1. Avoid pain.
2. Exercise anyway.
3. When it hurts, "take it on the chin" and keep going.
4. When it really hurts, "turn the other cheek" and keep going.
5. When you question your own ability to continue, "keep your eyes on the prize" and keep going.
6. Look for and grab onto inspiration anywhere you can find it and never let it go.
7. Don't quit.
8. Don't quit.
9. Don't quit.
10. DON'T QUIT!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Planning to Avoid Injury
I cautiously plan my first set of exercises. Injury would derail all my plans. I must be very careful.
I am a pain wimp. That is probably part of the problem of how I got into this mess in the first place.
Recognizing my shortcomings will help me to find ways to work around my fears.
I am a pain wimp. That is probably part of the problem of how I got into this mess in the first place.
Recognizing my shortcomings will help me to find ways to work around my fears.
Anticipatory Pain
I feel my own failure advancing, an overwhelming depression looms, as I face the despair of ever achieving success, and ever-after suffering the unrelenting pain of exercise-induced injury.
I can already anticipate the emotional pain I will feel upon discovering physical pain shooting forth from the first of many of my muscles, which shortly will all be calling for my attention, as they plead with me to stop this madness called physical exercise.
The muscles of my body have been long neglected, and have degenerated into a state of unimaginable advanced atrophy.
They have heard my empty promises of revitalization, then diligently and valiantly attempted a promised come-back through hard work, and have had a long, hard wake-up call. They are screaming in agony.
Their message to me is clear: You can't do this all in one shot.
I can already anticipate the emotional pain I will feel upon discovering physical pain shooting forth from the first of many of my muscles, which shortly will all be calling for my attention, as they plead with me to stop this madness called physical exercise.
The muscles of my body have been long neglected, and have degenerated into a state of unimaginable advanced atrophy.
They have heard my empty promises of revitalization, then diligently and valiantly attempted a promised come-back through hard work, and have had a long, hard wake-up call. They are screaming in agony.
Their message to me is clear: You can't do this all in one shot.
New Year's Resolution
What are your New Year's resolutions?
My number one resolution for 2015 is to inspire myself to take action to improve my physical body.
"Origami Workout," my newest blog, will document my transformation from Couch Potato into the next phase of my physical existence, and I will wait until I see the end result next New Year's Eve to give a new label to the tightened, toned body I hope to have achieved a year from now. The goal is to expend as much effort in actually exercising as I do in writing about exercising.
It is my hope that this will not be an exercise in futility, but an exercise that will pay off with fabulous results!
(my guess is that I will always write this sort of futuristic uptopian fiction - my hope is that my own writing inspires me to actually do something to improve my own health, i.e., talk the talk and then go on to walk the walk)
I invite you to join me in this journey, to follow my words, to gain inspiration for yourself.
However, I have an extremely important vested interest in the outcome of this venture. Therefore, I will be writing for myself, to save my own life.
Please, don't judge me or my words.
I wish me luck! I wish you luck! And I feel the good vibes already emanating from the small screen as I type and read back to myself what an inspirational message I have typed thus far.
I can feel it, the power of the written word is already working its magic.
My number one resolution for 2015 is to inspire myself to take action to improve my physical body.
"Origami Workout," my newest blog, will document my transformation from Couch Potato into the next phase of my physical existence, and I will wait until I see the end result next New Year's Eve to give a new label to the tightened, toned body I hope to have achieved a year from now. The goal is to expend as much effort in actually exercising as I do in writing about exercising.
It is my hope that this will not be an exercise in futility, but an exercise that will pay off with fabulous results!
(my guess is that I will always write this sort of futuristic uptopian fiction - my hope is that my own writing inspires me to actually do something to improve my own health, i.e., talk the talk and then go on to walk the walk)
I invite you to join me in this journey, to follow my words, to gain inspiration for yourself.
However, I have an extremely important vested interest in the outcome of this venture. Therefore, I will be writing for myself, to save my own life.
Please, don't judge me or my words.
I wish me luck! I wish you luck! And I feel the good vibes already emanating from the small screen as I type and read back to myself what an inspirational message I have typed thus far.
I can feel it, the power of the written word is already working its magic.
Goodbye Couch Potato
I began this final day of this calendar year in a body awareness exercise, exploring just how mushy each of my unworked muscles feels, anticipating how different will be the enjoyment of the toned freshness of vigor which awaits my next year's self.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Engaging the Mind
The ancient Greeks had a saying: "A sound mind in a sound body." Physical and mental health necessarily go together.
Exercise strengthens. Both the body and the mind need exercise to keep fit. The two are necessarily exercise partners, the mind encouraging the body to exercise to maintain itself, the body providing a convenient venue for the mind to exercise in.
I get lots of mental exercise, and my mind is strong and healthy.
My body, however, has been coddled and ignored. My mind knows it has been neglectful in its job of being the Exercise Buddy for my body, and apologizes. It is determined to make amends.
A mind stuck within a body unused to physical exercise cannot easily be coaxed into pretending that initiating engagement with lax muscles will be either fun or interesting.
PRO TIP
For best results in starting a brand-new exercise routine, you must trick the sloth mind into an unwitting cooperation. Confuse it with caffeine and stimulate it with dance music. The mind will never know what hit it. The body will thank you.
Exercise strengthens. Both the body and the mind need exercise to keep fit. The two are necessarily exercise partners, the mind encouraging the body to exercise to maintain itself, the body providing a convenient venue for the mind to exercise in.
I get lots of mental exercise, and my mind is strong and healthy.
My body, however, has been coddled and ignored. My mind knows it has been neglectful in its job of being the Exercise Buddy for my body, and apologizes. It is determined to make amends.
A mind stuck within a body unused to physical exercise cannot easily be coaxed into pretending that initiating engagement with lax muscles will be either fun or interesting.
PRO TIP
For best results in starting a brand-new exercise routine, you must trick the sloth mind into an unwitting cooperation. Confuse it with caffeine and stimulate it with dance music. The mind will never know what hit it. The body will thank you.
Words to Workout Ratio
The goal is to work out, to exercise the body, at least as often as I work on words, writing about exercise.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Origami Workout
Origami is the art of folding paper into something beautiful.
Origami Workout is a blog dedicated to refashioning the body into a work of art using nothing other than manipulation of the body itself.
Origami Workout is a blog dedicated to refashioning the body into a work of art using nothing other than manipulation of the body itself.
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