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Just to confirm that I am a big old dork. You know, just in case you had forgotten.
I have Spin class twice a week. It's a pretty brutal workout. I started taking them about three years ago. January 8th was my first day back after a hiatus from the gym that lasted October through December. I gained 10 lbs and have since resolved to lose twenty-three.
So, as I huff and puff and swear my way through class, when I am convinced that I'm going to give up and walk out at any minute, when I am absolutely positive that there is no way that I'll survive another hill climb and my legs are desperate to slow down AND I've resorted to mouth breathing -- I have a mantra. Two mantras actually. I say to myself "What would Buffy Do?" No not really. Actually what I recite to myself, sometimes out loud when things are really dire and I'm exhausted and asking myself why the hell do I put myself through the torture and I should just go home and resign myself to lovehandles and a beer gut, is "Strong Like An Amazon."
Thank you Joss for that line. It's gotten me through many a spin class, not to mention weight training and 45 mins. of cardio on the elliptical machine.
Fandom, you too deserve a big ole thank you! Most especially Zara Helma for writing that one Connor fic back when the Five Things Challenge was shiny and new. Because when I'm racing to the finish line, imagining all sorts of people waiting for me on the other side -- Friends, Family,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tkp, chrisleeoctaves, thawrecka, diochrony (bet you guys didn't know you were an active part of my workout routine) -- then I chant Fitter. Happier. More Productive. I know it's a line from a Radiohead song, but I never would have known of it's fabulousness without Zara Helma. It's an inspiring line even if it's context within the song and the fic aren't always.
I really need to get T-shirts made.
I have Spin class twice a week. It's a pretty brutal workout. I started taking them about three years ago. January 8th was my first day back after a hiatus from the gym that lasted October through December. I gained 10 lbs and have since resolved to lose twenty-three.
So, as I huff and puff and swear my way through class, when I am convinced that I'm going to give up and walk out at any minute, when I am absolutely positive that there is no way that I'll survive another hill climb and my legs are desperate to slow down AND I've resorted to mouth breathing -- I have a mantra. Two mantras actually. I say to myself "What would Buffy Do?" No not really. Actually what I recite to myself, sometimes out loud when things are really dire and I'm exhausted and asking myself why the hell do I put myself through the torture and I should just go home and resign myself to lovehandles and a beer gut, is "Strong Like An Amazon."
Thank you Joss for that line. It's gotten me through many a spin class, not to mention weight training and 45 mins. of cardio on the elliptical machine.
Fandom, you too deserve a big ole thank you! Most especially Zara Helma for writing that one Connor fic back when the Five Things Challenge was shiny and new. Because when I'm racing to the finish line, imagining all sorts of people waiting for me on the other side -- Friends, Family,
tkp, chrisleeoctaves, thawrecka, diochrony (bet you guys didn't know you were an active part of my workout routine) -- then I chant Fitter. Happier. More Productive. I know it's a line from a Radiohead song, but I never would have known of it's fabulousness without Zara Helma. It's an inspiring line even if it's context within the song and the fic aren't always.I really need to get T-shirts made.
