the pain diaries: Day 432...mY nEw peRsoNaL bEsT...

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Day 432...mY nEw peRsoNaL bEsT...

I've said it before..."I LOVE DEADLIFTS"! I love plain old deadlifts...and I love Romanian deadlifts...I just LOVE deadlifts in general. Lots of times when I went up to the gym with A...we did 1 Rep Max deadlifts. I made it up to 225 lbs the last two times he and I were up there...but never went further. My eventual goal is 2X my bodyweight...260ish...so while I was glad to get to 225 lbs...I still wanted MORE! Yesterday, I did 1 Rep Max "deads" with my "girls" I train. It is so fun to see people lift more weight than they thought they could! It's so satisfying to see their faces light up and their confidence grow. So, I decided that because I was a little tired from working out last night...I would go in and do my 1 Rep Max on deadlift instead of a big long workout.

I went in and set up. I had decided BEFORE I got there that I would lift AT LEAST 5 lbs more than my previous attempts. I worked my way up and it was getting hard by the time I got to 215 lbs, but I kept moving forward. When I lifted 235 lbs...10 lbs more than my previous "best" I was SO happy! I was like, "Oh yeah! I did what I came here to do! WOO HOO!" And then I thought..."Why stop?", so I kept going...put another 10 lbs on the bar...and rested for about 5 minutes before attempting to lift it up. I tried to visualize myself lifting the weight. I also tried to remember every tip I've ever been given. When it came time, I got in the right position...planted my feet firmly on the ground...took a deep breath and held it tight in my belly...and pulled like I've never pulled before! It didn't come up off the floor immediately, but within a second or two...it began to move. I pushed my feet against the floor and just kept trying to stand up straight. It was slow and it WASN'T pretty, but I DID IT!!!!! I was SO happy. I laid in the floor and texted a few people. No one responded, but I didn't care. I got 20 LBS MORE today! YES!

WORKOUT
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1 REP MAX DEADLIFT
95 LBS X 10 (warmup)
135 LBS x 1
155 LBS x 1
175 LBS x 1
195 LBS x 1
215 LBS x 1
235 LBS x 1
245 LBS x 1

after recovering...I just "played"
TIRE DRAG ACROSS PARKING LOT (100 LBS including tire)
TIRE PULL BACK ACROSS
20 PUSH PRESS (45 LB)
3 ROUNDS

NO CARDIO... other than vacuuming and mopping the gym and then wiping everything down

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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