Robbie Diaz

Male

16

Texas, United States

student

first, let me say that im not hereh to chat or what not, im just hereh for work out tips and what not. i just started working out and i have not yet joined a gym. but soon, i will. i just do simple exercises and stuff. i dont lift weights(although i want too). ok. why i started. thereh is one event that lead me to start exercising. last year, i was taking a mandatory exercise test that is required by all HS students to take. that afternoon, i could not even run 10 of the 50 laps required. i could do the other exercises though. i suffered a heat stroke. now let me tell ya'll that i wasnt fat, just weak. so a few months ago, i went to the hospital for a heart checkup due to that last incident. the doctor checked my heart and said that he had found a tumor inside the Right Atrium. he had thought he found cancer. so he ran some tests. it took 3 days to get the results. during those 3 days, you could not understand the dread i felt. the doctor had called me two days before my birthday, telling me that it wasnt cancer, rather, it was a small lump of fat. so with that, i thought to myself, "im so out of weight", when in fact i wasnt. so i started working out and doing exercises with my 2 friends. every other day, we go to the closest middle school, WHITTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL, and we run/walk the track.

i think that exercising is awesome! i go out with my friends and do cardiovascular exercises. we dont make it seen like its exercise. sometimes we go to the zoo and power walk or sometimes we fly a kite. but mostly, we walk and just talk, knowing that it cardiovascular exercises. and at home, i spend a good hour, hour and a half doing simple exercises. it makes me feel good knowing that im doing something good for myself. and it helps me sleep better at night.

i stay motivated by thinking of that horrible "cancer" i was thought to have. now, its gone but that event has made me think of my health. i think of that every time i feel lazy and it gets me up and on the track. BTW: im in the marching band so that helps a lot too.

ok. sine i started going out and working out, ive been able to increase muscle mass in my legs. i can now last about a good two hours on a treadmill without feeling exhausted when a few months ago, i couldnt even last 3 minutes. i can feel better about myself knowing that my "cancer" is now gone. now, im going to work on my upper torso.