Guess who had another alarm clock debacle and missed another class? (eye roll)
You know when you trip on something, metaphorically of course, could be a problem at work, or a misstep in your finances, it tends to perpetuate itself until you devote a large amount of attention to correcting it?
Yeah, I'm there. I've ignored several very important aspects of my routine, ie-training, eating well, and taking care of my body, in order to divert more attention/energy to the larger, more vocal parts, ie-house buying, work, that suddenly, my body is screaming for help. Literally screaming: I had a large outbreak of hives paired with debilitating fatigue last week. In spite of the huge red welts on my face and body, I continued to ignore the pleas. Now, little body o' mine has basically reached critical mass and I'm headed straight for uber-sick-ville if I don't turn this car around.
I've forgotten the most critical reason why I do the wackadoodle things I do with my training, with my diet, with my determination:
......so that I'm capable of handling stress. Without it, I'm defenseless. Either you crush it, or it crushes you. Stress does not negotiate with your needs.
The energy required to climb back from this neglect is a lot more than if I had just continued the upkeep as per usual. The slight edge has been working against me.
I will hopefully have good news on the house front soon, but it's hard to say at this stage. So much is still hanging around in the ether, nothing solid yet, and it's driving me insane. If I'm going to survive this, I need to swap the beer for push ups. Stat.
Hear that, dear doppelganger? Time for you to G-T-F-O.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Revelations
#1-I like burpee pull ups.
If I hadn't have jammed a part of my hand during a burpee on round two, I think the workout this morning would have gone down as most favorite ever.
5 Rounds
10 burpee pull ups
10 broad jumps
10 push ups
10 jumping lunges
#2-I can do fingertip push ups.
My jammed hand prevented me from doing regular push ups or burpees without pain. I scaled to fingertip push ups, and finger tip grip pull ups, which I have never done before, primarily because I didn't think "I was there yet." At first I was blown away by how easy the fingertip push ups were, then it was brought to my attention that "thigh to ground" isn't the way of the righteous, so "chest to ground" was reinstated. Hard, but not as hard as I thought.
Which leads me to my next point, one that I myself need to learn and practice as much as possible...
What is the point of avoiding something because "you aren't there yet?" What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for IT to be easy? Are you waiting for someone to tell you to move up or go heavier?
How many times have you allowed yourself to be pleasantly surprised?
One of the best pieces of advice I received was a couple of years ago from CC coach JDP. He asked me why I wasn't doing push ups on my toes yet, to which I replied, I couldn't do 10 in a row. In hindsight I see how ridiculous that statement was. He suggested that I do as many push ups on my toes, chest to ground, as I could do while everyone was counting to 10 during the warm up. If I could only get one, then I only got one. Be proud of that one, beautiful, perfect push up. Next week make it two, then three.... It worked. In a month I was gaining speed on the push ups and after a couple of months I was able to go all three rounds of the warm up on my toes.
I guarantee we're all stronger than we think we are, in workouts and in life. Don't cupcake on yourself! Trying and failing is still legions more successful than standing still. I definitely need to practice this every moment I can.
Check out CC coach Big Mike doing an old favorite with my new favorite at the main gym (Catherine, Anna, we should do this one and work in the norcals some way....)
Push Jerk and Burpee Pull Up WOD
If I hadn't have jammed a part of my hand during a burpee on round two, I think the workout this morning would have gone down as most favorite ever.
5 Rounds
10 burpee pull ups
10 broad jumps
10 push ups
10 jumping lunges
#2-I can do fingertip push ups.
My jammed hand prevented me from doing regular push ups or burpees without pain. I scaled to fingertip push ups, and finger tip grip pull ups, which I have never done before, primarily because I didn't think "I was there yet." At first I was blown away by how easy the fingertip push ups were, then it was brought to my attention that "thigh to ground" isn't the way of the righteous, so "chest to ground" was reinstated. Hard, but not as hard as I thought.
Which leads me to my next point, one that I myself need to learn and practice as much as possible...
What is the point of avoiding something because "you aren't there yet?" What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for IT to be easy? Are you waiting for someone to tell you to move up or go heavier?
How many times have you allowed yourself to be pleasantly surprised?
One of the best pieces of advice I received was a couple of years ago from CC coach JDP. He asked me why I wasn't doing push ups on my toes yet, to which I replied, I couldn't do 10 in a row. In hindsight I see how ridiculous that statement was. He suggested that I do as many push ups on my toes, chest to ground, as I could do while everyone was counting to 10 during the warm up. If I could only get one, then I only got one. Be proud of that one, beautiful, perfect push up. Next week make it two, then three.... It worked. In a month I was gaining speed on the push ups and after a couple of months I was able to go all three rounds of the warm up on my toes.
I guarantee we're all stronger than we think we are, in workouts and in life. Don't cupcake on yourself! Trying and failing is still legions more successful than standing still. I definitely need to practice this every moment I can.
Check out CC coach Big Mike doing an old favorite with my new favorite at the main gym (Catherine, Anna, we should do this one and work in the norcals some way....)
Push Jerk and Burpee Pull Up WOD
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