I just felt the need to post this as I think sometimes we start comparing ourselves to each other and lose site of the fact that we REALLY ARE pretty darn strong and healthy compared to the general population and "whatever" mix of Cathe's your doing is FAR more than 98% of the rest of the world.
This was made very apparent the other night as I attended my normal Tae Kwon Do class. It's not a huge class, a few men (some dads) and a mix of guys from the ages of 13-20, several of which appear to be in pretty good shape (a couple have that coveted bicep vein and some pretty nice muscle definition....oh the effects of testosterone). I happen to be the only female at the time (with the exception of an 11 year old girl who attends once in a while). Our instructor was in one of his "I'm gonna kick your #### tonight so get set for an intense workout" moods. He proceeded with his usual 100 jumping jacks and throughout the next 1 1/2 hours he threw in pushups every 10-15 minutes which amounted to 240, many on our knuckles and many we held at the bottom before pushing up. He also threw in loads of sit ups and leg lefts where you raise your head and legs up to a V position and go back down. And yes we learned a bit of Tae Kwon Do along with this beating. I want to tell you girls, those guys were wiped out, even Mr. Bicep vein was beat from the V leg lifts things and collapsing before our instructor released the position. The 13-20 year old boys couldn't complete the leg lifts and were laying on the ground through many of the pushups. I believe even our instructor was a "bit tired" and when all was said and done.....I believe it wasn't half as tough as IMAX.
NOW.....this post isn't about me...it's all about you realizing that you women are doing an incredibly awesome job of working out and you ought to be proud of yourselves for being in much better physical health than 98% of the population, just by working out no matter WHAT ROTATION YOUR USING.
FEELS PRETTY GOOD HUH!!!!!!
Briee
One last thing. My 12 year old son who was with me woke up in terrible pain the next morning and said "Mom aren't you dying today?"....I said "actually I don't feel anything". BUT....my quads were sore after my IMAX workout!!!!! I don't think I'll tell my instructor about those scissor things!!!
This was made very apparent the other night as I attended my normal Tae Kwon Do class. It's not a huge class, a few men (some dads) and a mix of guys from the ages of 13-20, several of which appear to be in pretty good shape (a couple have that coveted bicep vein and some pretty nice muscle definition....oh the effects of testosterone). I happen to be the only female at the time (with the exception of an 11 year old girl who attends once in a while). Our instructor was in one of his "I'm gonna kick your #### tonight so get set for an intense workout" moods. He proceeded with his usual 100 jumping jacks and throughout the next 1 1/2 hours he threw in pushups every 10-15 minutes which amounted to 240, many on our knuckles and many we held at the bottom before pushing up. He also threw in loads of sit ups and leg lefts where you raise your head and legs up to a V position and go back down. And yes we learned a bit of Tae Kwon Do along with this beating. I want to tell you girls, those guys were wiped out, even Mr. Bicep vein was beat from the V leg lifts things and collapsing before our instructor released the position. The 13-20 year old boys couldn't complete the leg lifts and were laying on the ground through many of the pushups. I believe even our instructor was a "bit tired" and when all was said and done.....I believe it wasn't half as tough as IMAX.
NOW.....this post isn't about me...it's all about you realizing that you women are doing an incredibly awesome job of working out and you ought to be proud of yourselves for being in much better physical health than 98% of the population, just by working out no matter WHAT ROTATION YOUR USING.
FEELS PRETTY GOOD HUH!!!!!!
Briee
One last thing. My 12 year old son who was with me woke up in terrible pain the next morning and said "Mom aren't you dying today?"....I said "actually I don't feel anything". BUT....my quads were sore after my IMAX workout!!!!! I don't think I'll tell my instructor about those scissor things!!!
You brought a smile to my face this morning.