The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck! ~Author Unknown
i am just getting back from the gym where i particpate in cardio classes (step) 3 or 4x per week. it is one of the easiest ways for me to get into a calmer frame of mind. strange i guess, but after i exercise and get my heart rate up, i feel like a junkie that has just had a maintenance dose. it calms me down, i feel more awake and less emotional, and more ready to face the day.
it's strange, because i first started doing aerobics in the mid eighties. i can't remember if i wore leg warmers, but i definitely wore a headband on more than one occasion. the strange part is that about 2 years into the aerobics thing, i remember a day in october of 1986 that i almost passed out during class. i had felt a completely opposite effect from the exercise. i remember taking myself to the doctor that week.
about 2 weeks later i got my hiv diagnosis. my closest friend was then in the hospital. he was seeing his last days. he was having his second or third bout of pneumosistis and was a skeleton. i miss him still.
not sure how i got into that, but i guess it's about the exercise. exercise told me something was wrong with my body. when i consistently work out, and something is going awry, maybe my body telegraphs information to my brain. another instance:back in november of last year, i pulled both calf muscles in a week. i remember thinking at that time, it has something to do with my job. i didn't heed the message, but i wonder if my body was telling me to pay attention to something in the back of my mind.
what i know to be true for me is that i love music. i love to dance. i love aerobics. part of being healthy for me is to honor those loves. and i find that the more i honor them, the more i am honored in return.
blast from the past for ya today.... from 1990..... this definitely captures some of my past.
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I should move my body more often. I'm waiting for my "shoulds" to become actions. It isn't going to happen without my active involvement.
If you heard a loud squeal, it was me when I clicked on the video and the music started. I love this song, it just makes me want to move. I hate exercise but I like to dance. Once I figured out that dancing was exercise, I began to think of working out in an entirely new way. Loved the video but did they have to scare me with those final images? Geez, I'm too old for that kind of fright!
*lol* i just got myself a headband last month! so 80s, so gay - i love it! (when you're cycling in 85% humidity levels, they kick!)
loved the vid too - made me shake some booty ;)
I loved leg warmers and they had to pry them off me when they went out of style. Yes, the Fashion Police jumped out and did a whole Rodney King beat down on my ass. I had to pay a $350 fine or go to jail. BTW, my son, Soulseer/Lee is the Chief of the Fashion Police. He hit me so hard I had glitter embedded in my scalp. Ah those were the days my friend...
Hugz Darlin'!
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