I had one of those little positive life moments this evening.
Anyone in a workout program has an occasional "moment". One moment is when you actually decide with conviction that you are going to get in shape/back in shape. Another moment comes when you realize it doesn't hurt nearly as much as you expected. (Or it hurts more than you expected. That one's not so good.) Then you have small moments where you see yourself increasing your lift stacks, distance, endurance, etc.
Eventually you reach a more crucial moment. The moment you realize you are lifting more than you have in years, decades or even your whole life. I've reached the more than I have in decades point and working toward more than my whole life. Not pushing myself at a pace that will result in injury.
Tonight, I had a different kind of moment. The moment when you look in the mirror and realize you have come a long way toward where you want to be. At least for now. I have been gradually adding size to my arm, shoulders, lats and legs while losing from my waist. Been also gradually adding to my chest. However, building the chest is a fickle thing. Before now, I've done the common thing of working on my middle and lower chest. Now I started working on my upper chest. Looked in the mirror and was actually very surprised at just how much of a difference that is making! My chest definition is greatly enhanced from where it was in January. I will say my chest definition is better than it has ever been. Only a few more weeks and my chest size will be larger than it has ever been.
So, basically I am really close to the loosely defined goals I started with in January. Not bad for around 14-15 weeks. Of course, that does mean I have to set further future goals.
So, time to set the next goals. I've always had a fairly large chest and shoulders for my height. I currently wear a large size shirt. So my immediate goal is to gain enough size to my upper body to outgrow my large shirts. Most are fairly tight at this time already. Mostly fairly worn, so I need some new clothes, any way. I think if I focus my workouts I can reach that goal in a month or less.
Today was my birthday. Aside from a call from my daughter and the above, nothing special about it.
The shade fabric came today. I'll install it and tighten the film on the solarium this weekend.
Anyone in a workout program has an occasional "moment". One moment is when you actually decide with conviction that you are going to get in shape/back in shape. Another moment comes when you realize it doesn't hurt nearly as much as you expected. (Or it hurts more than you expected. That one's not so good.) Then you have small moments where you see yourself increasing your lift stacks, distance, endurance, etc.
Eventually you reach a more crucial moment. The moment you realize you are lifting more than you have in years, decades or even your whole life. I've reached the more than I have in decades point and working toward more than my whole life. Not pushing myself at a pace that will result in injury.
Tonight, I had a different kind of moment. The moment when you look in the mirror and realize you have come a long way toward where you want to be. At least for now. I have been gradually adding size to my arm, shoulders, lats and legs while losing from my waist. Been also gradually adding to my chest. However, building the chest is a fickle thing. Before now, I've done the common thing of working on my middle and lower chest. Now I started working on my upper chest. Looked in the mirror and was actually very surprised at just how much of a difference that is making! My chest definition is greatly enhanced from where it was in January. I will say my chest definition is better than it has ever been. Only a few more weeks and my chest size will be larger than it has ever been.
So, basically I am really close to the loosely defined goals I started with in January. Not bad for around 14-15 weeks. Of course, that does mean I have to set further future goals.
So, time to set the next goals. I've always had a fairly large chest and shoulders for my height. I currently wear a large size shirt. So my immediate goal is to gain enough size to my upper body to outgrow my large shirts. Most are fairly tight at this time already. Mostly fairly worn, so I need some new clothes, any way. I think if I focus my workouts I can reach that goal in a month or less.
Today was my birthday. Aside from a call from my daughter and the above, nothing special about it.
The shade fabric came today. I'll install it and tighten the film on the solarium this weekend.
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