the pain diaries: Day 483..."bEsiDeS, i gOt a gUn aNd sOmE buLLeTs!"...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Day 483..."bEsiDeS, i gOt a gUn aNd sOmE buLLeTs!"...

Crazy title today, huh? Well...I'll explain what it means...but I have to say that every time I think about those words...I laugh.

J and I planned to do our "Starting Strength" workout together again today. We were supposed to meet at the gym about an hour and a half before I had to train my client. I was in Barnes & Noble buying "The ABS Diet" book. when she texted to ask if we could move her session up by 30 minutes. I agreed and just headed for the gym from there. I figured that I would just do what I could before she got there and I knew J would already be there. I got there and J was there talkin to a guy that does Crossfit at Camp Pendleton. I went back and changed into workout clothes and then came out out to do Back Squats.

Okay...so I'm gonna seem like a bee-yotch now...BUUUUT...this guy was getting ON MY LAST NERVE!!! It was Crossfit this...Crossfit that. I can do this workout this fast...I can do this other one even faster! Blah...blah blah...blah blah! The other thing that was driving me crazy was that he kept on blowing his nose with tissue. He sounded all sick and snotty. All I could think was..."OMG...he keeps on blowin his nose and touching everything in the gym!...the rower...the bars...the weights...." Then he goes over and starts correcting J's back squat form!...and he was W-R-O-N-G! J and I both corrected HIM and we finished up our squats right as JE, my client was comin in.

Once I was done training her, we sat and talked. We were joking around with J. He was giving me a hard time...and we were laughin. After that, J and I went back to working out because we still had Shoulder Presses and Power Cleans to do. We were finishing up when AX came in early before the 5:30 group training class to practice some movements. J gave me a couple of suggestions that I think really helped my Power Cleans. Oh...I LOVE THAT..I LOVE when I am open and I try a different way and it is better. I also LOVE that we can "coach" each other and correct each other and neither of us feels angry or offended. It's a comfortable...a safe feeling.

As we were finishing, R, Ry, and D came in to workout. After Ry changed, he came over and started to talk to me, R, and AX. He started tellin us about how he wants to marry his girlfriend of 3 years, because #1 He obviously loves her, but also #2 He's just enlisted in the Navy and will be going to BUDS (Seals training) in the fall and he doesn't want to go through Boot Camp and carry on a "long distance relationship". He was TRYING to be a "good guy"...to do the "right thing"...and so he decided to ask her Mom and Step Dad's permission to propose to her. They were rude to him and said things about his family and basically said, "No." He was heart broken and now, he's in a bind. They want to get married, but now it's a problem. I was telling him how sorry I am and to just give it some time. Then a few of the guys started joking and sayin "Well, just tell her Step Dad that he's not even her real dad so he doesn't count!" ha ha hee hee!...just silly comments! There were a few other "tough", smack talkin suggestions and we were all laughing. Then J comes over to get in on it and just says, "Hey, just tell em...Hey man, this was a respect thing and I tried to talk to you...but I'm a man and you're not being reasonable and we're gonna do what we want!" and then he all the sudden adds to the end..."...AND BESIDES, I GOT A GUN AND SOME BULLETS!" Now, I have to say..I know it sounds actually kinda scary...violent...disturbing even, but it was not meant in THAT way AT ALL. It was just crazy...and SO FREAKIN FUNNY! I can't even do it justice by repeating the story, but we all just laughed and laughed.

Every time one of those moments occurs...and they occur quite often...I just love those guys and I'm so glad they are my friends...part of my life. They bring laughter and happiness and strength to me...and they don't even have a clue. I LOVE my friends and my job today!

BACK SQUAT

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45 LBS X 5 X 2
75 LBS X 5
95 LBS X 5
115 LBS X 5
122.2 LBS X 5 X 3

PRESS
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45 LBS X 5 X 2
55 LBS X 5
65 LBS X 5
70 LBS X 5
75 LBS X 4 (5TH TRY FAIL SO LOWERED WEIGHT)
72.2 LBS X 5 X 2

POWER CLEAN
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65 LBS X 3
70 LBS X3
75 LBS X 3
80 LBS X 3
87.2 LBS X 3 X 5

1 comment:

MC said...: Oh it was!...and you know all those boys and their guns!!! Wish you were there, girl! Have a great day!

~M; January 15, 2009 at 8:09 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