What’s your fuel?
It seems every other blog or magazine has “motivational tips” this time of year: ways to keep you on the straight and narrow when all you want to do is curl up in some flannel pjs and eat mac cheese and pie while watching “Hoarders” or “Some Other Whacked People Show” until June or July.
The trouble with these tips? They’re usually bullshit. A bunch of feel-good words that you can’t remember ten minutes after you read them. They’re literary carbs — they taste good going down but don’t fully satisfy your hunger and — guess what? — now you’re a little sleepy too.
So, instead, we’re going to give you Five No-Bullshit Ways to Stay Motivated:
1.) Stop reading bullshit! If it sucks, put it down! Scroll by. Life’s too short to put crap between your ears.
2.) Keep fucking going! Go to the gym almost every day. Rest when you need to. You know that, so do it.
3.) Kick yourself in your own ass. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. “Waah waah waah. My life is hard. I’m so busy. I have so much to do.” Guess what? So does everybody else! And some people are doing their stuff with cancer or a couple of fewer limbs than you. Stop bellyaching and snap your own shit up!
4.) Don’t hang around with losers. We’ve been over this before: you are who you spend time with. Think about it.
5.) Expect more of yourself. I first heard Denise Thomas yelling this at a trainee in an L1 seminar. They were in the middle of some horrid WOD and the dude let his form slip and squatted like a dog laying a nasty pile in the backyard. “Expect more of yourself!” He fixed his form and pressed on. So should you.
Now, I could end this with some photos of flowers and some words about love and kindness, but a group hug and a round of Kumbaya aren’t going to help you stay off the couch and your ass. Daylight is burning, baby! Stop reading and go do. Now.
–Lisbeth Darsh
Strength
Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3
WOD
1k Row
20 Shoulder to overhead (115/75)
20 Pull-ups
1k Row
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Strength: 140#. A full 20# more than last time @ 3 reps. And it felt easy. How did that happen?
WOD: 13:23 @ 65# and blue/red pull ups (expect the last two kipping, w/ no bands). Probably should have done just the blue band. :-/ Also, rowing is not my favorite thing to do, I’ve decided.
Nice work today 5:30! Good to see so many people out of bed!
Deadlift with the same rep scheme (squatted yesterday): 305#
WOD: 12:19 Rx
Broke up the S2OH a bit too much. Otherwise, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Great job 5:30am!
First workout of the new year. Some things were harder than I remember them being in 2012 (pull-ups!!), in other areas I maintained (105# for the back squat). I can officially conclude that I have not ENTIRELY lost my conditioning over the past month+ of holidays/vacation/flu. High hopes for progress in the new year!
Really happy seeing the familiar 5:30 am faces this morning. Happy New Year!
deadlift: 185# and 195# for 2.
wod: 14:05 Rx. paced my first 1k too slowly. boy do i hate rowing.
High Bar Back Squat 155# PR
WOD 15:15 @ 75#, red band
Thought about Rxing this one but since I can’t kip I would have finished at around 20 min.
When I’m on the rower I feel like cold molasses going uphill. Why is that?
HBBS: 315# (PR!)
WOD: 10:55 115#/red band (thanks for the push to finish under 11 Yosh)
Mike destroyed this WOD. Nice job!
BS: 165#, 1 rep at 175#
WOD: 13:54 Rx w/ C2B pull-ups
Squat: 265#, 1 rep at 275# (this is what Damien meant too, not 165/175)
WOD: 10:52 Rx+ (c2b pullups)
Thank you for clarifying that – I was thinking he was injured and I didn’t know it or something.
Thanks Brian. I’m pretty sure I even proofread that before posting and still didn’t notice.
HBBS: 205#, 2 reps @ 215# with lots of left knee wiggling.
WOD: 13:20 RX, I actually enjoyed this a lot, maybe too much.