My Workout Saga...Then and Now
June 30, 2016
Well, before I met him, I used to cast furtive glances at these black-n-yellow TRX straps hanging from the ceilings dreading even to go near them for fear of making a proper fool of myself. I always used to lament in my mind why I did not continue the workout regimen from the golden SMU days when I sported a 45mins on stairstepper level 7 svelte physique.. So the day Chris suggested we go on these TRX straps I almost fainted. No way.. but Chris doesn’t take no for an answer so full of trepidation I went.
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When I started, I could do merely twice with my arms shaking like crazy. My body would get in all sorts of concave or convex shapes, all but the straight line shown above.
Sorry to disappoint you…No.. I did NOT take pics of those terrible fails..!! I was always wary of someone seeing me failing… This fear of failure has been so ingrained in our Indian minds from childhood..!!
But now 2 reps of 12 times each, is a piece of cake and so is the next one which is much, much harder:
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Yeah…. !!! Finally..!! If I can do this at 52 years of age anybody can - that is the moral of this article.
By the power of repetition we build up our physical strength and the same goes for our spiritual practice…
No PAIN … No GAIN… is the lesson I have learnt. Thanks Chris…! Also along the way you will find positive people like Laurie and Jarrah, always smiling cheering you on. Thanks Gals…!!
Thus, what we once had (our forgotten immortal blissful nature) can be regained through sheer hard work (austerities like mantra japa, scripture studies etc) and we need help from a competent teacher. Like Chris, our Guru guides us and Upagurus like Jarrah will lend a helping hand always.
And never keep record of the failures.. like I chose not to take any pictures of those crooked silly shapes..!!
Friends, lets march on..!!
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