the pain diaries: Day 336...nO rEsT tOdAy...

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Day 336...nO rEsT tOdAy...

Sunday is ALWAYS my designated rest day...but NOT today! Today was the last day of the CrossFit Level 1 Cert I attended. I have to say that I had a GREAT time! It renewed my love for CrossFit as well as my hunger for more strength.

I got up this morning thinking..."Wow! I'm not at all sore.". I have to admit that I was really nervous about today's workout before lunch break. I was just sure that they would make us do "Fight Gone Bad". I didn't want to look like a weeny in front of bad a**es like Dutch and Jolie and Dave. So when we got outside and they told us what the workout was...I was relieved...it didn't seem so bad. WRONG! It was a royal butt kicker! The pushups were the hardest for me...which tells me that I REALLY need to do more pushups. Dutch, Mary, and Dave were "checkin" on me..."encouraging" me...and "coaching" me off and on. No pressure!!! In all seriousness...the "pressure" to perform and the "help" was just what I needed. In just 12 minutes of working out...I was so tired...so hot...so wishing I had gone a little faster and not taken any breaks...but it was really hard.

I learned during "rotations" that I have GOT to do more ring work. I am seriously lacking. I should be able to do ring dips. I can't. It sucks to have your "Achilles Heel" (anything rings or gymnastics) exposed for all to see...but it just motivates me all that more to start vigilantly working on these weaknesses. Jeff Tucker of GSX was very nice to show me how to use the bands to assist me in doing ring dips. I did learn something that I have never done... dumb bell snatches. I did well, but they WORE ME OUT!

Now...I'm feelin it. My body is sore. My mind is mush. All I want to do is sleep. This weekend has been a blur, but it has also been great! I can't believe that I am officially a certified CrossFit trainer! Life is good.

WORKOUT
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30 MINUTES OF PUSH JERK AND MED BALL CLEAN PRACTICE

THEN:
400 M RUN
15 KB SWINGS (26LB)
15 PUSH UPS
MAX ROUNDS IN 12 MINUTES (I GOT 4 AND A RUN AND ALL SWINGS...DIDN'T GET PUSH UPS SO DIDN'T GET TO COUNT ALL THAT WORK)

THEN:
-20 MINUTES OF DUMB BELL SNATCHES (12 LB DB-AMAZING HOW HEAVY THAT CAN FEEL AFTER 20 MIN)
-PRACTICE KIPPING
-PRACTICE BACK/HIP EXTENSIONS ON GHD
-PRACTICE TUCK SITS
-WORK ON MUSCLE UPS/DIPS

1 comment:

Shorty said...: Congratulations, M!!! I told B about your post from yesterday... your Fran time and weight... and he thinks that's awesome!!! Keep up the great work... You really are inspirational! And this should certainly boost your esteem for quite some time! The next time you hear the "you suck" voices just tell 'em where to stick it and continue to prove them wrong!; August 17, 2008 at 10:52 PM

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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