From Mount DeLand to Real Muscles!

Building muscles is hard work. It doesn't happen overnight.

I remember years ago. Actually, almost 14 years ago. When I was in Nursing School. I had some extra time on my hands. I was training for my Black Belt in Shaolin Kung Fu. With daily workouts, I built muscles - cool muscles!

I had these little muscles in the tops of my thighs - the quadriceps they're called. I used to flex these muscles & look at them many times each day just to prove to myself that they existed.

Then, I was in my 20's. Muscles were pretty easy to build. Fat was easy to burn!

Now...to borrow a phrase from my brother: "Not so much!"

I'm 41 now. Fat & my body are bonded -- they LOVE each other! Muscles are HARD to build.

Conquering Mount DeLand was quite a task, as you read in the last posting...but over a few weeks, it became quite a joke. Now, Mount DeLand is simply a bump to me. I'm seeking real hills (o.k. maybe bigger bumps in Florida!)

The other day I was busy massaging my tired muscles. I'd spent a relatively busy week of training: 9 miles running, 2 kilometers swimming, 40 miles biking, & 2 hours yoga.

While I was massaging my calf, I felt this hard spot. It startled me...I felt it again...


OMG!!! A muscle!!! I tensed it. I looked.

I could even SEE the muscle! It was CUT!

One moment I was struggling to conquer Mount DeLand, the next I was massaging a real live muscle!

When I examined further I discovered that under a thin layer of fat (yup, there's still a little bit of 41-year-old fat!) I've got muscles ALL OVER! My abs, my quadriceps, my calves, my back, even my arms!

Too Cool !!!