Starting a fitness journey which I would like to continue till the end of this body.

Recently went through a devastating breakup as my partner (6yrs old relationship) cheated on me…and i came to know that it was for long that she was cheating on me…my heart was literally shattered and my trust in love had literally flew out of the window. I actually fell into the abyss of suicidal depression. But then something saved me..an inner voice. That voice forced me to look into the source of my suffering and to my astonishment there was nothing at the source…it was so peaceful. I understood that this “looking into” came from some of my past experiments with meditation. From that moment onwards I have dedicated my life to realizing my true self.

This way of living have made me realize many truths about my life and one of them is that we need to do some work to positively and creatively spend this time we have on this earth. And that work should feel like a pastime or an activity which one likes…and physical training and drawing/illustrating were always the answers for me.

So few months back I started the journey of training and fitness and this time with the only goal of enjoying this journey consisting of fun, pain and sweat. I have found that this particular goal has kept me more consistent with my workouts than any other numeric goals I used to set before. Numeric goals are great for tracking few aspects of the training but for few other things they are nonviable. Like for instance many times it happens that someone sets a goal that s/he will squat 300 lbs till such an such date and what may happen is that this goal makes her/him anyhow push the weights rather than focusing on the form. It may cause injury and I have seen guys getting totally frustrated of their training and losing all their motivation to hit the gym again. I was myself a victim to this kind of mental play.

Anyways, the start for me has been good and thanks to my consistent training I have recovered a lot from my depression as well.

May all you be happy, fit and peaceful _/\_