Dedication

Dedication. What's that look like to you? Is it going to bed at a certain time most nights, managing your time; dates and family time around your training and eating? Is it foam rolling, hot/cold baths, getting up before everyone else so you can train?

For me, dedication is about seeing something through til it's done. In the world of iron, though, I don't know if we're ever really "done" until we're dead or paralyzed. Granted, dead and paralyzed don't have to be literal, they can be entirely metaphorical, but....

Are you alive today? Go life something heavy.

These past two weeks (I know, I'm sorry for having not written in a bit) have been pretty intense.

Aside from some serious personal shit going on, school was kicking my ass pretty hard core. I wrote my coach (Clint Darden) and told him he may not hear from me for a bit. What did he say? He didn't say "okay" or "sounds good" he pretty much told me to suck it up and keep training, to find the time. Make the time. He told me, flat out, that training must continue because I cannot, under any circumstances, miss an entire week's worth of sessions.

It's amazing how important each and every session is to the next one.

Just like your meals, your sleep, your stress management. Everything rolls into everything else.

So, instead of missing sessions, I managed to make the time to train. I did a 50 minute session with some lighter weights because I was exhausted. Training when you're exhausted is hard. But once you do it, you know you can actually do it.

Lucky for me, I met a nice fellow at my school gym. He's into oly lifting and he's pretty damn good. He helped me a bit with my push press (which is now actually getting up to par, thankfully...maybe I'll write about that soon) and I had some good sessions. Just knowing he was going to expect to see me lifting in the gym made me more willing to go. It was harder to talk myself out of going.

Find that one guy/girl at your gym and it helps a lot.

So, it's been a rough month. But, I am more committed than ever to my training goals. Dedication feels good.