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My current routine has me going Monday and Wednesday night at 7pm; pretty much right after work. I also go Saturday at just about any time during the day.
Eating before my workout is important to me because I do up to an hour of heavy lifting and cardio. I always have a small meal 3 hours beforehand, and then a protein shake, a banana, and a teaspoon of coconut oil 1 hour before I hit the floor. I drink lots of water too.
I gave up on listening to my own music until I'm done with my personal trainer.
I'm almost at friendship level with my trainer, I guess. I've only been at this gym for a few months, and I haven't really met anyone yet. Other than that, the regular front desk girl is personable and calls me by my first name. There isn't anyone I don't like at the gym...yet, and I've never picked up at a gym, no matter how tempting it would be.
I don't go to the gym to socialize or to show off. I'm there to work. I'm serious about my lifting, and so I stay focused and work hard. I'm a "form first" kind of guy, and it ticks me off to see how many people abuse form just to see how heavy they can lift something. It's amazing how many people do hip exercises when they're "blasting their biceps."
I love the feeling of adding extra weight to a lift and being able to do it...properly.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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