Life can be humbling.
So I'm at the gym yesterday, feeling very good about myself. In addition to working out regularly I'm getting stronger. My personal trainer smartly selects effective exercises and keeps increasing the weights on them. I can feel my muscles growing bigger.
Then, I look across the gym and see a guy doing a dozen chin-ups WITH A 100-lb. DISC strapped to and hanging off his body. Geez! How is that possible? Most of us can barely manage one chin-up with no albatross and this dude has the weight of a foxy girlfriend hanging onto him while casually pumping out a dozen of these torturous moves.
And don't get me started on the female trainers... they have arms bigger than mine and swagger the envy of teenage boys.
Getting older is humbling lol I've had a few injuries recently - nothing awful, but enough that I couldn't lift anything or even work out at ll at times.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting back to it, after physical therapy, and I can tweak a muscle just from going to 10 pounds from 8 sometimes lol
I persevere!! Good luck to you too - even our baby steps help.
My dear coworker is a 50 something Thai lady who could kick my ass! She's a triathlon, iron man athlete. In my industry, I've seen bodies of all shapes, sizes and capabilities - I've been impressed by the enduring nature of humans!
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