Friday
It’s the end of a long week. I put in a lot of hours at work as my number of personal training clients has gone up quite a bit. In terms of workouts, things were consolidated a little this week so I could take a couple of days off for recovery. It’s important to remember that you don’t grow when you’re in the gym. Working out is just a stimulus that combined with rest, proper nutrition, hydration, etc will induce growth. It’s important to listen to your body. Sometimes it needs an extra day off. It’s not worth going to the gym if you can’t give 110%…it’s a waste of time! Yesterday was my extra day off, so i’m ready to get back in there and get crazy tonight! I need an exceptional workout tonight so that I can start my weekend on a positive note, knowing I took another step towards my next goal. Every day, every action, every meal, every set and every rep is all part of the big picture. You can never lose sight of that. Slack off for one minute and someone else is catching up or getting ahead. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN!!! Every day is another page of a chapter as important as all the rest. I will spend the next 2 hours focusing my mind on absolutely crushing my back tonight! At this point in the day, that is all that matters. I don’t give a sh*t about the weekend, what i’m going to do tomorrow, etc. All I care is that I walk out of the gym tonight knowing I left it all out on the gym floor.
Sacrifice!
As said by Herb Brooks, "You must learn to grow through pain"
My willingness to endure pain is a weapon in a battle to defy the limits of my own body!
Mediocrity sucks! It is for those who are weak-minded and have no willpower!
Striving for and accepting anything less than excellence is a concept that I will not even allow myself to be familiar with.
August 24, 2007 at 11:32 am
Very good statement! That is why i am not calling bodybuilding a hobby! Bodybuilding is a way of life…you have to change everything as you mentioned before!