Why I Love Working Out

http://xkcd.com/189/

I didn't get into working out until I started treating it like the geek activity it always wanted to be. Biology, anatomy, physics, math, it's all there.

I always wonder how high school would have been different if Phys Ed. had been as challenging of a class intellectually as any other science.

Really? For me the unpleasantness is a fraction of the total time I spend there (pretty much all concentrated in coming out of the hole on the last set), and there's a definite pleasant component as well (any time I do squats after being away for the gym for more than a few days, I come away bouncing up and down, I suddenly feel so good)

The author lost me at the second sentence. I love working out and I'm not trying to sell anybody anything. Pushing myself is exhilarating! The human body is built for activity, not sitting on its ass 12 hours a day.

This is my first real notable encounter of peer and game theory, and it's having great results. I can honestly say that I now enjoy working out, thinking about working out, and strangely, analysing my workouts.

The emotional and psychological kick I get from running is in some ways very similar to the feelings I get from writing good unit tests. Everything is under control. I can do anything. Life feels good.

And then I get shin splints or find a heap of spaghetti. :)

These days I have a short 15-ish minute routine every morning and do two hours of boxing thrice a week. It's painful and sometimes horrible, but my god it is awesome!

Sure wish my sexy would come out of all this flab though, but that would require too much care with diet.