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Legs like Power Rockets

May 18th, 2009

It has been a long time :-)

Almost half a year with barely any movement you learn to appreciate the bodytweaking lifestyle. The bad thing about putting your fitness second is the vicious cycle it leads to. Believe me, I know.

I have experienced some bladder problems last September, basically I was sick for two+ months. Each time I tried to do anything, my condition seemed to get worse so I decided to stop jogging and rowing and working out for a while. After the two months everything was perfect again, but I have conditioned myself to the work-pc-sleeep-eat-work-lifestyle during that time.  Somehow I neglected to get into the full bodytweaking way of life again.

The months passed and I have noticed a sharp downhill movement in my energy levels. I felt tired in the morning (I have to wake up at 5 :00AM for work) and throughout the day. And I felt absolutely no motivation to do anything productive in the evening, after work. This ‘anything’ includes workouts. The more I stayed like this, the more I felt drained and unmotivated and annoyed about everything. My productivity and motivation at work also suffered a bit.

I knew that this way of life can lead to a overweight-couch-potato-lifestyle within a year. So to get into the shape again I signed up for a 10 miles city-run with Sparky a month ago. The run itself takes place in June (you will hear about it).  It is not really that big of a challenge, but still requires you to run regularly over the period of several weeks.

Running has always been the main pillar of bodytweaking. It gives you unheard energies and motivation and conditions your lower part of the body (from the chest down, which BTW includes most of your muscles, volume-wise) for more physical challenges.

After four weeks of running 3 times a week things have changed tremendously. Motivation is back at high-levels. I get up at 5:00AM and feel fresh. I feel that my sleep became very deep and energizing again, since I remember dreaming a lot. And most of all, my legs start to feel like two power rockets. It gives me that self-confidence that I can jump over anything that comes in my way.

I am the rocket man! :-)

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