the pain diaries: Day 534...tRyiNg nOt tO gEt sWaLLoWeD...

Monday, March 9, 2009

Day 534...tRyiNg nOt tO gEt sWaLLoWeD...

Sometimes...it's hard for me to not to feel like I'm getting eaten alive by my workout. Other times...I feel in control...and still other times I have to fight to not get swallowed up in the pain or the exhaustion of it. Today was a fight for sure.

J asked me to program the workout for today last night. It was fairly late and I wanted to get to bed, so I hurried and put on together and then ran my idea past my husband. He said, "That sounds awful." I was thinking..."Oh it shouldn't be too bad."

I got to work and only one person from the 6AM crew showed up...M. M NEVER misses. M has a broken arm...one that he broke when he misses a lift at the gym and wasn't able to "dump the weight" properly...still, he has never missed a day. I made the comment to him, "Well looks like you're it! Too bad I don't have on tennis shoes...I'd do it with you!" He quickly said, "Do it barefoot." Well that took THAT excuse away...so I quickly warmed up and we started the stopwatch.

Early on...I felt like I was struggling to keep control. I was SO out of breath...more than usual. Doing KB swings and then Pullups after was horrible. I literally could NOT speak in between. It took everything in me to be able to catch my breath enough to jump up and grab the bar. I don't know that I always felt in control. I was SURE that I would throw up at one point...but I kept going. I figured if I could just stay ONE STEP ahead...I would be okay...and I was.

When we were done...I was shaky...my head was splitting...and my stomach was really sick. It was a tough one. In fact I came home..took 2 kids to school and took a 30 minute nap before taking my daughter to middle school. I was totally worn out. It was tough not to let that workout get the best of me, but I fought...and in the end, I feel like I conquered. Now..I'm off to run!

WARMUP

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500 M ROW

25 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS

10 PASSOVERS W PVC

15 OH SQUATS W PVC

WORKOUT

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15 WALL BALLS (16 LB DYNAMAX)

15 "8 COUNT BODYBUILDERS"

15 KB SWINGS (35 LBS)

15 PULL UPS

5 ROUNDS FOR TIME (28:39)

CARDIO

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3 MILE "BRITTON RUN"

*If you're wondering what a "8 count bodybuilder" is...here's a demo...you can skip the "TA DA!" move at the end. :D

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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