My workout buddy of 22 years looked at me strangely and asked "Why, then?"
I pumped out a rep and said "Not to look good. For function!" And I, in turn, looked at him funny. Like... dah!
We were discussing me going to a charity ball in a tux and that led to... talk of looking good.
We have had similar conversations before, I reminded him of function over form... "I don't want to look good... it would bring too much temptation... but I want to be able to press a car out of me if I need to." I don't need to impress anybody. Looking plain but having the strength and endurance of an athlete is what it's about.
I am a mild mannered engineer during the day, but I am an athlete the rest of the time.
I hike more miles under adverse conditions than anybody I know... even on a dark, rainy and cold winter evening. I'm not good-looking, I'm tough... and I enjoy it.
- copyright 2013 by Willy.
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Had a somewhat related conversation with my doctor a few weeks ago. I told her that I uncoupled the whole weight-exercise thing a while back. I exercise, including strength train, only for mobility now. To keep my spine straight, my legs moving, my bones strong. Weight control is only about what I put into my mouth (or don't, as the case may be). The older I get, the harder I work just to hold even.
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