Pushing my limits

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everypennyspent

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I have decided I'll start a fitness journal to see how far I can push my limits physically and mentally.

Everyday I wake is another chance for me to push myself, see what I can achieve. I will NOT take anyday for granted and I will share my days here. I have beaten obesity, I have beaten my allergies and now I realise that it's time to live my life completely.

When the going gets tough the tough get going :yelrotflmao:
 
Well done and welcome. Let's see some workouts. :)
 
I'd like to push your limits. Rawr.

.. That was probably inappropriate, hey.

Anyway, good to see you taking the plunge. You can't move forward if you don't know where you are, and perhaps more importantly, where you were. :) I find the whole journal thing helps with that. A.. synchronization of perspectives, I guess I'd call it.
 
Thank you for the replies I wasn't expecting them at all!

Today is my day off, I always struggle when I have a day off because I think of all the things I could be doing but I realise I must take today off to allow my body to repair. Last week I ran 45km, spread out on three days with 15km each and did three days of full body weights. I must rest to make myself stronger, repair is extremely important.

This week ahead I'm planning on doing spin at least once, weights three times and run where I can fit it in. I also need more protein, today I'll have a protein shake to help repair my muscles after weights yesterday. I might do yoga this afternoon just to relax and get some stretching in.

I also feel like I'm coming down with a cold but I won't let it, my body does not get sick and does not give in to weakness.
 
I am "EveryPennySPENT" and smell the SCENT of my motivational INTENT, and will invest to the fullest EXTENT in "EveryPennySPENT"

I am "EveryPennySPENT"; I will not REPENT and will CIRCUMVENT all personal TORMENT to RE-INVENT the beauty in "EveryPennySPENT"

For this, my inner and out beauty will reflect as a shadow on all CEMENT, and this will REPRESENT a new "EveryPennySPENT", and then I will be personally CONTENT with "EveryPennySPENT".

I want to wish you well with your new journal. Just remember that within your goal journey, all you ever need is the beauty that is wrapped up inside you to get the job you want done to your personal satisfaction.

Be the judge, jury, and executioner, and ROCK ON!

ALLOW NO ONE to enter your head to ruin your goal path!

Best wishes,


Chillen
 
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Chillin, you are honestly an amazing person! Thank you for your motivational words I will repeat these to myself often!

Sunday for my day off I ended up doing a class with a friend "Body Combat" it was her idea and I didn't want to let her down because she may have not done it without me and I want to motivate her to reach her goals. I didn't think it was very hard at all at the time but I'm feeling it in my arms and upper back still today! That certainly proved me wrong with my view on gym classes besides spin.

Monday I was still slightly sore so I ended up doing yoga to loosen everything up a little bit which was a good idea, I then did some lower body weights just to relax my upper body for a while longer.

I have received some bad news about my exams I unfortunately failed and this really got me down because I felt like I put my all into them. I was feeling awful about it and didn't have much motivation to do anything today then I bumped into my trainer and sat down and had a chat with him who I now consider a friend rather than a trainer, after getting a lot off my chest he told me I needed to run 15km today :rolleyes: not exactly what I wanted to hear considering I was emotionally drained. When i whinged he just said "Ok 20km then".

I came home, got into my running gear after we'd agreed I'd run 15km. I reached for my ipod and saw it was out of battery, I decided I could use it as an excuse or just get on with it and which one did I choose? I GOT ON WITH IT :beerchug: I ran out the door as I kept on repeating in my head "Just get through it, just get through it" as I ran I saw a beautiful woman in my path with a man and a dog, with my low motivation I looked at her and thought "****ing hell that's unfair, she's WALKING her dog and she's got a great body why do I try so hard" as I got closer I realised it was a lady I know from my gym who is a keen runner. It was almost a HA HA in your face that gave me a HUGE amount of motivation to finish this run, I spoke to her while I whizzed past and it was exactly what i needed, she lives locally and has often commented that she sees me running and thinks I'm amazing and I also have run a fun run with her raising money for a charity she organised.

Yes the run did get hard physically and emotionally but I finished and I beat my PB for 15km by 6 seconds, how's that beating it against all those odds. I am happy I stuck with it and ended up doing it! No whinging will be accepted from now on, I have the motivation, the determination and now it's time to show the world what I've got.
 
The key here to remember is that you're competing against yourself, not anyone else. You'll see people with better genetics, better training regimens, better nutrition... You'll also see people with worse versions of those things. The key is to learn from the former, and pass on the knowledge to the latter.
 
Ok, I know I've been horribly slack with this journal and looking at it you'd wonder how I get any results physically when I'm so lazy in other aspects of my life but I'm going to try my best.

I am veeeery happy to say I've found myself a running partner :) he's a guy I was friends with a long time ago who lives locally and he's training for an iron man competition and has already done one which I admire. He's very physically fit, very very motivated AND runs at the same pace as me! He's also in a commited long term relationship so I don't have to worry about fancing him or vice versa. He was great motivating me on a hill today and I beat my PB by 50 seconds!! My running future is looking very bright :yelrotflmao:
 
Oh and another thing to brag about, my trainer told me that I have the best form for squats that he's seen in our gym :) and then a few days later a woman I know came up to me and said as she was walking through the gym she saw me squatting but not my face and thought to herself that I had amazing form and it was so great to see a woman who actually knows what she's doing in the weights area :cool:
 
Tom I've already offered to push your limits beyond belief if you ever travel over here and believe me it will be worth the trouble.
 
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