We've Got You Surrounded!

Mahler’s Monday Morning Motivator # 230 – We’ve got you Surrounded!

We’ve got you Surrounded (09-29-08)

“You in there! Come out with your hands up! We’ve got you surrounded!”
Now, who has never heard those words called out from behind a rock by some cowboy in a white hat in some old western movie? It was usually shouted at the bank robber or cattle rustler, in the black hat, holed up in the cabin.

Perhaps you heard those very words shouted from the safety of a 20’s era Packard as the G-men in their fedoras tried to flush out the mobsters from their lair and rid the city of crime and corruption.

If westerns and mob movies weren’t your cup of tea, you may have heard those same words blaring out over a megaphone by a police officer, donning his Kevlar vest behind a patrol car trying to convince the drug lord that his number was up.

In any case, this was usually the time that the bad guys were supposed to make a break for it and try to escape their fate, which usually ended in a hail of bullets, a little or a lot of bloodshed, depending on the year of the movie, and a few dead bodies, often, but not always, the bad guys.

In my usual warped pattern of thought, while calling to mind these movie clichés, I was reminded that there are different ways to be surrounded; ways that do not find us trapped like rats waiting to run out to face an uncertain destiny. There are ways to be surrounded that support and strengthen us. A fitness forum community is just one of those ways.

Think about it. As a member of a forum community, you are surrounded by folks that support you with their knowledge and understanding of fitness and training in its many and varied forms. When you want help, you need only post a question and surrounded with people who will offer an answer. When you have problems, someone is always there to offer solutions. When you seek a goal, people are there to offer their encouragement. When you reach that goal, there are always friends to offer their congratulations and give you that much needed pat on the back. When you just need to unwind, you are surrounded by a host of people with whom you can exchange a joke, discuss a topic or just have a chat.

So, my friends, the next time you feel trapped, or as often happens to me, feeling that no one in my immediate world can identify with what I go through with my lifestyle and training, just remember: “You in there! Come out with your hands up (preferably holding a dumbbell or barbell)! We’ve got you surrounded.”
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