My new summer workout goals - to be continued
I am totally not body goals or anything - just look at my 3 lumps of tummy fat; and as for my beautiful long legs, well those are genes.
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My current workout looks like something my JC self would despair at: 4 days of running, 4 days of HIIT, and daily walking to and fro the mrt. Oddly enough, I have not lost a single kilogram. HAHAHAHAHAH
Well, but who cares? I mean I used to care a lot about my weight and all but then I realised that what's really important is how good my body feels right now. I can run, jump and sprint to the bus stop without feeling like my lungs are exploding or my feet are turning into jelly. Hell, I'm a burst of energy trapped in a blubber-casing.
To all the people out there who are like me - trying so hard to become "body goals" and all - here's to never giving up!
As I run and workout, the greatest change I noticed was not so much my physical strength but my mental strength. I never thought I would have the willpower to run while bleeding like crap, or while there is actual crap in my underwear - thanks to the tom yum soup I had in the morning; I never thought I would stop making excuses for not trying out Burpees. (Though seriously, burpees are sooooooo freaking tiring and I'm like always half-certain that I'll break my ankles or something.)
And one great thing about all this running and HIIT is that it gives me confidence to actually try new things and not feel embarrassed at failing. Somehow when you have habituated yourself to failing - say at squat jumps - and then committing yourself to trying again everyday, you have magically done some pyschotherapy for youself! As a future psychologist, I think this might be therapeutic for those who find themselves stuck in a rut and too afraid to get out of it.
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Of course, like all things in life, I try to find the middle path and I would couple my intense workouts with intense meditative exercises. Funnily, meditation was not as hard as I thought it would be. Of course, I am not an overnight Buddha or something, but meditation really isn't as esoteric as a lot of books make it out to be.
All I do is sit near an open window and then sit in an upright, cross-legged position and then focus on my breathing. It's that simple. As I breath, I remind myself to let my thoughts slowly trickle away from my consciousness and then I channel my entire consciousness towards one point of sight directly in front of me. If you ever try meditating, and wonder at what point you have achieved the right inner state of mind, you just need to wait for that strange lifting feeling to invade your psyche. Though you do not get 'physically' lifted away from the ground, your head feels lighter and lighter, as though you are floating away and your knees seem to become weightless against the floor.
While I do meditate to relax my nervous mind, I also do that when I feel overwhelmed by whatever's going on in my life. I know it sounds really ridiculous to someone who has never experienced this before but the moment you end your meditation, you feel like you have just been recharged and you are ready to tackle whatever's most pertinent to your life.
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My current workout looks like something my JC self would despair at: 4 days of running, 4 days of HIIT, and daily walking to and fro the mrt. Oddly enough, I have not lost a single kilogram. HAHAHAHAHAH
Well, but who cares? I mean I used to care a lot about my weight and all but then I realised that what's really important is how good my body feels right now. I can run, jump and sprint to the bus stop without feeling like my lungs are exploding or my feet are turning into jelly. Hell, I'm a burst of energy trapped in a blubber-casing.
To all the people out there who are like me - trying so hard to become "body goals" and all - here's to never giving up!
As I run and workout, the greatest change I noticed was not so much my physical strength but my mental strength. I never thought I would have the willpower to run while bleeding like crap, or while there is actual crap in my underwear - thanks to the tom yum soup I had in the morning; I never thought I would stop making excuses for not trying out Burpees. (Though seriously, burpees are sooooooo freaking tiring and I'm like always half-certain that I'll break my ankles or something.)
And one great thing about all this running and HIIT is that it gives me confidence to actually try new things and not feel embarrassed at failing. Somehow when you have habituated yourself to failing - say at squat jumps - and then committing yourself to trying again everyday, you have magically done some pyschotherapy for youself! As a future psychologist, I think this might be therapeutic for those who find themselves stuck in a rut and too afraid to get out of it.
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Of course, like all things in life, I try to find the middle path and I would couple my intense workouts with intense meditative exercises. Funnily, meditation was not as hard as I thought it would be. Of course, I am not an overnight Buddha or something, but meditation really isn't as esoteric as a lot of books make it out to be.
All I do is sit near an open window and then sit in an upright, cross-legged position and then focus on my breathing. It's that simple. As I breath, I remind myself to let my thoughts slowly trickle away from my consciousness and then I channel my entire consciousness towards one point of sight directly in front of me. If you ever try meditating, and wonder at what point you have achieved the right inner state of mind, you just need to wait for that strange lifting feeling to invade your psyche. Though you do not get 'physically' lifted away from the ground, your head feels lighter and lighter, as though you are floating away and your knees seem to become weightless against the floor.
While I do meditate to relax my nervous mind, I also do that when I feel overwhelmed by whatever's going on in my life. I know it sounds really ridiculous to someone who has never experienced this before but the moment you end your meditation, you feel like you have just been recharged and you are ready to tackle whatever's most pertinent to your life.
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