Monkey Blog

Yesterday I hit my 400th workout since I joined a gym.  Yeesh, it doesn’t seem like that long ago when I hit 300.  When I first started out I felt so behind everyone else that was in shape.  Every workout I did was a "please just let me survive this session".  But then weeks turned into months and months turned into years.  It’s amazing how different my attitude about fitness is now.  I’m sure 500 will be here before I know it!

I had one of those days in the gym yesterday where everything just comes together.  I felt strong, my lifts went great, and the pump I got was just fantastic.  I know there’s such thing as a runner’s high, but what about a lifter’s high?  I sear when you have a killer session of lifting it is just the most amazing feeling.  I felt so alive, so energized, so frakking good.  I’m closing in on age forty and lifting has made me feel stronger, better, and more alive than I’ve even been in my life.  I started lifting to change how I looked on the outside, but I didn’t count on how much it would change me on the inside.  I LOVE lifting!!!

There’s no point to this.  I just felt like contributing a positive rant.  :)