Corrofficer’s BodyBlog

I am tired of hearing excuses for everything.  I would do this or do that but…. Geez, enough already.  I use to make excuses for everything in my life that I failed at.  I would make excuses for being overweight, for being lazy, and everything else.  I have come to a point in my life that I need to see things the way they are.  It’s not that I was too tired to workout so I didn’t achieve my goals, it’s that I simply failed.  I see excuses as a way to sugar coat things and not accepting reality.  My goals now consist of making goals and either reaching them or failing.  If I fail to reach them, then I accept the fact that I failed but I don’t stop there, I regroup and try again.  This may not make sense to many people but it’s my blog and I need to vent, lol.  Anyway, for myself and anyone else who may be reading this, stop making excuses and accomplish things.  WAKE UP PEOPLE

I have never been blessed with natural physical abilities. I feel like I am working my ass off just to get where a lot of people are normally. Sometimes I think, what’s the point of putting myself through this pain and torture?  Why aren’t I at home sitting on the couch or getting a couple extra hours of sleep?  I won’t ever be a professional bodybuilder or even the strongest one at work so why even work out at all.  Then as sweat is running down my face, my body is tired with exhaustion, and my mind is telling me to stop, I work my way through the burning pain I feel through all my muscles.  I finally get the bar to it’s final destination and then I realize, this is what it’s all about. 

Well, I have set some very short term goals and I may have chose the wrong time to pick them.  I definitely shouldn’t have set a weight goal with this being the holiday season.  I am getting stronger which is a plus but then my measurements aren’t making the progress I would like them to make.  I do feel better than I have in awhile so maybe I should not worry about the measurements.  I like having something to work for so goals are good for me.  However, I need to get better goal setting skills.  I also change my workouts quite often so it may be difficult to reach goals on certain lifts.  I may go awhile without doing a certain exercise and then all of a sudden I’m trying to break a personal record, not sure if that is going to happen.  I guess I will just mess with the goal setting for awhile and see how it works.  I will just have to work on not getting down when I don’t reach a goal.  I must keep in mind that "records are meant to be broken" even if they are my own personal records.

I have had several very good workouts.  I have had comments made on my muscle development.  I also have had several on lookers watching my workouts.  This is definitely a boost of confidence. 

I had a very nice run today.  I started out thinking there is no way I can get through this, at the half way point I wanted to stop but I kept pushing myself.  I got through my run and made it 2.5 miles.  I love the feeling after a nice run, this stuff keeps getting better and better.

After a short lay off, I went back to the gym and had a decent workout.  I could tell I was rusty but it feels good to get back in the swing of things.  Hopefully I can get back on a regular schedule.

The only reason Halloween sucks is because there is too much candy!!!  I had a good time on Halloween, got some good exercise in while taking the kids trick or treating.  Had a slow start to my workout last night.  I started getting into it more when a couple of younger guys came in and just goofed off.  They didn’t really do much of anything except for get in my way.  They didn’t stay very long so I had a strong finish to my routine.  I’m still gaining strength which is what I’m looking for. 

Thanks to an inmate that pissed me off at work.  I had an excellent workout yesterday.  It was one of the best workouts I’ve had in a very long time.  I guess I just needed the right motivation to get me back on track.

I had an excellent workout last night.  I was looking back in my log at old workouts I was doing.  I can’t believe the amount I have improved over the last year and a half.  That was a motivation all in itself.  My measurements aren’t that great of a change but I’m getting stronger and that is what counts in my world.  Yeah, I would like to look good, but in my job, you got to be strong physically and mentally.  I’m achieving both and thanks to a look to the past, I’m motivated to keep going strong.  If you are not logging your workouts then you need to be, it’s a great motivation.

I started a new workout and that has improved my attitude on exercising.  I haven’t performed deadlifts in awhile and my lower back has been killing me, that’s the reason for my decline in my deadlift weights.  I’d like to shed some pounds but I know that is coming.