Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Objective Analysis of Self

I have been looking in the mirror a lot recently and trying to determine what I need to work on as apart of my physical conditioning.

I always used to think that I had really weak upper body strength.
But upon further contemplation, I have a very strong back and even decent triceps.
However my Pec's and Biceps are disproportionately smaller than my general frame.

In addition, I do have a bit of a gut and some small love handles.
1). It is now 10 years after I was in the Prime of my Fitness.
2). A large majority of the past 10 years I have been working behind a desk.

Well if I actually tighten down my core, there is some evidence of an underlying 6 pack, although not incredibly chiseled or defined. The lack of definition comes from a fairly thin layer of fat.  What this tells me is that the muscles in my abdomen have gotten soft and weak, thus the major contributing factor to my belly is loose muscles.

I find this encouraging. Yes I do have some weight I could lose, but I seriously doubt it could be more than 15 pounds.  What I need to focus on is training my core muscles back into decent strength and shape, and while doing that I should also start losing some of the additional baggage.

Lesson: I really need to work against this physical weakness, but more so my fleshly weakness.
Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

2 comments:

  1. well put, my love.
    I don't think that my objective self-analysis would be quite as encouraging.

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  2. Thanks Babe!
    Well I think you might have another issue in general.
    I think you struggle with being objective with yourself. Critical: Yes, Objective not so much. You have a lot of strengths and positive fitness attributes going for you that I don't.

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