Let's Get Physical
Posted by Amy in SRNA Life on April 13, 2010
This post is about working out so I immediately performed a
Google search for "buff squirrel". Apparently I was concerned
that you people still held out hope that I could be somewhat
normal and I just couldn't let that happen, now could I?
At the North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists conference held in Asheville at the end of October, I listened to a presentation given by a Heather Winslow, a student at the Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia. Currently a senior SRNA, this chick had run several marathons over the past year while in anesthesia school - even qualifying for the Boston Marathon! How does she do it? Easy... she jumps on the treadmill at 2:30 EVERY MORNING before clinical.
I know, right?!
This got me thinking: Maybe if I were to forgo an episode of Glee every so often, I could squeeze a workout into my schedule. Now, I'll be the first to admit that the last thing I want to do in my limited free time is pump iron or bust out some cardio moves - and not just because I'm worried about making those on the machines next to me look bad. (Though that is a valid concern.) But whatever. Spending months on end sitting in either a classroom or the library is not kind to one's body or self esteem... ahem, or so I hear. Anyway, long story short (riiiiiiight), I started hitting the gym in an attempt to regain some semblance of my old active lifestyle.
Who knew that Brad Pitt and I had so much in common?!
Apart from our dashing good looks I mean. Obviously.
You know how they say that working out leads to better on the job/school performance and more energy? It's true! Well, the "doing better at school" part is true anyway... I can't speak for the gain in energy because you also need sleep for that, so I've pretty much written off my old pal energy until 2011.
[Brad Pitt GIF image from here]
# by Dave - April 14, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Dude, the treadmill video is HILARIOUS! Loved it.