{"id":489,"date":"2010-05-24T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2016-04-15T03:49:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T03:49:04","slug":"why-not-adventures-in-self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/why-not-adventures-in-self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Why not?! Adventures In Self Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boot camp.<\/strong> Week 5. Every day at 6:05 I am jolted into the reality of what the morning has in store for me and I head to the\u00a0MKG\u00a0gym\u00a0for my morning fix of butt whuppin’ (me getting whupped). I enrolled in a 10 week, mixed martial arts, cardio and strength training course\u00a0 and I\u2019m in the thick of it. I felt like it was just really time for a taste of being in shape again, some consistency, follow through and hopefully results. The gym had become my nemesis. I loathed the stair master and any other machine that promised a sweat. I couldn\u2019t do it anymore! Enter boot camp.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long 5 weeks of pretty intense workouts that have engrained in me a sweet, \u00a0renewed sense of my body\u2019s intrinsic strength. I feel great, actually. I have more energy (besides the less sleep thing), my body is changing slowly but surely for the better. I can see my arm muscles again, my pants fit a little nicer. The massive changes that I hoped to see immediately have still eluded me and I mark this as another reason to keep up. Before, I would get really gung- ho about the gym, only to find my enthusiasm wane at around two weeks. When I didn\u2019t see an immediate six- pack of abs, I\u2019d just loose motivation, realizing that the idea is\u00a0to look long term, rather than a quick fix. Quite honestly, I’m a quick fix girl at heart.<\/p>\n

We did a fitness test at the beginning of the boot camp and again last week. Every day in class, I swear<\/em> I can only do five pushups before my arms give way and refuse to budge. Somehow for the test, by the same miracle that someone can\u00a0lift\u00a0a car\u00a0to save a life,\u00a0\u00a0I was able to do 28 pushups in one minute (Are you kidding me? I\u2019ve told everyone who will listen).\u00a0 If these entire ten weeks are dedicated only to eliminating these\u00a0mind games that hold me back, it will be worth it. I realized that I just had to have someone say, \u201c I\u2019m timing\u00a0 you: GO!\u201d\u00a0 for me to see what I had in me all along. Awesome. Definitely worth it!!<\/p>\n

Check ’em: www.mkgseattle.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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