I'm at war with the full justify trend - fight the ignorance! Left!

[vicarz]

Yesterday's workout was good but weird. I drove the hell out of myself, but everywhere I turned I saw flaws. Strength is my goal for the weights I did yesterday, but every time I checked form in the mirror I saw my flub. I wore out after only about an hour or an hour point 5, but kept going. Now on non-workout days I'll be running a couple or a few miles just to keep cardio going. I also have found that my back, which has a curve ugh, is bending backwards on my ball abs workout - so I'm trying to redesign my abs workout and really watch to make sure I'm working the front and not the back.

So no, I don't just look this way because of genetics. It really does take work, discipline, planning, and sacrifice. I would love to eat curry and ice-cream and play video games all day, but if I did I wouldn't look like this or have the abilities I do.

I wonder if not studying all the time has a caloric impact - was I getting a strange brain-eating-calorie workout when I studied and went to class? Or is my theory that eating at the India Curry House can be balanced out by skipping dinner a crock?

VJ was/is always saying core training is key. It seems that is getting a far wider audience - lots of very fit people are doing weird exercises shaking skis, balancing on balls, doing push-ups on chains, throwing cowbells around, and otherwise doing stamina and core training. I get a good amount of that from the boxing workout, but I have my eye on that area.

EDIT - job stuff: just got a call from my old boss, who is now in homeland security and loving, loving, loving life. They have flexitime, an hour for lunch, don't yell, don't constantly demand immediate responses on piddly personal projects, and in short - treat her like an adult. I have heard a very similar report from a coworker who went there. I may not be a fan of the homeland security group, but working there might be a dream. Yes, i'm keeping my eyes open and maintaining those connections (which is easy to do - I like both of them).

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

Some of both I'm sure, some of which is useful. I think of the difference between free weights vs. free bar vs. machines. Machines teach the smallest number of muscles, while dumbells require all sorts of sub-groups to stabilize. The small movements you do get more practiced, that's the memory, but I think the stamina required is probably leading to development.

I agree there are some insane things out there, and I've seen plenty a non-fit person being taught exercises that only seemed designed to create a dependence on the trainer i.e. they couldn't be done alone and no one else does them. However, what's winning me over is seeing very muscular people signing up to do these things, some of whom I've seen over time improving.