Monday, February 23, 2015

Words of Wisdom: Workout Motivation

Here is a great segment from Arnold Schwartzenegger in his book Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder.  He describes his first workout below:
"I remember the first real workout I had as vividly as it were last night.  I rode my bike to the gym which was eight miles from the village where I lived.  I used barbells, dumbbells and machines.  The guys warned me that I'd get sore, but it didn't seem to be having any effect.  I thought I must be beyond that.  Then after the workout, I started riding home and fell off my bike.  I was so weak I couldn't make my hands hold on.  I had no feeling in my legs:  they were noodles.  I was numb, my whole body was buzzing.  I pushed the bike for a while, leaning on it.  Half a mile further, I tried to ride it again, fell off again, and then just pushed it the rest of the way home.  This was my first experience with weight training, and I was crazy for it."
Whenever you don't feel like working out (like when it is too cold out) or think your circumstances don't allow you to (too far to drive) this describes what training morivation really is.

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