#Gym Stats!
It was another push day and I came through just fine, no matter how it felt at certain moments. Working out has taught me how often I let how I feel at a current moment control that moment.
Between that and mindfulness, I’ve learned that I can step back and take stock independent of how I feel.
The result is progress on my goals. There’s a saying stenciled on the wall of this gym here. “The key to success is consistency to purpose.”
@NiveusLepus You inspire me! 129 minutes - wow! Is that daily or do you have off/on days?❤️💪❤️
@JGSchaeffer Six days a week. I take Sundays off.
I also do a half hour of warm up in the morning, just get going calisthenics. 3 minutes of plank, 100 leg lifts, things like that.
I spent a long time neglecting the health of this body, but over the last ten years, I’ve come to take better care of it.
I’m a long distance thru hiker, and I get so much from the work, even if some days its hard.
@NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer Wow! That's awesome!
You flatter an old beast. ^_^ If it’s possible for me, it’s possible for anyone. Mired in self hatred, at 21, I was 370 lbs. I’ve learned and grown a lot since then, or it at least seems like I have made some progress.
The goals I chase, I chase because they serve my purposes. Having a high degree of physicality means I can respond better to what arises in my world. I often travel to help people in my network do things like move, or recover from surgery.
Any amount of physical activity is good for the body, a 1/2 hour of walking is half hour you aren’t sitting in a chair, and those gains add up. People look at my 2 hrs and boggle, but I see people at the gym just getting started every day, or people in the sunset of their years, just being a boss, and those are the ones that are my heroes
I know how hard it is to get started and I know how hard it is to stay on that horse. If you give it your best, I’m proud of you