Going the distance

I have finally decided what I want to do when I get out of the Army, I want to compete in Dancing With the Stars.  So, how do I do that?  Well, besides having a serious need for talent in the dancing department, I will also need a large dose of muscle, strength and endurance. 

I will need the Muscle of a Professional UFC fighter, because without it, I won’t have the ability to keep my posture straight, nor the ability to lift a partner, using my legs as the launch pad, while at the same time moving from side to side in repetitive motion. 

I will need the Stamina of Secretariat, the most famous race horse of the Kentucky Derby, able to go unheard of distances at speeds that have never been seen before, or possibly ever will. 

I will also need the Endurance of a 100-mile runner, so that running out of breath is never an option that is acceptable, as the horizon never gets closer, but my goal becomes attainable with each passing moment.

To attain these seemingly insurmountable facets of Professional Dancing, I will have to point my training in a different direction than just going to the gym to get bigger with mass as my goal.  I will have to transform my efforts into a Build, Endure, and Restore technique, building muscle with lots of repetitions and lower weight, instead of tonnage with low repetitions,  and not shut down and go home after two hours in the gym, but instead, hit the pool for some laps, which will assist in lengthening my muscles, and work those muscles that I normally don’t use, but, will benefit my whole body endurance level in order to gain lean muscularity.

As a 37 year old man, I will also have to endure a level of after-effect pain that is always present while working out.  When a person works different muscles, there is going to be a different kind of pain, and not necessarily a bad kind of pain, associated with the effort.  Now, to combat that pain, I have two options, I can try to get a prescription for a low-narcotic drug, that will have ingredients that are processed, broken down, and mostly come from animal dissection, or, I can go with an all-natural, non-animal byproduct, and cure my pains the safe, non-narcotic, organic method. 

I will always choose the latter option, as I do not put a lot of effort into taking prescriptions, when the cure for my ills is always within reach at a natural food store around the corner from my house.