Fitness Credit Card

Ok, prepare yourselves! I am feeling a little chatty.

So, I was sitting in my private office this morning (if you don't get that one let me know and I will explain). I couldn't help but notice that I still get a pronounced three pack when I sit down. I would post a picture but someone might shut down my blog :D. This phenomenon is quite alarming to me. You see I have been putting in extensive exercise since the beginning of the year. I started riding my mountain bike in December. But, in January I added treadmill time. I basically put in about 5 hours of serious mountain biking at various locations each week. Everyday that I am not on the bike I spend a little over an hour on the treadmill. I exercise just about everyday except for Sundays. All in all I average a little more than a 1000 calories burned per day. Multiply that by six days and you are only a little shy of two pounds worth of exercise each week. Now I understand that 'muscle ways more than fat' and all that junk but what I don't understand is how I still have this awesome pudgy three pack??

Ok, ok, ok, (Ha ha I can't help but think of Leo on Lethal Weapon when I say 'oks' in my head). So, I have to admit that I feel great! I am arguably in excellent cardiovascular and aerobic shape (or perhaps it would be condition(ing)?). I have never been able to keep up with my buddy Jared Burr (sorry Jared for putting your name out there on the internet :)) Jared has information OCD. Anyway, now I can actually keep jared in sight. And that is no small feat. This guy plays basketball 3 or 4 times a week, plus biking, plus hitting the Gym-oftentimes doing two activities on one day. What he doesn't realize is that when my outsides catch up with my insides I will have long out grown him! (Better work harder Burr!) But you wouldn't know it by looking at me. So, I have come up with the Fitness credit card.

In today's world of instant gratification you don't have to wait for anything. You simply pull your credit card out and put yourself in more debt - right? Well whatever might be wrong with that idea economically speaking it is in every way RIGHT physically speaking! What is the number one reason people stop exercising? (ok I don't really know, but stay with me). People don't get the results they want and it is just way to stinkin' hard to work through pounds and pounds of fat! How cool would it be to simply pull out a credit card-of sorts-and bam you get your rock hard in super shape bod up front? Maintenance is much more easily obtained when you have lots of lean muscle mass and can actually perform the activities needed to maintain it. Don't get me wrong this isn't a freebie card! And it definitely cannot be included in your bankruptcy action. So, that being said you will eventually have to pay, and with interest probably more than you would have paid otherwise (and not in dollars, you gotta pay the same price - Blood, Sweat, and Tears. However, so often people work so hard to get their bodies into peak conditioning and never quite get there. At least with the fitness credit card they would get to enjoy the benefits a little before it eventually goes away. And we all know that as we get older certain areas are just destined for fattiness (that is if you actually have a life and cannot plan your whole day around your exercise). I think this kind of debt is like school or house debt. It is acceptable. One cannot put too high a price on his/her health. Right? I don't know, I am just really liking the idea of the Fitness Credit Card!

Oh, and just a disclaimer - - I understand that if you want to talk spiritually, at least as far as the word of wisdom is concerned, that yes there is a lot of growth to be obtained from the battle betwenn carniality and spirituality. But in my own farcical world, if you can just suspend your disbelief a tad, you have to admit that a fitness credit card is a pretty darn cool idea!My Fitness Credit Card Bod (Although, I wouldn't have to put too much on my card cuz I am almost there :))