As youngsters my brother and I were probably the most disagreeable kin you could ever come across. Our parents could not decipher our animosity towards each other to the extent where he managed to stick a fork in me on one incident and myself assaulting my brother to the extent of being chucked out of my home for a period two weeks....... Yeah, it was safe to say we didn't get on. At all.
Whiles attending uni though I realised our relationship had almost mended itself and we began to communicate more and enjoy each others company. I mean we're still not perfect but who is?
Right so we both started going to this new gym, and to be fair I wouldn't have got back into it if it wasn't for him I think I would have still been quite happy being complacent about my fitness and settle into a couch potato lifestyle.
So my brother is now one of my new gym buddies, and I have to say he's holding his own at the moment. Not to say that he works at the exact tempo as I do but he makes sure I push myself and the exact same goes for visa versa. Having said that we still can't shake that sibling rivalry off. Case in point, 2 weeks ago I went up a weight on the dumbbell chest press, immediately after that set I increased on, he went up by double my progression! I was both proud and anxious of the fact that he was doing so well; but anxious that he could possibly surpass me if I wasn't careful.
So now its become the norm to push each other as well as compete with each other Which I'm particularly proud of considering how incredibly unhelpful we used to be to each other. I don't know yet whether this will translate to other aspects of our life but I'm optimistic!
So push your loved ones and try to beat 'em, I think it'll be hard to go wrong with that philosophy....
Whiles attending uni though I realised our relationship had almost mended itself and we began to communicate more and enjoy each others company. I mean we're still not perfect but who is?
Right so we both started going to this new gym, and to be fair I wouldn't have got back into it if it wasn't for him I think I would have still been quite happy being complacent about my fitness and settle into a couch potato lifestyle.
So my brother is now one of my new gym buddies, and I have to say he's holding his own at the moment. Not to say that he works at the exact tempo as I do but he makes sure I push myself and the exact same goes for visa versa. Having said that we still can't shake that sibling rivalry off. Case in point, 2 weeks ago I went up a weight on the dumbbell chest press, immediately after that set I increased on, he went up by double my progression! I was both proud and anxious of the fact that he was doing so well; but anxious that he could possibly surpass me if I wasn't careful.
So now its become the norm to push each other as well as compete with each other Which I'm particularly proud of considering how incredibly unhelpful we used to be to each other. I don't know yet whether this will translate to other aspects of our life but I'm optimistic!
So push your loved ones and try to beat 'em, I think it'll be hard to go wrong with that philosophy....
A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES! I still want to see you guys beat me. Get your game up cuzzo.
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