TIME

 

Too much time on our hands, not enough time, time flys, time drags. No matter how we perceive it, we’ve got to moan about it. If you want to moan about something moan about this: waste time and it’s lost forever. Time doesn’t care how rich you are. How famous you are. How talented or educated you are. We all have no control over time. It ticks by at the same rate for everyone. What we all have control over is how we utilise our time.

My biggest pet hate is people telling me that they don’t have enough time to exercise or practise they’re skills in whatever discipline they are involved in. As Mark Twain said, “People have a thousand excuses for every failure but never a good reason.” There’s 168 hours in a week. Are you trying to tell me that you can’t find at least 3 hours to look after the body that’s meant to carry you through life?

I worked 15 hours a day, 6 days a week. I slept in my truck 5 nights a week. But I still managed to exercise everyday. Every morning I started the day with 3 sets of crunches combined with leg raises. All sets done slowly and to failure. On the last set I did 2 rest pause sets. Next I did 2 sets of Hindu press ups to failure. Every second day I did Hindu squats to failure. Only one set. I felt that was enough. My legs have a great way of letting me know this; they buckle. Every night I did resistance band exercises. One night I did biceps. Next night I did side and rear delts. My front delts get worked with the Hindu press ups. I doubled the bands up so that I got more strength work rather than loads of reps. When I got parked up in a suitable place I went for a run. When I was back at the weekend I went for a run. If I had space in my truck trailer I’d skip. It wasn’t ideal as I didn’t get any real back work done, but it was better than sitting on my ass complaining about what I didn’t have.

Remember this; If you love life don’t waste time because time is what life is made up of. And tomorrow isn’t promised to any of us.

Paul Smith.