Today and Tomorrow
July 27th 2007 16:34
Well, we have to review the news this week. American astronauts are now reported to have piloted certain high velocity vehicles while essentially drunk. An actress barely left rehab before she was caught in near proximity of cocaine,claiming it was someone else's. A very high profile rider in the Tour de France decided,apparently, to inject someone else's blood into his system in order to increase performance, even though the professional cyclist has to be the most tested athlete in the world. In the US the great home run record in baseball is about to belong to someone who is repeatedly linked to stories of steroid abuse. Chis Benoit was reported to have had testosterone in his system up to 10 times the norm and has already been joined in death by another pro wrestler. And...some expert has speculated that three quarters of the American people will be obese by the year 2020. Is there a pattern here?
This is a blog about fitness,so let me explain how not to be fit: Keep exposing yourself to substances that addict or provide some short turn plus that everyone knows will eventually turn into a much larger minus.
If you cannot think long term you are doomed individual. How many issues in life revolve around the suspension of the present for the future? In Frank McCourt's stunning memoir Angela's Ashes the father repeatedly blows the family's meager dole money on a drunken night at the pub and his family is left to literally starve. I recently saw an interview with a professional wrestler who had made literally millions and had used it all for steroids etc. Now he is virtually homeless. Statistics indicate that the average American has what is essentially no money with which to retire after a lifetime of often lucrative pay. A series of interviews with students at an expensive college demonstrated that few undertook to do any of the reading assigned by their professors, yet had time for partying etc. How long I could keep adding to this list I do not know.
Here is the no myth angle on this. If you cannot control your todays, your tomorrows are not something to anticipate. If you control today you will have advantages tomorrow that cannot be obtained any other way. This is especially true in fitness. If you asked me what I want to do today I probably don't want to sweat it out in the gym. If I consistently do just that, my tomorrows will be just that much better. This axiom is even more apropos for dieting. The problem with dieting is even more about today over tomorrow. If you want to lose weight,controlling today is really all that you ever want to think about.
All the tales of immorality and short sightedness above are an indicator that the pursuit of fitness or any other goal that involves delayed gratification is not going to be mainstream. You will be doing your thing pretty much alone. Your servant, as always.
This is a blog about fitness,so let me explain how not to be fit: Keep exposing yourself to substances that addict or provide some short turn plus that everyone knows will eventually turn into a much larger minus.
If you cannot think long term you are doomed individual. How many issues in life revolve around the suspension of the present for the future? In Frank McCourt's stunning memoir Angela's Ashes the father repeatedly blows the family's meager dole money on a drunken night at the pub and his family is left to literally starve. I recently saw an interview with a professional wrestler who had made literally millions and had used it all for steroids etc. Now he is virtually homeless. Statistics indicate that the average American has what is essentially no money with which to retire after a lifetime of often lucrative pay. A series of interviews with students at an expensive college demonstrated that few undertook to do any of the reading assigned by their professors, yet had time for partying etc. How long I could keep adding to this list I do not know.
Here is the no myth angle on this. If you cannot control your todays, your tomorrows are not something to anticipate. If you control today you will have advantages tomorrow that cannot be obtained any other way. This is especially true in fitness. If you asked me what I want to do today I probably don't want to sweat it out in the gym. If I consistently do just that, my tomorrows will be just that much better. This axiom is even more apropos for dieting. The problem with dieting is even more about today over tomorrow. If you want to lose weight,controlling today is really all that you ever want to think about.
All the tales of immorality and short sightedness above are an indicator that the pursuit of fitness or any other goal that involves delayed gratification is not going to be mainstream. You will be doing your thing pretty much alone. Your servant, as always.
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