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Exercise 4 Health, Mental Health, and Addiction vs. The Endorphin Factory

Played frisbee with the girls all day and took them on a walk with my girlfriend. May not sound like much of a work out but my puppy is nine months old and pulls like crazy still. I am exhausted and so are they.
 
Squats, bench press, barbell rows, dumbbell curls followed by 20 minutes on the elliptical. Somehow this takes a little over an hour in the morning. I'm up before 5am just to make it to work before 8am.

I want to walk my puppy in the morning but alas it is pissing rain again. Probably go to the gym and get an hour on the inclined treadmill before going to work.
 
Supportbluelight said:
where do you guys find the motivation to exercise?
I used to be able to now I cant
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It's hard to get into it but once you've done it for just a little bit it's much easier... I sometimes have to convince myself to actually get there but once I do it's fun. And the main motivation is that I feel SO MUCH BETTER when I do it, including immediately afterwards and just in general. I have way more energy, much steadier emotions, and the sense of euphoria right afterwards (especially after good cardio) is wonderful.

It helps a lot to join a gym of some sort, I find it much easier to do when I'm somewhere where the point is exercise, it's harder to motivate myself at home.

Also every chance I get I go hiking, which is by far the most enjoyable form of exercise. Nothing about hiking is challenging for me to motivate myself to do. Fortunately it's about to be Spring so I can get out there a lot more. I also really enjoy splitting wood. Outdoor exercise is much more fun.
 
Been going back to the pool regularly. After my laps and running underwater I play like a kid and then....oh heaven...my own water version of shavasana. I float like a dead person for about 5 minutes. That float is the most euphoric state imaginable.
 
^ when i move and join a new club i'm going to try and get one with a pool.

Ha.. lazied out yesterday.. drove all the way to the club and then bailed.. so going in right now and runing and lifting shoulders, back, and biceps.
 
I have never felt so naturally physically good in my life.
I have gotten used to living with pain, and no longer afraid of injuring myself by working out.
All I have to say is thank you to NSA as all your fitness threads really pushed me into a great place in my life =D

Off to the store to get some more equipment!
 
David Wooderson said:
I have never felt so naturally physically good in my life.
I have gotten used to living with pain, and no longer afraid of injuring myself by working out.
All I have to say is thank you to NSA as all your fitness threads really pushed me into a great place in my life =D
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=D Anytime. Great news DW. Its really amazing how good it makes us feel right. I used to try and combine all these substances to try and feel amazing and did not ever feel as good as I do after a nice workout. The use of the substances always had nasty side effects and negative impacts on my health. With the exercise I get an amazing buzz and it makes me healthy, strong, and better looking... win, win, win.

Sorry you are still in pain, but great news you have learned to live with it. If we look at pain as a localized emotion and you have learned to live with it you may be able to broaden this to learn to ignore/release other negative emotions. If you are able to do this then you would be becoming more enlightened.
 
How long does it take to be motivated again? 6 months, 1 year. I know you did. One challenge at the time :)
 
I have recently started exercising more due to depression and have found it has done wonders. Last sunday I walked ten miles, out past two towns and had a lovely day! It really helps calm me because I have time to think about everything in a peaceful fresh environment. I have even invested in a bluetooth heart rate monitor and pedometer! Partially because I want a bikini booty for april too!
 
I know. It helps us in so many ways. I had always been a big fan of exercises, have a Treadmill but have the aches everytime.
 
Those aches are killer! All week I haven't even been able to pee (tmi sorry not sorry) without thinking my legs are about to snap!
 
Back tomorrow. Needed a break from exhaustion so I took a few days off
 
Hit it hard yesterday but prior I did take a couple days off myself as fatigue was starting to set in. I just have to realize that in my 40's my muscle won't recover quite as fast as it used to. But still exercise is my lifesavor.
 
Its great to be back today! 20 min cardio 15 min nike session then went to the sauna for 40 min. Back again tomorrow!
 
Deadlifts, military presses, lat pull downs and side lateral dumbbell raises followed by 25 minutes of cardio. I don't know if it is because I don't sleep well anymore or if I'm hitting the gym too hard but I've been really fatigued all day. I don't want to slow down but making exercise the focus of my addictive personality may end up doing me a bit of harm. Why is it so hard to be reasonable about this?
 
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