The other night, singer/performer/songwriter Jason Derulo came by the station to have dinner with us and to talk about what he’s doing in music.  He sings the song “Whatcha Say”.  We were discussing many topics, but one that we talked the most about was our workouts.  He is in great shape.  Like the cover of GQ magazine shape.  He watches every calorie that goes into his body and does some crazy stuff in the gym.  Where I only do an hour a day-he works out 2-3 hours a day.  He does it to look good for videos and such….I do it so I don’t get fat. lol

I was talking about working out with a group of people and how I try not to make it a competition.  He turned to me and said “Chase, don’t fool yourself, it’s a competition”.  He was right.  It is.  You look at the progress of others and measure yourself to that progress.  Nobody wants to be the slowest runner of lift the lightest weight.  We all want to be the best…and if you don’t, you never will be.  It’s like making money-if you do the same job as someone else-you want to get paid the same or more than the other person.  It’s our nature.  It’s human.  So, when I go workout in the morning at ASI on Patewood and I look at the other people in the group, I’m no longer fooling myself.  It’s a competition.  And yes, I will work harder than the other guys, because at the end of the day I want to bury them! :)  Thanks Jason for helping me see if this way.  It’s really helped in my workout.