finding balance Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/finding-balance/ style + fitness Wed, 27 Jul 2016 23:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 I’m Addicted https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/im-addicted/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/im-addicted/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 23:25:54 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=13293 The Crossfit gym is my sanctuary. I look forward to going every day because I can feel myself getting stronger each time I show up and love the stress relief that it gives me after I’m done. For me there is no better feeling than laying on the gym floor after completing a soul crushing workout that leaves you gasping for air and thanking god that it is over. I guess you could say that I’m addicted to that feeling and that moment of accomplishment because it keeps me coming back for more every single day. But when is does it become too much? After coming back to Crossfit after an injury last summer, I made it my goal to get stronger so that I would never put my body in danger again. I started working out 3-4 days per week and then I gradually worked my way up to 6-7 days per week and then adding in 2-a-days 3 times per week.  I certainly had become much stronger and it showed but did I go too far? After noticing that I was spending more hours of my day at the gym than I was at home or at work, I realized that […]

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