the pain diaries: Day 224...MAX squats...and more...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Day 224...MAX squats...and more...

Today was a "strength" day. Those are hard for me...not because I'm weak or don't enjoy them...but you have to take time to rest in between efforts. Then, because I haven't been going like a maniac...I worry that I haven't done enough. Now that J has his own place, we can do more of this stuff, because he has bumpers and I can drop the weight if needed...and I did...a couple of times. I'm still not used to it though, so I would sit frozen with weight on my back like..."help"...J would say "Drop it."...and then I would. It was nice this morning because I couldn't sleep last night and I was really tired. I woke up feeling stressed...although...I'm not sure why. J is an easy going person...and it was just us...so it had a calming effect on me.

I wasn't able to squat as much as I would've liked to, but I did alright...for the first time trying to max out. Then, he showed me his glute/ham developer. That thing could inflict some pain. Lucky for me, I was just "tryin it out". I ended with 100 ABMAT situps and then, I went to Utopia (the "old" gym) to do cardio.

I only did 35 minutes on the elliptical and then I got one of my "brilliant" (NOT) ideas...to do just "a little more". Freakin Idiot! When will I learn?!? I did some other stuff, but finally I was so tired and shaky that I left to grab a tuna sandwich and head to Syd's soccer game. I've been really tired since. My husband is NOT a personal trainer...he's a "financial/investments guy"...but still I got the talk about over doing it when I workout...not from a physiological perspective...but from a financial perspective that could be used in either scenario. I got the "Law of Diminishing Returns" talk.

All in all...today was okay...not the best...and not the worst...just somewhere in between. I'll take that.

WARMUP
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2 MIN JUMPROPE
FEW STRETCHES

WORKOUT
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BACK SQUATS (MAX)
3-3-3-3-3

95-115-135-135 (155 failed)-135 (155 failed again)

100 ABMAT SITUPS

CARDIO
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35 MIN ELLIPTICAL
THEN:
25 CLOSE GRIP TRICEP PRESS (40 LB BAR)
25 ROMANIAN DEADLIFT (75 LB BAR)
3 ROUNDS

THEN:
20 OVERHEAD PRESS WITH 35 LB PLATE
20 BENT ROWS HOLDING 35 LB PLATE
3 ROUNDS

25 REVERSE CRUNCH
then...I gave up...because I was too tired

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..............WHY?...............

This is my training log...my "workout diary" if you will. It is mostly for ME, but if it motivates someone else, that's great too! I write everday as a way of being accountable to myself. It's a way to track my progress, correct my mistakes, and a way to look back and view my day to day struggle to continue to work towards being the best possible version of myself. Sometimes, I am tired or lonely or unmotivated. Sometimes, I am "powerful beyond measure". Sometimes it is fun...easy. Other times, it is almost unbearable. I use to have my trainers to push me...but NOW I am on my own.

QUOTES THAT INSPIRE ME TO PUSH HARDER...GO FASTER...AND TRAIN LONGER

"SOME DEFINE OBSESSION AS NEGATIVE. I SAY IT'S HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"PAIN IS TEMPORARY. IT MAY LAST A MINUTE, OR AN HOUR, OR A DAY, OR A YEAR, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL SUBSIDE AND SOMETHING ELSE TAKES IT'S PLACE. IF I QUIT HOWEVER, IT LASTS FOREVER."

-LANCE ARMSTRONG

"TO BE TRANSFORMED BY EFFORT, ONE MUST DIG DEEP...SURPASS ONE'S EXPECTATIONS OR SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS...RISK FAILURE...BLOW UP, AND 'GET THE FULL DOSE'...IT ALWAYS HURTS YOU GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN."

-MARK TWIGHT-"GYM JONES" WEBSITE

"TO GIVE ANYTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST IS TO SACRIFICE THE GIFT."

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“PUNISH YOUR BODY TO PERFECT YOUR SOUL.”

-MARK TWIGHT

“ONLY THOSE WHO WILL RISK GOING TOO FAR CAN POSSIBLY FIND OUT HOW FAR ONE CAN GO.”

-T.S. ELIOTT

"THE BENEFITS OF FITNESS ARE NOT MERELY PHYSICAL. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SERIES OF DIFFICULT, SHORT-DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY EFFORTS BUILDS SELF-ASSUREDNESS IN A WAY THAT VERY FEW OTHER ACTIVITIES CAN. TOUGH WORKOUTS THAT PUSH AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE VERY LIMIT OF HIS OR HER CAPACITIES MAY BECOME THE GATEWAY TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. AND THAT AWARENESS OFTEN LEADS TO CONFIDENCE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"WHEN A PERSON TRAINS ONCE, NOTHING HAPPENS. WHEN A PERSON FORCES HIMSELF TO DO A THING A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND TIMES, THEN HE CERTAINLY HAS DEVELOPED IN MORE WAYS THAN PHYSICAL. IS IT RAINING? THAT DOESN'T MATTER. AM I TIRED? THAT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER. THEN WILLPOWER WILL BE NO PROBLEM"

-EMIL ZATOPEK

"GIVE IT EVERYTHING AND LET THE CHIPS...OR WHATEVER...FALL WHERE THEY MAY. IT WON'T EVER GET EASIER, BUT YOU MIGHT GO FASTER, OR LAST LONGER."

-MARK TWIGHT

“A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN A RACE TO SEE WHO IS FASTEST. I RUN TO SEE WHO HAS THE MOST GUTS WHO CAN PUNISH HIMSELF INTO EXHAUSTING PACE, AND THEN AT THE END, PUNISH HIMSELF EVEN MORE. NOBODY IS GOING TO WIN A 5,000METER RACE AFTER RUNNING AN EASY 2 MILES. NOT WITH ME. IF I LOSE FORCING THE PACE ALL THE WAY, WELL, AT LEAST I CAN LIVE WITH MYSELF.“

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“SUFFERING PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE WILL AND DEVELOP GRIT… THE MIND AND BODY ADAPT TO BOTH COMFORT AND DEPRIVATION… RELISH THE CHALLENGE OF OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD CRUSH ORDINARY MEN... LEARN TO SUFFER.”

-MARK TWIGHT – excerpts from "Extreme Alpinism - Climbing Light, Fast and High"

“SOMETIMES IF YOU WANT TO BE A WINNER, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BEAR THE SCARS FROM THE FIGHT.”

-PETRA SALVAJE

'EACH OF US GIVES WHAT WE ARE ABLE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WILLING TO GIVE TO LIFE. HOW WE REACT WHEN OUR CAPACITY AND WILL FALL SHORT OF OUR EXPECTATIONS DETERMINES HOW WE VIEW OURSELVES...".

-MARK TWIGHT~"GYM JONES" website