hzagadinow’s BodyBlog

I read many articles, magazines, and books.  They all give awesome advice but the advice they give is in some type of idealistic world and environment.  They talk about what foods to eat, how to prepare them, what type of equipment to use at the gym, how long you should workout for and that’s fine.  But everyone doesn’t fit into that idealistic category.  Some things are more difficult to achieve than others and depending upon your lifestyle/situation, it makes it extremely difficult to do everything fitness.  Many people have children, work long hours, have long commutes etc.  Depending on what type of job you have, you may not be able to wolf down a meal or protein shake every 2-3 hours as suggested to keep your body anabolic.  I once had a part-time job, to make ends meet of course, along with my full-time job and my part-time job didn’t have the same atmosphere of my regular job.  I couldn’t just go to the kitchen and boil up some eggs or drink a protein shake in the middle of a meeting.  So, I would cook and cut up some chicken breast, put it in a sealable plastic bag then put it in my pocket.  I simply would munch on chicken breast like it was chewing gum (true story) throughout the day.  One day a female employee was wondering why I kept digging in my pocket and I told her I had chicken breast in there, awkward moment to say the least.  What I learned was that no matter your situation, if you want something bad enough you will do whatever it takes (within reason) to accomplish your goals.  Let’s face it, we are not all paid fitness models and bodybuilders, plus they don’t get paid much unless you’re in the top 10% of an already elite group of people.  We’re fitness fanatics with regular lifestyles doing our best with what we have.  As a matter of fact, I’m currently living in Iraq, living in less than desirable conditions, not to mention there’s a war going on.  Regardless of that fact, I and many other soldiers, sailors, marines, airman and civilians find a way to stay fit and healthy.  We’re not living in the US, don’t have a Gold’s gym or LA Fitness, we work long hours, live in harsh conditions, in a war zone but we find a way to keep and maintain our healthy way of life.  Sometimes, I’m so tired that I just want to sleep at the end of the work day but that’s what average men do.  I decided long ago to be much more than the average person and go that extra distance needed to separate a champion from a chump (no disrespect to you chumps out there).  At the end of the day, all that matters is your desire to improve yourself, everything will eventually fall into some type of order.

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