The other day I went to the gym without headphones…purposefully.
You know what?
I preferred it.
It’s one less thing to charge, keep track of, no sweat pool around my ears, but these aren’t the real benefit.
It had been awhile since I’ve done this. I decided I wasn’t going to be bothered by the pop radio, and wasn’t. Mostly I didn’t even notice it missing. A few times my ears peaked up, and I found myself enjoying “california girls” reminiscing. Almost in disbelief that I was enjoying working out in planet fitness to Katy Perry.
My neighbor was in disbelief that I go to pf. A buddy had thought I was pulling his leg, only to months later see my card and realize that I had been serious.
I left my phone in the locker, just as I’d done at the SoCal bodybuilding gym. The gym is better this way.
Without the phones watch functions I don’t know exactly how long my wrestler’s bridge holds were. It’s freeing in a way, to not have exacts in your workouts. To lose count and just go.
Our society is very lonesome, aside from cashiers/front desk/etc people don’t interact much in public, it’s depressing really – as opposed to what my grandfather and my impression of his generation did. Everywhere I went with him he always would have friendly conversations with those around him.
I did notice a lot of surprised looks, I figured these to be surprise at my being without headphones…the only one without headphones.
Naturally I was a bit more outgoing as I had no artificial barrier over my ears taking my attention away from the world in which I’m living.
I’m not even going to frame going to the gym without headphones as a challenge. Going without headphones is natural, you don’t pop out of the womb with earbuds in. I’m going to go this for awhile. It’s better to live in the world without distraction.
Persistence & Tenacity