I feel great afterward, but it's the 'during' part that is hard for me to get into. Sometimes I even hate it.
Today I went to the gym for the first time in like FOREVER because I decided that doing something about "it" was much better than scolding myself. I'm not sure if the following video was what inspired me, but I'll tell you that when I saw it for the first time a few days ago the one thought that popped into my head was:
"Damn, if only I could do that in MY sleep I'd get my cardio in and have some PHENOMENAL abs to boot!"
And then from about 0:40 on perfectly captures what I look and feel like after a workout.
Go Bizkit go!
-c
