Risk

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.”
-Leo F. Buscaglia

There is a reason people live in mediocrity, because it is easy. If you never give it your all you will never know how far you can go. If you do go 100% you run the risk of losing control or "hitting the wall." If you worry about holding back or saving something you will never reach your full potential. To me the latter is much worse. I would rather risk an injury and go all out then worry about the injury and never know what I am made off.

I am not perfect, no one is. I can not give every ounce of my self in every workout but I want to. But I do it often enough to know that I can.

"I don't save anything for the swim back"

On a less serious note that whole blog your food shit is for the birds. F that.

I get to do today as Rx'ed!!

The WOD posted today at my gym is one I can do as rx'ed!

10x 225 deadlift + 200m sprint: 3 Rounds


6:10am Zone Bar: 2P 2C 2F

9:30 3oz turkey, 1oz cheese = 3P; 1 slice bread = 2C; 6 macadamia nuts = 6F




"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." Coach Rippetoe

Same Shit Different Day

7 hours of good sleep

Back is sore from the GHD yesterday.

6:30am Zone Bar: 2P 2C 2F

9:10am 3oz turkey breast, oz cheese = 3P; 1 orange (s/m) = 2C; 6 macadamia nuts = 6F

12:00pm 4oz ground buffalo meat = 4P; 1 small apple = 2C; ~2Tbs peanut butter 12F

4:00pm 1 yogurt (with fruit), 1 string cheese = 2P & 2C; 3 macadamia nuts 3F

7:00pm 5oz chicken breast = 5P; 2 1/2 cups steamed broccoli = 2C; 12oz beer = 1.5C; 2 Tbs peanut butter 6F

Again not a bad day but not great. I need to work harder at packing my lunch so I am satisfied after meals. I have been craving sugar bad the last few days.

WOD:
5x 400m sprint with a 3min rest between sets

R1: 1:20
R2: 1:18
R3: 1:22
R4: 1:24
R4: 1:27
R5: 1:28

Not bad but the legs are not happy. I recovered well between sets but it was hard to keep the run technique in the last few sets.

Something New

I want to start tracking more on this site. I'm not sure how long this will last but I am really trying to make a solid 6 week run with one cheat meal a week and I think this will help. I will update throughout the day.

6:30am Zone Bar: 2P 2C 2F

9:45am 1 flour tortilla = 3C, 3oz turkey 1 0z cheese = 3P, 3 macadamia nuts = 3F

12:45pm 1 slice whole grain bread = 2C, 3oz turkey, 1oz cheese spread, 1 string cheese = 4P, 10 macadamia nuts = 10F

4:45pm small apple = 2C, 3oz, 1 string cheese = 3P, 9 macadamia nuts = 9F

7:30pm 4 cups spinach, 1 Tbs dried cranberry, 1/2 apple = 3C, 1oz blue cheese 4oz cooked ground buffalo = 5P, 2 Tbs avocado + fat in cheese = 3F.

12C 15P 27F

Not a perfect day but not bad.

WOD
7 rounds of
12 pulls on a rower
12 GHD sit-ups

12:30

Shoulder Pain Fucking Sucks

My shoulder is fucked up. It hurts more and more every fucking day. It hurts more when I sleep then at the gym but its still keeping me out. I am going to the doc next week so he/she can tell me not to workout and I can tell him/her to go to hell. Then I will go to a PT who will tell me not to work out but at least try to fix me. So you know what this means? I will be doing more heavy back squats, dead-lifts and other static movements that I don't hurt and some running. No pull-ups, KB swings, snatches, shoulder press, push-ups or anything else remotely fun. Fuck this sucks. FML