When's the last time you "just did it"?
This weekend I woke up with absolutely no desire to work out. I had been at a friend's pre-wedding celebration the night before, and I stayed out late, ate more than I normally do, and boy, did I feel it the next morning. Normally, when I feel that lazy, I call a friend, but all my friends had done the same thing and didn't want to exercise either.I made a deal with myself. I decided to go to the gym, but I promised myself that if I didn't want to keep pushing after 30 minutes of moderate cardio, I would go home. I'll give you two guesses as to what happened.
I started at an easy pace. Ten minutes in, I had the intensity bumped way up. And, after my pre-determined half hour, I was nowhere near ready to go home. I hopped on another machine and did some more, and finished up with some strength work, and I felt fantastic. It reminded me how important that first step can be. Get yourself off the couch, out the door, to the gym -- whatever it is you want to do. But just do it!
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5-28-2008 @ 10:57AM
Vishaal said...
I have a couple times when I "just do it" :
On fridays, I go to Disneyland, EVERY friday, since I work around the corner and I have the pass, BUT I haven't been able to go the past two weeks. This is my work out for friday, the walking, so since I didn't go, I go home and dance full on for an hour to Madonna or something and really work up a sweat even though it's so tempting to just sit there on a friday night.
Also, whenever I have plans to go clubbing, I always feel lazy to go to the gym since I'm going to be dancing a whole lot at night. I tell myself that that is no excuse and my work out is my work out.
Busy days at work are also pretty tough. It's really tough to get into the gym right after work. My sister and I work together so we pack everything for the gym and head straight over down the street to the gym. I'm 100% better than her with this. She's always like "Not today V!" And I'm like "Um....yah RIGHT! COME ON!"
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