So far, for me the biggest challenge has been mental. Each time I run, or I am working on a set at the gym, there is a little voice inside my head screaming "Owowowowowowooooooowwww! You have to stop."
And that is the moment when most people do.
But here are the objections -- and the epiphany that they're mostly about mental grit, not physical really was an eye-opener.
Objection 1: I can't do this.
Resolution: You ARE doing this.
Objection 2: I can't keep going.
Resolution: Why? Breathing ok? muscles ok? Why specifically can't you keep going? Fix that, and then press on.
Objection 3: IT HURTS!
Resolution: It's always going to hurt. Suck it up, princess.
Last night, I jogged upstairs with two full paint cans, hand-cut sheet rock, cut wood, patched three holes in the walls of my son's former room (he had a boxing phase -- don't ask) taped off the trim and applied the first layer of paint to what will be our new guest room. And I did all that without breaking a sweat.
That's the kind of progress we don't realize we're making.
We're training harder to make everything else just a little easier.
The benefits of that manifest in the strangest places. It's very cool.
BTW -- Happy Birthday, Fred. Don't do anything I wouldn't do. That shouldn't limit you much. ;)
Of course -- there are also the moments when I am working on weights of running and my mind is like "c'mon Beth, push, push push!" . . . ."Oh -- so seriously, no more?" . . . "Ok, we'll pick this up again next time."
ReplyDeleteI'd read about working muscles to failure, but I didn't expect to be doing it fairly regularly.
It makes me feel fierce.
You are fierce, and you are inspiring. I'm reading this as I am mentally whining over a stomachache. I can do this. Thank you for the reminder. We can do this, we will do this.
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