Mahler’s Monday Morning Motivator # 73 – Fitness or Fit-in
Good Morning, Guys,
I recently posted an answer to a question from a young man that got me to thinking about how we make the commitment to keep in shape. Basically the question dealt with how to get a weeks worth of workouts in to get in shape for school and be able to do this with all the other things that demanded attention. My basic answer was this. It's called "fitness" not "fit in." It shouldn't be something you try to do when you have a need to look good, like getting a botox injection.
It’s important to keep things in perspective. Staying fit is not just one of the many drains on your time and energy. It should be one of the things you do that make all those other activities possible and even enjoyable. I recently went on a 10 day vacation and made it to the gym 5 of those 10 days. Those 5 days weren't getting in the way; they actually helped to make my vacation better. I maintained my energy and stamina and enjoyed everything so much more because I was essentially charged and focused. The same can be said of my daily routine at work and at home. Regardless of what your fitness path might be, if you think of it as a chore, a job that has to be done, then you will soon lose interest. I’m not saying that we don’t think “I have to get my workout done, today.” But, when we think that, is it for the right reasons? Is it because we value what it does for us or is it because we have made it just another chunk of food on the already full plate of our lives? If it’s just a blob on the plate then it becomes very easy to say, “I’m not that hungry today. I think I’ll pass.”
You wouldn’t think of not brushing your teeth or bathing each day. Why? Because, the neglect of basic hygiene will make you subject to tooth decay, disease and, yes, social ostracism. Why should the care of your body, it’s muscle, bone, ligaments, tendons and nervous system be any different? I am reminded of a saying I read somewhere which goes, “If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?” So, are you taking care of your body and, if so, by fitness or by fitting in? It’s your choice.
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Have a great week.
In Fitness & Friendship,
Mahler
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Ditto. This is something I constantly have to justify to my non-training friends simply because thay happen to hate any form of physical exercise. (Beer-holding bicep curls excluded of course)
Now I know why I spend more on tic tacs than anyone else I know. Thanks.
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- Christopher Reeve
Great Motivator mahler! When I finished playing soccer and wasn't forced to work out I gave up on it for a while..during that time I lost energy, mental focus, and felt drained. I returned to working out not to keep a scholarship or compete with athletes but for the very reasons you mentioned.
Having just replied to your "ignore this" post, I too thought I'd better do the right thing to let you know, as usual, I've read your MMMM. (Fear the wrath of IMLOD! ) Great post, John. I too have made fitness a habit. And it shows, both in how I look and how I feel. My outlook on life is so much more positive. Your point really is well-taken.
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Oh wait, I guess that would require a question mark at the end of the "hmmmmm", wouldn't it? And you'd have to rephrase the first sentence as "Wicked ideas now you are giving me."
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Well K, I replied to the ignore this and also felt compelled to reply here too. I think the ignore thread was planted by Mauler to guilt us all into re-reading the MMM thread and replying to it.
I'm a little late reading it, but good stuff John. I need to come around more often, I have been on a fitness vacation. Back on the bandwagon now though. Good to see familiar faces still here.
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Originally posted by jjschmidt1121: I'm a little late reading it, but good stuff John. I need to come around more often, I have been on a fitness vacation. Back on the bandwagon now though. Good to see familiar faces still here.
jj,
Fitness vacation is over. Glad to have you back. Time to get ready for the rest of your life.
Mahler
__________________ In Fitness & Friendship, MAHLER
______________________________ __________________________ There is no light at the end of the tunnel. You carry the light with you.
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