artsong27’s BodyBlog

So, today is leg day….again!

It’s a love/hate relationship, this whole gym thing.  The workouts are hard and torturous, but the benefits are UNDENIABLE and ADDICTING!  I can remember the very first time I stepped foot inside a gym.  I was a nervous wreck.  Here I was surrounded by women twice my age who had more stamina, more muscle, and less fat than me.  I could barely make it through the hour-long step class, but I walked out of the gym that day with a sweat-soaked shirt and a huge smile on my face!  By the end of that first year, I had become one of the front row aerobics bunnies, and it was starting to bore me.  My fitness certifications gave me access to free memberships all over the area, so I took advantage and started lifting.  That is when I saw true results!  It was easy to become addicted to the gym lifestyle, and my addiction soon became my mother’s addiction as well!  We would go to the gym together and burn the place up. 

Fast forward 4 years, and I’m still here burnin’ it up!  Yes, I have had my bouts of laziness, but I always come back around eventually.  There are times when I convince myself that I can’t go to the gym…but then this inner strength takes over and sees to it that I find myself there before the day is done.  It is amazing how that works!  My routine is constantly evolving.  If I get bored, all I have to do is change it up a bit.  Problem solved!  So…today will be just another day at the gym.  Another day of torture.  Another day of RESULTS!  For those of you who are hitting the gym today, congratulations!  You are one step closer to your goals.  Work hard and burn it up!  Don’t leave until the house is ablaze!

I’m tired, y’all!

School is wearing me down.  You know how it is when you’re close to the finish line; you get tired and you just feel like giving up.  I woke up today, and tried to talk myself out of going to the gym.  I almost succumbed to that little voice in the back of my head telling me to go back to sleep.  Thank God almost doesn’t count!

I had a great workout today.  I completed a back, biceps and shoulders workout.  It felt great!  You know you’ve worked your upper body really well when you can barely reach for that cup in the cupboard, or wash your hair in the shower.  Just knowing that I can defeat laziness and get up and work out makes me so proud.  This lifestyle is not easy, but boy is it rewarding!