the pain diaries: Day 351...tiMe tO gEt tHe weiGhTs bAcK oUt...

Monday, September 1, 2008

Day 351...tiMe tO gEt tHe weiGhTs bAcK oUt...

Okay so FIRST order of business...NO! I DO NOT "TRAIN" IN LINGERIE NOR DO I ENDORSE TRAINING HALF NAKED!!!!! It's just that I love this illustration, because it's a hot, sexy, mature woman...trying to be strong...like I wanna be "when I grow up". Today, I was back to strength "training". A reminded me that we DO NOT "workout"...we "train".

So, today was upper body training with A. Things are better with us. He called Sunday afternoon and we talked about things that are bothering him briefly. I HATE when my friends are having a hard time. I just want to make everything better...unfortunately I can't control the universe...so I just have to try and "be a friend". We had a good time...A said we were "flowing well...talking...but not too much...workin but still having fun". We bench pressed...did bent barbell rows (they felt SO HEAVY today)...and I attempted some other "arm work", but I wasn't too successful. It was good. My arms were hurting when I left...good stuff. I wanted to do a CrossFit workout or at least get on the elliptical, but with the kids out of school and "family time" and a small flood this evening (our daughter left running water upstairs while we were gone...for SIX hours...and we came home to water running out of the vent in the dining room downstairs)...I just never got around to any sort of cardio. I started to go upstairs and get on my elliptical..but it's late...and I'm watching one of my favorite movies of all time "She's Havin A Baby"...and I can't tear away. I know...NO ONE else in the world likes that movie...I LOVE it.

At this point...I'll wash my face and snuggle down for the night. I need to get more rest...what's done is done...and tomorrow is a new day to work hard.

DYNAMIC WARM UP
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WORKOUT-UPPER BODY STRENGTH
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BENCH PRESS
45LBS X 15

65 LBS X 10
75 LBS X 5
85 LBS X 5
THEN:
5-5-5-5-5 (85 LBS)

THEN:
8 BENT BAR BELL ROWS (95 LBS)
8 BACK RAISES (10 LB DBs)
3 SUPER SETS

THEN:
8 BICEP CURLS (1ST SET 20 LB DBs / 2ND-3RD SETS 15 LB DBs)
8 SKULL CRUSHERS (SAME WEIGHT)
3 SUPER SETS

CHECK OUT THIS HILARIOUS VIDEO...I CRACKED UP WHEN THE MANIAC LADY COMES OUT TO SMACK THE GUY'S FACE PRIOR TO HIS BENCH PRESS...GOTTA LOVE CRAZY YOUTUBE VIDS! Ha! Ha!

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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