Larisa said:I wonder - am I the only one who actually enjoys working out? I
actually like lifting weights. Even when I think I really don't feel
like it, when I'm tired or whatever, my mood always perks up when I
get
Quoted message said:to the gym. Or, as in the present case, when I pick up my dumbbells.
Really, that's the reason I exercise. Yeah, it's nice to reduce my
heart attack risk, yeah it's nice to improve my bone density, blah
blah
Quoted message said:blah - but really, I exercise because I like it. It's not a penance,
it's an indulgence.
Is there nothing you like about exercise? Maybe you need a break?
Maybe change the way you exercise? Maybe exercise less?
LM
I generally like it well enough...I mean, I do really enjoy just the
feeling of my muscles moving...if I'm not being crazy here, it's kinda
like sex -- seriously! Or maybe dancing is the more appropriate
term...so I do like it.
I have to confess...I'm really a nerd trapped in an athlete's
body...imagine an athlete dad who has a nerd son...so it's almost like
I'm working out 'cause part of me feels like I'm obligated to make the
most of what I have -- and keep it up, so to speak -- when really I'm
just some Gen X slacker (I mean I anticipated the '90s back in the
'80s!)...and now I'm getting hurt, cuts aren't healing properly
anymore, muscles are pulling the wrong way, etc.
I don't even know what it is...I'm not unhappy when I *do*
exercise...just get the feeling that I should be doing something else,
I guess...I've been exercising all these years, see...I dunno, maybe
I'm tired of the routine of it all...or maybe, I guess, I'm seeing how
it's not just a fun activity anymore but an actual lifestyle, now that
I'm older and more susceptible to x, y, and z....
Anyway, I was supposed to work out tonight but I forgot my
shorts...LOL...now I can go get a pair, sure, but....
You know what it is? Working out has always been a social event for
me. Yeah, back in the college gym or the post gym, it was like a
weight lifting club...now it's, I dunno, just so alienating I
guess...yawn....
