April 9th, 2012: 285 today! This is why I do it! 4 lbs. in two days. God, the mental games. The number may not affect me the entire day, but it certainly affects me during the time that I write a blog entry – which is almost always soon after I weigh myself. Hopefully I’m out of those damn 290’s forever! Yesterday was Easter Sunday too, and me and my program survived it! I did not give in and think that just cause it’s a holiday I have to overeat/binge to validate it! And I survived being out and about and shooting pistols and smelling food. I’ll celebrate it the program-way today, by patting myself on the back and sweating.
I’m outta here for that session. See you tomorrow.
April 9th, 2020: How long should I exercise? This is the first question from yesterday. More specifically, the question would be “how long should an exercise session last?”
In a nutshell, if I’m not training for a specific event, I think a session that lasts longer than approximately 1 hour is a session where I’m not working hard enough, or it’s a session I hadn’t given enough thought toward before I started. I just don’t have the time to linger around either, so I’ve got to get in and get it done. Now, this hour does not include talking with other people, using the restroom, getting my gear ready, etc.
I will never think that me or my workout are so important that either one supersedes human verbal contact, or simply being nice. I may look or act kinda hurried if I’m talking with you prior to working out, or if I’m in-between sets, but it’s likely just general pre-workout nerves or the fact that I hate cooling off between those sets. However, I’m never put-out and value the time I spend with you more than lifting something heavy up, and then putting it back down again (isn’t that really all exercise is about anyway?). After a workout, I sometimes have to be the one to remind myself to avoid pestering other people because I’m usually so stoned from endorphins that I feel the need to share the love.
Ok, so to be totally honest here, I prefer to get two sessions of this length done every day. It doesn’t happen regularly, but this isn’t for lack of trying. If some is good, more is better, right? Of course, I’ve failed to mind the store sometimes though, and this attitude can cause dereliction in other areas of my life, not to mention soreness in areas (joints) that shouldn’t be sore.
