My own mother gave me a hard time
Inspiration February 20th, 2007Over the weekend I went to the gym with my middle-aged mother to do a little sweatin’. I hopped on the treadmill for a 25 minute jog and when I got off covered in sweat and with an aching shin, I heard, “that’s all you can do??” from Mom. She then proceeded to tell me that I need to be on that treadmill for at least 40 minutes before I start burning any real fat or making a difference. She started giving me tips, in a motherly tone, on how I can slow down the treadmill a bit if my legs are getting sore and no matter what I should train my body and mind to go the full 40 minutes. Just like a son who moans and finds excuses about cleaning up his room, I blamed it on my weak shins and boredom. My parents’ lifestyle has changed quite a bit ever since they sold their business a few years ago. They’re now a couple of gym rats that know more about staying in shape than I do. Maybe I need to take some lessons from them, or maybe my mom should stop making pig feet for dinner. Oh well, at least they’re making the most out of their LifeTime membership.
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February 20th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
My auntie used to say, it is not how you look now that matters, it is how you look after you have decided that you better get in shape and start doing something about it
March 26th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
I found your blog by the 300 work- out, and it indeed is amazing how all these actors got such a good looking body, but the comment is about this blog:
My mom goes to the gym more than I now a days and she is also not so happy with the way that I look these days but anyway i wanted to tell you that you can also do a workout for about an hour and a half in slow-motion. It’s jst been proofed that when you work out very slowly your muscles get more excersise doing everything slow then doing everything fast..
oh and about these 40 minutes.. make that an hour and a half three times a week for losing weight on that way, with power training afterwards…
it’s just so cruel what you have to do to lose some weight right? ;)
grtz from holland!