Carpe the Gym.

So apparently there is a word in French that cannot be expressed in English meaning something along the lines of Carpe Diem or make the most out of it while enjoying it. Leigh, who along with Liz is attempting to teach me French although they started with towel which apparently has twelve meanings, was explaining this to me on the way to the gym last week. You see with the triathlon creeping closer and my legs not getting any longer, I was forced to start hitting the bike, the treadmill and the weights pretty hard. I now have a discounted membership to Bodyscapes Fitness in Hingham. They were giving a crazy no commitment, no sign up fees, 25/month deal to all Shipyard employees. Hello, all over it. 50 bucks for the whole summer! I also get a free week pass so I gave it to Leigh and proceeded to drag her long legs with me for motivation.

So we are discussing this word when Leigh and I come up with Carpe the gym. This is not a simple concept. Sure, we motivate each other to go to the gym but how many excuses do we give along the way? Personally, life is too short to do something you hate, so why go in the first place? Well, this is the way I look at it: if you really want to make it fun and you really want to like it, you will. This theory probably doesn't hold true with brussel sprouts, but it works with the gym. I go with friends or a good playlist or I put Sponge Bob on while I'm on the bike. And trust me, as time passes I realize I don't hate it anymore, I crave it. That's why even though I have been up since 5:30am, watched kids for ten hours and basically want to go to bed now, I'm going to head over to the shipyard and run a couple miles while listening to Destiny's child.

There's a great commercial out there. It's a guy shooting hoops listing off reasons why people don't want to work out, the excuses they make for not going outside or to the gym. At the end you see he is in a wheelchair, and his final excuse: "My legs hurt". It just makes you think: go out and just do it, because you can.

(Maybe this post will motivate me to swim.)
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