Good luck on your challenge. I have the same reaction as others, but I'll give a little more feedback for you.
I have a little bit of "don't tell me about the labor, show me the baby" reaction for the simple reason that I did this at the beginning of the year. I didn't tell anybody. I just started getting up and going to the gym 3-4x per week before work.
For about 6 weeks. Then, gradually my brain figured out, without my conscious thought, that I didn't have a purpose. Don't get me wrong, I had a purpose in working out, and I continued going to the gym and lifting consistently (have been for well over a year).
But, as a single guy, without kids, in the dead of winter with highs in the single digits, the *only* reason I had was to *maybe* play basketball in the evening. My brain decided getting up at 6, working out, work 8-5, then basketball later...just wasn't worth it...especially when, with 7 days a week, I could split up workout days and basketball days, *and* I was getting tired of basketball at the time.
My brain, especially my still asleep brain at 6am, said:
"heavy, why the fuck would I wake up now...so you can have even more free time in the evening...screw that I'm going back to sleep and we'll lift after work"
A very logical choice when you think about it. Don't underestimate your brain's unconscious rationality.
All that said, I'm all for you doing it, for a few reasons:
1. It might work for you long-term.
2. I'm all for challenging yourself.
3. This actually did kick me back into a healthier mode. For instance, since I did that 6 weeks, I haven't stayed out really late boozin with friends on worknights.
4. I never used to go lift at lunch. Now I do. (might be bc of those 6 wks, idk)
5. Now, I do go lift at lunch then plan bball later (today for instance).
Good luck. TLDR I sorta second what CrashBangWallop asked.
I have a little bit of "don't tell me about the labor, show me the baby" reaction for the simple reason that I did this at the beginning of the year. I didn't tell anybody. I just started getting up and going to the gym 3-4x per week before work.
For about 6 weeks. Then, gradually my brain figured out, without my conscious thought, that I didn't have a purpose. Don't get me wrong, I had a purpose in working out, and I continued going to the gym and lifting consistently (have been for well over a year).
But, as a single guy, without kids, in the dead of winter with highs in the single digits, the *only* reason I had was to *maybe* play basketball in the evening. My brain decided getting up at 6, working out, work 8-5, then basketball later...just wasn't worth it...especially when, with 7 days a week, I could split up workout days and basketball days, *and* I was getting tired of basketball at the time.
My brain, especially my still asleep brain at 6am, said:
"heavy, why the fuck would I wake up now...so you can have even more free time in the evening...screw that I'm going back to sleep and we'll lift after work"
A very logical choice when you think about it. Don't underestimate your brain's unconscious rationality.
All that said, I'm all for you doing it, for a few reasons:
1. It might work for you long-term.
2. I'm all for challenging yourself.
3. This actually did kick me back into a healthier mode. For instance, since I did that 6 weeks, I haven't stayed out really late boozin with friends on worknights.
4. I never used to go lift at lunch. Now I do. (might be bc of those 6 wks, idk)
5. Now, I do go lift at lunch then plan bball later (today for instance).
Good luck. TLDR I sorta second what CrashBangWallop asked.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”