Sassy Round 2: Fit for Figure

[Sassy69]

Well Im' up at 2:27 am and staring at the ceiling. One drawback of cardio at night, even w/ just 1 Cardio Breeze is sometimes u just can't fall asleep. This weekend 3 days of 3 x cardio. I survived it. Actually started thinking that 45 min walking is not all that big a deal. The biggest challenge I've had is getting it all in during the week - seems I'm always hauling ass between home ,work & the gym.

Getting philosophical here for a moment - I"m also not enjoying my time in the gym anymore. I haven't gotten up and had coffee & breakfast w/ persons / people I like to be aroudn in months. I vaguely remember a fantastic morning, though rainy, in JAX w/ a certain JAX-ite & a certain Icelander and really enjoying an omelette & a big honkin cup of coffee. That was back in January.

I wouldnt' say I'm burnt on the gym or competition stuff. I'm just tired of it. I've relied on this stuff to fill my time while I'm getting acclimated to a new job, new city, etc. But now its taking up all my free time and I feel like the important stuff is starting to pass by while I'm logging miles on the treadmill.

Not sure what happens after Sept 24. I've got a shitload of muscle and frankly I see myself doing more "relaxing " cardio. What's the next goal? I've already done all the heavy lifting I care to do. Done BB shows. Gained weight. Lost weight. Gained weight. Lost weight. Reshaped the muscle I have.

I'd like to enjoy time in the gym w/ an important person and enjoy life more.

Ok. Done ruminating.

I still can't sleep.

Fug.


At least its a short week.




..Upon waking up & oversleeping this morning (moving trainign to PM instead of AM...) I also remember a very happy breakfast w/ everyone who came to ATL on the morning after my show. Definitely good times!

 

[velvett]

Sassy,

I feel like I can relate but for different reasons and what I've done is made all my physical activity to be outdoors and with new people. I'm kayaking, surfing, attempting to trail ride on a mountain bike (busted my ass already) and I found a row team out here in the boonies. What is nice about it is that you meet new people that you have a common interest in and you get sick amounts of exercise (and numerous black and blues).

It's a thought.

 

[Sassy69]

Trust me, its a been a thought. I've been eyeing this rock climbing gym for quite a while. But right now, my show activity is all-consuming and, as I always say, you either do a show or you don't. I'm 18 days out & well over $2K invested in this show excluding the travel costs. I guess I can suck it up another 3 weeks

I'm just off-gassign I guess. I'm feelign very landlocked in GA and also haven't been intellectually stimulated by my job since I started. Hard to find "where you fit" sometimes. I guess I'm still looking.

 

[jenscats5]

Well Im' up at 2:27 am and staring at the ceiling. One drawback of cardio at night, even w/ just 1 Cardio Breeze is sometimes u just can't fall asleep. This weekend 3 days of 3 x cardio. I survived it. Actually started thinking that 45 min walking is not all that big a deal. The biggest challenge I've had is getting it all in during the week - seems I'm always hauling ass between home ,work & the gym.

Getting philosophical here for a moment - I"m also not enjoying my time in the gym anymore. I haven't gotten up and had coffee & breakfast w/ persons / people I like to be aroudn in months. I vaguely remember a fantastic morning, though rainy, in JAX w/ a certain JAX-ite & a certain Icelander and really enjoying an omelette & a big honkin cup of coffee. That was back in January.

I wouldnt' say I'm burnt on the gym or competition stuff. I'm just tired of it. I've relied on this stuff to fill my time while I'm getting acclimated to a new job, new city, etc. But now its taking up all my free time and I feel like the important stuff is starting to pass by while I'm logging miles on the treadmill.

Not sure what happens after Sept 24. I've got a shitload of muscle and frankly I see myself doing more "relaxing " cardio. What's the next goal? I've already done all the heavy lifting I care to do. Done BB shows. Gained weight. Lost weight. Gained weight. Lost weight. Reshaped the muscle I have.

I'd like to enjoy time in the gym w/ an important person and enjoy life more.

Ok. Done ruminating.

I still can't sleep.

Fug.


At least its a short week.




..Upon waking up & oversleeping this morning (moving trainign to PM instead of AM...) I also remember a very happy breakfast w/ everyone who came to ATL on the morning after my show. Definitely good times!

That was a great breakfast!! Wonderful times with wonderful people!!

Hope we can do it again someday....

 

[playmatesky]

Sassy,

At least you are able to see where you are and where you are going. Shit, I never know what I am doing one day to the next.
Your awesome! Your hard work will always pay off. Its never easy either.
I f'd up truly on my diet this weekend. And boy did I ever pay for it. I weas allergic to something and I still feel the symptoms. That will teach me. But ya know...you get bored and shit.
You are just taking walks for your cardio? Do you mix it up at all to make it any less boring?

 

[*Bunny*]

That was a great breakfast!! Wonderful times with wonderful people!!

Hope we can do it again someday....

Second that...

Hungry thinking about it

 

[Sassy69]

All cardio is inside right now. Anythign outside is on concrete & means I'm crippled w/ shin splints. I've got a precor in my basement, a membership at one of those 24 hr key-access gyms 2 blocks from my house & my gym, a Gold's.

I'm afraid I have no clue what I want to be when I grow up. The problem is that I've grown up.

 

[jenscats5]

I'm afraid I have no clue what I want to be when I grow up. The problem is that I've grown up.

I hear ya screaming on that one....I've grown up too & have NO CLUE what I want to do....

*sigh*

 

[playmatesky]

Damn it! Im grown up to. What is wrong with us? Wait...maybe I know...we spend all of our time in the gym and we wanna look good and look good and feel good and so on. Who wants anything else? So we stay our asses in the gym and make time for nothing else. Then when we do all of a sudden make time for something else we feel guilty and out of line. lol Okay...time to go to the gym.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

Trust me, its a been a thought. I've been eyeing this rock climbing gym for quite a while. But right now, my show activity is all-consuming and, as I always say, you either do a show or you don't. I'm 18 days out & well over $2K invested in this show excluding the travel costs. I guess I can suck it up another 3 weeks

I'm just off-gassign I guess. I'm feelign very landlocked in GA and also haven't been intellectually stimulated by my job since I started. Hard to find "where you fit" sometimes. I guess I'm still looking.

Wow....I read your first post from today and really can relate. After 7yrs of Comp., I tried to get back into it with a different type of lifting sport - powerlifting. Its funny, because all I really needed was to choose a non-lifting lifestyle for awhile. I don't mean non-active - just something a bit different (out of the gym). I think you are in the mode of wanting to reconnect with your life, living it to the fullest every day. Breakfast with friends or whatever. When its not fun anymore - you know its time for some kind of change.

I wish you all the best in this next comp., and then relaxing thereafter.

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