This muscle soreness is going to make today's first solo gym session a case of mind over matter.
I emailed my PT yesterday and he kindly uploaded an 8 exercise - 1 hour routine. I'll then finish up with some swimming and then some meditation in the sauna.
The first month will have my body feeling quite rough, but I know this is a long term journey; and in a way I'm glad the learning curve feels steep on my body - because it will make the rewards that much better.
It feels similar to my journey overcoming agoraphobia 11 years ago. Each time I left the house I'd be overwhelmed with anxiety, panic, chest pains and dizziness. It was a white knuckle ride with a self-imposed exposure therapy that eventually pulled me out of the worst of it. I still encountered it occasionally for years afterwards; that overwhelm, and feeling utterly terrified and unsafe.
So you keep pushing through the discomfort, with the mindset and the belief that it will improve. Similarly with exercise and diet - the mindset that pursues these things should not be one of anxiety about illness or aging; as that sort of stress will undo a lot of your hard work.
I received a swimming cap the other day that's suitable for dreadlocks - as once they're wet they take an age to dry.
Yesterday's message from my guide when I went and built a fire by the river was one of love and strength. Along with a valid narrative of how those that lived 2000 years ago were much more in tune with nature. They worshipped mother nature, and there was a give and take dynamic within how they lived.
A far cry to how modern society lives, in which consumerism simply takes from, and destroys nature in the process. Perhaps if we took stock of where technology has led us, and stopped worshipping ourselves, and went back to thanking and appreciating the planet that sustains us.
Ed
I emailed my PT yesterday and he kindly uploaded an 8 exercise - 1 hour routine. I'll then finish up with some swimming and then some meditation in the sauna.
The first month will have my body feeling quite rough, but I know this is a long term journey; and in a way I'm glad the learning curve feels steep on my body - because it will make the rewards that much better.
It feels similar to my journey overcoming agoraphobia 11 years ago. Each time I left the house I'd be overwhelmed with anxiety, panic, chest pains and dizziness. It was a white knuckle ride with a self-imposed exposure therapy that eventually pulled me out of the worst of it. I still encountered it occasionally for years afterwards; that overwhelm, and feeling utterly terrified and unsafe.
So you keep pushing through the discomfort, with the mindset and the belief that it will improve. Similarly with exercise and diet - the mindset that pursues these things should not be one of anxiety about illness or aging; as that sort of stress will undo a lot of your hard work.
I received a swimming cap the other day that's suitable for dreadlocks - as once they're wet they take an age to dry.
Yesterday's message from my guide when I went and built a fire by the river was one of love and strength. Along with a valid narrative of how those that lived 2000 years ago were much more in tune with nature. They worshipped mother nature, and there was a give and take dynamic within how they lived.
A far cry to how modern society lives, in which consumerism simply takes from, and destroys nature in the process. Perhaps if we took stock of where technology has led us, and stopped worshipping ourselves, and went back to thanking and appreciating the planet that sustains us.
Ed
