It stinks when you feel like you're not getting anywhere for so long...not just in the weight room, but in life in general as well. I'm tackling quite a few things right now in my life, so some extra prayers would be excellent. Thanks. :-)
Bench Press - 135 lbs., 6. 145 lbs., 6. 155 lbs., 4. 165 lbs., 2.
Cable Flies - 30 lbs., 2 sets of 20. 40 lbs., 15.
Close Grip Bench - 80 lbs., 2 sets of 12. 90 lbs, 10.
Cable Tricep Extension - 30 lbs., 4 sets of 15, each arm.
Machine Bench - 230 lbs., tempo 311, 10, 7, 7, 6.
Plate Skull Crushers - 25 lbs., 30, 30, 25, 25.
Machine Flies - 70 lbs., tempo 311, 12, 11, 9, 9.
4 sets of 20 Plate Crunches.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sleep is goooooood.
Adam had switched my summer time workout session to 7:30 a.m. b/c of his schedule. That meant I was getting up at 4:30 a.m. to make breakfast and get ready to leave my house by 6. Well, very thankfully, Adam switched me to 10:45 and put a new person that he acquired in my early slot. SO, I now get to make breakfast at 7 a.m. like a normal person! lol. It's amazing the little joys in life that can excite you. I never thought I'd hear myself say that I wasn't tired because I got to sleep until 6:30 a.m. Oh my, the roads life takes us on.
Pec-Dec Single Arm - 45 lbs, 15. 65 lbs, 15. 85 lbs, 12. 105 lbs, 10 w/ right arm, 6 w/ left.
Incline Press - 115 lbs, 10. 125 lbs, 10. 135 lbs, 8.
Dumbbell Flies - 30 lbs, 3 sets of 20.
Chin ups - 3 sets of 10.
Cable Bicep Curls - 20 lbs, 35, 30, 30, 25.
Machine Bench - 180 lbs, tempo 321, 15, 10, 8, 8
Machine Flies - 70 lbs, tempo 321, 4 sets of 9
2 sets of 80 Side Bend Abs...actually he had it marked as 4 sets of 40, but I improvised a little.
Forearm still hurts, hence the low-weight burn-out sets of bicep curls. But, I go back to Jack tomorrow so he'll fix it a little more. Elbow feels great. :)
Pec-Dec Single Arm - 45 lbs, 15. 65 lbs, 15. 85 lbs, 12. 105 lbs, 10 w/ right arm, 6 w/ left.
Incline Press - 115 lbs, 10. 125 lbs, 10. 135 lbs, 8.
Dumbbell Flies - 30 lbs, 3 sets of 20.
Chin ups - 3 sets of 10.
Cable Bicep Curls - 20 lbs, 35, 30, 30, 25.
Machine Bench - 180 lbs, tempo 321, 15, 10, 8, 8
Machine Flies - 70 lbs, tempo 321, 4 sets of 9
2 sets of 80 Side Bend Abs...actually he had it marked as 4 sets of 40, but I improvised a little.
Forearm still hurts, hence the low-weight burn-out sets of bicep curls. But, I go back to Jack tomorrow so he'll fix it a little more. Elbow feels great. :)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Perfect Routine
Incline Military - 70 lbs, 20. 120 lbs, 8, 11. 130 lbs, 4
Smith Single Arm Rows - 45 lbs, 15. 50 lbs, 12, 11
Smith Single Arm Pulldown - 110 lbs, 12, 10, 10.
Machine Military - 80 lbs, tempo 212, 4 sets of 15
Iron Cross w/ Band - 25, 20, 25, 25
Lateral Raises - 10 lb Dumbbells, 20, 18, 18
3 sets of 30 Alternating Supermans
Felt really great after my workout today. It was a really well put-together routine...not that they all aren't. But for some reason I felt extra good afterwards today.
Smith Single Arm Rows - 45 lbs, 15. 50 lbs, 12, 11
Smith Single Arm Pulldown - 110 lbs, 12, 10, 10.
Machine Military - 80 lbs, tempo 212, 4 sets of 15
Iron Cross w/ Band - 25, 20, 25, 25
Lateral Raises - 10 lb Dumbbells, 20, 18, 18
3 sets of 30 Alternating Supermans
Felt really great after my workout today. It was a really well put-together routine...not that they all aren't. But for some reason I felt extra good afterwards today.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Whole New Elbow!
Jack did my massage on Saturday and found a spot in my forearm that was pretty tight and knotted. When he got it to release a little bit, my elbow felt so much better!!!!!!! The side isn't hurting me at all and the middle of my tricep is still sore but doing much better....now my forearm hurts like the dickens! lol. But, it's a much more tolerable spot to have something bothering me. Anyway, here's my routine:
Bench - 115 lbs. 12 reps, matched 20 seconds later. 125 lbs, 8 reps, 6 reps 15 second later. 135 lbs, 4 reps, matched 10 seconds later.
Incline Dumbbell Press - 45 lbs, 3 sets 15, 15, 14...I ALMOST had that last rep, it was SO close.
Pec-Dec - 110 lbs, 3 sets 12. Adam was pretty impressed with this. We jumped on after someone was done and he said that if that guy hadn't have been on, he wouldn't have put that weight on it...but I handled it!!!
Machine Flies - 60 lbs, tempo 222, 15, 15, 12, 10
Machine Bench - 210 lbs, tempo 222, 8, 5, 8, 4 (i took an extra long break between sets 2 & 3 to get 8 on my 3rd set. lol).
Overhead Tricep Extension - 20 lb. Dumbbell, 4 sets of 10 each arm.
Skull Crushers - 25 lb plate (laying on floor), 4 sets 25
Plate Twist Abs - 25 lb plate - 30, 20, 20
Adam changed my tricep exercises today. They were ones that I can handle on my own, and make sure that my arm isn't bowed out...which is how I think I messed up my elbow. Things went very well. I really liked the Plate Skulls.
Still seeing improvement, so I'm a happy camper.
Bench - 115 lbs. 12 reps, matched 20 seconds later. 125 lbs, 8 reps, 6 reps 15 second later. 135 lbs, 4 reps, matched 10 seconds later.
Incline Dumbbell Press - 45 lbs, 3 sets 15, 15, 14...I ALMOST had that last rep, it was SO close.
Pec-Dec - 110 lbs, 3 sets 12. Adam was pretty impressed with this. We jumped on after someone was done and he said that if that guy hadn't have been on, he wouldn't have put that weight on it...but I handled it!!!
Machine Flies - 60 lbs, tempo 222, 15, 15, 12, 10
Machine Bench - 210 lbs, tempo 222, 8, 5, 8, 4 (i took an extra long break between sets 2 & 3 to get 8 on my 3rd set. lol).
Overhead Tricep Extension - 20 lb. Dumbbell, 4 sets of 10 each arm.
Skull Crushers - 25 lb plate (laying on floor), 4 sets 25
Plate Twist Abs - 25 lb plate - 30, 20, 20
Adam changed my tricep exercises today. They were ones that I can handle on my own, and make sure that my arm isn't bowed out...which is how I think I messed up my elbow. Things went very well. I really liked the Plate Skulls.
Still seeing improvement, so I'm a happy camper.
Friday, June 19, 2009
End "Rehab" Week.
Incline Press - 95 lbs, 20. 100 lbs, 15. 105 lbs, 10. 110 lbs, 5.
Flies - 30 lb. DB's, 3 sets of 20
Supersetted with Curls - 20 lb. DB's, 3 sets of 20
Pull-Ups - 3 sets of 10
Machine Bench - 200 lbs, tempo 222, 12, 8, 6
Machine Flies - 80 lbs, tempo 222, 8, 6, 6
Decline Abs - 3 sets of 20
Still fairly light weight. We'll see what next week brings. Tried to do Curls w/ 30 lbs, but my elbow still hurt pretty good...so I'll keep stretching and icing. It's getting better. Good day :)
Flies - 30 lb. DB's, 3 sets of 20
Supersetted with Curls - 20 lb. DB's, 3 sets of 20
Pull-Ups - 3 sets of 10
Machine Bench - 200 lbs, tempo 222, 12, 8, 6
Machine Flies - 80 lbs, tempo 222, 8, 6, 6
Decline Abs - 3 sets of 20
Still fairly light weight. We'll see what next week brings. Tried to do Curls w/ 30 lbs, but my elbow still hurt pretty good...so I'll keep stretching and icing. It's getting better. Good day :)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Catch Up
I haven't done back/shoulders for about three weeks!!! So, I thought I'd have to do a little catch up work. Adam says I could take three years off for shoulders and not have to catch up. lol.
Smith Military - 95 lbs, 12, 11, 10
Backward Decline Rows - 20 lb DB's, 20, 20. 30 lb DB's, 15
Straight Arm Pulldown - 80 lbs, 20, 20. 90 lbs, 20
Machine Military - 80 lbs, 4 sets of 20
Iron Cross w/ Band - 4 sets of 20
Lateral Raises - 10 lb DB's, 3 sets of 15, 1 set of 10
Supermans - 3 sets of 20
Very good day. Good conversation. :-)
Smith Military - 95 lbs, 12, 11, 10
Backward Decline Rows - 20 lb DB's, 20, 20. 30 lb DB's, 15
Straight Arm Pulldown - 80 lbs, 20, 20. 90 lbs, 20
Machine Military - 80 lbs, 4 sets of 20
Iron Cross w/ Band - 4 sets of 20
Lateral Raises - 10 lb DB's, 3 sets of 15, 1 set of 10
Supermans - 3 sets of 20
Very good day. Good conversation. :-)
Monday, June 15, 2009
"First Place"
Well, I got first in my weight class. I got two out of my three lifts, 145 lbs and 155 lbs. I couldn't quite lock out the 160 lbs, but I did better than Michigan. My next competition is back in Oklahoma in October.
This is "rehab week" for my elbow. So, Adam took it light this morning.
Bench Press - 115 lbs, a pyramid up to 8, plus a last set of 12.
Pec-Dec - 90 lbs, a pyramid up to 8, plus a last set of 16.
Skull Crushers - EZ bar plus 10 on each side, 3 sets of 10.
All of the exercises by myself were done with a 323 tempo. Going up and down I counted to three and the hold was 2.
Machine Bench - 200 lbs, 10, 6, 6, 3, 3
Tricep Kickbacks - 20 lbs first set, 20 right arm & 10 left arm, down to 15 lbs, 20 both arms for two more sets.
Band Flies - 5 sets of 15
Sit-ups w/ 25 lb plate - 2 sets of 20.
I'm happy. I did well and feel good.
This is "rehab week" for my elbow. So, Adam took it light this morning.
Bench Press - 115 lbs, a pyramid up to 8, plus a last set of 12.
Pec-Dec - 90 lbs, a pyramid up to 8, plus a last set of 16.
Skull Crushers - EZ bar plus 10 on each side, 3 sets of 10.
All of the exercises by myself were done with a 323 tempo. Going up and down I counted to three and the hold was 2.
Machine Bench - 200 lbs, 10, 6, 6, 3, 3
Tricep Kickbacks - 20 lbs first set, 20 right arm & 10 left arm, down to 15 lbs, 20 both arms for two more sets.
Band Flies - 5 sets of 15
Sit-ups w/ 25 lb plate - 2 sets of 20.
I'm happy. I did well and feel good.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Do It Anyway
You can spend your whole life buildin' somethin' from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away...Build it anyway
You can chase a dream that seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way...Dream it anyway
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway. I do it anyway.
This worlds gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today...Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart for all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away...love 'em anyway
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway. I do it anyway.
You can pour your soul out singing a song u believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang....Sing it anyway!
Yeah I sing, I dream,I love anyway! - "Anyway" sung by Martina McBride
I'm opening with 145 lbs. on Friday.
One storm can come and blow it all away...Build it anyway
You can chase a dream that seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way...Dream it anyway
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway. I do it anyway.
This worlds gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today...Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart for all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away...love 'em anyway
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway. I do it anyway.
You can pour your soul out singing a song u believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang....Sing it anyway!
Yeah I sing, I dream,I love anyway! - "Anyway" sung by Martina McBride
I'm opening with 145 lbs. on Friday.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Psshhh......It Happens.
Monday I benched the same reps/same weight for the third week in a row, because I just couldn't get anymore. That has not happened, ever in my recollection, since I started working out last June. After I got really upset about it as I left the gym, I went to my aunt's house and we completely dissected my entire bench routine/technique/form, everything. Everything kept coming back to my elbow hurting for the passed couple of months. I've been praying, and thinking, and believing it was muscular, so that Jack could fix it, but it isn't getting any better. Not really worsening, but not getting any better. So yesterday I went to the doctor and he said I have triceptal something or other tendinitis. Not supposed to work out for 2-3 weeks.
The thing I've heard most since I started this journey, from everyone, no matter the background, is "It's all mental." The one thing I struggle with the most in life is believing so much for something and then it doesn't happen. And I truly believed it would happen. And what makes that even worse is to then feel like everyone is staring at you telling you if you would have believed just a little bit harder, it would have happened.
I've decided over the past couple of days that I no longer agree with that theory. And, if I'm the lone ranger in the world, then sobeit. As it was finally put to me this weekend by a good friend "If it was all mental, we could fill our gas tanks up while we were inside our house." The same friend is a farmer, and he told me a story last night about going out and planting all the seeds for their crops and tilling the ground...doing all the same time, and effort, as always, and then one year there would be a drought, and it felt like "Well, all that time wasted." He asked me "Who's fault is that? Is it God's fault?" And of course it isn't. It just happens. There are cycles and laws of life and nature that just happen. And if you don't get rain exactly when you need to, for some crops more importantly than others, then you don't get the harvest that you put the time in to get. It wasn't because he believed there was going to be a drought that year. He believed he'd get a good crop like always. But nature takes it's course. If you jump off the Empire State building, you're not going to fly....you will smack into the concrete below. It's the law of gravity. It just will happen. Period. Nobody's fault, it just is what it is.
I'm now off to my second competition in less than a week and I'm not allowed to work out from now till then. So, when I come back, I will be at under 155 lbs., for a competition lift, just like now. That's more than 70 lbs. below where I need to be in order to qualify for the World's team in September. I do believe in the importance of the mental game. If you think you can't, chances are you won't. But just b/c you think you can doesn't always mean that you will.
Sometimes we get so caught up in self-help/positive thinking/faith/whatever you want to call it, that we forget that God gave us brains to use. My elbow isn't going to get better just because I 'believe' that it's going to. Perhaps some things might. There is a time and a place for that kind of thinking. It is definitely at least a 50/50 deal, even a 65/35 deal, but it isn't "all" mental. There are definitely times to work through the pain and not let it stop you, and I have not let it stop me to this point. I have simply worked through it and go to Jack on the weekends. There's only been one day that I ever did less reps because of the pain. Adam runs with a sore foot all the time. But, if Adam loses a foot, he still has 3 limbs to spare. If Chelsi loses an elbow, she's kinda done for in pushing her chair around or lifting herself from place to place. Sometimes thinking positively is being okay that things aren't going exactly how you'd like them to but not letting that stop you from taking another direction.
So, I'm staring adversity in the face, and I've decided that it's just as important for me to be okay if I don't qualify in September as it is for me to believe that I will qualify in September. I'm not giving up and saying that I won't make it. I'm saving myself from having a breakdown and not wanting to go on if I don't make it. As unexplainably as I didn't get my lifts in Michigan, I could absolutely come home from Oklahoma and make my biggest gains in weight yet. "Sports are like that" Adam says. And it absolutely could happen. And maybe it won't. And I want to make sure that I'm okay with whatever does actually happen.
LeBron James didn't shake hands with the Orlando Magic after his last playoff game last week. After finding out yesterday that I shouldn't work out for a while, I became a little less upset with the fact that he didn't. I don't think he didn't because he was being arrogant or because he thinks he's better than everyone or because he was snubbing anyone. I don't believe he was thinking about anything but himself and how close he came and now he didn't have it. It's hard to "enjoy the journey" as my dad says all the time, when you're striving so hard for an end result that doesn't happen. Striving for the end result is what makes you competitive to get that far...but then it seems that no one wants you to be upset when it doesn't happen. I'm trying to find that balance. I don't ever want to be LeBron James to Adam. Every day I write on my routine sheet "Thank You, Captain.", meaning Adam, when I'm done w/ my workout. I don't ever want to find a day that I don't want to say thank you because I'm too upset. One time when I was trying to lose weight I had lost about 20 lbs, but started to gain some back. My brother was talking to me one night and said "Nothing can ever change that you lost that 20 lbs. You still achieved that, no matter what weight you gain back." And I always want to remember the lessons I've learned and how far Adam has helped me get, even if I don't make qualifying weight and I have to be in the 2016 Paralympics, instead of 2012. I'm not giving up my dream. I'm saying, it might not happen when I wanted it to, and it's nobody's fault. I always want to remember how far I came in my first year of lifting and I always want to be able to say to Adam "Thank you for being here", and mean every single word of it as I say it (or write it). Adam has already told me, more than once, "No matter what happens, this is an accomplishment in and of itself." And he's right. Nothing changes that, win or lose, I've done more to this point than I ever would have thought of doing before...including travelling this much.
Sorry this was so long. I hope you all got something out of it. I'm not giving up. I'm empowering myself to continue, no matter what. I've heard lots of people say "No one ever remembers the losers."(the big athletes, the guys that go to Superbowls or World Series, etc) And I can now say that they obviously weren't doing it for themselves....and whole-heartedly be able to say that I now am doing it simply for myself. I want to do it, I love it, I have fun, and no matter the outcome, I will continue for as long as my body will allow me to continue. There will be some disappointments, and I'm sure I will be upset about them. But nothing will stop me from continuing through the disappointments.
I have a new focus song for Oklahoma. It will explain my title. It's by Sugarland:
Missed my alarm clock ringing. Woke up telephone screaming, boss man singing his same old song. Rolled in late about an hour. No cup of coffee, no shower, walk of shame with two different shoes on. Now it's poor me, why me, oh me, boring. The same old worn out blah blah story. There is no good explanation for it at all. Ain't no rhyme or reason, no complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think i, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it. The irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh.....It happens. My trusty-rusty had a flat, I borrowed my neighbors Cadillac. "I'll be right back," going down to Wally World. That yellow light turned red too quickly, knew that the truck moment it hit me, out stepped my ex and his new girl ("Sorry 'bout your neck baby"). But it's poor me, why me, oh me, boring. The same old worn out blah blah story. There is no good explanation for it at all. Ain't no rhyme or reason. No complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think it, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it, the irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh......It happens. Ain't no rhyme or reason. No complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think it, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it. The irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh......It happens. Yeah, the irrefutable, indisputable, absoluteable, totally beautiful fact is Psssh........It happens.
I'll be back after competition. I lift on Friday, June 12th. I'll be home from Oklahoma Saturday, June 13th.
The thing I've heard most since I started this journey, from everyone, no matter the background, is "It's all mental." The one thing I struggle with the most in life is believing so much for something and then it doesn't happen. And I truly believed it would happen. And what makes that even worse is to then feel like everyone is staring at you telling you if you would have believed just a little bit harder, it would have happened.
I've decided over the past couple of days that I no longer agree with that theory. And, if I'm the lone ranger in the world, then sobeit. As it was finally put to me this weekend by a good friend "If it was all mental, we could fill our gas tanks up while we were inside our house." The same friend is a farmer, and he told me a story last night about going out and planting all the seeds for their crops and tilling the ground...doing all the same time, and effort, as always, and then one year there would be a drought, and it felt like "Well, all that time wasted." He asked me "Who's fault is that? Is it God's fault?" And of course it isn't. It just happens. There are cycles and laws of life and nature that just happen. And if you don't get rain exactly when you need to, for some crops more importantly than others, then you don't get the harvest that you put the time in to get. It wasn't because he believed there was going to be a drought that year. He believed he'd get a good crop like always. But nature takes it's course. If you jump off the Empire State building, you're not going to fly....you will smack into the concrete below. It's the law of gravity. It just will happen. Period. Nobody's fault, it just is what it is.
I'm now off to my second competition in less than a week and I'm not allowed to work out from now till then. So, when I come back, I will be at under 155 lbs., for a competition lift, just like now. That's more than 70 lbs. below where I need to be in order to qualify for the World's team in September. I do believe in the importance of the mental game. If you think you can't, chances are you won't. But just b/c you think you can doesn't always mean that you will.
Sometimes we get so caught up in self-help/positive thinking/faith/whatever you want to call it, that we forget that God gave us brains to use. My elbow isn't going to get better just because I 'believe' that it's going to. Perhaps some things might. There is a time and a place for that kind of thinking. It is definitely at least a 50/50 deal, even a 65/35 deal, but it isn't "all" mental. There are definitely times to work through the pain and not let it stop you, and I have not let it stop me to this point. I have simply worked through it and go to Jack on the weekends. There's only been one day that I ever did less reps because of the pain. Adam runs with a sore foot all the time. But, if Adam loses a foot, he still has 3 limbs to spare. If Chelsi loses an elbow, she's kinda done for in pushing her chair around or lifting herself from place to place. Sometimes thinking positively is being okay that things aren't going exactly how you'd like them to but not letting that stop you from taking another direction.
So, I'm staring adversity in the face, and I've decided that it's just as important for me to be okay if I don't qualify in September as it is for me to believe that I will qualify in September. I'm not giving up and saying that I won't make it. I'm saving myself from having a breakdown and not wanting to go on if I don't make it. As unexplainably as I didn't get my lifts in Michigan, I could absolutely come home from Oklahoma and make my biggest gains in weight yet. "Sports are like that" Adam says. And it absolutely could happen. And maybe it won't. And I want to make sure that I'm okay with whatever does actually happen.
LeBron James didn't shake hands with the Orlando Magic after his last playoff game last week. After finding out yesterday that I shouldn't work out for a while, I became a little less upset with the fact that he didn't. I don't think he didn't because he was being arrogant or because he thinks he's better than everyone or because he was snubbing anyone. I don't believe he was thinking about anything but himself and how close he came and now he didn't have it. It's hard to "enjoy the journey" as my dad says all the time, when you're striving so hard for an end result that doesn't happen. Striving for the end result is what makes you competitive to get that far...but then it seems that no one wants you to be upset when it doesn't happen. I'm trying to find that balance. I don't ever want to be LeBron James to Adam. Every day I write on my routine sheet "Thank You, Captain.", meaning Adam, when I'm done w/ my workout. I don't ever want to find a day that I don't want to say thank you because I'm too upset. One time when I was trying to lose weight I had lost about 20 lbs, but started to gain some back. My brother was talking to me one night and said "Nothing can ever change that you lost that 20 lbs. You still achieved that, no matter what weight you gain back." And I always want to remember the lessons I've learned and how far Adam has helped me get, even if I don't make qualifying weight and I have to be in the 2016 Paralympics, instead of 2012. I'm not giving up my dream. I'm saying, it might not happen when I wanted it to, and it's nobody's fault. I always want to remember how far I came in my first year of lifting and I always want to be able to say to Adam "Thank you for being here", and mean every single word of it as I say it (or write it). Adam has already told me, more than once, "No matter what happens, this is an accomplishment in and of itself." And he's right. Nothing changes that, win or lose, I've done more to this point than I ever would have thought of doing before...including travelling this much.
Sorry this was so long. I hope you all got something out of it. I'm not giving up. I'm empowering myself to continue, no matter what. I've heard lots of people say "No one ever remembers the losers."(the big athletes, the guys that go to Superbowls or World Series, etc) And I can now say that they obviously weren't doing it for themselves....and whole-heartedly be able to say that I now am doing it simply for myself. I want to do it, I love it, I have fun, and no matter the outcome, I will continue for as long as my body will allow me to continue. There will be some disappointments, and I'm sure I will be upset about them. But nothing will stop me from continuing through the disappointments.
I have a new focus song for Oklahoma. It will explain my title. It's by Sugarland:
Missed my alarm clock ringing. Woke up telephone screaming, boss man singing his same old song. Rolled in late about an hour. No cup of coffee, no shower, walk of shame with two different shoes on. Now it's poor me, why me, oh me, boring. The same old worn out blah blah story. There is no good explanation for it at all. Ain't no rhyme or reason, no complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think i, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it. The irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh.....It happens. My trusty-rusty had a flat, I borrowed my neighbors Cadillac. "I'll be right back," going down to Wally World. That yellow light turned red too quickly, knew that the truck moment it hit me, out stepped my ex and his new girl ("Sorry 'bout your neck baby"). But it's poor me, why me, oh me, boring. The same old worn out blah blah story. There is no good explanation for it at all. Ain't no rhyme or reason. No complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think it, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it, the irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh......It happens. Ain't no rhyme or reason. No complicated meaning. Ain't no need to over think it, let go laughing. Life don't go quite like you planned it. We try so hard to understand it. The irrefutable, indisputable fact is, Psssh......It happens. Yeah, the irrefutable, indisputable, absoluteable, totally beautiful fact is Psssh........It happens.
I'll be back after competition. I lift on Friday, June 12th. I'll be home from Oklahoma Saturday, June 13th.
Monday, June 01, 2009
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