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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Getting There
Progress. That's what it's about...not perfection. Improving your fitness level doesn't happen overnight, and it can be a difficult to do something that's so physically challenging that you end up on the floor, panting and sweating each day. In our world of instant gratification, we get used to having things NOW, and when we don't get what we want NOW, we can get antsy. Or frustrated. Or maybe feel like we'll NEVER get where we want to be. "I can barely do regular pushups, and those guys are doing handstand pushups! That's crazy!" It can seem like an impossibility to many of us, as far away as the moon from where we stand today.
The good news is that making progress is really pretty simple. Just get started, and don't quit. If you have to take a break, or get sidelined because of your job, work, a vacation, whatever...just start again. That's not quitting, that's just a bump in the road. Just...keep...going. It doesn't matter where you start, only that you actually start and then keep going!
So what if you're only using an empty bar for push presses when 'that guy' is using a massively loaded barbell? Who cares if you're winded after your first 15 squats? Your squat may not be as low as it should be, but hey, you're squatting! What matters is that you're DOING something, you're working hard at your level, striving to get better each time. Just allow yourself to do what you can do. Your intensity can be just the same as 'that guy's'. He's been at it longer, and can do more work, but you're working just as hard, even if your run is a slow shuffle and you have to modify the exercises.
Because when you simply do what you can do, day in and day out, when you stick with it and just give it what you've got, a funny thing happens. After a while, that empty bar just feels too light, so you add weight to it. You start feeling a breeze in your face when you run, not because it's windy, but because you're faster. With a knowing smile, your coach asks you to deadlift more weight than you've ever considered lifting in your life...and you actually DO it. Old clothes feel too big on you, your step is springier, and carrying groceries into the house just isn't a big deal anymore.
Progress...every day, just a tiny bit of progress. Days go by, then weeks, and months...and before you know it, the moon doesn't seem quite so far away.
The good news is that making progress is really pretty simple. Just get started, and don't quit. If you have to take a break, or get sidelined because of your job, work, a vacation, whatever...just start again. That's not quitting, that's just a bump in the road. Just...keep...going. It doesn't matter where you start, only that you actually start and then keep going!
So what if you're only using an empty bar for push presses when 'that guy' is using a massively loaded barbell? Who cares if you're winded after your first 15 squats? Your squat may not be as low as it should be, but hey, you're squatting! What matters is that you're DOING something, you're working hard at your level, striving to get better each time. Just allow yourself to do what you can do. Your intensity can be just the same as 'that guy's'. He's been at it longer, and can do more work, but you're working just as hard, even if your run is a slow shuffle and you have to modify the exercises.
Because when you simply do what you can do, day in and day out, when you stick with it and just give it what you've got, a funny thing happens. After a while, that empty bar just feels too light, so you add weight to it. You start feeling a breeze in your face when you run, not because it's windy, but because you're faster. With a knowing smile, your coach asks you to deadlift more weight than you've ever considered lifting in your life...and you actually DO it. Old clothes feel too big on you, your step is springier, and carrying groceries into the house just isn't a big deal anymore.
Progress...every day, just a tiny bit of progress. Days go by, then weeks, and months...and before you know it, the moon doesn't seem quite so far away.
Monday, July 30, 2012
7-30-2012 Monday Workout
Warmup Run to the Landry's sign and back.
10-8-6-4-2
Woodchoppers w Medicine Ball
Divebomber Pushups
Chinnies
American Kettlebell Swings
2 minute rest
4 minutes Tabata sprints
The Olympics are on!! Watching those athletes give their all in competition always inspires me...can't wait to get my SWEAT on today!
10-8-6-4-2
Woodchoppers w Medicine Ball
Divebomber Pushups
Chinnies
American Kettlebell Swings
2 minute rest
4 minutes Tabata sprints
The Olympics are on!! Watching those athletes give their all in competition always inspires me...can't wait to get my SWEAT on today!
Saturday, July 28, 2012
7-27-2012 Friday Workout
While some folks caught up on FRAN from last week, the rest of us were hauling up and down the sidewalk next to the freeway...yes, that was us you saw running next to I-10!
1 Mile Run for time
Sweat was dripping, lungs were heaving, everything felt like it was on fire, but there was no quit out there today...great job, folks!!
1 Mile Run for time
Sweat was dripping, lungs were heaving, everything felt like it was on fire, but there was no quit out there today...great job, folks!!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
7-25-2012 Wednesday Workout
Run 1/2 mile
50 Squats
40 Hand-Release Pushups
30 Wall Balls 20lb/12lb/9 lb
20 Kettlebell Swings 53/35
10 Pullups
20 Kettlebell Swings 53/35
30 Wall Balls 20lb/12lb/9 lb
40 Hand-Release Pushups
50 Squats
Some days, workouts are short, fast, and furious. Others take a bit longer, so you just dig in and keep hacking away at it, rep by rep. Pause if you must, but just...don't...quit. Go get it, folks!!
50 Squats
40 Hand-Release Pushups
30 Wall Balls 20lb/12lb/9 lb
20 Kettlebell Swings 53/35
10 Pullups
20 Kettlebell Swings 53/35
30 Wall Balls 20lb/12lb/9 lb
40 Hand-Release Pushups
50 Squats
Some days, workouts are short, fast, and furious. Others take a bit longer, so you just dig in and keep hacking away at it, rep by rep. Pause if you must, but just...don't...quit. Go get it, folks!!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
7-24-2012 Tuesday Workout
10 Sprints
20 Seconds All Out Sprint, 10 seconds rest
After sprints....75 Pushups
20 Seconds All Out Sprint, 10 seconds rest
After sprints....75 Pushups
Monday, July 23, 2012
7-23-12 Monday Workout
10 minute AMRAP
10 American KB Swings
3 Shuttle Sprints
10 Squats
3 Shuttle Sprints
2 minute REST
4 Minute AMRAP
Burpees!!
10 American KB Swings
3 Shuttle Sprints
10 Squats
3 Shuttle Sprints
2 minute REST
4 Minute AMRAP
Burpees!!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Welcome to the Jade Mountain SWEAT Class!
FRAN
21 - 15 - 9
Barbell Thrusters 95/65
Pullups
Yes...FRAN is paying us another visit! Post your times!
21 - 15 - 9
Barbell Thrusters 95/65
Pullups
Yes...FRAN is paying us another visit! Post your times!
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