Workout Change

I think I'm going to change what I've been doing at the gym (like actually start going). I've been going fairly consistently and I really enjoy it, but I need to start running again, and have like zero motivation to do it for some reason, which is weird because I love doing it. It helps me think about things deeper than I normally do. I have been doing 2 sets of 12 reps 3 days a week on all of the exercises I do. But now I think I'm going to go down to 2 days a week and do 3 sets of 10 reps. It should accomplish about the same thing, build mainly endurance with a little bit of mass, but just going two days a week will almost force me to run on the other days so I won't feel like a pathetic loser who just sits around and does nothing.
JM

Fun At The Gym

So this morning I went to the gym. I always start out doing the bench press where you lay on your back and push the weight off of your chest. I like doing free weights because I think they are cooler than using like a machine. That's for sissies.
Anyway, so I start doing my little bench press thing and it feels really easy. The goal is to do 12 reps, and it was going really well. I got to 10 and it still felt really easy. I wasn't straining all that much. I do rep 11 and it feels pretty much the same. So I go for rep 12. I lower the weight down to my chest and begin to push up, but the weight doesn't move. Odd. I try again and can't move the weight.
So there I am with 225 pounds stuck on my chest (it was really only 135, but 225 sounds so much more impressive). When I was a kid and would work out in my basement, I'd just lean the bar to one side, let the weights fall off that end and then it would tip the weights off of the other side. But that didn't really seem like a viable option.
I'm going to have to ask for help (if you know me you know that's a pretty big deal). I try one more time to see if magically I've regained my strength or the weight has become lighter, but I still can't budge it.
Thankfully, this guy goes "you need some help?". I said something like "Yeah, I got stuck." Then with like one finger he lifts the weight off of my chest. Pretty fun little incident to start my morning. Maybe one day I'll get strong enough to lift my own weights. For now I'll just stay small and wussy. JM

Gym Results

I really enjoy the gym. I know I'll never get big and buff, and the only results I'll ever see will be minimal, but I just feel better when I go. It's like when I take my vitamin. I feel smarter, my clothes look better, my carpet is cleaner, my car drives nicer, and my job is more fulfilling. Hopefully I can continue to be disciplined and go to the gym every morning. It's a tough thing, discipline. It takes a lot of work, but the payout is huge. JM