My Journey With Health And Fitness – Things I Hadn’t Noticed

My apologies for not posting on Thursday. I have been having massive computer issues resulting in a serious loss of data. I have been absolutely panicking over this and so it has taken away focus from everything else. The good news is I have made a small amount of progress in restoring some of the data and I at least have a plan moving forward.

The other day I was at my strength class doing a circuit routine. I had just finished doing some TRX rows and was settling in for bench presses when the instructor came up to me and asked me if I had seen the muscles on my back. She showed me a picture she had taken with her phone of me doing my rows and I was a bit surprised at the muscle definition that I had in the back of my shoulders and my shoulder blades. I hadn’t realized how far developed my back muscles had become.

Now I do notice my arm muscles but they are easy to see. My forearms are pretty muscular and and I joke about the guns in my biceps. I can now notice the definition in my triceps as well. My quads are like tree trunks and I can feel the strength in my hamstrings and calves. Moreover, my ab muscles are once again strong and I can really feel them when I flex. All in all I think I am looking pretty fit.

After the instructor pointed out my back muscles I have been a little more cognizant of how I am looking. When I am working out I tend to watch myself in the mirror but it is usually from a distance and I tend to be more focused on form. Today at bootcamp I was doing some work close to the mirrors and thought holy cow, look at the actual definition in your arms. Seriously, it is not just some muscle mass there, rather it is well defined muscles that show the strength I have gained over the last several months. Really, I hadn’t noticed this before and trust me it is not like those muscles got that way recently, they have been building for a while now.

Because I tend to be so focused on working out I guess I didn’t take the opportunity to notice how much my body has actually changed. And I must say, it has been changes for the better.