I still made my Thursday and Friday workouts, but only due to predetermined guilt. I knew that I would be spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday down at the track for the Indianapolis 500 — the greatest spectacle in racing and a nightmare for a health enthusiast or nutritionist!
On Thursday, Chris pushed me through a brutal cardio day. Fifteen minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the row machine and 15 minutes on the stair stepper, then six minutes live boxing and weighted bench pushing. Chris usually joins me, but he had some severe knee pain that kept him immobile. Let me say, you get a little bitter going through that while your trainer isn’t breaking a sweat. Still, he made sure I didn’t quit and, let me say, “It wasn’t easy!” On Friday I caught an early morning workout with a friend of mine. I call this friend “Johnny 6-Pack” because he’s in great shape. At least I thought so.
I’m going to say thank you to the trainers at Body-N-Motion! I didn’t realize the progress I was making until I brought my friend along. He started out lifting more than me. By the end of the workout, we were lifting the same weights. This reminded me that patience is a virtue!
I feel like sometimes we get caught up in the immediate, superficial results of working out, like stepping on the scale every night and saying, “I still look fat!” Or constantly asking, “Can you tell I’ve lost weight?”
The truth is we should measure our results against overall health. Are you sleeping better? Do you have more energy during the day? Is your brain working fast? Do you want to take the stairs? You will gain more from concentrating on these types of results than waiting for the perfect body to reveal itself.
If you want that perfect body, it takes time! So be patient, count the little things and use those to continue moving forward.
Quote from French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
*I’ll let you know how the Indianapolis 500 and track festivities went in my next post.
Day 13, John
Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shirley - I hope I'm inspiring you and others to keep up with the fitness goals!!
ReplyDeleteI still dont think there is anything worse than pushing the weighted bench around the gym
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