April 2, 2008

  • Fun with Iron

    I love exercising.  Specifically, I love lifting weights.  I also enjoy cardio - the elliptical or the treadmill or even the bike - but that's not what draws me to the gym over and over, or pulls me back into the gym after long layoffs like I had in 2007 with the tendinitis and all the traveling.

    I love the strength and muscle mass gains I'm able to make from week to week.  I love the feeling of compact power my body has when it is strong.  I love the feel of sweat pouring off me and the burn of lactic acid because I know that leads to the strength and more muscle.

    Yesterday, I did the leg press with 280 lbs.  That's an all time high for me.
    (This is the movement; this is not me.  Photo borrowed from Wikipedia.)


     
    280 lbs is more than my bodyweight.  It's four 45 lb plates plus four 25 lb plates.

    I admire the look of female bodybuilders and powerlifters, but I don't want to compete.  I have no desire to go through the painful pre-contest regime, the drugs, or to be judged on my appearance.  My goal is to get as strong as I can get, to become leaner than I am now, and to be fit and healthy.  And to have fun doing it.

    To me, seeing if I can lift more iron than I could last week.... that's fun.

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