Never stop working out, or else

Never stop working out or else'

Yes, life is cruel like that, the older you get, the more boring workouts get, is when you need to workout even more, that sucks.

Would rather drink beer than workout, able to do both actually.

Heck, not training to be no Olympian, and no one other than myself, even notices my health.

Workouts just aren't fun for me lately, not at home, I do workout a bit when at jobs and between 'runs'...but then I'm outside and it feels different, not so stuffy and pointless.

At home feels stuffy and pointless, when I work out.

I'm like Rocky with his second bout with Apollo Creed, where he couldn't even catch the chicken, my hearts just not in it right now.

Which means my mind isn't right, for as goes the mind follows the body.

Nothing online answers your questions about exercise, examples to follow

I want know 'how' does exercise at the molecular level, keeps people healthy and or prevents disease.

So I type in 'How does exercise keep you healthy?'

Answers online are

Exercise can help you lose weight'

No kidding, but that's not what I asked, I want to know 'how' does exercise at the molecular level help you loose weight?

But then instead all you get is another dense generic answer like 'Exercise can boost your mood'...

OK, fine, but how does it do that, on a chemical level why and how does exercise create positive physical change to the body?

But instead, just get another generic 3rd grade level answer from some generic medical website.

How annoying.

A walk in the park part 2



Mental fitness is also very important.

Keep the mind fit, or else.

The best thing I could do for myself right now is to get up, dress, groom, and go walking/jogging at the rec park.
Sure, it's damp and grey and wet out, but that's the best thing I could do for my both physical and mental health right now.

Or could stay in and hit the boring treadmill, and do some light lifting, stretching, ect, super boring, but that's a better alternative to doing nothing.

If I go to rec park, that means have to get up and out, and drive about 3 miles are so through traffic lights, cars, and deal with people, and people are hazardous to your health, people are hazardous to your sanity as well, the wrong kinds anyways, but now days you never know who you're going to encounter once you leave your place.
And I'm not looking for no date, and no ones looking to date me, so most people are just like objects in the way now, to pretty much be avoided.
And those I do think I like, physically that is, probably look at me the way I described I look at others, as just an object in the way to be avoided.

Treadmill or park?...hmm.

And, starting older car and driving it, well, that just creates opportunity for other things to go wrong, as in a wreck, engine issues, get to park and battery dies, ect...one event can snowball effect out of control.
The older you get, the more you begin calculating the risks of doing things, and ask yourself 'is it worth it'.

You start thinking worse case scenarios, and if can handle it or not.
It's all about mental strength, and or love, or lack of in your life....which will determine how much fight you have in you.

A bike ride



I tell you what, all it took was one bike ride for me to realize how far out of shape I've fallen.
Now to the casual eyes, looking at pic, I may seem in shape; and sure, I'm in get up and go to work every day type of shape, but that's far from the type of shape I need to be in in order to be healthy.

I got like 4 blocks up the road and already felt a bit winded and dispirited (but I kept on of course), but not before pausing and having a reflective moment.

I think as we age, we tend to fool ourselves and think as long as we can get out of bed, go to work, do a few chores, than we're OK...oh, and have a few beers per week or night.

But it catches up with you eventually.
The older you get, I realize now (well, have for a while) that you really have to be proactive about your health and fitness, cause it will diminish if you're not.
That includes diet, exercise, and even mental health exercise.

I'm the 'look OK in mirror so must be fit' type, well I'm not, fitness is just as much about what's going on inside your body as it is with your extremities.

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So what do I need to do to better my health?

1. Stop drinking beer.
I mean I can go days, even a week without, but when I do drink, I tend to drink hard.

2. Regular exercise, cardio and weights, and squats, light, but none the less leg and knee strengthening is vital for good health and posture.
One of the first signs of getting old is how people walk, do to pain or lack of flexibility, ect.
If you want to stay walking and moving like you're young than stretch, stretch and stretch some more.

3. Diet.
Lately I've slipped back into the bad habit of eating chips, snacks, sodas, but only when at work, but it still adds up in body and will take a toll.

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I mean I'm really not that far from being in great shape for my age, if only I could get out of my own way.
To be continued.

I tell you what, I'm starting to feel my age, in as far as working out goes, it comes in the knees first, then just the kind of slowness of your movements, as in trying to shadow box, or just jump around.

I remember I used to be so agile, so quick (drinking beer over the years probably doesn't help)

I think I'm in great bad shape...in other words, I'm in OK shape for someone who's blue collar and goes to work, but I'm in terrible shape if comparing to a athlete who trains daily for competition.

I'm fortunate to even still be alive, actually...if didn't cut back on my drinking about 3 years ago, I doubt I would be, I simply would have gone the way of most males my age.
I'd be a after thought by now...yet I still get carded at stores; now I know goodness well I don't like no gdm under 21, I think people just card some of us out of disrespect.

Anyways, workout 'or else', as the title of this section says...
But if had to decide which is more important to your health, working out or eating right?...hmm...I'd have to say eating right will probably give you more longevity in the end.