Ugh. The resolutionaries are back at the gym.

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62. Throughout the 90s

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I was a martial artist. Started at age 33, in 91. Fell head over heels with the discipline, and supplemented my training at the gym to speed my progress. Money was abundant then, at one point I was studying two different styles, had 2 gym memberships (one near home and one near work), and was working 60 plus hours a week. Get off work, go to the gym, then go to a class. I felt great and had lots of energy. At 6ft., I weighed 200 to 210. When 2002 arrived, the martial arts school closed due to the economy, no one had discretionary income for anything. Then my workplace folded. Got another job, same thing happened. And it just got worse. Could no longer maintain a gym membership. Started drinking and eating too much. Within the last year, I managed to get things back under control, but the damage is done. I weigh in at a tad over 300 lbs, and the weight prevents me from performing even the most elementary forms of what I learned.
So, as I'm planning on doing, when I walk back into the gym, I'm going to be seen as a "resolutionary" who can't even fit on some of the exercise machines. Me, for whom 4 hour murderous workouts and practice was a daily religion.

Know what? I don't give a fuck what anybody thinks. I'm the one responsible for my own health and fitness. And after a year or two, I will make YOU gym snobs look like the "resolutionaries". I did it once - the second time will be even more fun.