Except when you are injured, that's just not fun pain.
The motto, pain is weakness leaving the body, was drilled into people at my high school.
The head coach for varsity football said that all the time.
They had shirts with the phrase on it, it was in the weight room, and I heard it every day in strength and conditioning after school.
In case you were wondering, it's true.
When you are in pain, when you don't think you can lift anymore, when you are ready to give up/faint/cry, you know that you are working your hardest.
On Wednesday night I went to a kettle bells class; it was my first one ever.
My friend Lindsay wanted to do it with me, so we did it.
Holy shit.
The instructor had us go in circuits, warm up, cardio, weights, abs/core, cool down/stretch.
Cardio was jumping jacks, jump rope, touch the floor and jump ups, and who know what else.
Then we had to do planking while climbing with our feet on these disk thingies.
At one point I had to take a time out cause I thought I was going to faint.
Then I picked up, and continued on.
He pushed us his hardest he could, and he did a good job for that being his 5th class of the day.
He told us that 25% of us were pissed at him.
I was part of that 25%.
We were upset because we were working hard.
He said that it would be the hardest it would ever be.
He kept saying that we were changing out bodies, and it would be in extreme ways.
I have a feeling he is telling the truth.
I did my best that night, and I'm pretty proud of myself considering I did cardio in the morning at the Y, and then tap danced for 45 minutes in the hour prior to the class.
By the end of the class I was dripping in sweat, sweating more than I had in awhile.
I was so sore on my way home, but it was so worth it.
The next day at work was tough, but I felt accomplished.
I was going to go to the gym after work, but it was blizzarding so bad that I just wanted to make it home and stay there.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... eww.
We got upwards of 7 or 8" of fresh snow yesterday and through the night, so it was kind of horrible weather.
Today was better, but now the snow is really blowing with the wind.
Snow was blown into the openings of the stoplights- makes it difficult to see if you can go!
I made it to the Y, and did 5 minutes of warm up on the elliptical, did 20 minutes of weights, and then did 35 minutes on this elliptical type thing.
It's a cross between a stair stepper, glider, and elliptical.
Its interesting, but I like it.
I finished with russian twists while holding a medicine ball, crunches, and lame attempt at push ups.
I looked horrible after, but it was worth it.
Originally I intended to go earlier this morning, but I was so wrapped up in the manhunt for the Chechen psycho who they believe bombed the Boston Marathon.
One of the men was killed this morning, and the other is on the loose.
The city is basically shut down until they find him.
So scary.
And the town of West, Texas was devastated by a fertilizer plan exploding Thursday night when it caught fire.
Dozens of people were killed, and the 5 or 6 blocks surrounding the fertilizer plan was flattened.
What a horrendous week for the country.
I'm so thankful that I have never been in any situations such as those.
I hope nothing happens like that in my small hometown.
We must continue on with our lives, but remember those who have fallen as a result of the tragedies.
I'm hoping to get in a workout in the wee hours of the morning before my BFF's bridal shower.
Which reminds me that I need to go buy a gift for her, yowza.
I'm slacking in most things these days... Oh well!
Stay safe out there!
Praying for Spring,
Bamf
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