12/3/06 Result: Completed
12/4/06 Goal:
Chest workout
Great job, SmellyOrc! Sweating is one of the signs I use to gauge my intensity. Also, I made a new realization today to the power of concentration:
Today I really felt weak and unmotivated. But I checked back on this thread, read a few bodybuilding articles, and BAM I was in the gym (haha I woulda gone there anyway, but the quality of the workout woulda been much lower without the motivation).
Now as I was running, I was using energy from my subconscious. This is weird and I've been playing with this for a few days now. Before you do any kind of exercise, relax yourself and sink into your subconsciousness. You should feel total sensation throughout your body and feel very grounded. It is at this point you can really isolate your muscles and move a particular muscle group at will.
So today before I ran, I did my grounding routine and I thought of my heart as the muscle. This enabled me to focus solely on my heart and allow it to control the way my legs and arms moved. I felt so grounded that I felt my body was like a steel machine plowing through resistance.
Afterwards, I felt like I had really worked hard during my run. It was a quality run instead of just another run that went through the motions and distance. This is something new for me, but if you're interested try it out! I feel it has made my workouts more intense and more fun. I really feel like I'm working my muscles and heart with quality instead of just quantity.
David Mitchell, have no fear. The fact that you even posted on this thread shows you have it in you what it takes to lead a healthy lifestyle. You're better off than me when I first started! I could only do 1/2 a push-up per day.
I was just looking back since this thread has started and it has been 23 days. Who knows where we'll end up in the future?
"Ain't nothin' but a peanut."
-Ronnie Coleman