Stand Fast

Lift weights to be strong.

Run and cycle to be fast.

Strength and speed wins.

 

Strength without speed is stale.

Speed without muscle looks frail.

Choose to be strong and fast.

 

Develop two skill-sets.

Strength for muscle, bone, and joints.

Endurance for heart, lungs, and circulation.

 

Strength is the foundation of a great body.

Blood flow is vitality to every cell.

Bye-bye disease.

Lethargy Strikes

It is natural to avoid physical activity.

Weakness is our inheritance.

The more vigorous, the more reluctance.

 

Strength must be developed.

Endurance must be developed.

Flexibility must be developed.

 

The method is a skill-set.

Each exercise is a skill to be practiced.

Each exercise is the physical exam.

 

The results are long-term.

Fitness always wins.

 

Beat Pathology. Exercise.

Self Destruction

The skull and crossbones of human desire.

Seeking danger as a precious rite of passage.

The entrance exam for personal independence.

And the beginning of the road to the end.

 

Too naive to be afraid.

Too ignorant to value good.

All the leaders smile and laugh.

 

A membership to freedom is a slavery to habit.

The club of pleasure is advertised everywhere.

But the test of autonomy is responsibility.

 

Who knew?

Day Care

Muscles wilt quickly.

 

So give me this workout, my daily stimulus.

May I practice musculoskeletal hygiene today.

 

For I fear the profit and loss of muscle and bone,

as I am the caretaker, deeply and forever motivated.

 

I am the parent of the body I have.

No harm from neglect will become me.

 

I am structurally sound.

Toned I go.

Today.

Exercise Definition

Muscle defines Us.

The body, the motor, the physics, the chemistry.

What we need is an intellectual construct.

 

Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility.

Each of these are studied, practiced, and refined.

 

The foundation of human life is fitness.

Everyone is ranked by physical means.

 

If you love to lift, you are lucky.

If you love to run, you are lucky.

If you are flexible, you won't complain.

Smile if You are fit.

Physical Drama

I am not a spectator,

nor a sightseer, a fan, or observer.

 

My action is in the heart-laced stride,

and my suspense... deep within every set.

 

The drama is not on television,

because the movie is me.

 

The entertainment is not sedentary,

and the life not outside myself.

 

Yet I am thrilled to be alive.