Darknesss23’s BodyBlog

Final minutes of the workout… Tired, exhausted, and drained…. Muscles already fatigued and swollen…. Thoughts wandering. Trying to stay focused. "YOU CAN DO THIS!  ONE LAST SET/ONE LAST REP.  GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT!" Vision clears as you get a tunnel vision effect with your goals at the end. Nothing distracts you, no visual or auditory stimuli can affect what you’re about to do.  Standing over the bar or at the machine you stand tall, breath deep, and feel a cool breeze of air from the open window nearby brush against your skin, cooling you and rejuvenating you. Another deep breath…  feeling the oxygen enter your body and fill your blood. A renewed sense of duty or purpose…You say to yourself, "YOU MUST DO THIS!"  And again, "YOU WILL DO THIS!"  Preparing now for your final task. Knees bent, hips bent forward slight, back straight and abs stretched and contracted, maintaining posture to keep you stable. Sweat drips from your forehead. Each drop is like weight lifted from your shoulders. "ONE MORE SET/ONE MORE REP" its almost over now. Powerfully moving with grace and control as the weight lifts off the ground contracting your muscles,and feeling the blood rush through vessels like a freight train. Seeing the striations break through the skin like a sledgehammer to a brick wall, revealing the the tough armor cast blood, sweat, tears, and the very iron you hold in your hands.  At the top now, full muscle contraction completed and just as gracefully and controlled as you lifted this weight you lower it down to where it came from. As the weight touches the ground you feel relief and soreness simultaneously. Each growing with intensity as one affects the other in a continuous cycle.  A few deep breaths and drops of sweat rain down from your forehead once more splashing onto your shirt. And then you realize, its not over… It’s only really just begun. A champion, is born.
haha just trying to get myself motivated for my workout tonight…  not that I’m competing or plan on competing any time soon or anything but I thought it might help.

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