Day 22 Max Phase (The Power of Music)

Day 22

What a day. As most of you know I work nights and to be frank it really stinks. There always seems to be some kind of crisis, or commitment during the day when I am sleeping that I have to wake up and deal with. And if by chance I go through a day without someone calling in the middle of my REM cycle, I can’t seem to sleep past 4:00 pm. Today was a call at 12:30 pm day. I can never get back to sleep after that.

After the call I naturally tried to regain my slumber to no avail. I was also a bit stressed about some other things in my life with which I will not bore you. So, I proceeded to stomp around the house and be cranky for the rest of the afternoon. Finally I decided that when I took my son to his scout meeting I was going to run around the parking lot while he was in scouts.

I started my run using my Zombies, run! App. There is nothing better than listening to the troubles of post zombie apocalypse survivors to make all your stresses seem small and insignificant. Anyways as I ran I started to “go numb” but I still wasn’t very happy, even with the woes of the zombie fighters playing in my ears, interspersed with some of my favorite tunes.

Then about half way through my run, it happened. A song came on that brightened my whole mood. If you have young children you may recognize the kids show “The Backyardigans.” Well last year my wife bought one of their episode sound tracks that we both really enjoyed and it started to place. You can hear it on the video in this post. For some reason that 1 minute and 20 second song changed my demeanor. I started to smile and my pace quickened.

There are so many things that bring us down don’t let fitness be one of those things. Select music that inspires you, or that make you happy. You deserve to have your stress melt into smiles and music can do that. I believe that music is one of those things that are underestimated.

Be careful in you selection because it can work the other way as well. For example, I listen to a group called “They Might Be Giants.” They are an alternative education rack genre. It’s kind of weird I know but, in one of the songs that I had on my playlist for a while, there was a phrase, “You can’t run away. Your feet won’t help you run.” I notice that throughout that whole song my pace dropped and it literally felt like I was running in honey. It’s not a bad song, just a bad song to listen to while running.

I feel like I say this a lot but, you are different from everyone else. You have to do what works for you. The music that one person finds inspiring might make you fall, flat when it comes to your work out.

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