Monkey Blog

I still consider myself a noob when it comes to lifting, but at the same time I also do appreciate that I’ve come a long way since I started.

I’ve read that animals/humans have a “flight or fight” response when they’re confronted with something threatening.  I will never, ever forget the first time my personal trainer had me do a drop set with dumbbell curls.  That definitely set off my “flight” response.  If you could have peeked inside of my head at the time you probably would have heard something in the neighborhood of “STOP STOP STOP OH PLEASE GOD MAKE THIS STOP!”  I remember that it was such a shock, especially for someone who had never properly trained before.  My arms felt like they were on fire.  All I wanted to do was drop those dumbbells but the large man yelling at me wouldn’t let me.

Yesterday I was working my arms and I did four sets of the same drop set (obviously with more weight).  It still hurt like the devil near the end of each set, but my attitude was totally different.  Instead of counting the seconds until it was over I had different thoughts running through my head:

“Sweet!  This will help my arms grow.”
“I’m going to feel this tomorrow!”
“You can do a few more reps.”

I’m not sure when the switch happened, but I like it!

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