“Blocks” of Writing, Moving and Eating

“I don’t feel like exercising” is the movement equivalent of writer’s block.

Caveat: if your exercise of choice is something stupid or you absolutely hate it, please choose a different exercise/activity. Just sayin’: you will never see me at a spin class.

If you started moving just a little bit—y’know, put on some athlesiure wear and walk over to the thing where you do your thing—it wouldn’t feel awful. You’d be OK. If you then did your exercise of choice slowly, even half-assed, it wouldn’t be a big deal and it probably wouldn’t feel awful. (Note that at this point, you have already won) If you kept at it for 5 minutes or so, you might even start to get into it. (Again: winning) From here on out, it’s simply a matter of degree: on a scale of 1 to Captain America, how do you feel? Some workouts just don’t feel that great. Most are, by de!nition, average. You get a couple here and there that make you feel like a tiger. It’s all on a continuum.

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