After years of working out solely inside, I had about three seasons of working out in the great outdoors. The contrast has given me perspective. For gym work, I like being outside if I get to the gym early and the equipment I need is outside. Aerobic work I much prefer to do outside. I like the changing scenery and feeling of motion from running.
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This seems like a good time to discuss what motivates you to workout. I’m broadly defining workout. It can be anything that get’s you off your ass and gets your heart pumping. Sports, lifting weights, walking, running, biking, jumping rope, skateboarding, and so forth all count.
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For those of you looking to test/assess your fitness here’s a fairly broad way to do it. Alternatively, you could turn to one of the fitness tests for the military branches. And here is a little bit of fitness philosophy and a take down of a silly fitness test.
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The last few months my workouts have been very inconsistent. I’m enormously frustrated with myself. I have had weeks of diligence, a week or two of little to no activity, and weeks that were themselves such a mix they were the epitome of mediocrity.
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Results come last. We all want to judge the effectiveness of our actions based on their results. But how can you make this judgment, while you are doing something, when results come last?
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Chapter 9 of The Slight Edge is entitled Faces of The Slight Edge. It should be entitled the Forces of The Slight Edge. Those forces are: Momentum, Completion, Habit, Reflection, and Celebration.
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Hmmm, is “mastery” a racist term? Only one way to find out.
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One of the quickest and most direct routes to getting yourself up and onto the success curve is to get out of the past.
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Get off your fat ass and do something.
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Look Fats, here’s the deal: You’re a damn liar, man.
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