Complacence

With a one week not very rigorous training session at cult.fit, I realised that it is a good choice. The workouts are mostly different, and there are lot of things to choose from. First criterion is to get some physical activity, true. I mean, if you aren't getting any activity done, that is. Post that, its to make sure you get what your body wants - this, keeping in mind any injuries, disabilities (physical only). Then it is to scale it up. Few are fortunate to not have any injuries or not have any heart condition that requires or necessitates a workout. But in either case, thanks to my good coaches that I'd found at the right times, cult is just taking it a step higher. During my individually monitored workout sessions too, I was trying to make sure the body gets as much variety as possible. But the thing with someone barking instructions to you and someone who seems like they are brandishing a whip is that you push. You push yourself to do one last rep, one last round, one last pushup. You scream, you hurl expletives, but eventually, you do.

Why is a variety necessary? The body, from what I've understood can take so much abuse. But when there is a regular workout that it is subjected to, it starts to get used to it. For example, it knows that every monday you'll train on your shoulders. So, it starts taking things lightly. The body anticipates like it has a brain of its own and says - Ah, shoulders Monday today. I know what to do. Throw in squats the next Monday and before the body realises what's happening, half of your workout is done. So, keep the body on toes. Throw in cardio here and there, never at a routine. Routine. That bloody routine.

Well, the body does decide to chill when you throw routine. But what's at play here? The brain. The part of the brain that controls all this, more specifically. But its that routine that has to just disappear. While I was thinking of wreaking more havoc on routine with regards to workout, I realised (or was made to, over beer) that the brain sits satiated almost all of the times. Think about it. The mundane work (which I've so effectively broken routine of), the mundane chores, basically a routine. Few of them like me were brought up in a way to practice a routine. That's what makes one dedicated, they said. I followed that too, like an innocent pup. But dedication and routine is something that's not even related. Routine bores you. Routine doesn't do anything good. Persistence does. Dedication does. Its a very bad thing if kids are brought up to practice a routine. I mean, what would excite the brain? Why would the brain not get bored of it?