As I ride the GO Train downtown I'm a little anxious right now. I had a good morning and all, decent workout... crushed myself with P90X2's Plyocide workout... But I'm on my way in for what could be a troublesome lab. We demo'd it yesterday, and I think I'll do alright but I always get jittery for labs. I think it's kind of a good thing, keeps you on your toes, can't get too comfortable. You get comfortable and you get lazy.
I decided rule number one a long time ago: Don't be lazy.
I decided rule number one a long time ago: Don't be lazy.
Either way, between one and four this afternoon I'll be producing the following; grilled marinated sirloin steak, pan fried sirloin steak, veal fricassee, veal schnitzel and braised short ribs. Leftovers should be good. Worst case, I've got about three or four pounds of pork loin at home that's been in the slow cooker for the last 15+ hours... 20 or so by the time I get home. Smelled godly this morning.
Anyways. Moving on. A close friend asked me what my fitness goals were yesterday. What do I want from working my stupid ass off like I have been. Why? What the fuck am I doing to myself, and to what end?
Well, short term, it's all about mudder. Tough Mudder is less than two weeks away and I wanna walk off the course feeling like I did well and not feeling like I'm going to die. That's definitely a priority. After my unplanned 4 mile full tilt run yesterday I'm feeling pretty good on that front. That's a third of the course in 30 mins, give or take.
Medium term goals? Well that's a little harder. Obviously good health and fitness are clutch. It used to be about taking my mind off of life, but now it's about feeling good - and a good workout always does that.
That's only part of the answer though. Truthfully, which I felt awkward saying out loud, a significant portion of my goal is to look goddamn sexy(again?). I will get there. Even though I feel like a shallow superficial ass for saying it. As she said however, "isn't that kind of what everyone wants?"
Well, short term, it's all about mudder. Tough Mudder is less than two weeks away and I wanna walk off the course feeling like I did well and not feeling like I'm going to die. That's definitely a priority. After my unplanned 4 mile full tilt run yesterday I'm feeling pretty good on that front. That's a third of the course in 30 mins, give or take.
Medium term goals? Well that's a little harder. Obviously good health and fitness are clutch. It used to be about taking my mind off of life, but now it's about feeling good - and a good workout always does that.
That's only part of the answer though. Truthfully, which I felt awkward saying out loud, a significant portion of my goal is to look goddamn sexy(again?). I will get there. Even though I feel like a shallow superficial ass for saying it. As she said however, "isn't that kind of what everyone wants?"
Long term goals?... This one is easy. To put it bluntly, I don't want to die early. My grandfather died when my dad was a teen, and my father almost died three years ago - in fact his heart was stopped for nearly two minutes. Why? Both of them from multiple heart attacks. Almost entirely due to diet. I didn't know my grandfather but from photos I can see he wasn't in bad shape. That's about all I know. However my father is/was in decent shape, exercised regularly and is by no means overweight, however his diet was/is shit. Bacon sandwich Sunday anyone? Yeah, sounds great, and I used to eat like that, by I also don't want three heart attacks and a quin-bypass in my early fifties. Fuck that. I wanna live forever.
So here I am. Learning how to damage peoples cardiovascular system with classical cuisine (with it's seemingly heart-stopping food) while eating like I want to live forever and training like an athlete with something to prove.
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