Ever Surprised Yourself?
Yesterday I was in the gym again for the second time since school officially got back in session. It was the busiest I have seen it in almost 8 months. Not to mention our school has opened its doors to the local Goodlife chain as they begin their major expansion at a new location. So not only is every student trying to hit the gym but so is every Goodlife client in the city.
At first I really hated the fact that the gym was so busy. It’s almost impossible to get a bench or squat rack. Also, so many first timers are in the gym half killing themselves and having tea parties near the dumbbell rack. I sound like a complainer, I know.
The big "however" comes with what happened to my workout partner and I yesterday. We finally locked up a bench and went to it. Neither of us had done bench in a while so we decided to start fairly low. So we did a set of 155, then 175, then 195, then 225, then 235!! "235!" I thought to myself. I had never even come close to lifting that kind of weight. I was freaking out, I was in the friggin zone, we were in the friggin zone.
So I asked myself today…was it just a good day? was I trying to impress the two incredibly beautiful girls doing curls right next to us? or was I just using the rare opportunity of snagging a bench in a packed gym?
Whatever the reason, I surprised myself, and I feel amazing today. I can’t wait to get back in there tomorrow.
September 10, 2008 at 12:37 pm
whatever u did just try to keep yourself in the same zone every time u lift and you’ll go up constantly.i feel for ya on the girl thing just try to lift for yourself no matter who’s in the gym,you’ll see you can conjure up the zone everytime if u work at it…….keep it up.-aaron