Can you feel it, do you feel it?
The itch.
To ramp things up.
The call of a new year looming.
A new season.
A new age-group on the horizon.
And maybe, quietly, something to prove (even though there’s nothing to prove).
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Can you feel it, do you feel it?
The itch.
To ramp things up.
The call of a new year looming.
A new season.
A new age-group on the horizon.
And maybe, quietly, something to prove (even though there’s nothing to prove).
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Take what you can get.
And maybe just maybe, consider it a gift.
Disguised as motivation.
To keep going.
As simple as, you don’t look 54.
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When morning exercise plans fall apart (and this should be a rare exception), it’s helpful to have a tried and true plan b.
Made it to the gym for a great core and strength workout. Who cares, right?
What makes this blog different (imho) is there is absolutely zero theory – nothing but execution on what most only talk or dream about.
Some pull-ups, push-ups, some hamstring, quadriceps, and glut exercises, and fairly serious front and back core exercises.
Heart rate in the 120-160 zone for 65 minutes.
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Our air conditioner stopped working and upstairs was sweltering. Grabbed a tank top heading out the door (also sweltering) to pick up our Son at school.
He asked if we could go to a store near the Mall (same Mall with an Apple Store). We spontaneously ate dinner at the Mall food court and I suggested we pop into the Apple Store.
Totally unplanned, bought a new iPhone case.
The Apple Store employee said to the 54-year old, “I wanna look that good when I’m your age”.
Unsolicited.
Approaching 15 years of focused and disciplined effort.
When you hear the long way is the short cut, it ain’t a theory.
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There is an emotional labor to the big things in our life. And it makes us physically tired. And we need to figure this out. Otherwise we will quit.
The pressure of a book deadline. The reality of having a teenager. Travel. Potential, looming war in Syria. Aging parents. Tragedy amongst friends.
Walked 50 minutes yesterday instead of running 30 minutes. Just did not feel like running (nor walking really). But I walked anyway. It was a decent compromise and I’ll take it.
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