Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Biology of a Work Out

Kanye's workout tape tells us to work it, get those sit ups right in, to do pilates to take care of all those mocha-lattes. I don't know why, but I believe him...
On Rivington Street on the L.E.S. in the N.Y.C., there is a never-ending parade of frilly skirtsies, low-back shirtsies, and shiny bootsies. Girls are planched down, push-upped, sucked in and worked out. Guys are tight shirted, loose mouthed, straight laced and cock hatted. The music is too loud, the spaces too tight. And it's the best there is. It's the hot barrio in the hottest city on the continent. These are the lucky ones.
Pablo has two daughters and works construction, and at lunchtime he asks about the number of calories in his bodega burger. Sean says that Beckham on the cover of Men's Health "isn't that big, he actually kindof a tweeter." John turns every head when he skateboards shirtless through Union Square, and he checks every reflection, wondering if he's losing it.
In fact, our bodies are wonderful adaptive systems that are capable of changing in order to best repond to the imput we give them. If we need to work hard, the body will allocate resources for muscle growth. If we eat a lot, the body allocates more resources to the gut.
The body also needs to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppppppppp...........................................

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