Thursday, September 9, 2010

I have it, now what?

Last week we agreed that deciding to be fit in the mind, is the first part of a fitness journey. The second part of fitness helps to solidify the why. WHY decide to go for Fitness?

Have you wondered why a lot of times people get the wrong answer for a right question? For instance, a little boy dropped an expensive glass cup his grandma had given to his mom; his mom asked, “Why did you do that?” Looking up with sad eyes, the boy answered, “I don’t know”. He is right, but that is the wrong answer (to the mom who is curious and angry). The mom asked the right question about the right thing, but asked the question in the wrong way. If she asked “how did it happen?” The boy will probably tell her “Mama I tried to see why you yelled, and then the cup slipped from my hands and broke – I am sorry, so very sorry”. The question “Why” is very abstract in the minds of children, so they do not know the answers to the “whys” people ask.

Likewise, asking yourself why you want to change your body, is probably not as effective as “WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THE BODY WHEN I HAVE IT?” Why is the later question effective? Because it deals with functions and it is not abstract. Knowing what to do with the body gives us motivation when the heart gets weary.

The Bible says if you have a talent and you don’t use it, it will be taken away and given to the person who knows how to use the talent (parable of talents). Therefore, we can say that if you do not want to lose your body you must use it. If you stop any Kilgore College Rangerette and ask her “why do you wake up 1 – 2hours before class to go workout with your trainer, do extra cardio for 30 – 45 minutes twice every week, and practice 4-5hrs after class every day?”, she would tell you she works out so her body will be ready to perform in an excellent manner in any show. Similarly, ask a football player, “why do Two-A-Days workouts?” the answer might be to get ready for a game. A more sarcastic answer will be “would you want to pay to come watch us lose?” What would you do with your body when you have it the way you want it?

Action Plan

Grab a piece of paper and pen, and then write this on the top of the paper. “Things I would do with a Fit, Strong and Energized body.” I prefer the question method. What would I do with a fit, strong and healthy body? Then sit down and turn on your thinking cap.

Write everything that comes to mind. Literarily write everything. Here are a few of the answers I have seen: hiking, biking, playing flag football, playing baseball with my grand kids, water ski, travel, mission trip, marathon, triathlon, dancing, … the list is endless.

Next week

Now that we have decided what we want from our workouts, we will cover the price next week: The price to pay for fitness.

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