People often say that the first step to overcome a problem is to actually admit
it. So here i come: I have joined a cult. One of the worst kind: a fitness one.
And as they also say in rehab sessions: My name is Alberto and I am a crossfitter.
It is curious to think that we live, in theory, in a free world, where we can be whoever we want and yet people are desperate to belong to something, called it: cult, tribe, religion or line dancing group. The more the people single out themselves by the way they dress, tattoo, pierce, talk, eat or use fancy emoticons, they more they are trying to desperate call the attention of their fellow cult members.
But since cults are on trend, why not joining a hard-core one. Call it middle age crisis if you want. I always have being a believer that if you are going to do something, do it all the way, so hey, Crossfit sounded like a good option.
So next time you feel like your fitness routine is not working, just go to the airport and travel, you will get equally fit and you may actually learn something.
PS. A few travel tips. Always bring your Mom while travelling. They are the best skipping queues at boarding. and if you see a crossfitter sited next to you ask him to put your bag in the overhead compartment, you will make his day.
And as they also say in rehab sessions: My name is Alberto and I am a crossfitter.
It is curious to think that we live, in theory, in a free world, where we can be whoever we want and yet people are desperate to belong to something, called it: cult, tribe, religion or line dancing group. The more the people single out themselves by the way they dress, tattoo, pierce, talk, eat or use fancy emoticons, they more they are trying to desperate call the attention of their fellow cult members.
But since cults are on trend, why not joining a hard-core one. Call it middle age crisis if you want. I always have being a believer that if you are going to do something, do it all the way, so hey, Crossfit sounded like a good option.
Many of you will ask, what the hell is Crossfit? Well, according to my Mom is an sport for rich people who don't have to work. And as usual Moms are always right. Cross-fitters have to have plenty of money prior to join the cult, why? because we loose all our bets. You just have to challenge them to talk for five minutes without mentioned anything related to the sport and you will easily make a few quick bucks.
If I have to define it, I would say its like masochism but without the sex. Yes, don't get too fooled about the sculptural beautiful bodies, because Crossfitters are like monks, they may not have the chastity vow but at the end of the day they are either too tired from the last workout or too busy practising a new movement, so sex is out of the equation.
On the positive side, they make great friends. Just get acquainted with one and you will never have to pay for house movers in your entire life. Crossfit gang will lift your boxes , jump on top of them and carry them for hours and they will even pay afterwards for the bootcamp.
If I have to define it, I would say its like masochism but without the sex. Yes, don't get too fooled about the sculptural beautiful bodies, because Crossfitters are like monks, they may not have the chastity vow but at the end of the day they are either too tired from the last workout or too busy practising a new movement, so sex is out of the equation.
On the positive side, they make great friends. Just get acquainted with one and you will never have to pay for house movers in your entire life. Crossfit gang will lift your boxes , jump on top of them and carry them for hours and they will even pay afterwards for the bootcamp.
One wonder why modern human beings spend their money torturing themselves in
gyms when there are much better places to get fit like for instance an airport.
Lets face it, what you do in a gym you can do it same way in a terminal. Think about what you normally do in a gym. You get there, you get undressed an dressed up, lift weights and burn energies. Well, airports nowadays provide you with multitude of options to do exactly the same. You will have to get almost naked in the security controls. It puzzles me that each year they invent a more futuristic machines, but you still have to take the same things off. Similar to IPhone and the new versions, hard to tell what is the point of them.
If you want to burn some calories what its a travellator if not a long treadmill, and you can practice weightlifting carrying all your luggage and trying to check in yourself. Funny again that technology at airports is being developed only to make us do more things rather than make things simpler.
Airports are one of those rare places where will be hard to find Crossfitters. Fitness cults are far more demanding than Religions where you can tick the box by attending the Sunday Service. One of the strict rules of the cult is that you cannot travel to any place unless there is a Crossfit gym you can go to and report upon landing.
Lets face it, what you do in a gym you can do it same way in a terminal. Think about what you normally do in a gym. You get there, you get undressed an dressed up, lift weights and burn energies. Well, airports nowadays provide you with multitude of options to do exactly the same. You will have to get almost naked in the security controls. It puzzles me that each year they invent a more futuristic machines, but you still have to take the same things off. Similar to IPhone and the new versions, hard to tell what is the point of them.
If you want to burn some calories what its a travellator if not a long treadmill, and you can practice weightlifting carrying all your luggage and trying to check in yourself. Funny again that technology at airports is being developed only to make us do more things rather than make things simpler.
Airports are one of those rare places where will be hard to find Crossfitters. Fitness cults are far more demanding than Religions where you can tick the box by attending the Sunday Service. One of the strict rules of the cult is that you cannot travel to any place unless there is a Crossfit gym you can go to and report upon landing.
So next time you feel like your fitness routine is not working, just go to the airport and travel, you will get equally fit and you may actually learn something.
PS. A few travel tips. Always bring your Mom while travelling. They are the best skipping queues at boarding. and if you see a crossfitter sited next to you ask him to put your bag in the overhead compartment, you will make his day.
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