Fitness….Hobby or lifestyle??
Which one is it to you? do you lift as a hobby, run as a hobby? do you just exercise to waste time….as a hobby?? or is it a lifestyle to you? Do you live it everyday, 24/7? Fitness is a lifestyle whether you think of it as that or not. You must live your everyday life with fitness on your mind. Every meal you eat you must think of the fats, the carbs, the sugars….every drink you drink you must think of the high fructose corn syrup, the calories, the sugars……and every where you go you have lifting on your mind. You do grocerie shopping and think of what your doing next in the gym. you park far away from the store so you can walk rather than be lazy and park close. You take the stairs rather than the elevator. You think about the gym all day long. You think about the gym every second. Fitness is a lifestyle! whether you think it is or not. Fitness can not be a hobby if your taking it seriously….now if it is a hobby to you here are some signs that you do not take fitness and bodybuilding seriously. If you smoke….your not serious. If you eat KFC, McDonalds, Wendys……your not serious. If you drink on a regular basis, your not serious…..Some people i know talk about there lack of vascularity, yet they smoke. They whine about there stomach and not being able to see there abs, yet they eat fats and fast food. They whine about there lack of progress in the gym, not getting any bigger, yet they are lazy and eat whatever they want and workout whenever they feel like it, with no routine……..thats a hobby….there not serious! Making Fitness a lifestyle takes time, time to quit eating junk food, time to quit smoking, time to adapt a daily routine…..it takes time….so take the time and accomplish what your goals are!! Thank you for listening.
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-Elijah
July 14, 2008 at 10:21 am
I take fitness very seriously. But I also stand watch 12 hours a day, broken up into to watch periods. I average 3 hours of sleep a day and this is mainly because I have to work out daily. I’m not being forced, but I can’t stand it when I don’t. So I have started taking caffine pills to stay awake on my 7 hour watch. What do you think about this? I eat as healthy as I can, between what I can buy in the ship store and what’s in the galley, but sometimes, they’re closed. I think sometimes it’s harder to maintain the lifestyle if you don’t allow for variables. What do you think?
August 6, 2008 at 1:28 am
Good post, but lmmfao about that parking further in the parking lot, or taking the stairs thing. I’ve been doing this for a while, and i dont even know about all that, lol. But if it works for you, hey what can i say. You are right about it being a life style thing, some times you gotta turn the good foods down…it sucks but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.You know what though, sometimes the best advise i can give someone during a bulking phase is 2 words, McDonalds..dollar menu…but you know everybodys’ different, and it doesn’t work for everybody…but anyways good progress, keep up the good work.
August 6, 2008 at 2:34 am
I guess its not a hobby for me, per your examples. It is a lifestyle & its never ending. This must be why not everyone "looks like that".
August 26, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Well until I read this, I must admit I treated it like a hobby. I will just have to practice until it becomes perfect to make it a lifestyle.