I walked into my happy place today, by happy place I mean
Barnes and Noble. I proceeded to
purchase one book and one magazine. The magazine
was Cycling Fitness, featuring winter workouts, winter gear etc. There was one problem it was geared toward getting
outside for the workouts. In the winter
here that is not a reasonable nor a safe option. I looked at the pictures, the workouts and
realized I have pretty bad cabin fever. I
have not been out on my bike since last year.
My bike work has been in the box I call my gym. There is nothing more boring and demotivating
than plugging away on a machine going nowhere.
I usually find a reason to cut my session short and move onto something
else. I know building the base for a
couple months down the road is important especially if I wish to compete. I just hate how stuck it makes me feel.
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| I would make a good looking pro or atleast pic in a magazine |
Todays photo was meant to reinvigorate me or atleast make me
see what I am able to become. I have
slowly started to make changes in my diet.
Getting a healthy gym routine which I had before sickness and injury is
paramount. My neck feels about 75% and I
think I should be able to start putting up lighter weights. My setbacks seem to
last a week or so longer than they should.
I had a vision to create a dark setup with a strobe to get
the idea of motion. In pedaling on the
bike I was moving far too much and as opposed to motion it looked like I had
multiple heads. I could have really
added the motion with a backlit strobe but wanted it to remain darker so I used
a single flash with an orange filter and a 5 second exposure. The flash was on the ground aimed upward to
create the shadows and look letting myself blend into the black
background. I hope you enjoy and draw a
little sliver out of this image. Be
yourself, be great, be dreamy
