Went to the gym today...
Loads of fun as usual... It's a painful thing, weight training. I advise it only for those of you with a slightly masochistic streak about you. You have to truly love pain, or at least feel slightly attracted to it before it'll do you any good. Me, I suppose you could say I like hurting myself some of the time. Keeps you on edge, makes you feel alive and all that....
There's a certain type of zen in weight training... It's all about focus, concentration, doing simple repetetive tasks, all in all attempting to make the motion as perfect as possible and through that, attaining euphoric enlightenment. Zen Buddhist monks find this euphoria from simple tasks such as sweeping leaves or arranging rocks into pleasing patterns, gym enthusiasts have the Arnold press. ==>
I find exercise a good way to release a lot of pent up aggression and as an escape from the world. Also, since so long as you do it correctly you continuously improve. You just get stronger and you do see improvements in a relatively short span of time. So there is that certain degree of accomplishment one feels at the end of every session. Yes, you may only be lifting 10 lbs per arm, but that is still 3 lbs. more than the last time. Eitherways, it's a good way to waste a few hours doing something healthy.
Loads of fun as usual... It's a painful thing, weight training. I advise it only for those of you with a slightly masochistic streak about you. You have to truly love pain, or at least feel slightly attracted to it before it'll do you any good. Me, I suppose you could say I like hurting myself some of the time. Keeps you on edge, makes you feel alive and all that....
There's a certain type of zen in weight training... It's all about focus, concentration, doing simple repetetive tasks, all in all attempting to make the motion as perfect as possible and through that, attaining euphoric enlightenment. Zen Buddhist monks find this euphoria from simple tasks such as sweeping leaves or arranging rocks into pleasing patterns, gym enthusiasts have the Arnold press. ==>
I find exercise a good way to release a lot of pent up aggression and as an escape from the world. Also, since so long as you do it correctly you continuously improve. You just get stronger and you do see improvements in a relatively short span of time. So there is that certain degree of accomplishment one feels at the end of every session. Yes, you may only be lifting 10 lbs per arm, but that is still 3 lbs. more than the last time. Eitherways, it's a good way to waste a few hours doing something healthy.
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