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Chris H
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:17


Oftentimes when people are stressed out or something bad happens they tend to raid the kitchen cabinets and do a lot of things they'll regret promptly thereafter. However, I've found that whenever something bad happens two words pop into my head and I go the gym to workout. Those two words are "Use it".

By "use it" I mean using that negative energy to fight on and make yourself a better person. I suppose it means converting destructive behavior into constructive behavior. I can even imagine hearing some guy yelling it over and over whenever things go wrong, and it's enough to motivate me to get my butt up off the ground and do something about it.

That girl that you've been crushing on for months just rejected you? So what? Use it. Do some military presses.

School getting tough and you're about to lose your mind? Use it. Hour on the treadmill to unwind and sort it out.

Every time you start to reach for some kind of fatty stress-relieving food I recommend you think hard about it. I guarantee that after you've gone to the gym you'll feel ten times better than before you started.
Dave Nicholson
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:25


Good post, Chris! I use this type of mentality especially when I'm craving food or (when I'm actually quitting) smokes...
Shannon Harris
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:27


Thanks Chris!! I needed this post last night after sitting in 5 hours of traffic in Washington, DC!!! I could have burned like a million cals with all the frustration!! Good post!! I'll be using this one!!

Thanks!!
Monique Kamosi
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:31


I'll be using this, too. Definitely. I am so stressed and frustrated right now I feel like I could lift a friggin house. I'm going to tear my workout APART today!
Cardio King
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:32


I need to incorporate this into my life.
I've been just raiding the kitchen and/or visiting different dining establishments. The result? 4 pound weight gain this week.
Chris H
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:32


Haha. I find this mentality works best when doing upper-body exercises. You can bet that you'll push for a few extra reps when you're burning up inside.
tex girlee
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:46


Great post chris! i kno i have reached for the wrong thing when i am stressed out by something(and this has been alot latel with school and people)but i have also went to gym when im stressed out, and i kno it makes me feel better! i kno i hav beenreally ticked off at someone befor, went to the treadmill, and ran the hell out of it!

tex
Dean Grimshawe
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:47


I like your style Chris!! Nice work squire!!
~ Linaeve
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 18:42


Great post! Something I need to be reminded about every now and then.


Rachael M
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 19:26


Good post Chris!
Chris H
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 20:06


I do what I can.

Anyone willing to be a motivator/motivatee? Keeps me honest and makes me post more often if I know people are watching


Clifford Chinn
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 20:17


"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

- Winston Churchill

That quote essentially sums up my philosophy in life; no matter how bad things get, there are always opportunities in it to grow. My girlfriend and I of 9 years split up about a month ago and, while it's easy to want to crawl under a rock and do nothing, I'm making sure I learn all the lessons I need to from the split and I'm using the emotions to fuel the "fire" in everything I do; most importantly, I'm not letting my life go on hold just because it's a fresh wound.

Not to mention that I have a lot more free time now and I get to save all that money I was gonna blow this weekend for Valentines Day! Ha!
Chris H
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 # Posted: 13 Feb 2008 20:20


Hah. This will be the first V-day in a while where I don't have to go crazy trying to figure out what to get that "certain someone". It's a bit refreshing and sad at the same time. So it goes.
Dean Grimshawe
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 # Posted: 14 Feb 2008 10:35 - Edited by: wayofthewarrior


Quoting: TEAMCHINA
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

- Winston Churchill


Nice quote Clifford. I'd heard the quote:

'Winners focus on the fruits of success, while losers worry about the effects of failure' but Winston sums it up quite well. In fact the man was quite a guy.

Dr John Demartini, also has an interesting angle. He claims that there is no such thing as a positive/ negative event, it is only your perception of that event that applies a value to it. Everything is in equilibrium, so there is no good without bad, light without day, challenge without support etc... Both sides of the coin always exist, and it is what you choose to see that determines how you feel about the event. This is what coaches talk about when they people to reframe things. So a shit day, is not actually a shit day at all. That is just your perception of the events that unfolded. Interesting. A bit like what Winston was saying, the problem isn't positive or negative, it is how you choose to see it that gives it a value.
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