Preperation for the Hours to Follow

Happy Thursday! One more day and it is the weekend and a day closer to the Cup. I will admit I am feeling the effects of a long weekend away, the stress of back to work and routine workouts, the achyness in my body as well as the worry accumulating about the next week or so. Its all relative to what I am doing and I am only going to have to bear down and keep focus. Yesterday was leg day. I know I whine about this day almost every week because lets face it, it is not for the faint of heart! Batman informed me that a guy who has seen us work out wanted to join in on legs and after yesterday, I am pretty sure he will not want to partake for a while (or at least until he can walk again). We pushed it, more so than other days, and kept going at a high intensity for about 2 hours. I remember looking over at Robin as he had a cheese-eating grin spread across his face because Batman was cramping. I was trying to keep my giggles contained but I couldn't, it was just too priceless! One was rolling around with a cramp and the other was watching like a little kid on Christmas, full of joy! Classic.

Although my body is sore from the week, I have been able to keep my focus and drive, pushing every workout until exhaustion or completion. Yesterday after legs, I was supposed to do a hard 45 minutes on the step-mill and I will not lie... I was dreading it! Robin looked at me and said, "If you do the full 45 minutes after everything we just did, I will buy you anything you want." I looked at him and said "Game on!" Never ever will I lose a bet like this one, it was just too tempting. It fueled my fire and I dominated that 45 minutes (well 46 minutes just to be sure I did it ALL). Thank you Robin!! That was exactly what I needed and I am in no way regretting it! I found this quote this morning and ties in perfectly with the lessons learned this week:

"Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The work before me this week is to focus on each and every training and cardio session. Focus on each and every meal. Focus on practicing my posing. Focus all my efforts on myself and what I am capable of in order to be the best I can be at the Cup and there after. Cheers to hard work! It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys machinery, but friction!

Ciao for now,   J