LJ Idol Week 7: Stronger

[alycewilson]

This is my entry for Week 7 of ()LJ Idol. This week's topic was “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Stronger

When you want to punch
life in the throat, pick up
weights and do ten bicep curls.
Pump until your fibers burn.

When the nightmare closes in --
being a self-aware adult, that is -- drop
to your knees and do
twenty pushups. Throw in
some bonus tricep pushups.

With war swirling, with dystopia
closing in, bend your knees
and do thirty squat jumps
until your thighs smolder. Nothing
can survive that flame. Perish
thoughts with six minutes
of bicycle twists and weighted
crunches. Return your mind
inside your scorching self. Push
until you feel you might incinerate.

Then breathe.

Me before my workout today, making a muscle

Comments

[ofearthandstars]

I love this and have read it through several times. (I really should try it as a routine, though I'm not sure my knee and foot will cooperate with squat jumps.) But you're right - I've been trying to burn through walks to manage stress. It does help, if only a little!

[alycewilson]

Oh, no! Please don't use this as a routine. It's not got a proper warm-up at all. But if it does inspire you to be more active, that would be wonderful. I find it's great stress relief.