Your Experience

Have you heard the saying "its what you make of it"? I am a big believer of the power of the mind. I was really appreciating the outdoors this morning while out for my morning jog, when I passed this lady who was in agony. "Its sooo hot!" she says to me, out of breath, struggling down the trail. I couldn't help but think she was making it harder than it had to be. Yes, it was warm this morning, but if that is all you can think about while you are working out then your experience kinda sucks. Try thinking about it this way. The time that you spend exercising can be your personal time to mediate about anything you want. Anything. Really anything. I like to obsess over clothes I cant really afford. I think about all the things I want to buy. Actually it really helps me to decide what I really want, I'm really bad about buying stuff I don't need. If I'm thinking about shoes, I'm not thinking about the pain in my quads. Get it? Being angry is really useful for working out, I personally feel really fast when I'm good and pissed. Its very healthy to work out emotional problems with exercise, as with anything else it just takes a little concentration. Have you ever driven to work and when you got there you couldn't really remember driving there? Same thing, you're so busy concentrating on something else you were on autopilot.

Its so important to exercise often, you want to fight it or go with the flow? Its your experience, yours alone. You want to struggle or succeed? I look forward to my time alone with my body and my mind. Do you?