My body is my bitch
It was Henry Rollins who said once in an interview in 2003 that young men should lift weights to feel what it's like to have control over their body and have it react to the things they do to it. Between the weight I've lost, the huge increases I've made running, and now the tone and build I'm getting from just a month of weight lifting, I have to agree that it's a pretty awesome feeling.
I remember a dream I had about a year ago that I was running, sprinting across a field. I woke up in bed, about 245 pounds at the time and knew that if I tried I couldn't run more than 100 yards or so. I wanted that feeling, that freedom in the worst way. Well, now I have it. I ran 5 miles in 52 minutes the other day. Five 10-minute miles in a row. I've increased most of my free weights by 50% in just a month.
The human body is amazing.
It's pouring rain here now, as it has been all week, so I am only lifting tonight. Saturday will probably be my next run, I may try for a slow 10 miles.
I remember a dream I had about a year ago that I was running, sprinting across a field. I woke up in bed, about 245 pounds at the time and knew that if I tried I couldn't run more than 100 yards or so. I wanted that feeling, that freedom in the worst way. Well, now I have it. I ran 5 miles in 52 minutes the other day. Five 10-minute miles in a row. I've increased most of my free weights by 50% in just a month.
The human body is amazing.
It's pouring rain here now, as it has been all week, so I am only lifting tonight. Saturday will probably be my next run, I may try for a slow 10 miles.
Holy Crap! Will you be my mentor? That's awesome, I'm so proud of and happy for you! I didn't know the backstory until now, I think that's very inspirational!
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It's really just an early mid-life crisis.
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Will you also start smoking weed while lifting weights in the garage, ala American Beauty?
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"Early" - you really are an optimist, aren't you??
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Me out loud about a month ago at work..."I think my brother is having a midlife crisis." A 22 year old male student employee who over heard me "How old is he?" Me..."too young for a midlife crisis..he's only 36." Student employee...."Yeah most men only live till like 72...he's not too young."
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No. But it's a good thing that Californians don't know their neighbors.
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Well, if you reconsider, it's running on TNT today (23/1/10)
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