Down the Homestretch
Including this week, there are only 6 weeks left until football camp. The upcoming season will be my last as a collegiate athlete. This week also marks the beginning of the second phase of my summer lifting program (last week was a rest week). Due to begin on monday, I had to start yesterday due to work. I sprained my ankle last thursday and I would put myself at about 70% recovered as of now. As of yesterday, there was still a lot of swelling (especially after being on it all day at work) and a little bruising. But after doing some more strengthening and icing last night, I woke up this morning to see that about 50-60% of the swelling had gone 
. This is a great sign because while thankfully I am still able to squat and do most lifts, I am still unable to run and cut at full speed, which was supposed to begin again this week.
I was pretty unhappy with my workout yesterday. Mentally I was unprepared and felt sluggish and physically i felt exhausted and hesitant on my ankle. It was about 89 degrees yesterday and unbelievably humid. While i tried to push myself with the weights, i wasn’t as successful as I would have wanted to be. I am also trying to pack on a couple of lean mass and lose a little bodyfat so started a new diet last monday (with the help of a few great suggestions from members of this site). I weighed myself at they gym yesterday and was disappointed to see that I had actually lost 2lbs. But I am hoping that with the continuation of lifting these next 5 weeks that I have nothing to worry about. All in all i will have to say that while yesterdays time at the gym could have been better, I definitely walked away feeling that I became more mentally tough.
-One cannot do anything about circumstance, but one can control their own attitude.
