This blog is the classic mirror reflection of the fitness
industry. When the clock strikes midnight on 31st December, each
year we are full of two things: champagne and the desire to change. We’ve all drawn
up that list of new years’ resolutions to force change typically around health,
wealth and happiness. A very likely trend across all such forced changes is
that by 15th January most of those resolutions have been broken. It
so happens that my last fitness related blog post came on 26th January.
Time to take stock and pick up the pieces.
Earlier this year, I set out to improve my physical
appearance and train myself into the best body shape of my life (let’s refresh
our memory here; Fit By July 2012).
Sometimes you start a project with the best intentions but life has a way of
putting obstacles in my way. There always is another work email/project that
needs doing, a holiday to go on, a night out drinking, a day on the sofa to
recover from the drinking, etc. that takes higher short term importance over that
next workout. Truth be told, while my blogging has been non-existent over the
past 5 months my training has only been slightly better. Far from exemplary but
I have averaged somewhere around 2 workouts per week. I already mentioned old
habits, lacking a clear goal/aim and the fact that physical exercise with the
sole purpose of maintenance is not rewarding.
So, the clock is ticking. Fact. I’ve got 3 weeks left to
make a change. Oh and I’ve stupidly signed up to a Tough Mudder event which is also rapidly approaching. Time to ramp up the training, change my workout routine
and diet. Watch this space.
You can do it Dom! I've been considering the "you can't have a drink today unless you've worked out" theory. Because I'm an alchie, this has to work. Working out six days a week! Oh yeah. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes we can. I like your 'work out before drink' idea even though I'd prefer you didn't drink every day. Keep up that bikram yoga as well and you can eat/drink all you like. Bangarang!
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