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[vicarz]

I always get lyrics wrong, but mine are cooler
Someone, somewhere - rules in hell! (Someone wake me up - Revco)
Is, this, your god... (Spin spin sugar - Sneaker Pimps)

Pics from a happy Sat night Just ignore the spooky arms...

I don't know how I did it - out until 3am, up at 8 LJing like my usual nerdy self, hit the gym that evening! This being able to moderate a buzz is a very good thing. Kirstin was right, I have sort of snapped out of a long funk - hope it lasts, holy shit hope it lasts. The murderous rage had subsided but I was still sad.

Holy shit workout. I think I made gym-friends with that front squat guy. The gym is being good and mixed to me. More weights are flatlinning, but my legs and core are strong. My bench got stuck, but then my weighted dips shot up. Huh. I'm going to push for more back work and really hone in on the core some more. My squats were ok at 245, did 8. I now have a new goal - 3 plates on deep squats. I think that is very achievable, and I don't see a lot of guys doing that. Sorry - I'm supposed to be just focused on me, but I'm not. I like doing more deeper than the guy beside me (re-arrange those words that for fun). My legs feel different, my ass looks and feels different, it's nice.

When I hit a good set, it's really hard not to bounce, shadow box, and/or dance. Just shoot me if you ever see me doing the arms-up circuit boy pelvic pendulum in the gym. Unless I join results.

On the other hand, I'm not going to go hard-core athletic. I might find a way to study MMA. Might not. I am probably not going to set competition goals nor compete, nor will I get nutty on nutrition. I can see myself getting into the gym hard-core, competing - but no. I want to maintain it as a diversion, a hobby I can sluff off on. It's cool, but I don't want it to dominate my life or sense of self. Sure it's fun to be strong, fun to be a self-declared self-appreciated hottie, but for fuck's sake - it's just a hobby. If you want to defeat people, shoot them - you can't even fight w/o going to jail anymore. If you want to be hot, well in my case shut up. If you want endorphins, shoot heroin (you can get poppies at the farmer's market now). The gym is nice, health is great, but it's just one hobby.

I'm happy. I'm smiling. I don't know why - I guess my emotions are all scabbed over. Yay scabs!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/]

It's not about "aligning your chi" so much as it is about doing something difficult BECAUSE it's difficult. You know, like, um, going to grad school for a useless degree. Learning to fight is not difficult. You can learn most of it in a month or two (see above, re: Marines), and at the same time, years and years of training won't do shit to protect you from one guy with a knife who shanks you from behind and runs, let alone the guy with a gun.

Weightlifting is not practical, unless you're a piano mover. Running is not practical, unless you get chased a lot. Why should martial arts be practical? You do them for the peripheral benefits, not as ends in themselves.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

All valid points. I joke that I do all this weightlifting just waiting for the day someone asks me to move a couch...

Finally, my moment...I've trained for years...

[utforsker.livejournal.com]

I liked Aikido. A lot of hard work toward a very subtle perfection.

[kelowna.livejournal.com]

I could see you doing Parkour.

--k

[vicar.livejournal.com]

You saw me doing some of that in Prince WIlliam - you were surprised at the speed of the diving rolls :)

Vijay sent me a link recently on how to deadlift, and I wound up reading an article on parkour - turns out the moves are just gym moves, so switching to that as an activity wouldn't be much of a transition.

Great thing to know when running from cops!