Last year, I made the decision that I would improve my health by going to the gym. I made a routine and now it's a habit.
I started off focusing on cardio; I was doing about forty-five minutes on the elliptical and treadmill.
As I got a little more comfortable with my surroundings, I began to explore the circuit weights. I started lifting 10 lbs. Yes, 10 pounds. I had no upper body strength and this concerned me.
I was having difficulty lifting my 50 lbs son. I didn't like that. This shouldn't be a problem. I should be able to lift him up.
Then I started thinking. I've never lifted my wife up. Tradition has it that a man carries his wife over the threshold after getting married and or moving into a home. We walked through it. Not romantic at all.
Slowly, I increased the weights in the machines. Now I can lift 70 to 90 lbs on the circuit weights.
But more importantly, on April 7, 2012, after nine years of getting married and moving into our home, I lifted my wife and carried her over the threshold.
I started off focusing on cardio; I was doing about forty-five minutes on the elliptical and treadmill.
As I got a little more comfortable with my surroundings, I began to explore the circuit weights. I started lifting 10 lbs. Yes, 10 pounds. I had no upper body strength and this concerned me.
I was having difficulty lifting my 50 lbs son. I didn't like that. This shouldn't be a problem. I should be able to lift him up.
Then I started thinking. I've never lifted my wife up. Tradition has it that a man carries his wife over the threshold after getting married and or moving into a home. We walked through it. Not romantic at all.
Slowly, I increased the weights in the machines. Now I can lift 70 to 90 lbs on the circuit weights.
But more importantly, on April 7, 2012, after nine years of getting married and moving into our home, I lifted my wife and carried her over the threshold.
