I Can Go Longer. Does This Mean It’s Working?

So here I am about 7 or 8 spinning classes under my belt. I no longer feel like my lungs are going to explode after 10 minutes -- in fact, I don’t really start looking at the clock and wishing the classes were over until 30 to 35 minutes into the whole deal.

Instead of focusing on just “getting through”, I try and sit next to some of the better spinners in the class and look at what they’re doing, so I can get motivated, and so I can be challenged. If I’m challenged and sort of “competing” with the guy (or gal) next to me, I definitely won’t feel like quitting the race or giving up, no matter how spent I am.

Also, when you’re competing with someone, it raises your standards, your performance levels, and your expectations of yourself, and this is really the only way you’re going to start setting benchmarks you can live with and start accomplishing things you need, to achieve the level of success you want.

No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, this is generally a good formula to stick with - working with people who have already been where you want to go, and who can REALISTICALLY raise your standards -- and frankly, it’s why all the members of my Mentoring Group had such an incredible experience in last week’s two-day mastermind meeting. I’ll be updating you with a few specific stories about these folks this week, because what THEY are accomplishing in their lives is really tremendous. You can get more information on my Mastermind and Mentoring Group, right here: http://www.kingofcopy.com/maverickmarketer

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I Truly Thought I’d Taken My Last Breath On This Earth

As youthful as I feel, and as good overall health and condition as I’m in -- especially (sadly) compared to most of my peers, I notice signs of myself getting older.

For instance, I don’t “feel” as bald as I am, and I don’t “see” it when I look in the mirror, but I sure see it in photos.

And it’s a lot more difficult now to take off weight. Even an extra 5 pounds takes longer to shed than back in the old days. Not that I need to lose much, but I need to lose some, for sure.

And mostly, there are my knees. They are so riddled with arthritis it’s not even funny anymore. When I was 30, two different sets of doctors told me that I had the knees of a 70-year old. Now I’m 43, and if the numbers just go up one-for-one at this point, I can tell you being 83 isn’t fun.

The biggest problem I have is that I can’t seem to do any more cardio work on the treadmill -- and to some extent -- even the elliptical machine, without excruciating pain in my knees, either directly after I exercise, or later on that evening when I’m trying to fall asleep.

Now I’m not really sure why I never thought of this before, but I know everything has a reason so it simply wasn’t meant to be at the time, but the other day I suddenly thought about taking a
Spinning Class to satisfy my cardio needs.

I figured it would be easy and low-impact on my knees... and since I haven’t seen anyone EVER leave a spin class less than soaking wet with sweat, I figured the caloric burn would be just what I needed to melt these last few pounds away.

So I took my first class yesterday and maybe it wasn’t such a good idea, because...

About 45 minutes into the deal, I literally felt like... I was going... to die!

My lungs felt like they were going to burst! Time slowed down to a crawl! Minutes felt like HOURS, and I simply couldn’t do anything about it!

Well, I could of course, but I wasn’t about to get off that bike with all those other people in the room with me.

So, like the big bad wolf, I kept huffing and puffing; only this time... instead of blowing the house down, I just managed to stay alive.

When we were finished, I sucked in enough air to fill up the Goodyear Blimp flying over a football stadium at half-time, and I was dripping wet as if I’d just gotten out of the shower.

I did have a very annoying pain right below my family jewels, but I think that’s just because I’m not used to sitting in a seat like that for so long. But... my knees felt great and I felt like I’d lost some weight already.

This exercise may wind up being the greatest thing since sliced bread. Sure it’s a little bit of a push to deal with the pop music they play, as opposed to what I’m normally listening to, but... if I keep this up, there’s no WAY I can’t burn off the extra pounds I’m trying to shed, and what’s even more important, is that my knees will stay intact.

I’ll keep you posted, one way or another, for sure.

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