• strength training • If you’ve been following me for a whi..
Added 2023-10-12 20:33:04 +0000 UTC• strength training • If you’ve been following me for a while on any other platform, you’ll have seen that I started working out a few months ago. We bought weights from 3-30 pounds, resistance bands for all sorts of stretches, and a pull up/core station. For me personally, I’ve never had “body goals.” I am very body neutral; it’s the one I got and there isn’t much use for me hating it all the time. That said.. I also just didn’t think I’d live in this body for this long. I’m closing in on my 27th birthday, I’ve carried and had a human taken out of my body then fed it with only my body for a year, I’m now traveling more & wanting to see places I can only travel by foot. I didn’t think I would ever make it to being this person. I’m learning quickly that I want to live a long and full life, not fighting my own joints and back pain every step of the way. This has changed my definition of a “body goal.” My “body goals” now, are for my legs to make it a full hike in to a water fall, swim all day, and hike out safely. I want my body to be able to climb up any tree or take on any roller coaster to see the world from a different perspective. I want my body to be able to keep up with my life and the humans in it. I want to age gracefully. I want grace in my aged wrists, hopeful I still paint when I’m grown. I want grace in my ankles while I’m dancing with my wife in the kitchen, seeing her beautiful wrinkles one day, deep as my own from all the life we lived together. That type of aging gracefully starts now. With how we move, eat, sleep, etc.; everything we do for our body is to make it to the end in the least amount of discomfort. It’s hard to form new habits, it’s hard to put effort into a body you didn’t ask for or didn’t think you’d have past 18, but I am certain that future me will appreciate my efforts, as even now I am grateful for me a few months ago that started this journey. Because on days like today, strength training can come in very handy.
