To begin I would like to inform you, sparing the grueling details, that approximately a year and a half ago I was in the poorest condition of my life. Not just physically but mentally. And it was only getting worse. Things happen, bottoms are hit, despair and fear is overwhelming to the idea of change, and fortunately in my case action was taken. The initial step was to cure my thinking. To cure my mind. It wasn't soon after that I embarked on the journey of self enlightenment and conscious understanding of myself that my body started to follow suit. My mental quality of life changed drastically but slowly and old habits died. Old habits that severely impacted my physical condition. It was not to soon after that I realized that just as with my mind I too could have control over my body. And it would probably be easier. Right? This was not the case at first. I struggled at first with anything I could attempt, including exercise and eating right. It seemed I could only go so far without failing. As I worked more on increasing my mental understanding of myself and trying to organize and rationalize thoughts, emotions, and life in a logical manner I returned to a "GET FIT" attitude. This time it was a little easier. I managed to really get the weight loss ball rolling and began feeling better about myself. As before it was stagnant at a point. And it stayed this way for some time. And then I started getting a hunger I never had before in my life. A hunger for skills a hunger for knowledge and a hunger for sky is the limit. I made the decision that there was no reason with my intelligence that I should not try to utilize all my mental potential in whatever area that I felt I could flourish. I began studying hard on technical information to advance my skillset and knowledge in my career. I found myself looking up anything and everything I wondered about for an explanation on how it worked. "It just works" was not an ok answer for me anymore. I returned to artistic creation, something I thought would be dead to me forever 2 years ago. It wasnt shortly there after that I came across the THT program on muscle hack while searching the net for workout routines. And to be honest with you I cannot remember a moment where I consciously said "I wanna start lifting weights and get jacked!" because I dont know that that happened. It just came up because I knew the most I could achieve physically was a definate goal for me. At first the weight training was staggered. I would often have the idea in mind of "Uggggggh I don't wanna go to the gym today". But it seemed the more I pushed my brain to do work on itself the more my body followed. Essentially I came to a realization that when my mind is working hard it doesnt have time to be lazy for my body. With the goal set that I would do the most I could to obtain the best physical condition I could, my body said 'Ready' and just needed the ok from my mind. I cant imagine that without pushing my intellect to develop that my brain EVER would have allowed me to make it as far as I am right now. Even less to the full achievement that I dont THINK I will reach but now KNOW I will reach. I am now at the point that when I am at the gym I only pay attention during that primal moment that I am going through a set. Watching form and feeling the energy course through me. Every other waking moment I am there I am usually processing or thinking about something I studied before I ever left the house, typically not in anyway related to physical fitness. My mind is very busy now and has things it needs to get done. It doesnt have time to bother or care about if my body is in the gym. It has been a rather interesting development. Additionally the way Mark talks to us in his books is something that I find great admiration in. Not just to say "Hey do this routine and you'll be totally fit!" but to actually go into a type of detail about what it takes. And why if you think you can do it, then you CAN do it. To be a real person that says not long ago he was in the same cyclical routine of attempt and fail. It is not only encouraging but something to relate to. Lead with the mind and the body will follow seems a little less cliche now, which is a good thing cause I really hate cliches!
Cheers!Adam
