the pain diaries: Day 434...sLeeP cAn dO aMaZinG tHiNgS...

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Day 434...sLeeP cAn dO aMaZinG tHiNgS...

I had a real crappy day yesterday...so at about 10:30...I took off my makeup and went to bed. I woke up at 8:00 this morning and I felt like a NEW woman...literally. I'm a night owl so I stay up late and wake up tired almost everyday. I went out and fixed myself 2 eggs and 2 pieces of toast and then got dressed to go up to the gym for a workout with J and a few of our friends that workout up there.

Of course, I LOVED working out with those guys! I always do. I feel a bit bad because I was being a girly whiner about a few of the exercises...mainly Handstand Pushups. R offered to help me a million times, but I said "No. No. No." I have never worked on them since kicking J in the face the first time we tried to work on them. I have got to get over my fear of failure. They are my friends for heavens sake! Anyways, I just did my pushups with my feet elevated on a 28 in box...not the same but the best I could come up with.

The funniest thing that happened was that one of the guys called his little brother to come up so that we would have an even number for our "team" workout. This kid is in good shape...but Crossfit can be brutal if your body is not used to it...hell it can be brutal when your body IS used to it. We are going along in our groups and I look outside and notice that this poor kid is barfing his guts up in the lawn. I mean it went on for a good 5 minutes. Now, here's the funny part...at our gym...no one says "Are you ok?". J and B ran and got their cameras and took pics of the kid yacking on the ground! I continued to row on the rower because I didn't wanna hurt my team's time...besides he had 3 dudes all right there watching him so I figured he'd be okay! When he was "done"...he wiped off his mouth and went right back into the workout full force. Love that! Today was fun.

2 "MAN" TEAM WORKOUT (ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME WORKING...SWITCH OFF AS DESIRED)

ROW 1000M
30 "MAN-MAKERS" (I USED 20 LB DBs)
50 PULLUPS
TIRE FLIP/JUMP IN AND OUT
70 KB SWINGS (44 LBS)
50 HANDSTAND PUSHUPS
30 MED BALL CHEST PASS (20 LB DYNAMAX BALL)
800 M D-BALL THROW AND CHASE (PARTNER DOES PUSHUPS, SITUPS, SQUATS, LUNGES...WHATEVER WHILE PARTNER RUNS TO BALL AND THROWS IT)

RC AND D=29:23
B AND R =29:40
ME AND J=29:50

I ate lunch then drove straight to the park and...
RUN 4.5 MILES

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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