the pain diaries: Day 294...nO nEEd fOr tHe beLt!!!...

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Day 294...nO nEEd fOr tHe beLt!!!...

Well, I woke up this morning...looked at the clock...Dang it!...7:30 A.M. I was hoping to sleep later than that. I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep...no use. I got up and put on workout clothes. I figured if I can't sleep...I'll workout. We can only rent our beach villa from Saturday to Saturday. Everyone is trying to get on the island on Saturdays...so for the last couple of years...we've traveled on Friday...we stay in a hotel Friday night then we get up and go waste a few hours until we can check in to our villa Saturday afternoon. I tried to be quiet and sneak out so I didn't wake anyone else up. I went to the workout room...it sucks. It only has 3 pieces of cardio equipment, but it's better than nothing. It was hot...really hot...when I opened the door...abnormally hot. I wasn't deterred. I mean come on...I've worked out in an un air-conditioned warehouse space in the summer before! I checked the air conditioner. It was broken...still I got on the elliptical. After 30 min I was drenched. I went back to the room where my husband told me that I could use the little gym next to the hotel for free as part of our stay. I usually just run on the beach the week we are here in Hilton Head, so I thought that I would take advantage of the opportunity to use some weights while I can.

This place was small...kinda cheesy...but clean and very cool...temperature wise that is. I decided to do a more "traditional" workout than normal...one of W's from my book...as best I could from memory. First I showed my husband how my kipping pull ups are coming along. I'm still not very good, but I'm getting better. That got a few looks. There wasn't many people there. One lady was so funny...early 50s...thin, but she looked her age in her face and her body...what was funny was that she was wearing big heavy duty gloves and a leather lifting belt while she did curls with 5 lb dumb bells...too funny. She kept watching me...following me...I wanted to scream "TAKE OFF THAT RIDICULOUS BELT!!!"...but I just tried to ignore her. I was the only person without gloves in the entire gym. Anyways...people were staring at me because they've never seen me...at least that's what I kept telling myself.

I felt good when I was done. It's so weird how when I did machines...my endurance suffered...now I can endure...a lot...but I feel weak on machines. It's a constant struggle to balance the teeter totter. That's why I think it is so important to constantly change what I'm doing. I need to be better about that in the future. For now...I'm looking forward to running on the beach tomorrow...I can't wait .

CARDIO
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30 MIN ELLIPTICAL

WORKOUT
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21, 18, 15
(supposed to do 12, 9, 6, 3 also, but I did not have time)
SHOULDER PRESS (15 LB DBS)
BICEP CURLS (SEATED-ALTERNATING-15 LB DBS)
PUSH UPS
SEATED ROW (60 LBS)
TRICEP PRESS (50 LBS)
LEG EXTENSION (60 LBS)
LEG CURL-HAMSTRING (60 LBS)
BACK EXTENSION (HOLDING 10 LB PLATE)

extras...playing around...
10 KIPPING PULLUPS
20 LAT PULLDOWNS (80 LBS)

2 comments:

s said...: hey lady. i'm so glad ur still posting while on vaca! i'd miss ya more if u didn't. that is too funny with leather belt lady. cowboy shoulda rode up in there and saved them all from looking at u. sounds like ur having fun. miss ya mucho, s; July 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM
MC said...: Thanks missy! I'm addicted to blogging, so I can't take a break even on vaca! I love and miss you too!; July 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM

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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