Summer 08 Contest Prep

If I were feeling a little more lawless, I’d gather all the copies of Cosmo and Seventeen, douse them in kerosene, and strike a match.  I’d throw in reams of print ads from Calvin Klein and watch with delight as Kate Moss’ stick-thin image was reduced to carbon.  I’d add copies of Shape and Runner’s World until the flames reached toward the heavens, and then I’d crank call the editorial desk at Muscle and Fitness until they stopped publishing pictures of women on steroids.

I’d get the master tapes of America’s Next Top Model and dub over them with “Nasty Girls”, broadcasting the results on every television station in America.  I’d skywrite “CrossFit.com” across the Boston skyline, and gently admonish the hoards of long distance runners trotting along the Charles River—with a bullhorn.

I’d take every woman with mass media-induced ideals of beauty, and I’d show them what it really means to be beautiful. 

Beautiful women are strong and powerful.  They are athletes, capable of every feat under the sun.  They have muscles, borne of hard work and sweat.  They gauge their self-worth through accomplishments, not by the numbers on the bathroom scale.  They understand that muscle weighs more than fat, and they love the fact that designer jeans don’t fit over their well-developed quads. 

They know that high repetitions using light weights is a path to mediocrity, and “toning” is a complete and utter myth.  They refuse to succumb to the marketers that prey on insecurity, leaving the pre-packaged diet dinners and fat-burning pills on the shelf to pass their expiration date.

Beautiful women train with intensity.  They derive self-image from the quality of their work and their ability to excel, and they wouldn’t be caught dead with a vinyl pink dumbbell.  They move iron, they do pull-ups, they jump, sprint, punch, and kick, and they use the elliptical machine—as a place to hang their jump rope. 

They spend their weekends in sport, climbing walls, winning races, and running rivers.  They laugh as they sprint circles around the unschooled, turning the image-obsessed into benchwarmers.  Beautiful women don’t care if they’re soaked in sweat and covered in dirt, if their nails are chipped or their hair out of place.  They care only about quality of life. 

Beautiful women are happy, healthy, and strong, and they’re right there beside me, tossing conventional beauty on the ever-growing flames of what used to be. 

Shamelessly stolen from www.crossfitvb.com

the only way you could pretend this is related is because it happened right after my workout

i was blowdrying my hair this morning and the hair dryer caught on fire.  my reaction:  laugh and stress over how to style my half-wet hair for work.  never mind the sparks shooting off the hair dryer in my hand.

OH well.  guess i get to go buy a new one.

Saturday morning I took my exam for NASM - Certified Personal Trainer.  I PASSED!  I was so excited.  It took me less than half an hour and I realllllly had to pee the whole time, but I just KNEW the material so well.  So, I’m totally pumped.  I can’t wait to use this.  I’m slowly moving towards my goals now!

Also, not as big of news, but I bought a kettlebell yesterday.  Kettlebells are HARD!  I am looking forward to working them into my workouts, I think doing KB work will definitely help build up my shoulders, which I REALLY need.

OK that’s all for now!  Back to work!

let’s see if i have any fans…head over here and vote for me

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although my weight is just not budging, my physique is (slowly) improving.  my legs are coming out, my stomach is flat.  my arms are NOT stringy and veiny like they were in may and my muscle bellies are full and hard and beautiful.

i’m thinking that my weight may be holding still because i’m still using creatine every workout.  i was planning on taking it up until october.  i’m going to stick with that plan, then cut it and see what happens.  i’m pretty confident that i’m still building lean mass.  i’m getting 100-150 g of carbs a day, so i’m able to work out at a very high intensity.  i’m still in pain from sunday’s crossfit workout!

so, new plan is to stay at 142 for now and in october i should be able to shed 2 pounds a week to hit 135 (ish) in time for october 20.  now the question is, what show on 10/20?  OCB Charm City?  NPA State Qualifier (local)?  INBF Battle of Blacksburg?  Convenience factor alone says NPA, I have time to decide I guess.  I’m getting really psyched for Yorton, I’m going to get my registration in this week.  Will be exciting to meet so many pros!

 Today I tried some of the events I’ll have to do in tri-fitness.  I built a 20" aerobic step and did 20 box jumps followed by 10 - 10-yard sprints.  Repeat at highest possible intensity for 20 minutes.  Puke.  Then stretch and get some aminos.  It was GREAT.

SOOOO…I tried Crossfit yesterday at the open house in Virginia Beach.  Let me tell you, I am HURTING today.  It’s all my core/stabilization muscles that are in pain, which makes EVERYTHING difficult.  Try letting a clutch out smoothly while your adductors are cramping.

Needless to say I loved it.  I think I may actually try working this into my routine.  They post their workouts online every day so I could do them myself…wonder what the beach-bodies at Gold’s would think of that!

So, I have all my motivation and ambition back to push myself and get psyched for my show this fall, and I think I’m going to plan on doing my tri-fitness competition next JULY 10-13 in VEGAS BABY.  Bring it!

www.crossfitvb.com if you are interested in torture…thanks for a great workout, pat and thomi!

My weight won’t budge.  My cals are low.  My carbs and fat are VERY low (oh my god was I craving carbs yesterday).  My workouts are good.  WHY CAN’T I LOSE!??!  I’m nervous that I won’t be ready for October 20.  I have had my heart set on Yorton since I started competing, and I WILL be ready for it.  But every day I just look bloated and soft.  Nothing is happening yet.

On top of that, I can’t seem to get anything done.  I train, work, eat, and that’s it.  No time left to take care of my house, talk to my friends, study for my CPT exam.  I really need to wrap my head around what’s going on with this contest prep.  It is SO much harder and SO much less fun than the last time around….