Imajerk17 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) How do you all channel it? I am sometimes a very intense person. I'd like to think of myself as kind and am usually pretty rational, but I don't suffer fools. I also sometimes don't know when to quit, and it has hurts me. As I am typing this, my forearms are aching from doing too many muscle-ups at CrossFit. I'm not really a natural athlete but through dogged persistence I got them and can now bang them out. (A muscle-up is when you go from hanging below a pair of gymnastics rings to pulling yourself up and through the rings, and then pressing yourself up with your triceps so that your whole upper body is above the rings. I know, aint-I-cool, shameless brag on my part...) But thanks to lifting before AND after the workouts, I have a bunch of aches and pains. When I was young I used to come on fast and strong and then back off. I saw the confusion this caused other people so I reigned that part of me in. Anyone else relate to this? Edited March 23, 2012 by Imajerk17
dasein Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Yeah, I relate, and channel intensity by making ranty posts on LS. Getting it out here allows me to listen 90% and talk 10% IRL, making me the most popular guest in town.
Emilia Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 How do you all channel it? I am sometimes a very intense person. I'd like to think of myself as kind and am usually pretty rational, but I don't suffer fools. By being self aware and by doing sports. I also think it's better to be a passionate person who is opinionated than a passive one. I also sometimes don't know when to quit, and it has hurts me. As I am typing this, my forearms are aching from doing too many muscle-ups at CrossFit. I'm not really a natural athlete but through dogged persistence I got them and can now bang them out. (A muscle-up is when you go from hanging below a pair of gymnastics rings to pulling yourself up and through the rings, and then pressing yourself up with your triceps so that your whole upper body is above the rings. I know, aint-I-cool, shameless brag on my part...) But thanks to lifting before AND after the workouts, I have a bunch of aches and pains. You have to stretch after workout! Then you won't be sore. You are supposed to work to failure anyway so being dogged in this context is a good thing. When I was young I used to come on fast and strong and then back off. I saw the confusion this caused other people so I reigned that part of me in. Anyone else relate to this? Being impulsive is part of being young and immature I think, I have patience for it in younger men because I'm used to it. When it's controlled it's not a bad thing I don't think. If you can channel it to spontaneity it can be very attractive and exciting. An oppressed, very even temperament can come across boring. While you need to be a rational person, doing unexpected (positive) stuff is exciting
TaraMaiden Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 How do you all channel it? I am sometimes a very intense person. I'd like to think of myself as kind and am usually pretty rational, but I don't suffer fools. I also sometimes don't know when to quit, and it has hurts me. As I am typing this, my forearms are aching from doing too many muscle-ups at CrossFit. I'm not really a natural athlete but through dogged persistence I got them and can now bang them out. (A muscle-up is when you go from hanging below a pair of gymnastics rings to pulling yourself up and through the rings, and then pressing yourself up with your triceps so that your whole upper body is above the rings. I know, aint-I-cool, shameless brag on my part...) But thanks to lifting before AND after the workouts, I have a bunch of aches and pains. When I was young I used to come on fast and strong and then back off. I saw the confusion this caused other people so I reigned that part of me in. Anyone else relate to this? Well, a TCM* doctor would say - "Too much yin! need some yang!" He would maybe suggest that you need to balance the intensity and over-ambitious effort, with something calm and relaxing, something that would bring you down and lower your energy until you're 'grounded'. You're very "in your upper half", that is, it's all torso arms and shoulders, and i think possibly, (sheer guess-work, here) you intellectualise things, over-think them, maybe make rash decisions, and are quick to judge (not suffering fools....?) But i don't know how you would view doing something more calming, something more...meditative.... Many high-energy people say they couldn't possibly slow down, but maybe they just need to find the right 'slow down' for them.... of course, there are many possibilities and options available, but you'd know best what would appeal, more than something else.... or am i floating feathers....? *(Traditional Chinese Medicine, for those who don't know.... )
Hear Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 I slow down when I smoke weed and play video games...games that are slow and relaxing like SKYRIM...untill you find a dragon and have to kill the bastard!
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 I am the queen of intensity. It can be channeled for good or evil. When "good" like right now, I work out and eat right and channel it into getting the best body I can. I initiate get-togethers with friends, I am funny, animated and energetic, everybody likes me and invites me everywhere. I kick ass at work, finish everything and then some, I attend every seminar and work social gathering. I spend time doing nice things for people. I just cooked a 3 course meal for my dad's bday party. I volunteer at the animal shelter. Whoosh. I am not sure I can last at this pace. I guess what I am trying to say is that: when trying to get my life in order I give it 110% of myself, with overwhelming intensity. When channeled for "evil" I literally do none of the above. This is when I am in a relationship. All I do is obsess over every single detail of the relationship and it consumes me. I make repetitive posts on LS. The darkness swallows me and I can't concentrate on anything (except for the relationship). I become one-dimensional. I hate that version of me. Still, I would much rather be intense and passionate than apathetic and blah. I see intensity as a gift
Author Imajerk17 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 I am the queen of intensity. It can be channeled for good or evil. When "good" like right now, I work out and eat right and channel it into getting the best body I can. I initiate get-togethers with friends, I am funny, animated and energetic, everybody likes me and invites me everywhere. I kick ass at work, finish everything and then some, I attend every seminar and work social gathering. I spend time doing nice things for people. I just cooked a 3 course meal for my dad's bday party. I volunteer at the animal shelter. Whoosh. I am not sure I can last at this pace. I guess what I am trying to say is that: when trying to get my life in order I give it 110% of myself, with overwhelming intensity. When channeled for "evil" I literally do none of the above. This is when I am in a relationship. All I do is obsess over every single detail of the relationship and it consumes me. I make repetitive posts on LS. The darkness swallows me and I can't concentrate on anything (except for the relationship). I become one-dimensional. I hate that version of me. Still, I would much rather be intense and passionate than apathetic and blah. I see intensity as a gift Well you're a mathematician right? Think vectors. You can have high relationship component (but not as intense as before) while keeping a high personal development component to your intensity vector (because you have so much intensity to start, you can stay high in both!).
Author Imajerk17 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 Well, a TCM* doctor would say - "Too much yin! need some yang!" He would maybe suggest that you need to balance the intensity and over-ambitious effort, with something calm and relaxing, something that would bring you down and lower your energy until you're 'grounded'. You're very "in your upper half", that is, it's all torso arms and shoulders, and i think possibly, (sheer guess-work, here) you intellectualise things, over-think them, maybe make rash decisions, and are quick to judge (not suffering fools....?) Wow you read me amazingly well TaraMaiden. Eerie. I have been thinking of trying yoga, although knowing me I think I'd hit on all the women in class!
Author Imajerk17 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 Yeah, I relate, and channel intensity by making ranty posts on LS. Getting it out here allows me to listen 90% and talk 10% IRL, making me the most popular guest in town. Yeah I've dumped on here too dasein. Cathartic.
Author Imajerk17 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 By being self aware and by doing sports. I also think it's better to be a passionate person who is opinionated than a passive one. You have to stretch after workout! Then you won't be sore. You are supposed to work to failure anyway so being dogged in this context is a good thing. Being impulsive is part of being young and immature I think, I have patience for it in younger men because I'm used to it. When it's controlled it's not a bad thing I don't think. If you can channel it to spontaneity it can be very attractive and exciting. An oppressed, very even temperament can come across boring. While you need to be a rational person, doing unexpected (positive) stuff is exciting Stretching has little to do w muscle soreness! DOMS has to do with microtears in the muscle fibers. If you have a good protein-carbohydrate mix right after working out, the protein is rushed into the muscle for faster recovery though. I agree with you that it's still a really good thing to do though for flexibility, range-of-motion, and injury prevention. I definitely agree w your third paragraph though Emilia.
TaraMaiden Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Wow you read me amazingly well TaraMaiden. Eerie. I have been thinking of trying yoga, although knowing me I think I'd hit on all the women in class! Tai chi is very disciplined, and actually very hard work... it requires concentration, because posture and movement coordination are of paramount importance. the concentration means that you also relax the brain, because you can actually focus on little else but getting the movements right; consequently tai chi is not only an exceptionally good discipline for grounding your Energy, (referred to in such circles, as 'Chi') but it's also a very good tool for "stilling the mind". now, you may be too much of a cynic to start considering the movement and flow of chi, and the energy channels - but try to suspend any incredulity. for 2 reasons; One: TCM has been in existence for over 4000 years, and there is documentary evidence to demonstrate that it has been used since then, consistently. Although, as with everything, there have been modifications to some trains of thought, it is fair to say that TCM is still practised widely in China, alongside conventional pharmaceutical 'modern' medicine. I'm sure don't need to tell you about great groups of people, in parks and public places, all practising together in the open air... very common.... Two; if you enter into something with a heightened degree of cynicism, (as opposed to a healthy dose) you work against yourself... you will know, as an athletic type of person, that much of the battle involved in achieving your goal, is believing you can, and visualising the successful result. as a Chi Gong tutor, I have had cynics a-plenty in my class, listening to me discussing the movement of Chi within the body - and outside of it - often with a visibly disbelieving countenance - being completely converted within two lessons to understanding that there is 'something in it' after all.... give it a go.....
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