It's better than a dadaist pep talk.

[antennapedia]

I was at the gym this morning and somebody stopped me in the locker room.

Comments

[seldomifever]

I love this. It gives me hope.

[antennapedia]

There is a lot of work and sweat involved. The work and sweat become fun in themselves if you let them. The upside of this approach is that there is never any self-starvation. Self-starvation would be counterproductive. Nom nom food! I eat way less sugar than I did before, though. (Sugar really is evil.)

[capra_maritimus]

Working on it. :D

And congrats!

[antennapedia]

Go you! :D

[capra_maritimus]

I'm longing for the day when I can do *gasp* one real push-up!

[antennapedia]

Been there. Been exactly there. Just one! How can it be so hard, I asked myself.

[the_emu]

Xander will experience this as he grows from teen geek to strapping construction guy.

Just putting that out there.

8^-

[antennapedia]

Yes. This story seed keeps bouncing around inside me. Eventually it'll find the right expression.

[misswitch]

Are you still doing that... crap, I can't remember the name of the page/exercise you mentioned a while back, where you do ridiculously insane lifting exercises? I was going to look into it, but my former gym was not conclusive to it.

Anyway, good on you for your continued hard work.

[antennapedia]

I still do some Crossfit-like stuff, yeah, when I need to do metabolic conditioning aka more intense cardio. High-intensity circuit training is another word for it. I don't do pure Crossfit at a Crossfit gym or anything like that, because they're more about the workouts that leave you thrashed than about strength. Crossfit at a gym with an instructor who has training beyond just Crossfit is a great way to go from couch potato to the best shape of your life, though.

[daiseechain]

That's very encouraging to hear. How lovely of her to take the time to let you know!

[antennapedia]

It was completely sweet. Odd to think that other people notice you, but I guess they do.