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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Some days it just "Is what it is"

I hate those days you wake up and your hair won't do what it's supposed to do, like it has a mind of your own. Or the ones where you try on 15 different outfits and still can't come up with something that looks just right. Or even the ones where you start your day an hour early to run your errands and still manage to hit 1.5 hour stand still traffic. It's like it's destin to happen from time to time, kinda like that song I used to listen to when I was a kid, "Ironic," by Atlanis Morissette. Those days are going to come. Those days are going to test you.

Days like these in the weightlifting world will test you more than anyother. They are the days that warm up weights feel heavy. When you can't for some reason hit the bar in the right place on your hips.....or even hit your hips at all for that matter. They are the days that you catch everything forward but still somehow manage to fall backwards to your platform. These days test your character, they test your heart, they test your champion bloodflow. These are the days that make you stronger than ever both mentally and physically. These are the days that make good days SO worth the pain. 

These days downright suck, but somehow you manage to make it through. And the best part is.......after you pull that bar for the last time in that aweful practice, hit a weight that is still 20 kilos lower than your best but manage to make it look  pretty good compared to all the rest, you somehow find a smile. It's a smile that first starts in your belly, warming you up from the inside knowing that somehow you're going to live to see another day. It takes a warming sensation into your arms and legs letting them know that you're thankful for them sticking in it with you, and now they can rest.....knowing hopefully we won't have another one like that for a little while. Finally, your smile makes it up to your face.....radiating out with more glow than just any other normal day smile because damn it that sucked, and it's over, and you're somehow better than you were before it started even if it doesn't feel like it. It's a smile that you earned! 

It's a love, hate relationship on days like this......or maybe you just hate to love them? I don't know, but what I do know is this.......Champions fall from time to time, cowboys get bucked off their horse, Donald Trump has hit rock bottom, and being a true champion results in what you do when you're down there. What you do before the win, what you do when you're hurt, what you do when you're not ranked #1 and you so badly want to be. Champions are a breed so different from all the others. Sleep is different, work is different, training is different, and love is different. Be a champion, make life hurt, and get the hell up when you fall. You will survive this terrible day and tomorrow will be brighter because of it. Take these days to get strong because these are the ones where everyone else quits. I won't quit. Never. It's not in my blood. I will welcome these days and then hit them in the butt with the door when they leave. Come join me in being a champion.   

9 comments:

  1. You really have the Heart of Champion! Love this Blog EVERYONE can relate to it in Every aspect of Life....I know I was inspired! Let's just say this and if I were to go to Battle I would want you on my team we are "Warriors"....Love ya GF!!

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    1. Thanks Claudia!! We would make one heck of a team too!! xoxoxo love ya!

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  2. I can totally relate to the second paragraph! I'm a new fan of yours, and Cal Strength. Loving the blog, keep traing hard girl!

    Shelly T, oly lifter in ATL

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    1. Thanks Shelly! It seems that second paragraph gets us all from time to time. I appreciate your following and I wish you the best in all your lifting!

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  3. Great post. You captured it!
    Oh, and the picture made me go get a glass of milk.

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    1. Thank you Mark! And that kid was definitely born a champion! lol

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  4. As I sit here with a bag of ICE thinking WTF am I doing, I read your blog and it all makes sense. Once again your timing is amazing. Your courage makes me stronger, your dedication makes me commit, and your honesty helps gives me perspective. Thank you for being the champion that you are, your blog is helping me find the champion inside myself. I find if Im standing on the sidelines I feel like Im just taking up space. I would rather do my best and lose then not try at all.

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    1. Lori, I always love hearing from you! the thing is, is you motivate me as well. I've told you before that from the first time I met you I could just sense a happiness about you that I could tell you really just LOVE to do what you do.....and just like I said above, with that champion love we sometimes hate it just as much but won't dare give up. You are an awesome woman and I know that from knowing you personally. Keep up the hard work, just like that ice will met, a hard day will be over. You are a strong, strong woman, both inside and out and nothing will ever bring you down. Remember how far you've come and how many times you've probably wanted to quit along the way....here you are...still going strong..still better than yesterday! love you and think about you often! and glad my timing was on tonight!!
      xoxo, Linds

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    2. There you go... Barfing up sunshine again!! LOL I love you too you make me smile!! <3

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