Sunday, 08 July 2012
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Exercise: A Naked Investment
Hey, you over there. You say you work out to look after your heart and lungs? I’m calling BS. When I go out pounding the pavements every day health is on the back burner (and I’m a Division 1 athlete!), and looking sexy (as much as it is ever possible) is right at the top of my vein ladder of priorities. So is it me and the skipping man from ecards on our own here, or does everyone else harbor the same dirty workout laundry?I love the feeling of being able to run fast, but it’s totally outweighed by being able to fit into skinny jeans. Here’s my points for why working out to look sexy is more important than health for many people. I’m sure some disagree, but either way, listen to a bit of Ida Marie while your going through the list.
1) Time Spent: Would I really workout most days of the year for an hour if I could maintain the same weight by jogging for 20 minutes once a week? Absolutely not. Sure, I enjoy the fresh air, when its not a disgusting 100 degrees outside, but there’s no way I’d do it if I really had a choice in the matter.
2) Gym Membership: Now don’t get me wrong, I know people who live for the gym and love the gym. But I’m a firm believer that gyms, in the majority of cases, are just glorified storage containers for burnt calories and exercise haters. The number of people I hear saying they’re only there because they hate sport, but want to lose weight, backs up my premise.
3) Correlation between Facebook Statuses about Gym and Take Out: Every so often I get a glut of updates along the lines of “Just got tanked at the gym, going to smash my face with pizza.” There’s no way that’s health conscious. Here, the gym is being used, fairly enough, as a “calorie burning storage container,” so a guy can maintain a 6 pack and eat shit food guilt free. There’s nothing healthy about scoffing a whole pizza after a workout, but there’s definitely something sexy about still managing to look good after doing it.
4) People smoking the minute they get out the gym: So we all know that cigarettes are a cheeky little appetite suppressant, which also do untold damage to your lungs. We also know that one of the “pretend” motivations for exercise is healthy lungs. Yip, definite conflict of interest here. Points for wanting to be sexy by using any means possible: fumes and running.
5) Same goes for Diet Coke: Best way to refresh my body after a hard workout? Water? No chance, although water’s the healthy way to go. Diet Coke is the drink of choice for many people I see heading out the gym. The fact its full of aspartame (a terrible chemical), is completely outweighed by its calorie free food lable. Hydrating to be healthy? Not today.
6) Good Skin, or Be Slim: I know a lot of people whose workouts give them bad skin. I also happen to be one of the afflicted. But would I give up a slimmer waist for a clearer complexion. Not a chance. Who cares about my skins health, it’s my butt people can see from a distance.
Do you work out for health, or for the reflection in the mirror? Is it a bit of both?
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It's both. I am at the age where my friends are starting to complain about feeling old. I could look good without trying, but at my age, I would feel like crap if I didn't work out. My joints would be stiff and achy. I want to have a tighter body than the one I have now. I feel like I look good for a(n) (older) mom. I want to look just damned good. If I were in my twenties and mentally in the place that I am now, I would not work out.
well, i'm glad *someone's* keeping her cellulite under control. cause that shit is fucking gross.
in all seriousness--well, my assessment of cellulite was pretty accurate, i guess--i can't think of anything that's worse for my self-esteem than going to the gym and knowing that every dude there has bigger muscles than i do.
both. Wanna look good for my girl, but at the same time, it's a good feeling when I"m lifting weight 95% of the population can't do
Fuck health, I work out to be as thin as possible, and to stop the voices in my head from shouting that I am such a looser and a fat ass. Plain and simple I work out so the reflection in the mirror gets thinner.
Lol yeaaa I mean it's kind of for my health but.. I wanna look sexy. I'll admit it. It REALLY pisses me off when I tell people I exercise & they get on my case about it, telling me I "shouldn't diet" & "look perfect the way I am".. Erm, so I must be insecure because I want to make myself better, stronger & sexier? Come on, now..
I go to the gym to feel more confident about my appearance.
I do work out for my health. I'm small even when I don't work out, though I don't have the same muscles. That said, I don't go to gyms, I do martial arts, so a lot of my exercise is a means to get the skills I want rather than for the sake of exercise.
Also, while some of the habits you've listed are contradictory to a healthy lifestyle, they don't necessarily negate going to the gym. Someone with a nicotine addiction is going to be healthier if they work out than if they don't. Smoking =/= working out only for the sake of one's appearance. Sure, they'd be healthier if they dropped the cigarettes, but no one's perfect.
I started working out to look good and prevent weight gain, but now I like the feeling I get. I would probably work out even if I didn't need to. I know, it's weird, but I actually think that lifting is fun.
@Edeline_Wrigh@xanga - actually, when i first started lifting, it was purely as a method of improving my martial arts. (though since then, karate has become less of a priority for me than looking good and womanizing--i still lift, just with a different priority in mind.)
@TheNotoriousGOD@xanga - That's fair. *shrug* I wasn't intending to suggest that the gym isn't ever a means for ends other than appearance, simply that because I don't do it, some of the above examples don't apply to me in the same way. Upon rereading it, I didn't make that very clear.
If I did go to the gym, I'd be in the same boat you were initially in.
Who in their right mind drinks diet coke when working out?
I work out purely for my health, I have heart and lung problems to deal with, and at least half a dozen other health conditions to be concerned about. I really don't give a damn how my ass looks or whether I look good naked, my appearance isn't even in my top 5 for priorities. When I work out I am drinking water with electrolyte tablets before,during and after, I don't smoke and I go 4-5 days a week to exercise until I drip with sweat and I don't care if my muffintop shows I wear a sports bra and yoga shorts, yes I breakout but that's what blemish cleansers and medicines are for
@Edeline_Wrigh@xanga - haha i was totally unclear too. what i meant (which also wasn't clear) was that lifting would be good for your training too--there seems to still be this prevalent myth amongst martial artists that lifting is detrimental to your training, despite the fact that athletes in every other discipline have figured out that that's not true. your comment made it seem that you might be in that boat, so i just wanted to make sure you knew that that's not the case, is all :)
I exercise to prepare my body to survive the upcoming zombie apocalypse.
@TheNotoriousGOD@xanga - Oh, yeah. I haven't been lifting only because I was too busy/tired to do so during the semester (14ish hours of martial arts, 20 hours/week at a job on my feet, plus classes...) and then promptly got injured. Thanks though. =)
@T0m03@xanga - Best comment.
haha both! i do love to exercise and look good at the same time!
95% for health and 4% for being able to do more pushups than some men twenty years younger than me! Ha! And 1% for being sexy, sorta... I mean I'm an old lady and I don't get to be sexy anymore.
Working out gives you bad skin? I've never heard of that before. Generally when I work out it clears up my skin.
I think in regards to the people who smoke and or drink sodas and stuff it's not so much the sexy factor or anything it's more the addiction aspect of the cigarettes and soda. It's tough to break off of sugary drinks.
As for me I definitely work out for both. It's nice to look good, though my genetics make it so I don't really have to work out to look about the same as I do when I do work out. But working out definitely keeps me healthier which keeps me happier which in turn helps me feel sexier I guess.
Back when I would only do it for looks, it was easier to stop caring. I find that doing it to not die has been a lot more motivating.
I already have the body I want naturally, at least when it comes to any effects working out would have. I can only lose maybe a inch or two around my waist before you'd have to start removing ribs. That being said, I don't work out much. But I keep telling myself I should. I should exercise. So I walk a lot, or I took that intense hiking class. I went to pilates once but couldn't drag myself out of bed at 6 am again. Basically, any thing I have done has been to be healthy, and all I want to do in terms of exercise is to be healthy. Though admittedly, one of my motivations is to get into the habit of exercising before my metabolism slows down and I start gaining weight.
I think I do it for health and looks (but mostly for the clothes), I also do love the gym once I get into the swing of it . YAY ENDORPHINS !!
I work out to feel less depressed.
I have never heard that working out gives you bad skin. I've only heard of it doing the exact opposite. Not sure why your skin has gotten worse unless you wear makeup while working out which is gross. But what I do see a lot is people smoking while they are walking into the gym I go to. Yesterday this lady kept her pack of cigarettes with her while she worked out. wtf.