Someday is Today

Someday is Today

After my brutal deadlift session last week, I was unloading the bar so I could do barbell curls. I had the bar down to 115 and said to myself “someday, I’ll be able to curl this”.

Someday is Today.

Today, I deadlifted sumo-style for a PR of 155 for 5 reps. It was hard. Real hard. But, when I got back to deadlifting only 2 months ago, I was doing 95 pounds and that was hard.

Granted, with my injuries and physical limits, my mind takes some convincing. I often question my own ability. I suggest you try not to do what I do and doubt yourself. It takes time to build up strength and it takes even more time to learn the lifts correctly.

That being said, why not make “someday” today and give it all you’ve got? We only have right now, so we should push ourselves while we’re able.

We don’t need to push 100% every day, but we should have the intensity levels and focus of an animal. We should hit the weights like it’s our last time. We should try, every single day, to do better.

We won’t always succeed. We have to fail sometimes. Life wouldn't be awesome if we succeeded at everything. Well, it may be awesome, but it would be boring.

The beauty of failure is it lights a fire under our asses. At least, it does for me.

We can’t be good at everything. Pick something and practice perfectly and beat the next guy. Then do it again and don’t stop until you’re number one and someone is gunning for your spot.

I keep telling myself “top of the list” on big pulls. I want to make the top 5 women’s PL list this year. Is it going to be really hard? Yes. Will I be trying everyday to make sure I did the best I could do that day to get into the top 5? Hell yes.

Find something to work towards and then don’t stop until you’ve reached your goals.

See you in THE DUNGEON.