Foundation
There’s something lovely about being able to do pushups again. For so long, my rotator cuff and deltoid area have been in pain (Remember my swell 150 pushups and however many chinups day?). But lately, I’m back in the saddle again.
Last night, I went oldschool. It was based on reading Stallone’s new book, SLY MOVES. May I digress a moment?
I recently rented and watched Rocky for the first time in a long time. I was struck by a lot of things. First, the movie was very low budget, and yet it won an academy award. Second, the story behind Rocky was that Stallone wrote the thing and wouldn’t sell the script unless he could be the star. He was SO POOR when he was trying to get this off the ground that he ate the most heinous foods when he could even afford those, and yet he gambled on his own hard work. I like how the art imitates life.
Sly Moves is an interesting blend of Stallone stories, his cheeky, self-effacing humor, and oh yeah, some Fitness. It’s fairly standard fare, insofar as the workout routines and the like go, and yet, it’s really well done. I liked the voice. And, it inspired me to go down and do some pushups and crunches and hard ab work last night, after I’d felt a bit alienated from my previous passion for oldschool calisthenics workouts. This put me back on that kick, at least a little.
Anyhow, when I look at my results to date this year, I’m not satisfied. I didn’t hit any of my goals with much success. However, I’m not particularly surprised, either. I made the goals without a lot of forethought. I made the goals without much buy-in from myself. I made the goals without much sense of their application to my daily life. Instead, I just set up a bunch of challenges to myself, and found that I could’ve cared less about the challenges, in and of themselves.
It’s a weird place. I’m maintaining my health, but I feel at the bottom of a new staircase. I thought I was at the pinnacle last year when I finished the marathon. Instead, I’m at this weird place where the new staircase involves a tighter integration.
Man, I sound freaky lately. Stop reading my blog. : |
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I’ve got to read that. And even moreso, I’ve got to watch Rocky again.
You’re not freaky enough yet; we’re hanging in. :)
I never did see Rocky. I saw bits and pieces but that’s it. Maybe I should rent it sometime.
The next movie you need is Chariots of Fire!
Stop reading your blog??? That would be like telling some of us to stop eating, ain’t gonna happen. :-)
Actually Chris, I appreciate you sharing this process with us. Successes, stumbles, self-analysis, readjustment, changes of mind, changes of heart…We all do it and it’s all part of that journey, right? I think that the winding path is what prompts us to deeper introspection. If it was always completely linear would we be as motivated to open ourselves to more, to ask more questions and seek more answers?
Enjoy the ride :)
I think we all go through cycles with beginnings and start-overs. Life sometimes gets in the way of goals and plans, so you have to regroup and refocus. Good for you for continuing to do that.
makes sense to me!
i ordered sly moves (along with some others)…i think it will be arriving at my doorstep today. can’t wait to read it.