Words of Inspiration
“I struggled academically throughout elementary school” - Ben Carson (in picture)
”I was raped at the age of 9” - Oprah
“I didn’t even complete my University Education” - Bill Gates
“In my childhood days, I stitched shoes” - Abraham Lincoln
“I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training” - Lionel Messi
“I used to sleep on the floor in friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple” - Steve Jobs
“My teachers used to call me a failure” - Tony Blair
Wherever you find yourself at this spot, don’t think it’s the end of your life and do something stupid you’ll regret, your future is very bright. Every great man/woman you see today has a story to tell, see the condition you are in now as the story you’ll tell when you become celebrated. Just hold on, your own time is coming on the way.
If they can Succeed through adversity Why cant you?Ladies & Gentleman, have a lovely and successful day!
6/1 Workout
Going out tonight with my buddy to celebrate her new job, so today’s workout was a must do to kill any shred of food and/or drink guilt tonight. I busted my ass this morning and I’ve had a good week, so I’m looking forward to this reward of a great night. To jack my metabolism and get back in Spartan Race training, I did the Spartan Race WOD:
Warm up: Jog 1-3 miles
Main set: 25-100 burpees/ 50-200 lunges/ 5-25 push ups/ 50-200 squats/ Followed by a 1-3 mile run*
Cool down: 10 min [ease from a run into a easy walk]
*The transition from squats to the run should be quick and fall into your race pace. The point of following the full body set with a run is to work on your speed/strength/power transition, a key training component that deserves equal attention for anyone training for any kind of mud/adventure race.
This was a pretty fun workout and I’m not going to lie, my legs were almost dead halfway through the lunges. But this was just my second day back in the gym after a few weeks off, so I’m proud of what I did nonetheless. If anyone out there is training for Spartan Race or any mud/adventure race, I suggest using or adding their WODs. They’re killer and a fun ass kicking at the same time! =]
