Making Statements, Not Excuses

No not from training but from here for a week. I have a lot of personal issues going on right now and i believe its about to reach its tipping point. So before I lose it, I decided this morning while in church that i needed a break totally from everything. For the next 5 days I will be away from not only bodyspace but from the internet altogether. I also will be away from the Television, and radio all week. I will log on only to check my email but I really need to totally clear my head and re-focus on everything from my training to my personal issues and family issues. It’s not a training issue it’s a life issue. So i know you guys count on me for some entertaining blogs but I think you guys can survive 5 days without me. If you need me though you can send me an email at wtillman02@yahoo.com. Thanks for reading this guys and please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

We all like to perform at our highest level in the gym but sometimes we get a little big in the pants and want to be a little bold with what we are doing? Keep in mind that something must be said for proper form and well…common sense!!! Enjoy!!

When i’m working out I don’t mind helping a man out that needs a spot but here is the dilemma. A guy asked for a spot on the beach press the other day and i said no problem. If I can be there to help a guy push pass that plataeu or save him from injuring himself i’ll do it all day. My problem came when as the guy exhaled the smell from the guy’s breath would have killed a young puppy. Do you know how hard it is to hold your composure and not make a face while a guy is blowing what smells like a mixture of crap and spoiled meat in your face? Trust me it’s easier to hld a competition pose. I don’t think it’s too much too ask people to brush their teeth or down a gallon of Listerine before going out in public. Show courtesy to your fellow gym members by not trying to kill them with bad personal hygeine.

Now don’t read into it that i’m dissing anyone that came in second place at a competition or in any race or something like that. I’m such a competitor that I just hate coming in second in anything. Am i wrong for thinking this way? I know everyone should be proud er ttheir accomplishments because its tough when you compete in anything and some people on some days will just be better than you. I get that. But I guess i’m saying it makes me want to work that much harder to get better and fight for the top prize the next time around. I tend to want to get that extra rep, run that extra mile, do that extra sprint, and on and on. Am I alone in wanting this and am I wrong for wanting such perfection? Can you tell me you never have felt this way? I mean even if I playing Madden, i want to win so bad people can’t stand me sometimes. So i guess I will continue to DO WORK until I reach that ultimate prize…and then do it again.

GOTCHA!!! Now that I have your attention, I want to talk to you about an addiction, one that we all have a problem getting over. Not drugs, not alcohol, not the three letter S word(Herm), no we all have and some of us battle the demon of Bad foods. How many of us have said that we will eat clean from this day on out but end up caving in and devouring a doughnut and chasing it with a 44 oz soda later that day? Then of course what follows next?….depression, guilt and a sense of failure. I know because i’ve been there and still struggle today at times. Now for the most part i’m have perfect days, more perfect days that imperfect ones, but it’s still not easy. You know the phrase, if it was easy, we would all be doing it. But think about all of these other addictions I’ve mentioned. When people seek to break away from them, an intervention is set up. What we have to do is to set up an intervention of sorts with ourselves. We have to learn what is good and bad foods. Its hard to break free and know what is good and bad because we have been told from birth that some things were good for us and we ate it up because we honestly didn’t think we were doing anything harmful to our bodies. But now that we know better, we want to eat better but don’t know how to ditinguish good from bad. So we have to research, study and then learn how to shop for the good foods and then learn how to prepare meals in advance so we will have our meals in tow and don’t have to go to Burger King for lunch or have to pay a visit to the vending machine in the break room. If we do these things we would probably get off to a great start at whipping this demon.

Just thought you might want to see what could happen if and when you do

http://www.gain-weight-muscle-fast.com/steroid-side-effects.html

Now if you still want to do them, remember you were warned

Gotta love great moments at the gym. Like today. I was working out and a lady came in with her 2 year old granddaughter. She said she was keeping her babysitting because her daughter, the 2 year old’s mom had to take the other kid to the doctor. She said that she believe she came down with the h1n1 virus flu. Then the 2 year old said, " yeah, she got the flying flu!!". Of course we had a great laugh. You gotta love 2 year olds when they are just beginning to talk. I said well we better be careful because if the flu is flying we might have to run from it. But anyway that woke me up and the workout was great.

Well its the month of September. Are you reaching or have reached the goals you set out to acheive at the beginning of the year. I will be honest by saying, no I have not reached the goals I set out to back in January. But i have gotten better and will only improve. Now some of the reasons I may not have gotten better is because of some of the stresses I’ve dealt with but its not the sole reason. There have been times where I got so caught up in feeling sorry for myself and used it as an excuse for not getting better. So I ask this Question of you. Have you gotten better? Are you content with what you have or will you continue to work at getting better? If you haven’t gotten better have you given up or are you gonna continue to work to find a way to get better. I have chosen to step the game up. I’m nowhere close but that does not mean some changes have not been happening. I’m not gonna settle for failure and i’m not gonna be satisfied with the accomplishments I make. NEVER SETTLE!! Its Game on from here on out!!

I learn so much from this show. Every year these people have more than just a story about wanting to lose weight, They have real life issues that led to the reasons why they are in the shape they are in. One person wanted to live for his two young kids, one lady lost her entire family to a wreckless driver, another young lady talked about her mom being a heroine addict and dying very and overweight, One guy was a coach who was ashamed that he was pushing kids hard to be in the best shape they can be yet he was a walking, talking hypocrite. Oh and then the exercise time, my favorite part. Seeing Jillian and Bob get in their faces and crying havoc and unleashing the dogs of war on the contestants is always fun. Then of course the weigh-ins were suspenseful and of course as the first week goes with everyone, Tons of weight was dropped. I’m so glad my favorite reality show is back. I encourage you guys to watch it if you have the time

Then I will be Superman by the end of this journey. Not only do i deal with having to stick with trying to keep this regimine going, I also continue to try to find better employment, I have to deal with contentious family member and even though i know He hasn’t forgotten me, the human side of me feels like The Lord is just not hearing my prayers. But I press on toward the goal that i set out for. Workouts are my only refuge from so much confusion, dissapointment and anger….Of course If i didn’t have you guys here Every day, i don’t know how i would make it through some of my workouts. So while i come in and give inspiration, i need inspiration too. Well enough of this weeks soap box, on to my sprints and plyos