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First day back at the gym

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I signed up for a gym membership a few weeks ago—It might have been a month ago, honestly. But I didn't actually go until today. I tend to have a difficult time making first steps. It's not like I haven't been to a gym before, but new environments intimidate me. I literally waited a month until I was feeling ok and thought there wouldn't be many people there so that I could get a lay of the land and sort of wade in.

And it was great. I'm glad I finally showed up, and it wasn't as uncomfortable as I'd thought. I also noticed something which was that I sort of felt energized by the new experience.

I was listening to this lecture by Graham Weaver yesterday where he talks about figuring out what energizes you and seek those experiences out. I struggled a bit to really identify what it is that energizes me. I'm sure it's varied. Exercise, creating, socializing. All of those are definitely in there. But what I noticed today was that really pushing through that wall of fear into new experience in itself was particularly energizing.

It's probably obvious that new experiences tend to be exciting, but I suppose I'd never thought about it in the context of how I want to live my life. I don't want to dig too deep on this right now because my original goal here was to develop a little workout plan, but I'll close this little reflection by saying that if I want to live a fulfilling life, I need to seek new experiences. Even if I have desires that may require linear and predictable work, new and scary experiences will serve well as a source of energy.

Ok, here's a basic WOD for the week.

Start all sessions with 2 miles on the treadmill and finish the session with 20 minutes of mobility.