Is fitness your Lifestyle or your Right Now?
I hate when I come back to my hometown and people ask me stupid questions like, "Do you still lift? Are you still training people? Do you still go to the gym?". I am a peaceful person so I just smile and say yes, but my internal voice is saying, " Are you fu&$king kidding me!!!!?". This is what I do! It's like me asking them, "Do you still eat food? Do you still sleep with your eyes closed?".
When I use to work at corporate gyms I remember people getting in shape for certain events. I remember guys who would train like animals for a few months just to look good for the summer. I also remember women who would get in amazing shape just for a wedding. There is no problem with wanting to look good for a moment in time, but there is a problem when you forget about working out after that moment. We get one body in life. I read a quote today that said something like, treat your body like the most expensive piece of jewelry because it's the only one you will always wear. Im not saying you need to go to the gym and workout like crazy all the time. I'm just saying you should do some form of exercise and maintain your body for life.
Getting back to my original rant; Yes I still train and Yes I still workout. My grandfather always said a man should do three things, Work Hard, Eat Good and Exercise. I live my life by this advice from him. Exercise and Training is not something I do for the moment, it is a part of who I am. However it does not define me ( I will save this distinction for another blog). I will continue to make fitness a part of me until the day I die, and even then I will leave the world with videos, blogs, workouts, tweets, books,inspiration and everything else as a piece of my heart that will live forever.
-FLO
I hate when I come back to my hometown and people ask me stupid questions like, "Do you still lift? Are you still training people? Do you still go to the gym?". I am a peaceful person so I just smile and say yes, but my internal voice is saying, " Are you fu&$king kidding me!!!!?". This is what I do! It's like me asking them, "Do you still eat food? Do you still sleep with your eyes closed?".
When I use to work at corporate gyms I remember people getting in shape for certain events. I remember guys who would train like animals for a few months just to look good for the summer. I also remember women who would get in amazing shape just for a wedding. There is no problem with wanting to look good for a moment in time, but there is a problem when you forget about working out after that moment. We get one body in life. I read a quote today that said something like, treat your body like the most expensive piece of jewelry because it's the only one you will always wear. Im not saying you need to go to the gym and workout like crazy all the time. I'm just saying you should do some form of exercise and maintain your body for life.
Getting back to my original rant; Yes I still train and Yes I still workout. My grandfather always said a man should do three things, Work Hard, Eat Good and Exercise. I live my life by this advice from him. Exercise and Training is not something I do for the moment, it is a part of who I am. However it does not define me ( I will save this distinction for another blog). I will continue to make fitness a part of me until the day I die, and even then I will leave the world with videos, blogs, workouts, tweets, books,inspiration and everything else as a piece of my heart that will live forever.
-FLO
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