Empowering those on a healthy lifestyle change, defying expectations of others, defying weight, age limitations. Promoting positive mindset and health esteem
It’s 2021 and man everyone is opening their arms of welcome, how about you? Now 2020 gave us a lot of challenges and the changes we made WOW, a lot of changes. Although I too had adjustments and a few loses, but honestly was everyday a lost. Okay I’m not deleting my losses but I’m cherishing some of my change. How so I’ve learned much about myself, family, a few friends. I’ve learned I’m stronger in areas of my life I thought I could not conquer. My love for myself, family and friends has grown a new respect for all and most of all my Blessings and relationship with God. I’m welcoming 2021 with this motto “BEAT THE FAIL”
I now know I’m stronger (not physical strength), but so many areas in my life I need to cancel out 🚫 any doubts interfering with my intentions. So I ask of you are you too “beating the fail”?
Really they are, you know my workouts. I feel as if I’m ready to go high intensity but I get a reminder. The calf gets to pulling and then the knee. Now let me explain, it was a calf injury; one I hope to never, ever experience again. The injury had at first no pressure on my foot so with the knee slightly bent with crutches then the knee roller. Oh my the change. Later I used toe touch, then the ball of my foot which again the knee slightly bent. Now that I’m able to walk still short distance but now getting my knee to not feel the discomfort in normal position and having RA doesn’t really help.
Okay my workouts I am so ready for high intensity but I have to modify. There’s nothing wrong with modifying but I feel blah and on a few routines in following my trainers which of course are streamed, Yes still a beach body fan, Beachbodyondemand, I am doing normal workout and then the pull. Yeah back to modification. I’m just like a teeter totter, up down and I have to motivate myself not to stop. It’s change and I am not adjusting very well, BUT to myself and for you it’s so important to listen to our body. It’s never a good thing to push through an injury but man sometimes the healing process is so long or appears to be.
So to patience and modification I’m saluting all those recovering from an injury and ready to resume their workouts.
When we normally hear the two words virus and hacked we think of computer, a system, but how about you your mindset.
The virus is two fold and it’s my shared life. Again the virus believing in self limitation imposed upon us by those with their self limitation with no motivation toward any goals and just sliding through. Or the virus in those stating that isn’t normal because of ….. (that list can go on). Or how about the virus of those who want us to follow their path because of their fear.
Now the hack. We believe, you and I then comes along that person or persons with a list longer than the year as to why we should not be pursuing our goals. They can hack into our positive vibes, system (if we allow them). What to do, well for me turn, walk no run away.
Yes we have to stray away from the virus and hackers into our life. The goals, YOUR goals, MY goals, OUR goals must have a malware removal….US
I’m serious it was not easy to take a step back in my workouts. I felt as if a small part of me had been snatched. Although I am so much better, it took me a minute to get here after the muscle injury. I knew it was temporary but sometimes temporary seems so long you know when 5 hours feel like 15 hours. Everyday I had to do self talk. Listen to positive pod casts read books of motivation. Now how does this change my workouts moving forward? It doesn’t I know I will have to modify for awhile, no jumping, running or high stepping . You know I am good with modification for now. To continuous recovery and getting back into my fitness workouts I’m going to salute me.
I am so pushing through for strength as my injury gets better but I must admit on a few days last week I over did it and I had to ice and elevate for hours.
Change especially with an injury in the fitness arena as I have become so addicted to is depressing. Of course not to the point of inflicting harm on my self but being limited. I can still lift weights but not too heavy and it takes a minute t get them near me. Of course it’s the home gym but the weight are not near the weight bench and I have to steady myself on 1.5 legs. I still have restricted weight on the left. My mobility is so much better and I am more than grateful for my progress. I have to keep the benchin one position because I cannot get up and down so fast so a few lifts are not my greatest.
But it takes good strength to keep pushing through. Now this is not the strength of weight lifting but the strength of mindset.
Stay strong and keep the strength to accomplish your fitness goals. I’m there with you.
Alignment is so important in out life. Just as we make certain our vehicles, portraits, wall decorations, furniture is aligned so must our life. I didn’t realize until my recent muscle injury our was off alignment. In my fitness life & journey I must realize it has to be aligned with my life.
Alignment doesn’t mean just yoga, meditation, essential oils, reading or and listening to motivational books, podcasts, following motivational individuals on SM, being a part of groups also of positive reflection & motivation, journaling. Although it is all great and needed but applying what we hear or learn is utmost important . I was in need of realignment. I had become complacent and was unaware. That injury down time. To assist me I returned to the use of my Panda planner which has so many areas to write down focus. It aides me to focus on all ares become aligned with my several goals/intentions.
I know we all have different methods to stay aligned and to eradicate the complacent slope. How are you staying aligned?
It doesn’t always matter but then again it can. What doesn’t matter, “age”. Again there are circumstances and I’m not going there age is a factor but the list of mindset, believing in yourself, perseverance is much longer.
My recent muscle injury has help me with growth, healing the muscle and strengthening the mindset. My workouts are really a part of my life now, so with my injury I was limited and felt a small snatch. No cardio workouts, limited weight lifting because I had to remove and re-rack which meant a few choice weights. I did have a choice do a little something or keep the pity poor me face.
It’s so easy to accept the pity poor me because I was temporary defeated. Defeated, honestly the third day I cried like a 2 year old because I needed two crutches or the knee roller to move about and I was moving so dang slow with the pain. I really could’ve just “RICE”, rest, ice, compress, elevate and I did. I really did for a short time but I was uncomfortable 🥵 restless. After the cry, puffy eyes and pitying myself I had to push past myself and others.
Others because I was encouraged to rest and take care of me, told this was a sign of age need to slow down in my workouts, laughed at because “someone said you knew it would come”. No and no I didn’t know. Told you can’t do hard cardio, weight lifting or boxing. Yeah I call BS on that absolutely BS.
Sounds angry no, but if I allow others push my reset button in a negative direction, yeah well I called it. I knew I could pace myself and still follow orders without further injury. I also knew I have a greater love of being me than the person a few wanted me to become. Yes if you allow yourself to back pedal you can easily become what others want you to become. I’ve learned take the advice that supports and motivate you, the rest toss it out(there’s someone that will catch it).
I definitely believe we must sometimes push past the old limitations and believe placed by others because of gender or age. We must become the best we’re destined to become and set our own limitations (because there are only a few) and they are only temporary. Remember it’s the positive mindset, believing you can and will achieve, you can endure just persevere. I had to remind myself of all this, and soon I’ll be back to my cardio workouts, boxing and just all after all I’m using one crutch 20% of the time and this is ahead of my 2 weeks suppose to be on crutches with probability of being able to walk independently in 4-6 weeks.
indeed it is. On Friday, I begin my day as usual, pet duties or responsibilities because they are the ruler of the house. Outside with the canines then back in. Now doing my duties I need noise so it’s either Pandora on blast or I’m listening to a podcast. Since it’s a few days later I’m not sure of my choice on Friday.
I have the most power boosting drink about 20 minutes prior to my workout. It also doubles as my coffee, no longer an addictive coffee drinker. So I begin my workout with a warm up. Now I was doing a ShaunT workout. If you’ve never did a ShaunT workout you’re missing awesome, sweat dripping, heart pounding, challenging, cardio workouts. The workouts uses your own body weight in most but sometimes there are weights. Okay back to the workout, warming up going high knees, jumping jacks and then a loud POP. What the heck, I sat down, took a few breathes and thought I was going to resume my workout. It didn’t happen. A trip to urgent care, injury to a calf muscle. What did that mean , minimum weight bearing, icing the muscle, elevation, crutches and due to me failing my training (crutches 101), but still in training my daughter purchased a knee roller to alternate and prevent possible injury. I’m a bit too independent and high level for pain so I’m moving a bit more than normal. I did pity myself for a few hours but as soon as I did I came up with a plan. What plan, nope I will not defy orders but I will pivot. Pivot to upper body. I can sit and lift weights, there is no limitation on my upper body. Sometimes a pivot can be small or large but it should always be one that benefits our own goals in a positive way, without harm to self or others. To whatever “PIVOT” is necessary for you.
Really I didn’t. I thought dig deeper meant to push through the workouts, but that is only a part of it. Dig Deeper means to push through, keep the correct form and really feel the move or rep. What does this mean, well don’t just go through the motion, extend those arms in jumping Jack, lunges lower the knees you feel the muscles working. Feel the muscle work BUT not injury. Raise the knees as high as possible not just a lift without control. Dig Deep for the benefits of a workout. Going through the motion without effort is useless. One to two strong moves has so much more benefit that 10 moves of no effort. With this said, how about you and I dig even deeper I think 🤔 yeah we can make change happen . To weeks of digging deeper.
Oh I’ve got to say the “dig deeper” is not an original of mine, nope it’s from an awesome, motivating trainer ShaunT.
Being balance is so important is many phases of our life especially when it come to change. First change just don’t happen rapidly when moving toward a goal or for many an intention for me I’m good with “goal” but whatever works for you to stay committed and focus I’m with you.
WANT IT – You must want it as I’ve learned you have to yourself want the change. If you’re wanting change to appease another well the joy and commitment may not survive. What are your actual, true feelings in this goal/intention? You really need to break it down and be honest with yourself.
COMMIT – Are you in it for the long haul and for some it maybe a short haul, either way are you in? Being committed and know sometimes there are a few hiccups, curves but being committed to your goal/intention you will work through these obstacles. It is necessary to put a plan to action, actually writing it down in the beginning is such a help until every thing just becomes habit.
DO – You want it, you’re committed and now you have to do it. Yes take action. Taking action means to apply yourself, listen to others on the same page as you which does not mean you have to appy everything but only what applies to you. Get an accountability partner. An accountability partner helps, oh my in so many ways. Read books only those that apply to you, listen to podcasts angain only that apply you.
Reading and listening is not to say blah blah blah I’ve heard that but it is to motivate you and keep you and me “us” on our route to let us know we are not standing solo, with challenges and goals/intentions. Most of all to assist us in deep breathing and say well done because it’s easy to stop than it is to keep moving.
