Well I did it. I took a 5-week break from the gym. A little longer than I had planned. What a humbling experience. I needed the rest because I was getting no where fast when it came to progress in the gym. I was doing more harm than anything. And I felt like crap. Now my rest period has come and gone and I'm ready to GO HARD in the gym. Whoa! Wait a minute. Not so fast. I was advised to do a light and easy full body workout just to ease into it. That means picking up the 5 or 7 pound weights ... doing reps until it burns ... sometimes that was only 15. I can't begin to explain how difficult it is to start from scratch after being able to lift more weight than some of the guys in the gym (oh how I miss that ... heehee). I kind of felt wimpy. But if that's what I have to do to get back into it ... that's what I have to do. Thank goodness my diet was generally clean during this break so there was no excess weight gain. In fact, I lost weight! It felt good working out to maintain my physique... instead of working out to "get ripped". Right now just saying that stresses me out. I want to get back to working out for the love of it. If I happen to get ripped in the process, then GREAT! So the question is ... will I compete again? Hmmm ...
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