I’d like to say that I’m into fitness… I’m not where I want to be aerobically yet (I wanna get a kickass time in a 10k and I’m honest with the fact that I’m really a jogger, even though I call it running), but I’m satisfied with my upper body tone. I could use some more squats and lunges, but I’m getting there. But seriously, after seeing the movie “300″ about the Spartans, when I left the theater I just wanted to run and run, and then when I couldn’t do any more I wanted to lift boulders and learn to fight with a sword, LOL. Seriously. Watching the movie made me want to get in the zone… when you’re so worn out that you think you can’t do any more, but you push yourself further anyway so all your thoughts and mental energy are going into staying on your feet and giving it all you’ve got.
The actors in that movie did a crazy workout, where every day they did a different exercise, never focusing on single muscle or using machines, but doing things that gained real, usable strength as opposed to just aesthetics – pull ups, push ups, rings, tire flips, box jumps, dead lifts. Always switching up the routine so they wouldn’t adapt. They were trained by Mark Twight of Gym Jones at his exclusive invite-only gym – no air conditioning, no mirrors, just hard work. Crazy.
I have no delusions that I could do such a workout, but it’s very motivating. It really makes me want to push my workouts harder and increase my lift load because I know I don’t go to complete exhaustion. So I’m going to ramp it up! We’ll see how it goes :)
