Olympic Inspiration

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Swimming, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball, Gymnastics, Rowing and 21 other sports are in the 30th Olympiad. Like millions of people around the world, I've been watching various athletes compete and I'm in awe of their bodies; especially the females.

Today's athletes are not our grandparents athletes. I admire their physiques and I'm amazed at the amount of hours they spend training and working out for their sport. Some athletes train as much as 40 hours a week. I workout for 10 to 12 hours a week. I'm not an olympic athlete but watching the elite compete inspires me to focus, continue my exercises, but challenge myself to go out of the box. For instance, instead of slowing down because my legs burn in spin class, I should push through it, so that I can get stronger.

Since several hours of training for a particular sport really transforms the athletes' bodies, it reaffirms that it takes time and dedication to build toned muscles, aerobic endurance, flexibility or lose weight. Staying in shape or taking weight off is hard work.

The London 2012 Olympics is for only two weeks and at the end, many of the 14,000 athletes will have their eyes set on the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. The medal winners and non winners will work hard to give it their all in four years. I'll continue to dedicate myself to work out, and stay healthy.  Here's to all of our health!