Are we ever satisfied?

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Are we ever satisfied?
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Tue, 03-01-2005 - 10:37am
Jean's question of the week prompted me to think of this... Do you all think we'll ever be satisfied with our levels of fitness? Or, are we all Type A gymrats who need to have ever-changing goals? (I'm not saying this is a bad thing... just pondering the personality types of gymrats.)

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 10:46am
In all honesty, I can't see myself ever getting to a point where I feel satisfied with my strength and/or abilities. I think part of why working out is fun is continuing to challenge myself with new activities and abilities. I really only feel competitive with myself and that feels like healthy competition to me. Also, the more things I am able to excel at, the more I am able to offer my clients. I can't teach them how to do core board, BOSU or ball things if I don't know how to do them myself.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 11:05am
I'll let you know if I get there...I've been at it for 18 years now!





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Registered: 04-02-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 11:17am

I am starting to wonder this about myself...sometimes it is a struggle to keep up with myself. Lately it is weird I get so motivated and love my workouts and somedays I feel like why can't I be one of those people who gets a workout in 3 or 4 times a week and is perfectly satisfied with it.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 11:21am
Yeah, I've thought about that, too.





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Tue, 03-01-2005 - 11:26am
I hear you and agree wholeheartedly. I am sort of taking a step towards that as I am teaching myself that it's okay to only do FIVE days of cardio and not six. :P
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Registered: 04-02-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 12:18pm

I know and sometimes besides you own struggles with yourself, I have the mother and boyfriend who constantly say "just take a day off" and then I get to the gym and I see other people who not only take hours of grueling aerobics classes, but then hop on the treadmill and run for 3 miles.

Most days I love my workout routine and it really makes me feel good about myself and I know bottom line that is why I do it. Then every few weeks I see my boyfriend and others eating McDonalds and only exercising 3 times a week and looking great and think why is it a daily struggle for me?

I guess knowing that underneath it all I do it for myself makes me o.k. with why I workout 6 days a week (I just started taking Sundays off for fear my boyfriend would think I was totally nuts).

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Registered: 05-20-2004
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 1:16pm

I'll probably never be satisfied because there will always be some sort of new goal or obstacle that pops up-- e.g., getting back in shape after a baby, recovering from an injury, learning a new type of exercise, training for a race, adapting to changes in metabolism, etc.

I'd probably be a rich woman if I had the same tenacity in my career as I do for working out.

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 1:35pm

i think i'm the vain one here. i'm more than satisfied with my level of fitness. what i'm not completely satisfied with is how i look. (though i'm pretty satisfied

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 1:44pm
My quest is more for that feeling of exhiliration I get when I work out and am in good shape.





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Registered: 08-05-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 1:50pm
Eh, I think it depends. In college, esp. the last 2 years of it, I was very happy with my level of fitness, as far as things that were in my control. Sure, I would have loved to have had ridiculous turn-out in my hips, but that would have only come from years and years of intense ballet, which I didn't want to do when I was younger. But I still looked super-hot, which was all I cared about. Now, even if I looked the same way I did then, I would still want to build strength in my upper body, because of my new goals of going climbing with Wes. So I think it depends on what you're up to at the moment.

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