My Workouts
A few years ago, I first began to seriously lift weights. It started with light cardio, advanced to some dumbbell work, followed by crossfit training, and eventually progressed to heavy weight training and bodybuilding. I began relatively weak, but have gained thirty pounds over the last year and am now stronger than I have ever been. That being said, I am not the strongest man in the world. That being said, I am above average and happy with where I am, although I do plan to gain more strength through continued training in the future. Most consequences of my hobby are intended and clear, but others are not, which leads me to wonder… What is the effect on me of my working out?
In the first place, working out makes me hungry. Burning …show more content…
Entitlement. As said previously, in the hour and a half that I work out, I push my body to the brink of failure and work as hard as I can. Objectively speaking, this is just an hour and a half of exercise, but through my biased eyes this is a gauntlet of tests that the simple passing of which should earn me respect and reward. Entitlement, defined by Jackson Katz as “the cultural construction of masculinity,” is exemplified here. When I excel for an hour and a half, I feel I am entitled to the other twenty two and a half to sit, slouch, and reside in sloth. This primal instinct is easily fended off. However, the blade of lethargy has two edges. These are the psychological (which I have just explained) and the physiological. The latter edge is much sharper than the former. Where I know that my exercise does not make me better than any other person and can use this knowledge to fend off ignorant thoughts, I cannot will my body to do something it does not have the strength to do. After working out, this is the case. My will may be strong, but my muscles are definitely weak. To quote a line from The Dark Knight, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” The answer in this situation is absolutely
A few years ago, I first began to seriously lift weights. It started with light cardio, advanced to some dumbbell work, followed by crossfit training, and eventually progressed to heavy weight training and bodybuilding. I began relatively weak, but have gained thirty pounds over the last year and am now stronger than I have ever been. That being said, I am not the strongest man in the world. That being said, I am above average and happy with where I am, although I do plan to gain more strength through continued training in the future. Most consequences of my hobby are intended and clear, but others are not, which leads me to wonder… What is the effect on me of my working out?
In the first place, working out makes me hungry. Burning …show more content…
Entitlement. As said previously, in the hour and a half that I work out, I push my body to the brink of failure and work as hard as I can. Objectively speaking, this is just an hour and a half of exercise, but through my biased eyes this is a gauntlet of tests that the simple passing of which should earn me respect and reward. Entitlement, defined by Jackson Katz as “the cultural construction of masculinity,” is exemplified here. When I excel for an hour and a half, I feel I am entitled to the other twenty two and a half to sit, slouch, and reside in sloth. This primal instinct is easily fended off. However, the blade of lethargy has two edges. These are the psychological (which I have just explained) and the physiological. The latter edge is much sharper than the former. Where I know that my exercise does not make me better than any other person and can use this knowledge to fend off ignorant thoughts, I cannot will my body to do something it does not have the strength to do. After working out, this is the case. My will may be strong, but my muscles are definitely weak. To quote a line from The Dark Knight, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” The answer in this situation is absolutely