Monday, March 5, 2012

I Really Suck - Part One

I've got a lot to say, and today it's not entirely fitness related, so this is going to be a two-part segment continued in my next post. I'm just gonna start by saying: I suck. I really suck at posting consistently, I suck at doing the right kind of exercise, I also suck at making it to the InMotion class I said I'd attend. But hey, I guess that's the goal here right? To improve my fitness motivation and consistency through trial and error and by sticking to a schedule. The problem is that I've never been good at schedules. Sometimes I'll get organized and write out a plan for my week, or even my day, but somehow I never do things in the right order and I often find myself breaking my own rules. So screw my rules. As long as my focus remains the same, I say rules shmools. If I want to take a different InMotion class I'll do it. Which is exactly what I did on Saturday.

You see, college students quickly learn the importance of prioritizing, here's a positive example of a student prioritizing: 
It's "Thirsty Thursday", it's also the day before Bob's bio chemistry midterm. Even though Bob would love to go out and get his drank on, he decides to stay home and study. Bob aces his test.Yay!

For most students, that scenario might play out something more like this:
Listens to thirty minute podcast of bio chem lecture while getting ready and feels good about it. Proceeds to go out and party until forgets own name, wakes up the next morning on a couch. Gets to class, forgot scantron, misses thirty minutes of test time and fails midterm.

When it comes to prioritizing, sometimes the "right choice" isn't so clear. Last week I had to choose between writing an essay and going to the Rec for yoga and a workout. Writing a paper is stressful and yoga would definitely help me focus, however, the paper has a definite due date while I can do yoga anytime. I chose the paper, which I later realized made me break my word to my readers. So instead, I went to Saturday morning "Body Blast" taught by my friend Kyser Blakely. I have two words to sum up this class: ass kicking. In the spirit of my non-existant Yoga class, here's a great video I used as a substitute:

Workout of the Week

Side-note: In my post last week I closed with the clue "What does a dyslexic cow say?" about the class I planned to attend. Well that didn't work out so well but here's the answer anyway:








The embarrassing moment and something I learned segment will be in Part 2 of this post. Since I don't have anymore restrictive rules to force me into motivation, I'm kicking off my new screw the rules mentality with a section called motivate me. Every time you see the word "motivate" as a link, click for a motivational picture or phrase. That's all for now,  Body Blast is Tuesday night at 6:15, maybe I'll see you there!!

-KC




1 comment:

  1. I don't like exercise, so I have no words of wisdom to get you to exercise. But, I like your style, though I don't think you suck. I would recommend getting a day planner and then whatever you put into the planner stick to it. Yoga, Hooters, whatever.

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