Written 08/01/2012
NOTE: Nothing special about this post. I just wanted to get this down some where so I can't back out.
Years ago, I was a gym rat. I was tired of being called ‘slim’, and decided to get my slim ass in the gym. I did not do this solely for the purpose of bulking up, but also because I knew I’d feel better day to day. When I was in the Air Force, fitness was a thing for lots of us. We’d eat healthy meals, hit the gym and workout. It was in one of those gym in 2003 that I dislocated my right shoulder, while working out.
I was bench pressing and my right arm shifted off balance, and I heard a sound and suddenly all the weight above me came down on top of me. Oddly, I wasn’t going for a max at that time. I was just warming up, really. Weights crashed, I yelled, people rushed over and lifted weights off of me, and I had to not lift anything higher than my head for a few weeks. It healed, but I never got back into the gym.
Then in 2009, I got bitten by the gym bug again, and I started the routine over again. I went with a good friend of mine named Zac, who turned out o be an awesome gym partner. If I didn’t want to go, he’d show up at my place anyway, and kick my ass out of bed. I felt fantastic, and started to gain weight back. I mean hell, I was looking good. Not Godzilla sized of course, but athletic and toned.
Sadly, I was later so overwhelmed with classes and youtube and work and the gym that something quite simply HAD to give. I was going on 3-4 hours of sleep a night, which I can do, but not when I’m expected to keep grades up and balance weights above my head (I learned that lesson). So, I dropped out of the gym, and haven’t walked back into the gym since.
Now I’m getting that bug again. I’ve found a basic diet, similar to the one I used years ago, and an editing together a workout routine again. I’ll most likely join a gym, and start going consistently in a few weeks. I know that when I start, it’ll be a huge investment of time, but hey, none of us are getting any younger, you know?
Maybe soon, I’ll get from looking like this (today):
Back to my happy weight and build (2009):
Didn't I look serious?
Greg
I have a blog about the gym all written up but I haven't posted it, mainly because it feels hypocritical to post it when I haven't actually been going to the gym (I wrote it back when I was). And yes, I'm commenting a lot today. I decided to go back and read your posts from before I was subscribed, and they are interesting, and I feel the need to communicate right now.
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