I just posted this comment to Gowingo fitness blog after reading her article about Top 7 Lame Excuses for Not Working Out
( http://gowingogo.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-top-7-lame-excuses-for-not-working.html )
I never know who's reading my blog, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know & post a comment?
Also if you're interested in fitness, check out her blog -- it's pretty awesome.
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I used to be fairly fit and work out regularly (martial artist, swimmer, etc). ~ 3 years ago I lost my job and finally got a gig doing graveyard shifts (11pm-7am) 4 nights a week. I also got married & we had a kid, so I do my four nights and on the 5th night I 'switch back' to daytime hours & sleep nights for 3 nights. (In other words, my work schedule blows.)
So after 1 year of this schedule, I was still swimming 2-3 days a week. After 2 years, I was more and more tired and was lucky to workout 1 day a week. Now at 3 years, my workout schedule is completely shot, I'm sleeping more hours than I used to, and I'm losing muscle tone.
My regular excuses are a) tired, b) feeling sick/headache, and c) various old injuries.
Any suggestions?
My latest thought is to download/buy some home workout videos & do stuff at home. I wake up at 7pm, put the kid to sleep, eat dinner (breakfast) around 9pm, and head to work at 10pm.
I'm thinking maybe I could do some cardio at 8pm, weights, or yoga. I tried P90X, but that was a bit too vigorous for me -- and the workouts took too much time.
Any suggestions or advice would be awesome!!
If I stumped you also, that's ok too.
PEACE
PS: my blog is rekzkarz.com
THE ILLNESS ... almost gone! Hoorah!
Wife got a nasty cold, baby got it too, and then... I didn't get it. I was the good support Dad, getting grub and trying to be supportive -- while still working the graveyard shift (and thus sleeping 8 hrs in the daytime). Baby suffered, wife suffered, and I tried to be the support.
And then I got it. WTF? I got clobbered by one of the nastiest colds... I was wandering around (between the bed & the couch & the toilet) making zombie moaning noises "Uuuuuuugggghhhh" and "OooooOooOOoohhhh", hocking thick green & yellow loogies, and snorting constantly because it was such a challenge to breathe.
After missing one night of work, I thought I was up for doing a graveyard shift. WOOOPS! That was dumb! Not only was that night a night of pure hell, but I felt worse for the next 3-4 days. Wound up taking the rest of the week off with sick days. Blech.
No, it wasn't the flu. It was a cold.
I barely ate, I drank a lot of water, spit up a geegob of phlegm, and slept an extra 4+ hours a day.
IT SUCKED!!!
Almost healthy now! YAY
And then I got it. WTF? I got clobbered by one of the nastiest colds... I was wandering around (between the bed & the couch & the toilet) making zombie moaning noises "Uuuuuuugggghhhh" and "OooooOooOOoohhhh", hocking thick green & yellow loogies, and snorting constantly because it was such a challenge to breathe.
After missing one night of work, I thought I was up for doing a graveyard shift. WOOOPS! That was dumb! Not only was that night a night of pure hell, but I felt worse for the next 3-4 days. Wound up taking the rest of the week off with sick days. Blech.
No, it wasn't the flu. It was a cold.
I barely ate, I drank a lot of water, spit up a geegob of phlegm, and slept an extra 4+ hours a day.
IT SUCKED!!!
Almost healthy now! YAY
Glad I had a doggie blanket.
Funny how feeling so shitty can make me feel so grateful just to feel normal...?
Funny how feeling so shitty can make me feel so grateful just to feel normal...?
Re-Thinking 9/11 -- what the heck happened?
Something to consider: When USA was attacked 9/11/2001, who benefitted? USA attacked wrong country & invaded it & is still there 12 yrs later. Cost $trillions, most $ went to 'contractors' (ie mercenaries) & weapons manufacturers.
Bush family profited directiy via Carlyle Group investments, a private weapons/military investment. Cheney profited directly via Haliburton stock & kickbacks. Muslim nations -- under assault by USA military who call them terrorists, despite USA using drone attacks vs civilians, 'night raids' into people's homes, and widespread institutionalized torture of civilians.
Just saying that ... whatever you think you know, maybe the OPPOSITE is true?
ie Dept of Defense = Dept of War
ie Terrorists = Civilians trying to survive in an occupied country
ie USA Military = foreign invaders testing out new weaponry on lesser armed civilians
ie war motivated by 9/11 attack = Christianity vs Islam (Crusades) or Racism (ie USA vs non-white countries)
I'm confused why Bush & Cheney & cohorts are not held accountable for lying to USA, for attacking wrong country, for torturing people & authorizing global torture practices, or for blocking & misleading the investigation of 9/11.
And when I say confused, I mean -- WTF?!?!?!
/end rant
Bush family profited directiy via Carlyle Group investments, a private weapons/military investment. Cheney profited directly via Haliburton stock & kickbacks. Muslim nations -- under assault by USA military who call them terrorists, despite USA using drone attacks vs civilians, 'night raids' into people's homes, and widespread institutionalized torture of civilians.
Just saying that ... whatever you think you know, maybe the OPPOSITE is true?
ie Dept of Defense = Dept of War
ie Terrorists = Civilians trying to survive in an occupied country
ie USA Military = foreign invaders testing out new weaponry on lesser armed civilians
ie war motivated by 9/11 attack = Christianity vs Islam (Crusades) or Racism (ie USA vs non-white countries)
I'm confused why Bush & Cheney & cohorts are not held accountable for lying to USA, for attacking wrong country, for torturing people & authorizing global torture practices, or for blocking & misleading the investigation of 9/11.
And when I say confused, I mean -- WTF?!?!?!
/end rant
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