On this briskly cold morning I sit back with my coffee reflecting on my progress. I have had a lack of motivation the last two weeks after my travel and am working quite hard at pulling myself back up this week into the forward motion. Thankfully, I was aware enough of my body and self that when I started to feel like sleeping was way more important than proper eating I started to talk about my lack of motivation. I re framed my thinking, gave myself permission to taking that time off and noted that it is ok to eat how you want sometimes as long as its sometimes!
I was at the gym on Tuesday afternoon and have been noticing a lot more "beef cakes" in the gym at the time I frequent. This can be ok.. but usually tends to be a pain because they often are using EVERY machine and weight in the area. I go to a YMCA so there is alot of room however I don't have friends that I work out with. I enjoy that though... Gym time is ME time not time to chit chat or gossip. But time to sweat, push and get myself going! I am starting to bench over 75 lbs and am concerned I didn't have a spotter and would hurt myself. Its a great joy to see how much weight one can press... especially if theres a man close by who cant do the same!!! I was tipped off to use a assisted squat rack to do my bench press too.. well hell what a grand idea!! So I moved quickly through my warm up and foam rolling when I saw the "beef cakes" so I could grab that machine!
Set myself up with 75 lbs on my press and my 35 lb dumbbells for my row super set. WOOT! 75 lbs that's easy! I love it!!! I love love how I see the change every time I am at the gym.. So I put on another few plates to get myself benching 80 lbs. Thank goodness for the assisted squat rack that's a tad heavy! But pushed through it! I increased all my weight this work out and got through my box jumps with ease. Still not ready to get the box height higher than 10" yet but I'm getting there!
Goals for the next few months
- Bench press 90 lbs by December 1st
- Squat 125 lbs by January 1st/13
- Run 7 kms by January 1st/12
- Get my 5 km run under 40:00 mins
Time and time again.. pushing through the first work out after a few weeks of down time is the HARDEST thing to do.. But as you can see above... The progress continues and proves to you that you have worked hard the past few months and its worth the continue!
Every day I see the following quote on my computer screen and it continues to stand true.
" It is not EASY, but its worth it. Now repeat that every day"
Also, find some blogs that inspire you. Here are a few of my favorites:
http://www.300poundsandrunning.com
http://www.sherylyvette.com/
www.rebirthfitness.co
Please take a look and follow! Wonderful people on a quest for health and fitness!
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