Sometimes you've just got to laugh!
If fitness has become a way of life for you, awesome, but just like all things in life there is always “too much of a good thing.” When every conversation you have pertains to health and fitness, the last novel you read was the latest edition of Muscular Development or Oxygen, and you can describe every fitness related video on YouTube, then maybe a reality check of the other meaningful things in life might be good for you. When the world is chaotic, you’re tired, you job has burnt you out, or you are just too perfect for your own good, what keeps you grounded? Here are some things I have experienced or have seen other experience over the years:
1) Not seeing my twin brother in over 8 months and when I finally see him it’s at the airport the day before my competition and he greets me with, “You look anorexic! You need to eat.”
2) Walking through the aisles at the grocery store and tripping over my own feet…..(I swear something jumps out under me).
3) The honesty and innocence of a 5-year old telling their parents “Those pants are tight” or “Your butt looks big.”
4) Watching a gymnatsics class of 7-year olds who make doing 10 unassisited pullups on the parallel bars look easy.
5) Laboring over a solution for hours and haphazardly coming upon a kid who shouts out a no brainer solution that was too simple for you to think of.
6) Being greeted at the door by your pet whose only concern is “when are you going to feed me!”
Many of these occurrences can be a nice needed mental break from our often gruelingly “fit” lifestyles, or just a break from life in general. You can’t help but laugh. If you have others, please feel free to add on.
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