Fitness Moment

  When I started this daily writing thing, there was something else that I started doing as well. Some form of commitment to daily exercise. During my time in school, I found myself getting swamped with work a ton, meaning that the time I had left to go to the gym was a lot less than I would’ve liked. As a result, I ended up not feeling as physically fit as I would’ve liked. Part of it also doesn’t help that almost every time I seem to meet my mom she tends to flip flop between “oh wow you’ve lost some weight” or “You need to exercise because you’ve definitely gained some weight. Sometimes this happens like every other day. Personally, I don’t get it and it has become a bit annoying because she seems to argue back with me whenever she gets in that “I’ve gained weight” mindset. I’m not arguing that I’m the most fit, I acknowledge that I could be in better physical shape, but my metabolism isn’t so slow that yesterday’s breakfast gave me a double chin. I wish I could say it doesn’t affect, but it does. I do find myself doubting my capabilities, but if anything I can be fit to spite her. 


So I decided to make at least part of this summer about getting exercise daily. It’s not like I need to go to the gym and bench five buildings every day, but just something that my apple watch would count as exercise. Actually the ring closing is a pretty good indication of what I’ve done because it helps me do exactly what I need to without overdoing it. What I’ve been working on mostly for now has been trying to get some good 30-ish minutes of cardio in at some point during the day. The place I live at is right next to an old airfield which conveniently makes about 2-2.5 miles whenever you go around it twice so that’s been my current focus. I would go to a gym and use the machines, but I’m currently a member of a gym at my other place and don’t want to waste money paying for two memberships I use at different times of the year. Though now that I write this, a more logical plan would be to plan the memberships so that I’m registered only when I can go to them, but that’s too much work and I don’t want to deal with that right now. Speaking of that other membership, that gym is 15 minutes away from my family’s other place and that is where the true lifting will happen. I have a pretty easy to follow regimen that can very easily be paused and resumed. It centers around motion rather than area. So I divvied up the exercises into “pull” and “push” motions. For example, bench press and squats would be pushing while rowing and lat pulldowns are pulling. So the workout plan would be to do pull + cardio, cardio, then push + cardio. Obviously I would go hard on the cardio only days and pull it back when I have to accompany it with weightlifting. Solid plan that I’ve been using for the last two years during my time in the gym. 


I think the biggest thing I have to offer right now is that I respect the heck out of people who go running outdoors. I’m not sure what it is, but that is so much harder than a treadmill or elliptical machine for me personally. Maybe it’s the lack of AC or the fact I have things in my pockets, but my stamina just seems to die when I try to run for any significant amount of time outside. I hoped it would get better/easier for me, but the summer heat is just something else. I can’t wait until I can go to an indoor gym in July because it will feel so much better. 


By the way, I’m not going to claim I’m some fitness Guru who has it all figured out. In fact, I’m far from it. Part of exercising also means going towards a better diet to take advantage of it so there’s that whole thing to figure out. I’m also not even sure if my exercise plan is a good one. I use push/pull because I hate having one part of my body being sore at a time. It’s weird, but spreading that soreness out makes it a little easier for me to deal with in a way. Is there anything I’m not doing that would be beneficial? I would love to hear and it would also give me sick interaction points ;). I have been toying around with some ideas on moving forwards with the rain story so look out for that soon(no promises on a deadline because that would be terrifying for me). With all of that said, I appreciate you if you’ve been keeping up with the posts in whatever way you’ve been doing it. If this is your first time here, welcome and check out all the other posts. Especially if doing this inspires you to try and take up writing yourself. That is the most fulfilling thing for me! Watch this page tomorrow for when I make my next post!

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  1. jaccJune 27, 2023 at 10:17 AM

    exercise is brutal, and im learning that now the hard way (as someone who barely exercised in high school/before that). ive recently been trying to start getting in shape, and it often times feels impossible. my first outside jogging session for some cardio, i had to stop myself after just 5 or so mins because my body just wasnt used to it. I was dizzy, pale, and immensely angry at myself for not caring about my body earlier. nevertheless, im going to continue walking / just jogging on the trail near my apartment. starting is probably the worst part of it, right?

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