But what I really need to do, is talk about training. Yes, good ol’ weight lifting. I’m on track and I’m on a schedule. 8/1 is approaching and I plan on rocking the shit out of my unitard, err… onsie, err…. Singlet. There is a focus to my training. No session is life or death, but they are all leading to something. 3x5 RDL and FS – Heavy Single mean more now than they did in May.
For this reason, I encourage everybody to compete. I don’t care what it is, compete. Some friends of mine did a sprint tri this past week. All are crossfitters at Crossfit Watertown. All are GREAT people. You can out a lot about yourself in training. Honest. But you won’t know about yourself until you’re standing on the platform or at the starting line.
I hear you. All you people working out to “just get healthy.” Noble. And I approve… to a point. But at a certain time your training needs focus. For me, it’s weightlifting. But it can be anything you want. Find local races here. Local weight lifting meets here and here. Join a masters swim team, sign up for a bodybuilding/figure competition or play in a Frisbee League. I don’t care. Do something where you put yourself out there, your pride on the line and compete. I promise that you will enjoy yourself and find out more about yourself than you ever knew.
As for me, I’m putting on the singlet on the first of August, I’m probably not going to win. I don’t care. Every day I can feel myself getting stronger and better. And for me, it’s all about the goal on the other side.
