Rest Days and Haters

I keep a log on my calendar on my phone of my workout days, what I do while I'm at the gym, etc.  It was something I never really started doing until the first part of the year.  Before that, I always kind of kept up with it all in my head.  Keeping a record of it all has helped me be more consistent and not overwork one part of my body and go one or two weeks neglecting some other area.

There was one month this summer where I went to the gym every day but only about two days.  It is hard for me to take a rest day.  I feel sometimes like I'm being lazy, or maybe even like I'm going to miss out on something if I don't get any exercise.  For example, I considered yesterday a "rest day," even though I ran a 5k.  I didn't do any weights or anything, so I said to myself, "Oh, I'll go home after this 5k and take a nap.  I won't go to the gym, so it will be a rest day." 

Even though I performed physical activity (3.1 miles in only 23 minutes and some change, I might add), I rationalized it as a "rest day" because I only ran for less than a half-hour and didn't pump iron for two hours. 

Out of curiosity, I decided to look back on my calendar and see how many "rest days" I've taken.  I didn't feel like going all the way back to January, so I only counted backwards from September 30 to May 1.  I have only taken twenty rest days since May 1.  Three of those were for a surgery I had in June, and even though I was recuperating, I remember being to the point of climbing the walls by the time that third day rolled around.  Oh, and yesterday is disputable, since I counted that to be among the twenty, and there is the matter of that 5k race.

No, no, not addictive behavior at all...

Rest days are important, and our bodies have to recover -- even though some of us feel useless when we take a day off.  We all hate that useless feeling.  Oh, and that reminds me of my next point.  Haters! 

I've had a couple of detractors lately who don't think I know who they are, but yes, I know who they are even though they don't realize that I know, and when I'm around them I just smile and pretend like I really don't know even though I KNOW quite well! 

If they try to read that and absorb it then they will be really confused, so anyway...

I won't hate on her, but I am just not a Rihanna fan.  However, she does say it best in that "Cheers (Drink To That)" song of hers.  People are gonna talk whether you're doin' bad or good! 

So the bottom line is, do your thing and don't worry so damned much about what other people say or think.  It's very difficult not to do so, I agree, but all you have to do is work harder and prove them wrong!  Oh, and chances are it's insecurity on their part that makes them judge you!

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