Due to the nature of today’s busy schedule I’ll jump straight to yesterday’s workout and meals report:
I ate my 5 meals and finally resumed my weight workout with the exception of Lower body, Shoulders and Traps.
I’ll try to make tomorrow’ post a bit longer than this one :)
The pace in which we go can not be steady or the same for a long time, you’d get slow days and fast days, good days and bad days, sweet days and …. you get the picture!
Sometimes I life like I’m dragging a boulder up a slope, the pressure gets bigger as you get higher but I tend to comfort myself by thinking that the harder it gets the closer I am to where I want to go, I guess this is where someone’s patience is put to the test, I can pull through, I know I can!
Yesterday’s workout was good, pushing throught the 56 mins cardio that left me feeling beat but a quick cool shower cured the aching muscles, the though of resuming the weight training soon makes me feel better already, Its time to recover and carry on…
If you’re on your way to achieve something then you already know that its never a straight line to where you want to get, you will need to change your plans over and over and rethink your strategy to overcome new obstacles and barriers. Those who give up at the first chance of progress slowing down or someone not being supportive will never get where they want to get, even your body may fail you at certain points, you should take the chance and learn from the experience and spring back stronger, smarter and wiser.
Regardless of how many times you find yourself hitting the ground hard, just stand up again and keep your head high, those who made it before you have had their falls, their fears, their doubts but they succeeded because they’ve learned to conquer them and move on, they knew they can win and they did, its that state of mind that you and I need to stay on track and continue marching fourth..
Yesterday’s workout was odd of sorts, I was very lazy and I dragged myself to the treadmill and was thinking of going easy but then memories started flashing infront of me, the days I’ve worked hard before and the fact that the world is watching reminded me of what should be done, I’ve then went all the way and mroe, did a great cardio training with grim determination! I also had all my 5 meals and stayed true to my goal.
How many times did we stop just a bit short of achieving something we sought for so much just because we felt that we just can’t do it? Mental Barriers exist within most of us, I see it as a sort of “Comfort Zone Protection Procedure” whose main function is keep you from trying anything that may strain you mentally or physically, or in other words takes out of your comfort zone.
You’d be surprised to know that whenever you feel that can not continue that last mile in your jog or finish that last repetition in your workout that it is most likely your mind stopping you not your body, one must -however- learn to distinguish between muscle failure, actual fatigue and physical exhaustion and the Mental Barrier, The actual limitation to exert the physical effort seem but not feel the same.
When you experience the Mental Barrier you’d feel the thought of giving up getting bigger in your mind making you wanting to end at 8 instead of 10 while the actual fatigue manifests as growing pain and inability to mechanically sustain the activity for a longer period of time, an attempt to continue beyond actual fatigue may result in serious injury and caution must be exercised.
Back to Last night’s progress:
A good 2 interval cardio training for a total of 45 mins, in addition to some squats and rope skips, no weight training was attempted as of yet, I plan to resume weight workout on Tuesday if the shoulder heals as good as I hope.