People get motivation to work out from many sources– workout buddies, beach season, unhealthy relationships, heart-rending breakups. My motivation comes from trash-talking.
One of the benefits of moving across the country and training with a different capoeira group is experiencing a new style, a new teacher, and making new friends. But an equally important, and often [...]
Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Bring It On, and Other Things I Should Never Say to People
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Capoeira, motivation, tucson on April 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Make It Look Easy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Capoeira, motivation on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
yours truly on the atabaque–a friend once told me I looked like I was “in the zone” when playing instruments–which zone, though, I have no idea… (photo courtesy soldado, via choquito’s camera)
Last night at capoeira our mestre showed us a new move. It’s easy, he said, putting his head on the ground and kicking over [...]
Is This Like A Cult or Something? Explaining Capoeira Commitments to Family and Friends
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Capoeira, motivation on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was talking with a friend recently who asked me when I’d be free to meet up.
Well, I said, I work Monday through Friday, and then after work I go to capoeira. Til like 9.
Every night?
Um…yeah, pretty much.
Oh.
It’s not that I don’t want to hang out with my friends. I do. But [...]
Training for War on the Roads in Mass
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged commuting, fitness, motivation on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Coral And Sandy!! Great Race and awesome Superbuffness to you both for waking up on a cloudy Sunday morning and running!
On a good day I am awake between 5 and 530 am. I roll out of bed and the first thing I do after visiting Mr. potty, is to weigh myself and do [...]
Running in a Thunderstorm and Other Things That Serve You Right For Being a Lazy Jerk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fitness, motivation, running, thunderstorms on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lately I’ve gotten into a habit that goes something like this:
I’m setting my alarm before I go to bed. I think to myself, I’ll set my alarm for 7am, get up and go running. Yeah!
7am arrives. My alarm goes off and I think to myself, Oh, hell no. And then I sleep for another hour.
Today [...]
Putting Down the Ducky, or Things Sesame Street Taught Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fitness, motivation on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
photo by longhorndave (flickr)
There’s an episode of Sesame Street where Ernie really wants to learn the saxophone. But he has a problem. Ernie has a rubber ducky that he really likes and he’s very reluctant to put it down. The problem is that both of Ernie’s hands are needed to play the saxophone.
This leads [...]
